CUHK Research: Changing the world

Professor Pan’s research interests spans both machine learning and AI, as well as their interdisciplinary applications. Specifically, a common thread in his research has been focused on developing and applying transfer learning techniques to build adaptive information systems, where a system built on one domain can be automatically adapted to related equivalents or environments with little human supervision. A pioneer in the field of transfer learning, he has helped lay the early theoretical foundations and developed practical algorithms for transfer-learning techniques with diverse real-world applications. We are developing a new generation of transfer learning by integrating high-level symbolic knowledge representation into deep learning models. “ Sinno Jialin Pan Department of Computer Science and Engineering Professor Mao’s research focuses on genetic engineering of phages to develop novel strategies for biomaterials, nanobiotechnology, nanomedicine, and regenerative medicine. He has genetically engineered phages for seeking cell-/tissue-targeting peptides, detecting biomarkers for cancer diagnosis, inducing stem cell differentiation, promoting drug/ gene delivery and tissue regeneration, and developing nano-theranostic agents. He has been elected as a fellow of various societies, such as the American Chemical Society, the American Academy of Microbiology, the Biomedical Engineering Society, the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Royal Society of Chemistry. My research is to engineer nature’s tools into precision medicine to fight against challenging diseases such as cancer. “ Mao Chuanbin Department of Biomedical Engineering By Dr. Victor Padilla-Sanchez, PhD - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https:// commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=107845842 84