Talent 100 PhD Scholarship Scheme (2020-21)
Aiming to enhance the University’s research capacity and elevate the standards of postgraduate training, training on interdisciplinary research in particular, Hong Kong Baptist University has launched the Talent 100 PhD Scholarship Scheme (Scheme) to recruit meritorious PhD students via a fast track arrangement.
Students admitted under the Scheme will be hosted under the Institute of Transdisciplinary Studies (ITS). With an aim of taking a more proactive role to enable the offering of interdisciplinary programme for PhD training, IIS has organised a project-based research training for students to enhance a variety of skills, which are essential for conducting research, by involving them in interdisciplinary research projects during their first year of study. From the second year onwards, students will have their affiliation with the departments in alignment with their Principal Supervisors.
The interdisciplinary research projects are subsumed into 6 Interdisciplinary Research Labs and are listed as follows:
Augmented Creativity Lab
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Computational Medicine Lab
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System Health Lab
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Smart Society Lab
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Data Economy Lab
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Ethical and Theorectical AI Lab
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Augmented Creativity Lab
Collaborative Artistic Production with Generative Adversarial Networks*
Co-PIs: Dr. Peter Nelson (AP/AVA), Mr Daniel Shanken (AP/AVA), Dr. Roberto Alonso Trillo (AP/MUS), Dr. Francois Mouillot (RAP/MUS&HMW)
Computational Medicine Lab
Nanoparticle-Based Axonal Transport Probe for Screening Neurodegenerative Diseases*
PI: Dr. Angelo All (ASP/CHEM); Co-I: Prof. Chris Wong (P/BIOL)
Smart Fluorophores for Early Detection, Diagnostics to Therapeutics of Alzheimer’s Disease
PI: Prof. Ricky MS Wong (P/CHEM); Co-I: Prof. Ricky MS Wong (P/CHEM)
PI: Prof. Ge Zhang (P/SCM); Co-I: Dr. Dijie Li (Vis Res Scholar/SCM)
PI: Dr. Eric Lu Zhang(AP/COMP); Co-I: Prof. Zhaoxiang Bian (Chair P/SCM)
PI: Prof. Min Li (P/SCM); Co-Is: Prof. Ricky MS Wong (P/CHEM), Dr. Iyaswamy Ashok (RAP/SCM)
The identification of novel TCM compounds and its mechanism of action against SARS-CoV-2 infection
PI: Dr. Allen Ka Loon Cheung (AP/BIOL); Co-Is: Dr. King-Ho Cheung (ASP/SCM), Dr. Wei Shen Aik (AP/CHEM)
Uncovering pharmacological principles of TCM with Machine Learning*
PI: Dr. Liang Tian (AP/PHYS); Co-Is: Prof. Aiping Lyu (Chair P/SCM), Prof. Leihan Tang (P/PHYS)
PI: Prof. Zhaoxiang Bian (Chair P/SCM); Co-I: Dr. Jun Wang (ASP/CHEM)
Machine learning of tongue features and multimodal approaches for health measurements
PI: Dr. Shi Ping Zhang (ASP/SCM); Co-Is: Dr. Liang Lan (AP/COMP), Prof. Sung Nok Chiu (P/MATH)
Towards Robust Representation Learning for Computer-Aided Diagnosis under Weakly Supervised Information*
PI: Dr. Bo Han (AP/COMP); Co-I: Dr. William Cheung (ASP/COMP)
System Health Lab
Nanoparticle-Based Axonal Transport Probe for Screening Neurodegenerative Diseases*
PI: Dr. Angelo All (ASP/CHEM); Co-I: Prof. Chris Wong (P/BIOL)
PI: Prof. Ge Zhang (P/SCM); Co-I: Dr. Dijie Li (Vis Res Scholar/SCM)
PI: Dr. Eric Lu Zhang(AP/COMP); Co-I: Prof. Zhaoxiang Bian (Chair P/SCM)
Uncovering pharmacological principles of TCM with Machine Learning*
PI: Dr. Liang Tian (AP/PHYS); Co-Is: Prof. Aiping Lyu (Chair P/SCM), Prof. Leihan Tang (P/PHYS)
PI: Prof. Zhaoxiang Bian (Chair P/SCM); Co-I: Dr. Jun Wang (ASP/CHEM)
EEG (electroencephalogram) modes in autistic trait
PI: Prof. Changsong Zhou (P/PHYS); Co-I: Dr. Ming LUI (AP/EDUC)
Digitizing cellular behaviours during embryogenesis
PI: Prof. Zhongying Zhao (P/BIOL); Co-I: Dr. Jie Chen (AP/COMP)
PI: Dr. Zhifeng Huang (ASP/PHYS); Co-I: Prof. Yike Guo (P/COMP)
Machine Learning-Assisted Asymmetric Photocatalysis Induced by Circularly Polarized Light
PI: Dr. Zhifeng Huang (ASP/PHYS)
Risk Assessment for COVID-19: An Artificial Intelligence Approach
PI: Dr. Xian Yang (AP/COMP); Co-Is: Prof. Wei Jia (Chair P/SCM), Prof. Zhaoxiang Bian (Chair P/SCM),Prof. Yike Guo (P/COMP)
PI: Dr. Yang Gao (ASP/SPEH); Co-Is: Prof. Yike Guo (P/COMP), Prof. Zhaoxiang Bian (Chair P/SCM); Prof. Wei Jia (Chair P/SCM), Prof. Julien Baker (P/SPEH)
Environmental Exposure and Human Health
PI: Prof. Zongwei Cai (Chair P/CHEM); Co-Is: Prof. Zongwei Cai (Chair P/CHEM), Dr. Meng Gao (AP/GEOG)
PI: Prof. Zongwei Cai (Chair P/CHEM); Co-I: Prof. Min Li (P/SCM)
PI: Dr. Daniel Young (ASP/SOWK); Co-I: Prof. Petrus Ng (P/SOWK)
Aspiring for Global Health Leadership amid a Shifting World Order — China’s Health Silk Road*
PI: Dr. Emilie Tran (AP/GIS); Co-I: Prof. Yahia Zoubir (External)
Artificial Intelligence, Air Pollution, and Human Health*
PI: Dr. Meng Gao (AP/GEOG); Co-Is: Dr. Xian Yang (AP/COMP), Prof. Ken Yung (P/BIOL)
PI: Prof. Jiming Liu (Chair P/COMP); Co-I: Dr. Yang Liu (AP/COMP)
Towards Robust Representation Learning for Computer-Aided Diagnosis under Weakly Supervised Information*
PI: Dr. Bo Han (AP/COMP); Co-I: Dr. William Cheung (ASP/COMP)
Smart Society Lab
PI: Dr. Kenneth Tan (P/JOUR); Co-I: Prof. Yu Huang (P/JOUR)
- Exploring the role of big data analytics (BDA) in promoting smart low-carbon cities: A human-centered, community-based, and deep engagement approach in Hong Kong
PI: Dr. Daphne Mah (AP/GEOG); Co-Is: Byron Choi (ASP/COMP), Kwok Pan Chun (AP/GEOG), Kevin Tek Sheng Lo (AP/GEOG)
Organic Near-Infrared Sensor Platform Technologies and Applications
PI: Prof. Fu Rong Zhu (P/PHYS); Co-I: Prof. Zongwei Cai (Chair P/CHEM)
PI: Dr. Kwok Pan Chun (AP/GEOG); Co-Is: Dr. Byron Choi (ASP/COMP), Dr. Daphne Mah (AP/GEOG), Dr. Kevin Tek Sheng Lo (AP/GEOG)
Smart water management using data-driven hydrological model based on artificial intelligence and big data
PI: Prof. Qiming Zhou (P/GEOG); Co-I: Dr. Jianfeng Li (AP/GEOG)PI: Dr. Byron Choi (COMP); Co-I: Dr. Daphne Mah (GEOG)
Aspiring for Global Health Leadership amid a Shifting World Order — China’s Health Silk Road*
PI: Dr. Emilie Tran (AP/GIS); Co-I: Prof. Yahia Zoubir (External)
Artificial Intelligence, Air Pollution, and Human Health*
PI: Dr. Meng Gao (AP/GEOG); Co-Is: Dr. Xian Yang (AP/COMP), Prof. Ken Yung (P/BIOL)
Collaborative Artistic Production with Generative Adversarial Networks*
Co-PIs: Dr. Peter Nelson (AP/AVA), Mr Daniel Shanken (AP/AVA), Dr. Roberto Alonso Trillo (AP/MUS), Dr. Francois Mouillot (RAP/MUS&HMW)
PI: Prof. Jiming Liu (Chair P/COMP); Co-I: Dr. Yang Liu (AP/COMP)
Urban environment, health and well-being in Hong Kong: accounting for the role of daily activity and time use patterns of different population groups
PI: Prof. Donggen Wang (P/GEOG); Co-I: Prof. Pak Kwong Chung (P/SPEH), Prof. Richard Bernhart Owen (P/GEOG)
Data Economy Lab
Model Checking for Causal Effects from Economic Data
PI: Dr. Tiejun Tong (ASP/MATH); Co-I: Prof. Lixing Zhu (Chair P/MATH)
Ethical and Theoretical AI Lab
PI: Dr. Jing Ma (AP/COMP); Co-I: Dr. Yin Zhang (AP/JOUR)
PI: Dr. Xinzhi Zhang (AP/JOUR); Co-Is: Dr. Paolo Mengoni (Lecturer/JOUR), Dr. Li Cui (External), Dr. Nancy Guo (External)
Using AI to gauge reader response to literary narratives
PI: Dr. Wai Ping Yau (ASP/TIIS); Co-I: Dr. Sai Cheong Siu (External)
Understanding Machine Learning for Spatio-Temporal Analytics in Health Risk Prediction and Mapping – An Information-Theoretic Perspective*
PI: Prof. Jiming Liu (Chair P/COMP); Co-I: Dr. Yang Liu (AP/COMP)
* Research projects under multiple Labs