Here is the second episode of AIS Research Digest which summarizes 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 environment, sustainability, public policy, integrative systems and design, as well as emerging interdisciplinary areas, published from Feb to Apr 2024. 

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

Division of Environment & Sustainability (ENVR)

• Xu Yu, Qianfeng Li, Kezheng Liao, Yumin Li, Xinming Wang, Yang Zhou, Yongmei Liang, Jian Zhen Yu (2024). New measurements reveal a large contribution of nitrogenous molecules to ambient organic aerosol. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science. 

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New Measurements Developed by Prof. Jian Zhen YU’s Research Team Reveal a Significant Contribution of Nitrogenous Molecules to Ambient Organic Aerosol

• Haolin Liu, Jimmy C. H. Fung, Alexis K. H. Lau, Zhenning Li (2024). Enhancing Quantitative Precipitation Estimation of NWP Model With Fundamental Meteorological Variables and Transformer Based Deep Learning Model. Earth and Space Science. 
• Yuchen Mai, Vincent Cheung, Peter K.K. Louie, Kenneth Leung, Jimmy C.H. Fung, Alexis K.H. Lau, Donald R. Blake, Dasa Gu (2024). Characterization and source apportionment of volatile organic compounds in Hong Kong: A 5-year study for three different archetypical sites. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 
• Laurence L. Delina, Chloe Chan, Timothy Joseph Henares (2024). A dataset on two decades of Japan's energy investments in Southeast Asian countries, 2000–2020. Data in Brief. 
• Laurence L. Delina, Ivee Fuerzas, Wiwik Dharmiasih, Michele Jaymalin Dulay, Albert Salamanca (2024). Are capital assets under pressure? The state of and challenges to indigenous rice farming in the cultural ricescapes of Indonesia and the Philippines. Journal of Rural Studies. 
• Michael Castro, Laurence L Delina, Joey Ocon (2024). Transition pathways to 100 % renewable energy in 208 island mini-grids in the Philippines. Energy Strategy Reviews. 
• Nicolo Paolo Ludovice, Laurence L Delina, Olivia Anne Perez (2024). Food Choice Determinants and Changes in Hong Kong During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health. 
• Peixiu Chen, Benjamin Steuer (2024). A first assessment of Hong Kong's circular economy for wastepaper: Material flows, value chains and the role of the semi-formal informal recycling sector. Journal of Cleaner Production. 
• Fanglin Wang, Steven Sai Hang Ho, Chung Ling Man, Linli Qu, Zhe Wang, Zhi Ning, Kin Fai Ho (2024). Characteristics and sources of oxygenated VOCs in Hong Kong: Implications for ozone formation. Science of the Total Environment. 
• Wenlin Chen, Yingchuan Yang, Han Mei, Haijiong Sun, Peter K.K. Louie, Sabrina Yanan Jiang, Zhi Ning (2024). Analysis of an ozone episode in the Greater Bay Area based on low-cost sensor network. Atmospheric Environment. 
• Hao Sun, Dasa Gu, Xin Feng, Zhe Wang, Xiangyunong Cao, Mingyao Sun, Zhi Ning, Penggang Zheng, Yuchen Mai, Zijie Xu, Wai Ming Chan, Xin Li, Wentai Zhang, Ho Wun Lee, Ka Fung Leung, Jian Zhen Yu, Eddie Lee, Peter K.K. Louie, Kenneth Leung (2024). Cruise observation of ambient volatile organic compounds over Hong Kong coastal water. Atmospheric Environment. 
• Meng Li, Hongguo Zhang, Jiliang Cheng, Jiayu Song, Wei Han, Shaoqi Zhou, Zhao-Xin Zhang, Qiong Wu, King Lun Yeung, Ce-Hui Mo (2024). Unveiling the decomposing and mineralizing mechanism of novel perfluoroalkyl acids via hydroxyl radical dominated electrochemical oxidation. Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy. 
• Zhenning Li, Jimmy C. H. Fung, Mau Fung Wong, Shangfei Lin, Fenying Cai, Wenfeng Lai, Alexis K. H. Lau (2024). Future changes in intense tropical cyclone hazards in the Pearl River Delta region: an air-wave-ocean coupled model study. Natural Hazards.

Division of Public Policy (PPOL)

• Nhi Truong, Gregory Trencher, Masaru Yarime, Brendan Barrett, Kazuyo Matsubae (2024). Barriers to the adoption of electric cars and electric motorcycles in Vietnam. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment. 
• Ian Varela Soares, Masaru Yarime, Magdalena Klemun (2024). Balancing the trade-off between data center development and its environmental impacts: A comparative analysis of Data Center Policymaking in Singapore, Netherlands, Ireland, Germany, USA, and the UK. Environmental Science & Policy. 
• Naomi Aoki, Melvin Tay, Masaru Yarime (2024). Trustworthy Public-Sector AI: Research Progress and Future Agendas. Chapter 15: Research Handbook on Public Management and Artificial Intelligence
• Gloria Wenting Luo, Viktória Döme, Weronika Cycak, Kira JM Matus (2024). Innovation policy for sustainability transitions in small economies: Energy technology innovation in Hong Kong. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. 
• Pengyu Zhu, Yulin Wang (2024). The travel-related impacts of telecommuting: An active learning-based systematic review. Travel Behaviour and Society. 
• Xiaodong Chen, Anda Guo, Zhuang Miao, Pengyu Zhu (2024). Assessing the performance of the transport sector within the global supply chain context: Decomposition of energy and environmental productivity. Applied Energy. 
• Kang Cao, Ronglu Yang, Pengyu Zhu, Xingman Zhang, Keyu Zhai, Xing Gao (2024). Understanding the Sustainable Mechanisms of Poverty Alleviation Resettlement in China’s Developed Regions under the Background of Land Relocation: Drivers, Paths and Outcomes. Land. 
• Alex Jingwei He, Nick Ellison, Katherine Smith (2024). Health and social welfare policies in the ‘post-Covid-19’era: Embracing a paradigm shift?. Urban Governance. 
• Magdalena M Klemun, Sanna Ojanperä, Amy Schweikert (2024). Approach for characterizing technology- and infrastructure-induced linkages between sustainable development goals. STAR Protocols. 
• Goksin Kavlak, Magdalena M. Klemun, Ajinkya Kamat, Brittany Smith, Robert Margolis, Jessika E. Trancik (2024). Nature of Innovations Affecting Photovoltaic 
  System Costs. 
• Julien de Troullioud de Lanversin, Christopher Fichtlscherer (2024). New confidence-building measures can reduce tensions around subcritical tests. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. 

Division of Emerging Interdisciplinary Areas (EMIA)

• Dongmei Zhang, Chang Li, Ray Zhang, Shenghao Xie, Wei Xue, Xiaodong Xie, Shanghang Zhang (2024). FM-OV3D: Foundation Model-based Cross-modal Knowledge Blending for Open-Vocabulary 3D Detection. The Thirty-Eighth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-24).*
• Chengxing Zhai, Michael Shao, Navtej Saini, Philip Choi, Nez Evans, Russell Trahan, Kutay Nazli, and Max Zhan (2024). Near-Earth Object Observations using Synthetic Tracking. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.

Division of Integrative Systems & Design (ISD)

• Linfei Ge, Qian Zhang, Jin Zhang, Huangxun Chen (2024). EHTrack: Earphone-Based Head Tracking via Only Acoustic Signals. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 
• Linfei Ge, Qian Zhang, Wentao Xie, and Jin Zhang (2024). BLEAR: Practical Wireless Earphone Tracking under BLE protocol. IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications. 
• Chen, Yi; Tan, Min; Yang, Rongliang; Lee, Kong Wai; Zhong, Haosong; Xu, Yang; Huang, Yangyi; Tang, Miao; Li, Mitch Guijun (2024). Laser-Guided Self-Assembly of Thin Films into Micro-Rolls. Advanced Functional Materials. 
• Ao, Ranxiao; Zhu, Ziqi; Zhang, Shilin; Zhang, Qiang; Yan, Chenyu; Tu, Feiyue; Li, Tianbao; Li, Mitch Guijun; Fu, Liangjie; Tang, Aidong; Yang, Huamin (2024). Halloysite-derived mesoporous silica with high ionic conductivity improves Li-S battery performance. Chemical Communications.
• Xu, Yang; Lin, Jing; Chen, Yi; Zhong, Haosong; Lee, Kong Wai; Tan, Min; Chen, Siyu; Kim, Minseong; Poon, Wing Yan; Chan, Yee Him Timothy; Yuan, Qiaoyaxiao; Tang, Miao; Yang, Rongliang; Pan, Yexin; Fu, Ying; Li, Mitch Guijun (2024). Highly Efficient Cash Sterilization with Ultrafast and Flexible Joule-Heating Strategy by Laser Patterning. Advanced Materials Interfaces. 

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ISD Research Team Led by Prof. Mitch LI Develops New Ultrafast Laser Patterning Device for Cash Sterilization

• Liu, Huan; Zhong, Haosong; Yuan, Qiaoyaxiao; Yang, Rongliang; Kim, Minseong; Chan, Yee Him Timothy; Chen, Siyu; Lin, Jing; Li, Mitch Guijun (2024). Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing of Breathable Superhydrophobic Membranes. Small Methods. 
• Davy Tsz Kit Ng, Chee Wei Tan, Jac Ka Lok Leung (2024). Empowering student self‐regulated learning and science education through ChatGPT: A pioneering pilot study. British Journal of Educational Technology.
• Ka-Yan Fung, Kit-Yi Tang, Tze Leung Rick Lui, Kuen-Fung Sin, Lik-Hang Lee, Huamin Qu, Shenghui Song (2024). ADPS—A Prescreening Tool for Students With Dyslexia in Learning Traditional Chinese. IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies. 
• Haiyan Tu; Liqiang Zhao; Yaoyuan Zhang; Gan Zheng; Chen Feng; Shenghui Song; Kai Liang (2024). Deep Reinforcement Learning for Optimization of RAN Slicing Relying on Control- and User-Plane Separation. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 
• Guorong Zhou; Liqiang Zhao; Gan Zheng; Shenghui Song; Jiankang Zhang; L. Hanzo (2024). Multi-objective Optimization of Space-Air-Ground Integrated Network Slicing Relying on a Pair of Central and Distributed Learning Algorithms. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 
• L. Xie, S.H. Song, and Yonina C. Eldar (2024). Model-Driven Sensing-Node Selection for Maneuvering Target Tracking. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, April 2024.*
• Z. Zhuang, X. Zhang, D. Xu, S.H. Song (2024). Active IRS-Aided MIMO Systems: How Much Gain Can We Get?. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, April 2024.*
• L. Qu, S.H. Song, C.Y. Tsui, and Y. Mao (2024). How Robust is Federated Learning to Communication Error? A Comparison Study Between Uplink and Downlink Channels. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, April 2024.*
• R. Cao, W. Yu, H. He, X. Yu, S.H. Song, J. Zhang, Y. Gong, and K.B. Letaief (2024). Newtonized Near-Field Channel Estimation for Ultra-Massive MIMO Systems. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, April 2024.*

*These papers are published in conferences.