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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…

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 5 min read

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…

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 9 min read

The final project is a 3-5 minute short film, using different AI applications. They put all their AI skills together to assemble something complex, working with text prompts and reference images to create video sequences. The main Gen AI applications…

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 6 min read

“AI can help us greatly in finding patterns in this data. We recently discovered that we can use AI inspired procedures to read emotions from the brain. AI can find out if someone feels afraid or feels disgusted, for example.”…

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

kklc Oct 15, 2024 6 min read

“Do you feel that Chat GPT understands you? Microsoft Copilot? To a certain degree, I do, yes… I did not expect this just three years ago, but it happened. But is it true understanding? I don’t know. “- Prof. Lingpeng…

Bridging AI and Real World Impact

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Discover how HKU Professor Reynold Cheng and HINCare use AI, time banking and smart technology to support elderly care and create social impact in Hong Kong. … Read more

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

kklc Oct 15, 2024
One of the world’s leading philosophers of AI is HKU Chair Professor Herman Cappelen, and his interview opens our Conversations about AI series.
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Can you fall in love with AI?

kklc Oct 10, 2024