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Professor Haibo Jiang works at the Department of Chemistry at the University of Hong Kong
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AI makes the impossible possible for us

kklc Nov 19, 2024 4 min read

Professor Haibo Jiang works at the Department of Chemistry at the University of Hong Kong and is the director of the multi-disciplinary JC STEM Lab of Molecular Imaging. He received his PhD from the University of Oxford and joined HKU…

Professor Ziyang Meng is an acclaimed computational condensed matter physicist and is one of the pioneers of the use of AI in computational physics. His research focuses on developing large-scale numerical and machine-learning simulations to investigate quantum materials.
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We used to wait for a year for results, with AI – a week

kklc Nov 15, 2024 7 min read

Brute-force computation cannot solve these difficult problems – because of the exponential wall, one has to approach them with deeper understanding: either applying artificial intelligence or human intelligence. Now with AI, many of the previously impossible simulations – because they…

prof. Moriaki Yasuhara from the University of Hong Kong
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What takes us one day, AI can do in a few minutes

kklc Nov 12, 2024 5 min read

One ostracod is one white dot on the slide. In one second AI can identify 20 of them. There are several hundred ostracods here on this slide. Identification will take a few minutes for AI, but by eye, depending on…

Professor Xiaojuan Qi works at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at HKU where she is a member of the Deep Vision Lab. Her work covers deep learning, computer vision and artificial intelligence. In this interview with our science editor, Dr Pavel Toropov, Professor Qi talks about self-driving cars and building virtual worlds.
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We create a new reality with AI

kklc Nov 5, 2024 7 min read

Computer vision and artificial intelligence. To put it simply, computer vision means giving machines the capability to see. Humans can see the 3D world – the objects, the relationships between them, and a lot of semantics. Then we make decisions…

Professor Lequan Yu is the director of the Medical AI Lab at HKU and his work lies at the intersection of AI and healthcare. Before joining HKU, Professor Yu was a postdoctoral research fellow at Stanford University. In this interview he explains to our science editor, Dr Pavel Toropov, how AI can revolutionise healthcare.
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Our models can predict cancer treatment response

kklc Nov 1, 2024 4 min read

Then the AI algorithm integrates this information with other information, such as imaging information and general lab test information, and puts it all together to make a more comprehensive prediction about the condition of the patient. Professor Lequan Yu is…

Stepping Into the Past With Professor Chen Yuqi

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Stepping Into the Past With Professor Chen Yuqi
Stepping Into the Past With Professor Chen Yuqi
Stepping Into the Past With Professor Chen Yuqi

Professor Chen is redefining the limits of AI-driven gaming – and using it to explore our past. … Read more

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Professor Xiaojuan Qi works at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at HKU where she is a member of the Deep Vision Lab. Her work covers deep learning, computer vision and artificial intelligence. In this interview with our science editor, Dr Pavel Toropov, Professor Qi talks about self-driving cars and building virtual worlds.
A.I.

We create a new reality with AI

kklc Nov 5, 2024
Professor Lequan Yu is the director of the Medical AI Lab at HKU and his work lies at the intersection of AI and healthcare. Before joining HKU, Professor Yu was a postdoctoral research fellow at Stanford University. In this interview he explains to our science editor, Dr Pavel Toropov, how AI can revolutionise healthcare.
Applied A.I.

Our models can predict cancer treatment response

kklc Nov 1, 2024
Professor Yuan Xiaoming works in the Department of Mathematics at HKU. An accomplished mathematician and scientist, he was three times voted highly cited researcher by Clarivate Analytics. Professor Yuan’s main speciality is optimisation, and he applies this expertise in the field of artificial intelligence. In this interview with our science editor Dr Pavel Toropov, Professor Yuan explains the importance of mathematics in AI.
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Breakthroughs in AI depend on how good you are at maths

kklc Oct 29, 2024
Generative AI will change how reality is presented in film
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Generative AI will change how reality is presented in film

kklc Oct 25, 2024
Professor Benjamin Becker studies the human brain. His innovative, cutting-edge research has been published in top journals such as Nature Human Behaviour and the American Journal of Psychiatry. In this interview with our science editor Dr Pavel Toropov, Professor Becker talks about the breakthroughs that Artificial Intelligence made possible.
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“From a brain image, AI can read out the emotion that the person is feeling”

kklc Oct 18, 2024
Professor Lingpeng Kong’s research at HKU’s Department of Computer Science focuses on natural language processing (NLP). Before joining HKU, Professor Kong worked at the AI research laboratory Google DeepMind in London.
A.I.

“What was very difficult in the past is no longer difficult today”

kklc Oct 15, 2024