The Academy of Interdisciplinary Studies (AIS) congratulates all the faculty members recently appointed to administrative roles and promoted within our divisions and program, and welcomes new faculty members who have joined us since February 1, 2024.
These faculty members have distinguished themselves across various domains. Together with our current group of world-class scholars, they will bolster our commitment to drive new pedagogy and interdisciplinary research in emerging areas with flexibility and agility.
Administrative Appointments (w.e.f. July 1, 2024)
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Prof. Naubahar SHARIF
Appointed Head, Division of Public Policy
Professor, Division of Public Policy and Division of Integrative Systems and Design
Expertise: Innovation and technology policy in Hong Kong and China; Belt and Road initiative; Mental Health and Wellbeing
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Prof. FU Hongbo
Appointed Acting Head, Division of Arts and Machine Creativity
Professor, Division of Emerging Interdisciplinary Areas and Division of Arts and Machine Creativity
Expertise: Computer graphics; Human-computer interaction; Computer vision
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Prof. CHEN Fei
Appointed Associate Head, Division of Environment and Sustainability
Professor, Division of Environment and Sustainability
Expertise: Land-atmosphere interactions; Land-surface and hydrologic process; Development of community land-surface, weather prediction, and climate models; Urbanization and its impacts on weather and climate; Agriculture management modelling in land-surface models; Regional climate modelling and assessment
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Prof. Nevin ZHANG
Co-director, Dual Degree Program in Technology & Management
Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Expertise: Bayesian networks; Artificial intelligence; Machine learning
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Promotion to Full Professor (w.e.f. July 1, 2024)
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Prof. YEUNG Sai Kit
Professor, Division of Integrative Systems and Design
Expertise: Computer vision; Computer graphics; Computational design; Marine AI and Systems Design
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Promotion to Associate Professor (w.e.f. July 1, 2024)
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Prof. SHI Xiaoming
Associate Professor, Division of Environment and Sustainability
Expertise: Atmospheric science and weather prediction; Regional climate change modeling; Computational fluid dynamics; Atmospheric science; Climate change and variability
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Promotion to Senior Lecturer (w.e.f. Sep 1, 2024)
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Dr. ZHANG Rong
Senior Lecturer, Division of Emerging Interdisciplinary Areas |
New Faculty in alphabetical order of Divisions and surnames (Feb 1 to Sep 6, 2024)
Division of Arts and Machine Creativity
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Dr. Anna KWONG
Senior Lecturer, Division of Arts and Machine Creativity
Expertise: Lingnan School Chinese ink painting (theory and practice); Art appreciation; Contemporary architecture; Visual arts; Creative art education; Western art history; World architecture
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Prof. Harry YANG
Assistant Professor, Division of Arts and Machine Creativity
Expertise: Computer vision; Natural language processing; Generative AI (GenAI) with a focus on image and video generation
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Division of Arts and Machine Creativity and Division of Emerging Interdisciplinary Areas
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Prof. LUO Wenhan
Associate Professor, Division of Arts and Machine Creativity and Division of Emerging Interdisciplinary Areas
Expertise: Creative AI; Generative models; Image and video generation; Content restoration; Computer vision
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Prof. RAO Anyi
Assistant Professor, Division of Arts and Machine Creativity and Division of Emerging Interdisciplinary Areas
Expertise: Reliable, steerable and explainable human-centered AI for creativity, multimodality, and film, with focuses on intelligent media editing and creation, semantic and cinematic analysis
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Division of Emerging Interdisciplinary Areas
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Prof. HAN Jun
Assistant Professor, Division of Emerging Interdisciplinary Areas
Expertise: Scientific visualization; Deep learning; Human-computer interaction: AIGC for Scientific Data Generation and Synthesis, Foundation Model for Scientific Visualization, Visual and Interactive Techniques for Explainable AI, Automatic Visual Manipulation
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Prof. Alex MA
Adjunct Associate Professor, Division of Emerging Interdisciplinary Areas
Expertise: Cinematic arts; Creative producing and management; Emerging technologies in film and media
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Prof. XU Ying
Adjunct Associate Professor, Division of Emerging Interdisciplinary Areas
Expertise: Weiqi
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Division of Environment and Sustainability
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Prof. Theodore K KOENIG
Research Assistant Professor, Division of Environment and Sustainability
Expertise: Atmospheric chemistry impacts on air quality and climate; Multiphase chemistry; Nitrogen and halogens
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Prof. LIU Xueying
Research Assistant Professor, Division of Environment and Sustainability
Expertise: Air pollution measurement and modeling; Remote sensing of air quality; Air pollution exposure and health impact assessment; Climate change and variability; Ecological modelling
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Prof. LIU Zhang
Research Assistant Professor, Division of Environment and Sustainability
Expertise: Environmental technologies; Water pollution; Smart manufacturing; Environmental chemistry
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Ir. Prof. Cary W H CHAN
Adjunct Professor, Division of Environment and Sustainability
Expertise: Building energy efficiency; Managing climate change relating to built environment
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Division of Integrative Systems and Design
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Prof. Lilly LI
Professor, Division of Integrative Systems and Design
Expertise: Design thinking; Advanced manufacturing; Fiber composite materials; Structure-based soft matter and art
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Prof. SHAO Qijia
Assistant Professor, Division of Integrative Systems and Design
Expertise: Mobile computing; Ubiquitous computing; Human-computer interaction
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Prof. Terrence YEE
Adjunct Professor, Division of Integrative Systems and Design
Expertise: Technology and Product Development; Entrepreneurship and Management; Development of Transferrable Skills
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Division of Public Policy
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Prof. Jeffrey CHOW
Research Assistant Professor, Division of Public Policy
Expertise: Environmental and natural resource economics; Environmental policy and governance; Climate change and global environmental governance; Health policy; Big data and social science research |
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Prof. Nicolo LUDOVICE
Research Assistant Professor, Division of Public Policy
Expertise: Food policy; History and policy; Environmental history; Science, technology, and medicine studies; Health-environmental humanities |