HKBU Hosted Annual Symposium on Transdisciplinary Research

The symposium began with the welcoming remarks by Prof Alexander Ping-Kong Wai, President and Vice-Chancellor.  Also officiating at the ceremony was Prof Yike Guo, Vice-President (Research and Development), and Prof Johnny Poon, Associate Vice-President (Interdisciplinary Research).   Wide ranging topics, including art technology, artificial intelligence and drug discovery, disease detection, DNA sequencing, smart city development, data economy, and AI ethics were covered in the symposium.  

A total of eight researchers were invited to present their transdisciplinary projects at the symposium, including Prof Ken Yung, Department of Biology, Dr Liu Jin, School of Chinese Medicine, Prof William Cheung, Department of Computer Science, Prof Zhongying Zhao, Department of Biology, Dr Peter Nelson, Academy of Visual Arts, Dr Celine Song, Department of Journalism, Dr Ting Chen, Department of Economics, Dr Meng Gao, Department of Geography.   Following the presentations, a roundtable discussion was staged for the transdisciplinary Lab members to share their insights and experience on undertaking collaborative transdisciplinary research.

Please click here to view the online photo album.

For more details, please visit: https://interdisciplinary-research.hkbu.edu.hk/news-and-events/annual-symposium-on-transdisciplinary-research.