HKUST In The Media

Research led by Global STEM Professor and CIVL Chair Prof. SU Hui, EMIA Asso. Prof. ZHAI Chengxing, and CIVL postdoctoral fellow Dr. WANG Cen, has found Arctic sea ice melt slowed markedly since 2012, with the decline rate easing from 11.3% per decade to an insignificant −0.4% per decade.

Researchers from HKUST, in collaboration with CUHK, HKU, Northwestern Polytechnical University and Nanjing University of Science and Technology, have developed the Robust-R1, enabling AI-trained models to operate reliably in visually challenging environments. 

A research team led by HKUST has developed N3D-VLM, a vision-language model for native 3D grounding and 3D spatial reasoning, with potential application in robotics and autonomous driving.

HKUST welcomed the opening of the HK Park of SZ-HK Innovation and Technology Co-operation Zone at the Lok Ma Chau Loop.

A research team led by OCES Chair Prof. QIAN Peiyuan, OCES Asst. Prof. WU Longjun, and postdoctoral researcher Dr. SHE Jiajie launched the world's first Deep Ocean Omics (DOO) database. 

HKUST is set to launch a four-year second-degree medical program in 2028, which will emphasize the integration of innovation and technology with medical science, aiming to cultivate talent equipped with clinical skills and research-oriented thinking. 

A HKUST team has developed the WorldCanvas AI framework, which allows users to accurately generate dynamic videos that align with their creative vision through hand-drawn trajectories, text descriptions, and reference images. 

A research team from HKUST has released "Bind & Compose (BiCo)", a revolutionary AI video generation system that can bind different images and videos into new clips, prompted solely by textual descriptions. 

HKUST introduced the international “Hong Kong Operation Robot" project for the Chang'E-8 mission. The project aims to unite global aerospace scholars and experts to develop a multi-functional lunar surface operation robot, contributing to the nation's lunar exploration missions.

HKUST introduced the international “Hong Kong Operation Robot" project for the Chang'E-8 mission. The project aims to unite global aerospace scholars and experts to develop a multi-functional lunar surface operation robot, contributing to the nation's lunar exploration missions.

A research team from HKUST(GZ) has developed the A4-Agent intelligent system, which enables AI to understand the operability of objects through "observation, thinking, and positioning". 

HKUST and GPTX Investment Management Limited have established a strategic partnership to drive innovation and entrepreneurship across AI, robotics, healthcare, and other related multi-disciplinary fields through the HKUST UniVenture Program.