HKUST In The Media

HKUST has introduced its groundbreaking "Major + X" curriculum, a transformative academic framework designed to directly support Hong Kong’s development into a global AI hub and contribute to the national 15th Five-Year Plan's "AI+" initiative. VPAB Prof. TAM Kar-Yan noted HK has a growing demand for professionals in fields like "AI and machine learning" and "GenAI".

A HKUST student team has developed a smart delivery drone for emergency response in hard-to-reach locations. CSE Prof. LI Mo noted the drone’s long-range communication control, autonomous navigation, and adaptability to different terrains or urban settings.

Stellerus, founded by academics of HKUST in 2023, aims to launch two satellites within the next 18 months, and another five to create a constellation. It is expected to be the world's first provider of satellite-enabled three-dimensional wind data to help wind power, transport and insurance firms boost revenues, cut costs and manage risks.

The "Asian Young Scientist (AYS) Fellowship Annual Conference 2025" was held in HKU, where HKUST VPRD Prof. Tim CHENG, also Chair of 2025 Steering Committee for the AYS Fellowship, delivered an opening speech.

An article on the world's first self-evolving multimodal world model system, World-Omniscient World Model, which was jointly developed by HKUST, the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center, and Peking University.

A research team led by LIFS/CBE Assoc. Prof. WANG Jiguang has discovered a previously overlooked subtype of brain tumor termed IME IDH-mutant astrocytoma. In addition, the team has developed an AI framework to help doctors identify this subtype accurately, enabling more personalized patient care.

CC Prof. Harry SHUM made a speech about low-altitude economy at the 11th Master Insight Forum.

The team led by CSE Chair Prof. JIA Jiaya has released the AI image editing and generation model DreamOmni2. Open-sourced just two weeks ago, the model has gained 1.6k stars on GitHub.

Co-organized by HKUST, Future Science Awards Foundation and Hong Kong Academy of Sciences, the "Science and Technology Forum", the opening event of the 2025 Future Science Prize Week, was held on October 22. The forum gathered science scholars and industry experts to discuss emerging trends and challenges in artificial intelligence.

The KnowComp Lab at HKUST has proposed a new paradigm for LLM (Large Language Model) security based on the EU AI Act and GDPR. This new approach significantly enhances performance and provides a new direction for LLM security management.

The ridership prediction model developed by the HKUST-MTR Joint Research Laboratory has garnered the Best Smart Mobility Award at the HK/Shanghai Co-operation Open Data Challenge 2025 (HSODC 2025).

A team led by ECE Asst. Prof. PAN Ling has developed ROVER, a novel AI training method based on a special structure of mathematical reasoning. The model evaluates random strategies and enables more stable training, significantly enhancing problem-solving diversity and accuracy.