Innovation China Second Term Hong Kong Forum
CPII is honored to support The Innovation China Second Term Hong Kong Forum organized by the Doctors Think Tank Academy on 13th – 15th February 2023 at Hong Kong Science Park. Our Centre Director, Professor Helen Meng, served as a guest speaker and shared her thoughts about AI-enabled Spoken Language Technologies for Screening Neurocognitive Disorders in the development of Biotechnology and Medical Technology session. Professor Meng demonstrated the technology developed for older adult speech in Cantonese and the prototype of the application developed by her team. The forum gathered expertise from different fields to share their research on implementing technology to the industry.
Global I&T Summit
CPII is honored to support the Global Innovation and Technology Summit organized by the Innovation and Technology Commission of the HKSAR Government on 15th December 2022 at Hong Kong Science Park. The event was officiated by the Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry, Professor Sun Dong and the Commissioner for Innovation and Technology, Ms Rebecca Pun. Our Centre Director, Professor Helen Meng, served as invited panel speaker on the topic of “AI and humanness “ in the Global I&T Summit. She shared her thoughts about technological equity, and her experience in tackling data bias and enhancing social inclusion, especially in her research in the field of speech and language technologies . Professor Meng emphasized the important of conducting research through an equity lens. She also advised that users of different technologies should be aware that data bias tend to lead to inherent bias in AI models and therefore the outputs (decisions) from AI technologies may not always be desirable as expected. The Summit featured presidents’ forum, two keynote speeches, two panel discussions, InnoHK session and “Dialogue with the younger generation” with the participation of 30 world-class scientists, presidents of renowned institutes and industry leaders. Event details can be found on the following website: https://globalitsummit.hk/en/index
CPII talk: Simulation, Sensing and Control of Soft Robots
Researchers have devoted to developing a variety of soft robotic systems in the laboratory to take advantage of compliance introduced by soft materials. While being able to mimic natural systems and building compatible robots working together with humans, the challenge of lacking computational tools in design also dampens the development of soft robotics in industrial applications. Specifically, the design and control practices taken in soft robotics at present are mainly based on intuition and trial-and-error empirical tests. In this talk, I am going to introduce our recent work to overcome these challenges by simulating, sensing and controlling the motion of soft robots. The effectiveness of our approach has been verified on pneumatic-driven soft robots for path following, interactive positioning and target-based deformation control.
The Chinese University of Hong Kong Innovation Day 2022
As one of the CUHK InnoHK Centres, Centre for Perceptual and Interactive Intelligence (CPII) was invited to demonstrate our research and development works in The Chinese University of Hong Kong Innovation Day 2022 on 28th October 2022. The Innovation Day involved a range of innovative research projects from CUHK scholars, 24 booths showcased innovative projects from 6 CUHK InnoHK Centres and 17 companies funded by the CUHK Technology Start-up Support Scheme for Universities (TSSSU) and others.
SCMP Conversations: AI & Consumer Experience
The event is launched by The South China Morning Post which brings together Hong Kong based e-commerce leaders and etailers, policymakers and techpreneurs to discuss and debate how AI can spur business growth, innovative ideas and customised consumer experience in the e-commerce space. Our Centre Director, Prof Helen Meng, is being invited as one of the panellists to share her thoughts about “the consumers have spoken: actionable strategies for a sustainable, ethical e-commerce business”.
Source and More Information: https://ai-consumer.scmp.com/agenda/speakers/2831575
World Artificial Intelligence Conference 2022 – Hong Kong Branch
CPII is pleased to announce that the World Artificial Intelligence Conference 2022 – Hong Kong Branch organized by the Innovation and Technology Commission with the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation was successfully held on 1 Sep 2022 at Hong Kong Science Park. The Centre Director, Prof. Helen Meng was invited to give a speech on her latest development of CPII research and participate in the interactive exhibition showcasing their latest AI Innovations with her team.
InvestHK Webinar
The Director of CPII, Professor Helen Meng, shared the latest development of CPII research and innovations at the Webinar “The Journey of AI and Robotics: From Research to market” organized by the Invest HK on 19 August 2022. InvestHK is a HKSAR government department responsible for attracting and facilitating foreign direct investment into Hong Kong.
Innovation Hub@HK Launch Ceremony
The Innovation Hub@HK Launch Ceremony was successfully held on Aug 18, organised by the Innovation and Technology Commission (ITC). The Innovation Hub@HK is a dedicated website for Hong Kong to showcase research and development (R&D) strengths of HK’s public research institutes and universities. as well as act as a focal point to bring together the relevant stakeholders, including the academia, research institutes and the industry. The event was officiated by the Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry, Professor Sun Dong and the Commissioner for Innovation and Technology, Ms Rebecca Pun. Centre for Perceptual and Interactive Intelligence (CPII) is honoured to participate in this ceremony jointly with other top-notch research institutes.
Most Successful Women 2022
CPII is pleased to announce that Prof. Meng was awarded as the Most Successful Women 2022 at 《旭茉Jessica》in recognition of her contributions to the development of innovation and technology in Hong Kong.
Source from:
https://www.jessicahk.com/msw2022_helenmeng/
ACM SIGMOD 2022
CPII is pleased to announce that Prof. Eric Lo and his team members (Ziliang Lai, Chris Liu, Chenxia Han, Pengfei Zhang and Ben Kao) won the best demonstration runner-up award at ACM SIGMOD 2022 with “Everest: A Top-K Deep Video Analytics System“.
The SIGMOD demonstration program is for sharing cutting-edge, data management system prototypes with the greater SIGMOD community. Demonstrations may consist of software, hardware, or both. The emphasis of the SIGMOD demonstration program is on visionary, next-generation systems requiring significant research and development effort.