CUHK Research: Changing the world

Foreword 6
Foreword by the Vice-Chancellor and President 7
Message from the Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Research) 8
1. Technologies of the future 11
Surgical robotics: Philip Chiu and Samuel Au 12
Logistics robotics: Liu Yunhui 16
Speech and language processing: Helen Meng and Patrick Wong 19
Network coding: Raymond Yeung 22
2. Innovation and discovery for health 25
The human microbiome: Francis Chan and Ng Siew-chien 26
Molecular diagnostics: Dennis Lo 29
Lung cancer treatment: Tony Mok 32
Digestive diseases: Jun Yu 35
Restorative medicine: Patrick Yung 38
3. Contributing to and for China 41
Art and China: Pedith Chan, Xu Xiaodong and Tong Yu 42
Digitising ancient Chinese texts for global impact: Ho Che-wah 45
Multiculturalism: Hong Ying-yi 48
Daoist studies: Lai Chi-tim 51
Chinese economy: Song Zheng 54
4. Tackling the challenges of sustainability 58
Geographic information science: Kwan Mei-po 59
Climate smart and sustainable agriculture: Lam Hon-ming 62
Green energy: Lu Yi-chun 65
Climate change and sustainable development: Amos Tai 68
5. Rising stars 71
Infectious diseases and viruses: Peter Cheung 72
Neuroscience and brain deterioration: Owen Ko 74
Cardiovascular immunology: Kathy Lui 76
Integrable systems, quantum symmetry and dualities: Michael McBreen 78
Palaeontology: Michael Pittman 80
6. Pathfinders 82
Special education: Catherine So 83
Sign language and deaf studies: Gladys Tang and Felix Sze 84
7. Global STEM Scholars 85

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