Here comes the 4th AIS Research Digest summarizing the latest publications and research papers by the faculty members of the Academy of Interdisciplinary Studies (AIS).

In this issue, we share the findings of cutting-edge research topics in arts and machine creativity, environment and sustainability, integrative systems and design, and public policy, published from Sept to Dec 2024.

Let’s explore our interdisciplinary research (click the titles to view the articles):

Division of Arts and Machine Creativity (AMC)

• Chufeng Xiao and Hongbo Fu (2024). CustomSketching: Sketch Concept Extraction for Sketch-based Image Synthesis and Editing. Computer Graphics Forum.
• Zhiyi Kuang, Yanchao Yang, Siyan Dong, Jiayue Ma, Hongbo Fu, Youyi Zheng (2024). OLAT Gaussians for Generic Relightable Appearance Acquisition. SIGGRAPH-ASIA 2024.*
• Jie Zhou, Chufeng Xiao, Miu-Ling Lam, Hongbo Fu (2024). DrawingSpinUp: 3D Animation from Single Character Drawings. SIGGRAPH-ASIA 2024.*
• Lin Gao, Jie Yang, Bo-Tao Zhang, Jia-Mu Sun, Yu-Jie Yuan, Hongbo Fu, and Yu-Kun Lai (2024). Real-time Large-scale Deformation of Gaussian Splatting. ACM Transactions on Graphics.

Division of Environment & Sustainability (ENVR)

• Filippos K. Zisopoulos, Brian D. Fath, Susana Toboso-Chavero, Hao Huang, Daan Schraven, Benjamin Steuer, Alexandros Stefanakis, O.Grant Clark, Serban Scrieciu, Simron Singh, Dominik Noll, Martin de Jong (2024). Inequities blocking the path to circular economies: A bio-inspired network-based approach for assessing the sustainability of the global trade of waste metals. Resources, Conservation and Recycling.
• Soe Oo May, Benjamin Steuer (2024). Electrical and electronic equipment repair in a circular economy: Investigating consumer behaviour in Hong Kong. Resources, Conservation and Recycling.
• Sharon Feliza Ann P Macagba, Laurence L Delina (2024). The state and future of extreme heat studies in Southeast Asian megacities: risk, impacts and adaptation strategies in a warming world. Environmental Research Communications.
• Laurence L. Delina, Jon H. Gaviola, Rufa Cagoco-Guiam (2024). Climate and security risks and their implications for sustainable livelihoods: The case of Maguindanao in conflict-ridden Philippine Bangsamoro. World Development Perspectives.
• Laurence L. Delina, Yuet Sang Marie Tung (2024). Towards a just AI-assisted energy transitions for vulnerable communities. Energy Research & Social Science.
• Homer Pagkalinawan, Laurence L Delina, Sharon Feliza Ann Macagba (2024). Gridded dataset on land surface temperature and selected environmental and socioeconomic features in Southeast Asian metropolises. Data in Brief.
• Keith Jin Deng Chan, Gleb Papyshev, Masaru Yarime (2024). Balancing the tradeoff between regulation and innovation for artificial intelligence: An analysis of top-down command and control and bottom-up self-regulatory approaches. Technology in Society.
• Takuro Kobashi, Eric Zusman, Makoto Taniguchi, Masaru Yarime (2024). Facilitating a carbon neutral transition in Kyoto: Initiatives on rooftop photovoltaics integrated with electric vehicles. Technology in Society.

Division of Integrative Systems and Design (ISD)

• Ziqiang Zheng, Yiwei Chen, Huimin Zeng, Tuan-Anh Vu, Binh-Son Hua, Sai-Kit Yeung (2024). MarineInst: A Foundation Model for Marine Image Analysis with Instance Visual Description. ECCV 2024.*
• Yingshu Chen, Huajian Huang, Tuan-Anh Vu, Ka Chun Shum, Sai-Kit Yeung (2024). StyleCity: Large-Scale 3D Urban Scenes Stylization. Computer Vision – ECCV 2024.*
• Zixin Zheng, Yumeng Liang, Rui Lyu, Junjie Bao, Yiwen Huang, Anfu Zhou, Huadong Ma, Jingjia Wang, Xiangbin Meng, Chunli Shao, Yida Tang, Qian Zhang (2024). BP3: Improving Cuff-less Blood Pressure Monitoring Performance by Fusing mmWave Pulse Wave Sensing and Physiological Factors. SenSys '24: 22nd ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems.*
• Xuedou Xiao, Yingying Zuo, Mingxuan Yan, Wei Wang, Jianhua He, Qian Zhang (2024). Task-Oriented Video Compressive Streaming for Real-Time Semantic Segmentation. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing.
• Wentao Xie, Chi Xu, Yanbin Gong, Yu Wang, Yuxin Liu, Jin Zhang, Qian Zhang, Zeguang Zheng, Shifang Yang (2024). DeepBreath: Breathing Exercise Assessment with a Depth Camera. Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies.*
• Tristan Braud, Brian Lau, Dominie Hoi Lam Chan, Chun Ming Wu, Zhen Wu, Vi Jun Sean Yong, and Kirill Shatilov (2024). Nature: Metaphysics + Metaphor (N:M+M): Exploring Persistence, Feedback, and Visualisation in Mixed Reality Performance Arts. SIGGRAPH-ASIA 2024.*
• Zhen Wu, Ruoyu Wen, Marcel Zaes Sagesser, Sum Yi Ma, Jiashuo Xian, Wenda Wu, and Tristan Braud (2024). I Light U Up: Exploring a New Emergent Narrative Paradigm through Physical Data Participation in AI Generative Experiences. SIGGRAPH-ASIA 2024.*
• Shuyang Li, Chris K. Y. Lo, Li Li (2024). A Systematic Literature Review on the Investigation and Application of Vegetable Fibers in Textiles/Apparel and Future Research Agenda. Journal of Natural Fibers.
• Zhuan Fu, Dandan Zhong, Sijie Zhou, Leyan Zhang, Weihao Long, Jiajing Zhang, Xinyu Wang, Jiahao Xu, Jieyao Qin, Junyao Gong, Li Li, Liangjun Xia, Bin Yu, Weilin Xu (2024). Scalable Asymmetric Fabric Evaporator for Solar Desalination and Thermoelectricity Generation. Advanced Science.
• Lingling Su, Chunhua Zhang, Wenyang Tang, Zhuan Fu, Junyao Gong, Jieyao Qin, Li Li, Liangjun Xia, Weilin Xu (2024). Moist-electric generators using biomass Juncus effusus fibers with 3D microchannels for wearable applications. Chemical Engineering Journal.
• Jac Ka Lok Leung (2024). Applied Generative AI for Interdisciplinary Projects. Effective Practices in AI Literacy Education: Case Studies and Reflections.
• Y. Wang, L. Zhao, X. Chu, S.H. Song, Y. Deng, and A. Nallanathan (2024). E2E Network Slicing Optimization for Control- and User-Plane Separation-Based SAGINs With DRL. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.
• L. Qu, Y. Mao, S.H. Song, and C.Y. Tsui (2024). Energy-Efficient Channel Decoding for Wireless Federated Learning: Convergence Analysis and Adaptive Design. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.
• G. Zhou, L. Zhao, G. Zheng, S.H. Song, K.C. Chen and L. Hanzo (2024). Performance vs. Cost Tradeoff for Network Slicing in Open RAN: An Intelligent Hierarchical Algorithm for Flexible Utility-Control. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.
• Lulu Tao, Mengmeng Wang, Changying Xiang (2024). Assessing urban morphology's impact on solar potential of high-rise facades in Hong Kong using machine learning: An application for FIPV optimization. Sustainable Cities and Society.
• Mengmeng Wang, Zhuoying Jia, Lulu Tao, Changying Xiang (2024). Review of dynamic façade typologies, physical performance and control methods: Towards smarter and cleaner zero-energy buildings. Journal of Building Engineering.
• Yuxin Bao, Changying Xiang (2024). Integrating Vertical Farm into Low-carbon High-rise Building in High-density Context: A Design Case Study in Hong Kong. Journal of Building Engineering.

Division of Public Policy (PPOL)

• Siqi Xie, Ning Luo, and Masaru Yarime (2024). Data Governance for Smart Cities in China: The Case of Shenzhen. Policy Design and Practice.
• Masaru Yarime (2024). Data Governance for Smart Cities in China: Opportunities and Challenges. HKUST IEMS Thought Leadership Brief No. 88.
  
• Gleb Papyshev, Masaru Yarime (2024). The limitation of ethics-based approaches to regulating artificial intelligence: regulatory gifting in the context of Russia. AI & SOCIETY.
• Naomi Aoki, Melvin Tay, Masaru Yarime (2024). Trustworthy public sector AI: research progress and future agendas. Research Handbook on Public Management and Artificial Intelligence.
• Vishnu Sivarudran Pillai, and Kira Matus (2024). Regulatory solutions to alleviate the risks of generative AI models in qualitative research. Journal of Asian Public Policy.
• Ziteng Fan, Jing Ning, Alex Jingwei He (2024). Slowing down or adapting to technological progress? Automation risk and policy preferences. Regulation & Governance.
• Vlasceanu, Madalina; Doell, Kimberly C.; Bak-Coleman, Joseph B.; ...Tyrala, Michael, ... & Van Bavel, Jay J. (2024). Addressing Climate Change with Behavioral Science: A Global Intervention Tournament in 63 Countries. Science Advances.
• Xiaodong Chen, Zhuang Miao, Ge Wu, Pengyu Zhu (2024). City-level green growth accounting: Evidence from China’s thirteen urban agglomerations. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.
• Ian Varela Soares, Masaru Yarime, Magdalena Klemun (2024). Balancing the Trade-off between Data Center Development and Its Environmental Impacts: A Comparative Analysis of Policy Responses in Singapore, Netherlands, Ireland, Germany, USA, and the UK. Environmental Science and Policy.
• Nhi Truong, Gregory Trencher, Masaru Yarime, Brendan Barrett, and Kazuyo Matsubae (2024). Barriers to the adoption of electric cars and electric motorcycles in Vietnam. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment.
• Juan Wang, Pengyu Zhu (2024). The distribution of shared parking use in time and space: A case study in Guangzhou, China. Journal of Transport and Land Use.
• Tyrala, Michael. (2024). World-Systems Analysis and the COVID-19 Pandemic: How the Structural Dynamics of the Capitalist World-Economy Exacerbate Societal Vulnerability and Undermine Collective Responses to External Shocks. In: Miller, Monica K. (Ed.). The Social Science of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Call to Action for Researchers.

*These papers are published in conferences.