The AIS Lightning Talk cum Best Research Award 2024/25 presentation ceremony was held successfully on May 7, 2025.

AIS Dean Prof. QU Huamin opened the event by presenting the AIS Best Research Award to recipients in attendance at the ceremony. The awards were distributed across multiple categories:

MPhil Category (CWB):

• First Prize: Ms. Chloe CHAN (MPhil in Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM), Class of 2024)

PhD Category (CWB):

• First Prize: Dr. Stefano MINGOLLA (PhD in Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM), Class of 2024)
• Merit Prize: Ms. FAN Yuwen (PhD in Atmospheric Environmental Science (AES), Year 4)

PhD Category (GZ Pilot Scheme):

• First Prize: Mr. TANG Jianheng (PhD in Individualized Interdisciplinary Program (IIP), Year 4)
• Merit Prize: Dr. HUANG Chunxi (PhD in Individualized Interdisciplinary Program (IIP), Class of 2024)

Following the award presentation, 3 of the awardees took the stage to share their insightful research, which provided a valuable opportunity for the audience to appreciate the depth and innovation behind these award-winning research:

• Division of Environment and Sustainability (ENVR): Dr. Stefano MINGOLLA – “Interdisciplinary modeling and simulation for data-driven analysis of trade-offs in technology deployment and policy design for a sustainable transition”
• Division of Environment and Sustainability (ENVR): Ms. FAN Yuwen – “Evaluating Irrigation Effects in the North China Plain by Regional Climate Models”
• Information Hub: Mr. TANG Jianheng – “Research by revisiting and rethinking”

Followed by the awardee’s presentation is the Lightning Talk, featuring the following presentations that further facilitated the exchange of research ideas among faculty members and RPg students:

• Division of Emerging Interdisciplinary Areas (EMIA):  Mr. Piyush YADAV (PhD in Individualized Interdisciplinary Program (IIP), Year 1) – “Monitoring the Fast Carbon Cycle with Remote Sensing” 
• Division of Environment and Sustainability (ENVR): Ms. ZHOU Zixuan (PhD in Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM), Year 3) – “Convection-Permitting Projections Based on Multiple Scenarios to Unveil the Prospective Risks of Compound Climate Extremes in China’s Renewable Power Sector”     
• Division of Integrative Systems and Design (ISD): Mr. ZHENG Jiakun (PhD in Integrative Systems and Design (ISD), Year 3) – “Enabling Intelligence on Edge Devices: Low Power AI Chip Design”
• Division of Public Policy (PPOL): Mr. Pritish ANAND (PhD in Public Policy (PP), Year 1) – “Mapping Long-term Policy Changes: A Systematic Literature Review of the Quantitative Policy Feedback Literature” 
• Division of Public Policy (PPOL): Mr. ZHANG Shichang (PhD in Public Policy (PP), Year 1) – “How short videos affect public risk perception: a case study of the Fukushima wastewater discharge”