Here comes the 5th AIS Research Digest summarizing the latest publications and research papers by the faculty members of HKUST’s Academy of Interdisciplinary Studies (AIS).

In this issue, we delve into cutting-edge research across a variety of fields, including arts and machine creativity, AI and other emerging interdisciplinary areas, environment and sustainability, integrative systems and design, and public policy, all published between January and August 2025.

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

Division of Arts and Machine Creativity (AMC)

• Zebin He, Mx Yang, Shuhui Yang, Yixuan Tang, Tao Wang, Kaihao Zhang, Guanying Chen, Lliu Yuhong, Jie Jiang, Chunchao Guo, Wenhan Luo. (2025). MaterialMVP: Illumination-Invariant Material Generation via Multi-view PBR Diffusion. International Conference on Computer Vision, ICCV 2025. *
• Tao Wang, Peiwen Xia, Bo Li, Peng-Tao Jiang, Zhe Kong, Kaihao Zhang, Tong Lu, Wenhan Luo. (2025). MOERL: When Mixture-of-Experts Meet Reinforcement Learning for Adverse Weather Image Restoration. International Conference on Computer Vision, ICCV 2025. *
• Zhe Kong, Le Li, Yong Zhang, Feng Gao, Shaoshu Yang, Tao Wang, Kaihao Zhang, Zhuoliang Kang, Xiaoming Wei, Guanying Chen, Wenhan Luo. (2025). DAM-VSR: Disentanglement of Appearance and Motion for Video Super-Resolution. SIGGRAPH Conference Papers '25: Proceedings of the Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques Conference Conference Papers, Article 140, 1–11. *
• Zhi Jin, Yuwei Qiu, Kaihao Zhang, Hongdong Li, Wenhan Luo. (2025). MB-TaylorFormer V2: Improved Multi-Branch Linear Transformer Expanded by Taylor Formula for Image Restoration. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 47(7), 5990–6005.
• Zixuan Ye, Huijuan Huang, Xintao Wang, Pengfei Wan, Di Zhang, Wenhan Luo. (2025). StyleMaster: Stylize Your Video with Artistic Generation and Translation. 2025 IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR). *
• Jingyun Xue, Hongfa Wang, Qi Tian, Yue Ma, Andong Wang, Zhiyuan Zhao, Shaobo Min, Wenzhe Zhao, Kaihao Zhang, Heung-Yeung Shum, Wei Liu, Mengyang LIU, Wenhan Luo. (2025). Towards Multiple Character Image Animation Through Enhancing Implicit Decoupling. ICLR 2025 Poster. *
• Yunxin Li, Shenyuan Jiang, Baotian Hu, Longyue Wang, Wanqi Zhong, Wenhan Luo. (2025). Uni-MoE: Scaling Unified Multimodal LLMs With Mixture of Experts. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 47(5), 3424–3439.
• Xinyu Chen, Yunxin Li, Haoyuan Shi, Baotian Hu, Wenhan Luo, Yaowei Wang, Min Zhang. (2025). VideoVista-CulturalLingo: 360° Horizons-Bridging Cultures, Languages, and Domains in Video Comprehension. Proceedings of the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics, 1, Long Papers, 27102–27128. *
• Xuran Ma, Yexin Liu, Yaofu Liu, Xianfeng Wu, Mingzhe Zheng, Zihao Wang, Ser-Nam Lim, Harry Yang. (2025). Model Reveals What to Cache: Profiling-Based Feature Reuse for Video Diffusion Models. ICCV 2025. *
• Yatian Pang, Bin Zhu, Bin Lin, Mingzhe Zheng, Francis EH Tay, Ser-Nam Lim, Harry Yang, Li Yuan. (2025). DreamDance: Animating Human Images by Enriching 3D Geometry Cues from 2D Poses. ICCV 2025. *
• Yuzhe Yang, Yipeng Du, Ahmad Farhan, Claudio Angione, Yue Zhao, Harry Yang, Fielding Johnston, James Buban, Patrick Colangelo. (2025). Meta-Learning for Speeding Up Large Model Inference in Decentralized Environments. COLM 2025. *
• Feilong Tang, Zile Huang, Chengzhi Liu, Qiang Sun, Harry Yang, Ser-Nam Lim. (2025). Intervening Anchor Token: Decoding Strategy in Alleviating Hallucinations for MLLMs. The Thirteenth International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR 2025). *
• Yexin Liu, Zhengyang Liang, Yueze Wang, Xianfeng Wu, Feilong Tang, Muyang He, Jian Li, Zheng Liu, Harry Yang, Sernam Lim, Bo Zhao. (2024). Unveiling the Ignorance of MLLMs: Seeing Clearly, Answering Incorrectly. CVPR 2025. *
   

Division of Emerging and Interdisciplinary Areas (EMIA)

• Jun Han, Fan Yang. (2025). DCINR: A Divide-and-Conquer Implicit Neural Representation for Compressing Time-Varying Volumetric Data in Hours. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 31(10), 8116–8128.
• Jun Han, Hao Zheng, Jun Tao. (2025). A Study of Data Augmentation for Learning-Driven Scientific Visualization. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 31(10), 8981–8993.
• Kelly Y.L Ku, Jiarui Li, Yueming Luo, Yunya Song. (2025). Correction approaches and hashtag framing in addressing Mpox misinformation on Instagram. Health Education Research, 40(2).
• Yunya Song, Yuanhang Lu, Stephanie Jean Tsang, Jingwen Zhang, Kelly Y. L. Ku. (2025). When Corrections Fail: Effects of Misinformation Targets, Repeated Exposure, and Partisanship on Misinformation Beliefs. USC Annenberg International Journal of Communication, 19.
• Yunya Song, Jonathon P. Schuldt, Yin Zhang, Ziwei Wang, Y. Connie Yuan, Sheng Zou & Jun Li. (2025). Bridging ideologies: analyzing the use of moral language and framing in social media discourse on climate change by U.S. congress members through computational approaches. Climate Change, 178.
• Kelly Yee Lai Ku, Yuanhang Lu, Yujie Zhou, Yunya Song. (2025). Fake news sharing and correction driven by COVID-19 prosociality. Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies.
• Peiying Wu, Sheng Zou, Changfeng Chen, Yunya Song. (2025). Hotbed of stigmatization or source of support: A multimodal analysis of mental health-related videos on Douyin. Computers in Human Behavior, 172.
• Bu Zhong, Yunya Song, Guangchao Charles Feng, Jingyuan Shi, Yuner Zhu, Lola Xie, Wanhui April Zhou, Sinan Yu, Yajing Lu, Ying Qin, Zuquan Xiong. (2025). AI imaginaries shape technological identity and digital futures. Computers in Human Behavior, 169.
• Yunya Song, Yin Zhang, Sheng Zou, Xian Yang & Qintao Huang. (2025). The spread of pro- and anti-vaccine views by coordinated communities on facebook during COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Computational Social Science, 8.
• Yunya Song, Chris Chao Su, Yuanhang Lu, Qintao Huang, Jonathon P. Schuldt. (2025). How do moral values relate to climate change attitudes? An analysis of language use on X (formerly Twitter) and Weibo. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 106.

Division of Environment & Sustainability (ENVR)

• Keith Jin Deng Chan. (2025). Inefficiency in a frictionless market. Games and Economic Behavior, 151, 59-69.
• Keith Jin Deng Chan, Vivi Yuwei Liao. (2025). Sustainability commitment, environmental achievement, and green bond premium. Journal of Environmental Management, 392.
• Keith Jin Deng Chan, Lionel Wilson Mok, Peter Chi Choi Lau. (2025). Leakage in the common ground: how misalignment in sustainable finance taxonomies impacts cross-border capital flows. Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment, 15(3), 688-713.
• Si Wu, Wanfu Zheng, Zhe Wang, Guanghao Chen, Pu Yang, Shang Yue, Dingqian Li, Yue Wu. (2025). AlphaDataCenterCooling: A virtual testbed for evaluating operational strategies in data center cooling plants. Applied Energy, 380.
• Si Wu, Pu Yang, Guanghao Chen, Zhe Wang. (2025). Evaluating seasonal chiller performance using operational data. Applied Energy, 377.
• Boyi Cheng, Da Zhang, Jinqi Jiang, Tianwei Hao, Samir Kumar Khanal, Weijun Zhang, Zongping Wang, Guanghao Chen, Gang Guo. (2025). Novel Insights into the Long-Term Thiosulfate Pretreatment for Enhanced Short-Chain Fatty Acids Production from Sludge Anaerobic Fermentation: Organics Transformation, Electron Transfer, and Microbial Cooperation. ACS ES&T Engineering, 5(1), 226–238.
• Wentao Tang, Sen Lin, Yangfan Deng, Gang Guo, Guanghao Chen, Tianwei Hao. (2025). Integrating transcriptomic data with metabolic model unravels the electron transfer mechanisms of Methanosarcina barkeri. Water Research X, 28.
• Yi Han, Guangcheng Xiong, Si Yang, Xi Luo, Feixiang Zan, Xiaohui Wu, Guanghao Chen. (2025). Role of biogas stirring in alleviating acidification and promoting methanogenesis during the anaerobic digestion of food waste: Macroscale and microscale perspectives. Waste Management, 200.
• Jin Qian, Sai Bai, Xiangning Xu, Dandan Zhang, Guoping Xiang, Yichu Zhang, Wen Hao, Guang-Hao Chen. (2025). Mechanistic insights into microbial and functional responses to norfloxacin in a thiosulfate-mediated denitrification granular sludge system. Bioresource Technology, 434.
• Jie Liu, Yang Liu, Zi Zhang, Yangfan Deng, Guanghao Chen. (2025). Characterisation of polysaccharide from anammox granular sludge and potential application in hydrogel preparation. Water Research, 282.
• Zihan Mei, Jiale Wang, Jinghai Luo, Xiejuan Lu, Juan Mao, Feixiang Zan, Min Zheng, Guanghao Chen, Xiaohui Wu. (2025). Unraveling the mechanism of dissolved organic matter in enhancing nitrogen removal from leachate wastewater treatment via aerobic granular sludge process. Water Research, 287.
• Jinqi Jiang, Qingshan Lin, Xiaohong Guan, Shuai Zhou, Shifa Zhong, Xiang Xiang, Zongping Wang, Guanghao Chen, Gang Guo. (2025). Using Machine Learning and GPT Models To Enhance Electrochemical Pretreatment of Anaerobic Cofermentation: Prediction, Early Warning, and Biomarker Identification. ACS ES&T Engineering, 5(5), 1149–1159.
• Chu-Kuan Jiang, Yang-Fan Deng, Wen-Tao Tang, Cheng-Yu Xiao, Di Wu, Guang-Hao Chen. (2025). Thiosulfate-involved S-N biotransformation enables the long-term stability of a novel sulfur-cycle driven mainstream anammox process. Chemical Engineering Journal, 505.
• Si WU, Pu YANG, Dingqian LI, Guanghao CHEN, Zhe WANG. (2025). Towards predictive maintenance: A performance evaluation framework for cooling towers in HVAC systems. Building and Environment, 284.
• Yuanjun Liu, Yangfan Deng, Mark C.M. van Loosdrecht, Guanghao Chen. (2025). Development of nitrification and elemental sulfur-based denitrification/anammox (NS0DA) process for mainstream nitrogen removal. Water Research, 283.
• Chuheng Xie, Zhaowei Huang, Jiale Wang, Hong Li, Runzhang Zuo, Chaoqun Leng, Zhenhao Wang, Feixiang Zan, Xiejuan Lu, Juan Mao, Xiaohui Wu, Guanghao Chen. (2025). A novel Bio-LOHAS process: Regulating DGAOs-DPAOs interactions and carbon allocation through strategic low-DO aeration for low C/N wastewater treatment. Water Research, 287.
• Yan Cheng, Haibo Li, Wenjie He, Hao Dong, Linfeng Wang, Gang Guo, Guanghao Chen, Jie Ma. (2025). Novel strategy for recovering phosphorus from sulfate-rich wastewater combined with phosphogypsum recycling. Bioresource Technology, 435.
• Yunxing Zhao, Denian Li, Pengcheng Cai, Xuanyuan Ni, Guanghao Chen, Dongsheng Xia, Zixu Sun, Haoran Yuan. (2025). Architectural modulation of binary metal-organic frameworks upcycled from waste polyethylene terephthalate for high-performance supercapacitors. Journal of Colloid and Interface, 700.
• Rainbow Yi Hung Lam, Laurence L Delina. (2025). Financing structural and non-structural extreme heat adaptation measures in Southeast Asian cities: statuses and prospects. Environmental Research Communications, 6.
• Jifei Chen, Laurence L Delina. (2025). Understanding the impacts of extreme heat on the mental well-being of older adults: a systematic review. Environmental Research Communications, 6.
• Laurence L. Delina, Lei Shi, Jon Gaviola, Rufa Cagoco-Guiam. (2025). Balancing Immediate Relief and Resilience: Centring Local Voices for Disaster Aid and Capacity Building in Climate-Conflict Vulnerable Communities. Sustainable Development, 33(3), 4589–4603.
• Jifei Chen, Xiaoming Shi, Yongying Shi, Laurence L. Delina. (2025). Assessing heat vulnerability risk of Jinan and Guangzhou's older populations based on multisource remote sensing data. Building and Environment, 271.
• Hongwei Yu, Wenjin Chen, Xinyi Wang, Laurence Delina, Zhiming Cheng, Le Zhang. (2025). The impact of the Energy Conservation Law on enterprise energy efficiency: Quasi-experimental evidence from Chinese firms. Energy Economics, 143.
• Johanne Rei R Castro, Laurence L Delina. (2025). Extreme heat in focus: comparing media narratives from the Philippines and Hong Kong. Environmental Research Communications, 7.
• Laurence L. Delina, Ivee Fuerzas, Michele Jaymalin Dulay, Nicolo Paolo Ludovice, Kim-Pong Tam, Albert Salamanca. (2025). Affective relationships as non-material capital assets in building resilience within the rice-terraced cultural landscapes of the Philippine Cordillera. Applied Geography, 179.
• Laurence L. Delina, Sanny D. Afable, Ivee Fuerzas, Kim-Pong Tam, Wiwik Dharmiasih, Albert Salamanca. (2025). Roots of resilience: Revealing social networks for enhancing social resilience in Indigenous Indonesian and Philippine ricescapes. Climate Risk Management, 48.
• Johanne Rei R. Castro, Laurence L. Delina. (2025). Integrated policy and AI-assisted technologies to address extreme heat and enhance urban resilience. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences.
• Chloe Chan, Laurence L. Delina. (2025). Shadows of energy insecurity: Unmasking the lived experiences of intersectional vulnerabilities in Hong Kong's urban landscape. Energy Research & Social Science, 126.
• Laurence L. Delina, Lei Shi. (2025). Sustainable mobility transitions in developing states: A comparison of Southeast Asia’s electric mobility policies and aspirations. Sustainable Futures, 9.
• Caleb Kan, Laurence L. Delina. (2025). Unlocking the transformative potential of blockchain to enhance transparency and efficiency in voluntary carbon markets for a sustainable energy transition. Energy Research & Social Science, 126.
• Jifei Chen, Xiaoming Shi, Laurence L. Delina. (2025). Cold spells and mental well-being: the influence of cold spells on older adults in Jinan, China. Cities & Health, 9(5), 844–858.
• Eireka Orlido Meregillano, Laurence L. Delina. (2025). Powering through the storm: Assessing the resilience of electricity sociotechnical systems in typhoon-impacted coastal communities. Energy Research & Social Science, 126.
• Stefan Bouzarovski, Karla G. Cedano-Villavicencio, Laurence L. Delina, Mari Martiskainen, Tony G. Reames, Neil Simcock. (2025). Reframing how we talk about ‘energy poverty’. Nature Energy, 10, 806–810.
• Laurence L. Delina, Kim-Pong Tam, Sanny D. Afable, Ivee Fuerzas, Wiwik Dharmiasih, Albert Salamanca. (2025). Rice, resilience, and relationships: Unpacking the intangible sources of resilience in Southeast Asian heritage ricescapes. World Development, 195.
• Ellice Dane W. Ancheta, Maria Obiminda L. Cambaliza, Laurence Delina. (2025). Towards Net Zero and a Zero Landfill Future: Leveraging Hong Kong’s Municipal Solid Waste Charging Scheme for Sustainable Waste Management and Carbon Neutrality. Journal of Sustainability, 1.
• Laurence L. Delina, Sanny D. Afable, Chloe Chan. (2025). Bridging the rural–urban energy transition divide: Place-specific challenges in renewable energy transitions for vulnerable communities in the Philippines. World Development Perspectives, 39.
• Johanne Rei R. Castro, Laurence L. Delina. (2025). The social, technological, economic, and political roles of information and communication technologies in extreme heat adaptation in urban Southeast Asia. Urban Climate, 62.
• Ivee V. Fuerzas, Laurence L. Delina, Kim-Pong Tam. (2025). “Crisis in the Cup:” Unveiling the Hazards and Vulnerabilities of the Philippine Coffee Supply Amidst Emerging Risks. Sustainable Development.
• Ho Yi Lydia Mak, Yi Zhang, Xiaoming Shi. (2025). Microphysical analysis on the impacts of reduced aerosol concentrations on tropical cyclone precipitation in South China Area. Atmospheric Research, 328.
• Ge Yu, Yueya Wang, Zhe Wang, Xiaoming Shi. (2025). Exploring the aerosol activation properties in coastal shallow convection using cloud- and particle-resolving models. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 25(14), 7527–7542.
• Christy Yan Yu Leung, Haoming Chen, Xiaoming Shi, Ping Cheung, Pak Wai Chan. (2025). Analysis and Simulations for the Severe Turbulence Event Aloft Myanmar on 21 May 2024, Meteorological Applications Science and Technology for Weather and Climate, 32(3).
• Jianan Chen, Ralf Toumi, Lujia Zhang, Mengqian Lu, Dazhi Xi, Xiaoming Shi. (2025). Radial Rainfall Pattern Changes of Intense Over-Ocean Tropical Cyclones Under Global Warming: Insights From an MRI HighRes CMIP6 Simulation, Geophysical Research Letters, 52(9).
• Haoming Chen, Christy Yan-yu Leung, Ping Cheung, Haolin Liu, Sai Tick Chan, Xiaoming Shi. (2025). Predicting Convectively Induced Turbulence With Regionally Convection-Permitting Simulations. Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 61.
• Yueya Wang, Haobo Li, Xiaoming Shi, Jimmy C. H. Fung. (2025). Assessing the Impact of Cumulus Convection and Turbulence Parameterizations on Typhoon Precipitation Forecast. Geophysical Research Letters, 52(1).
• 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. (2025). 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, 212.
• Soe Oo May, Benjamin Steuer. (2025). Electrical and electronic equipment repair in a circular economy: Investigating consumer behaviour in Hong Kong. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 215.
• Peixiu Chen, Benjamin Steuer, Genhao Wu, Liang Dong, Xin Tong, Martin de Jong, Meike Sauerwein. A life cycle assessment on food delivery packaging in Guangzhou, China: Using consumer preferences to infer viable circular economy policy pathways. Journal of Environmental Management, 391.
• Yang Xu, Penggang Zheng, Xin Feng, Hao Sun, Mingyao Sun, Lirong Hui, Yao Chen, Yi Chen, Dasa Gu, Zhi Ning, Jian Zhen Yu, Zhe Wang. (2025). Characterizing sources and health risks of airborne Carbonyl compounds in a subtropical coastal atmosphere in South China. Environmental Pollution, 368.
• Yao Chen, Yang Xu, Dandan Huang, Donger Lai, Yi Chen, Jia Guo, Xin Feng, Lirong Hui, Qian Wang, Cheng Huang, Hongli Wang, Zhe Wang. (2025). Photochemical impacts of atmospheric carbonyl compounds on ozone formation and radical chemistry in urban Shanghai. Environmental Pollution, 380.
• Yi Chen, Men Xia, Penggang Zheng, Yumin Li, Zhouxing Zou, Shengrui Tong, Kun Li, Xin Feng, Lirong Hui, Qi Yuan, Jinjian Li, Jian Zhen Yu, Shuncheng Lee, Tao Wang, Zhe Wang. (2025). Complex gas-particle partitioning of nitro-phenolic compounds: field-based insights and determination of apparent activity coefficient. npj climate and atmospheric science, 8.
• Xi Shu, Xue Qiao, Ya Tang, Philip K. Hopke, Qi Ying, Junfeng Wang, Bin Han, Zhongjun Xu, Zhonglin Xia, Yinhong Ma, Yuan Dai, Jun Leng. (2025). Enclosed-terrain urbanized areas require vertically stratified air quality management: Insights from particulate matter vertical observations in China's Sichuan Basin. Journal of Environmental Management, 391.
• Qixiang Xu, Zilin Jin, Qi Ying, Ke Wang, Fangcheng Su, Ruiqin Zhang, Michael J. Kleeman. (2025). Improving the computational efficiency of a source-oriented chemical mechanism for the simultaneous source apportionment of ozone and secondary particulate pollutants. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 25(16), 9431–9449.
• Shuhui Zhu, Jie Zhang, Li Li, Min Zhou, Liping Qiao, Hongli Wang, Dan Dan Huang, Qiongqiong Wang, Shengao Jing, Yuhang Wu, Shan Wang, Changhong Chen, Qi Ying, Jian Zhen Yu. (2025). Aerosol Uptake Coefficients of Isoprene Epoxides: Determination and Parameter Estimation from Online Field Measurements of Organic Molecular Markers. Environmental Science & Technology, 59(34), 18249–18258.
• Dong Zhang, Xiao Li, Qi Ying, Qixiang Xu, Xuan Lu, Minghao Yuan, Yifei Xu, Zhangsen Dong. (2025). Unraveling the formation and precursor sensitivity of peroxyacetyl nitrate (PAN) in urban photochemical pollution: A case study of Zhengzhou. Atmospheric Environment, 360.
• Alana J. Dodero, Sining Niu, Heewon Yim, Kyle P. McCary, Sahir Gagan, Yeaseul Kim, Timothy B. Onasch, James H. Flynn, Raghu Betha, Karsten Baumann, Sarah D. Brooks, Qi Ying, Yue Zhang. (2025). Quantifying the Spatial and Temporal Distributions of Volatile Chemical Products (VCPs) in the Greater Houston Area. Environmental Science & Technology, 59(27), 13881–13891.
• Kyle P. McCary, Sining Niu, Alana J. Dodero, Yeaseul Kim, Heewon Yim, Sahir Gagan, Karsten Baumann, Timothy B. Onasch, Raghu Betha, Qi Ying, Yue Zhang. (2025). Quantifying ambient concentration and emission profile of D5-siloxane of a residential neighborhood in the Greater Houston area. Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 27, 1266–1276.
• Junwen Liu, Fan Jiang, Qiongqiong Wang, Gan Zhang, Jun Li, Weihua Chen, Ping Ding, Sanyuan Zhu, Zhineng Cheng, Xiangyun Zhang, Qinge Sha, Zhijiong Huang, Xin Yuan, Junyu Zheng, Yanlin Zhang, Caiqing Yan, Chonggu Tian, Yingjun Chen, Jian Zhen Yu, Örjan Gustafsson. (2025). Substantial reductions in black carbon from both fossil fuels and biomass burning during China’s Clean Air Action. Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences.
• Ru-Jin Huang, Yong Jie Li, Qi Chen, Yanli Zhang, Chunshui Lin, Chak K. Chan, Jian Zhen Yu, Joost De Gouw, Shengrui Tong, Jingkun Jiang, Weigang Wang, Xiang Ding, Xinming Wang, Maofa Ge, Weijian Zhou, Doug Worsnop, Michael Boy, Merete Bilde, Ulrike Dusek, Annmarie G. Carlton, Thorsten Hoffmann, V. Faye Mcneill, Marianne Glasius. (2025). Secondary organic aerosol in urban China: A distinct chemical regime for air pollution studies. Science, 389(6763).
• Shuhui Zhu, Jie Zhang, Li Li, Min Zhou, Liping Qiao, Hongli Wang, Dan Dan Huang, Qiongqiong Wang, Shengao Jing, Yuhang Wu, Shan Wang, Changhong Chen, Qi Ying, Jian Zhen Yu. (2025). Aerosol Uptake Coefficients of Isoprene Epoxides: Determination and Parameter Estimation from Online Field Measurements of Organic Molecular Markers. Environmental Science & Technology, 59(34), 18249–18258.
• Shan Wang, Qiongqiong Wang, Hanzhe Chen, Yuk Ying Cheng, Zijing Zhang, Jinjian Li, Kezheng Liao, Xin Feng, Penggang Zheng, Zhe Wang, Dasa Gu, Jian Zhen Yu. (2025). Informing City-Scale Air Pollution Episodes Using Hourly Time-Scale Measurements of PM2.5 Molecular and Elemental Tracers at an Air Quality Research Supersite in Hong Kong. ACS ES&T Air, 2(9), 1962–1971.
• Xu Yu, Min Zhou, Shuhui Zhu, Liping Qiao, Jinjian Li, Yingge Ma, Zijing Zhang, Kezheng Liao, Hongli Wang, Jian Zhen Yu. (2025). Significant secondary formation of nitrogenous organic aerosols in an urban atmosphere revealed by bihourly measurements of bulk organic nitrogen and comprehensive molecular markers. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 25, 9061–9074.
• Manfei Lin, Yongming Feng, Xiao He, Bin-Yu Kuang, X.H. Hilda Huang, Yongmei Liang, Jian Zhen Yu. (2025). Identification and semi-quantification of alkylated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in PM2.5 filter samples using in-injection port thermal desorption coupled with two-dimensional gas chromatography and rapid-scanning quadrupole mass spectrometry (TD-GC×GC-qMS). Atmospheric Pollution Research, 16(11).
• Xiao He, X.H. Hilda Huang, Ka Shing Chow, Jian Zhen Yu. (2025). Tracking secondary organic aerosol formation with molecular Tracers: Contributions from biogenic and anthropogenic precursors. Atmospheric Environment, 360.
• Shumin Liang, Yuchen Wang, Hanzhe Chen, Wan Chan, Jian Zhen Yu. (2025). Accurate Quantification of Multifunctional C2–3 Organosulfates in Atmospheric Aerosols Using Liquid Chromatography-Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry: Overcoming Matrix Effects and Underestimation. Environmental Science & Technology, 59(25), 12812–12821.
• Qiongqiong Wang, Shan Wang, Hanzhe Chen, Zijing Zhang, Huan Yu, Man Nin Chan, Jian Zhen Yu. (2025). Ambient Measurements of Daytime Decay Rates of Levoglucosan, Mannosan, and Galactosan. JGR Atmospheres, 130(8).
• Yumin Li, Tzung-may Fu, Jian Zhen Yu, Aoxing Zhang, Xu Yu, Jianhuai Ye, Lei Zhiu, Huizhong Shen, Chen Wang, Xin Yang, Shu Tao, Qi Chen, Ying Li, Lei Li, Huizheng Che, Colette L. Heald. (2025). Nitrogen dominates global atmospheric organic aerosol absorption. Science, 387(6737), 989–995.
• Hanzhe Chen, Jian Zhen Yu. (2025). An online instrument for assessing oxidative potential of ambient particulate matter via dithiothreitol assay, using particle-into-liquid sampler (PILS) coupled with improved light absorption measurement. Atmospheric Environment, 343.
• Changqing Lin, Jian Zhen Yu, Eddie Lee, Pak-Wai Chan, Jackie Wai-Yin Ng, Ying-Wa Chan, Tianshu Zhang, Yiang Chen, Hanzhe Chen, Zijing Zhang, Samuel Ho-Kwong Chui, Jimmy C. H. Fung, Wenqing Liu, Alexis K. H. Lau. Mysterious air pollution in south China linked to volcanic emissions from the Philippines. Communications Earth & Environment, 6.

Division of Integrative Systems and Design (ISD)

• Gerhard Gompper, Howard A Stone, Christina Kurzthaler, David Saintillan, Fernado Peruani, Dmitry A Fedosov, Thorsten Auth, Cecile Cottin-Bizonne, Christophe Ybert, Eric Clément, Thierry Darnige, Anke Lindner, Raymond E Goldstein, Benno Liebchen, Jack Binysh, Anton Souslov, Lucio Isa, Roberto di Leonardo, Giacomo Frangipane, Hongri Gu, Bradley J Nelson, Fridtjof Brauns, M Cristina Marchetti, Frank Cichos, Veit-Lorenz Heuthe, Clemens Bechinger, Amos Korman, Ofer Feinerman, Andrea Cavagna, Irene Giardina, Hannah Jeckel and Knut Drescher. (2025). The 2025 motile active matter roadmap. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 37.
• Yanmei Ma, Xinhao Li, Weikang Hu, Muyang Ruan, Ming Yang, Lingqian Chang, Hongri Gu, Chengzhi Hu. (2025). Development of electrochemical nanoprobe for real-time intracellular measurements of Fe2+ during ferroptosis. Microsystems & Nanoengineering, 11.
• Xiao Tian, Meiyu Yao, Ying Li, Li Li. (2025). Design and fabrication of mesh-like four-warp leno cotton fabric based on self-locking effect: outstanding mechanical performance and breathability. Cellulose, 32, 1979–1991.
• Shiyu Liao, Jianming Chen, Li Li, Puwang Li, Xungai Wang. (2025). Stepwise degumming of pineapple leaf fibers with tunable fineness and excellent antibacterial property. Industrial Crops and Products, 225.
• Xue Wang, Qian Zhang, Li Li. (2025). Biodegradable fabric with efficient thermal-wet management for eco-friendly weed control and water retention of soil. Industrial Crops and Products, 225.
• Hong Qu, Yanghong Zhou, P. Y. Mok, Gerhard Flatz, Li Li. (2025). Efficient and Effective Detection of Repeated Pattern from Fronto-Parallel Images with Unknown Visual Contents. Signals, 6(1).
• Yin Shan Lau, Li Li. (2025). A novel approach to fabricate a random-oriented staple fibre yarn (RO-SFY) by using a nonwoven spinning system. Journal of Industrial Textiles.
• Jennifer Xiaopei Wu, Li Li. (2025). AI-driven computational creativity in fashion design: a review. Textile Research Journal, 95(5-6).
• Xiaopei Wu, Li Li. (2025). Qualitative-empirical insights into generative AI for textile design in the fashion design process. International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation, 13(4), 322–357.
• Jionghao Wang, Cheng Lin, Yuan Liu, Rui Xu, Zhiyang Dou, Xiaoxiao Long, Haoxiang Guo, Taku Komura, Wenping Wang, Xin Li. (2025). PDT: Point Distribution Transformation with Diffusion Models. SIGGRAPH Conference Papers '25: Proceedings of the Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques Conference Conference Papers, 1–11. *
• Peng Li, Suizhi Ma, Jialiang Chen, Yuan Liu, Congyi Zhang, Wei Xue, Wenhan Luo, Alla Sheffer, Wenping Wang, Yike Guo. (2025). CMD: Controllable Multiview Diffusion for 3D Editing and Progressive Generation. SIGGRAPH Conference Papers '25: Proceedings of the Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques Conference Conference Papers, 1–10. *
• Zekai Gu, Rui Yan, Jiahao Lu, Peng Li, Zhiyang Dou, Chenyang Si, Zhen Dong, Qifeng Liu, Cheng Lin, Ziwei Liu, Wenping Wang, Yuan Liu. (2025). Diffusion as Shader: 3D-aware Video Diffusion for Versatile Video Generation Control. SIGGRAPH Conference Papers '25: Proceedings of the Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques Conference Conference Papers, 1–12. *
• Chuanxiang Yang; Yuanfeng Zhou; Guangshun Wei; Long Ma; Junhui Hou; Yuan Liu, Wenping Wang. (2025). Monge-Ampere Regularization for Learning Arbitrary Shapes From Point Clouds. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 47(8), 6809–6822.
• Hanzhuo Huang, Yuan Liu, Ge Zheng, Jiepeng Wang, Zhiyang Dou, Sibei Yang. (2025). MVTokenFlow: High-quality 4D Content Generation using Multiview Token Flow. ICLR 2025 Poster. *
• Jiahao Lu, Tianyu Huang, Peng Li, Zhiyang Dou, Cheng Lin, Zhiming Cui, Zhen Dong, Sai-Kit Yeung, Wenping Wang, Yuan Liu. (2025). Align3R: Aligned Monocular Depth Estimation for Dynamic Videos. Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), 22820–22830. *
• Yuan Li, Cheng Lin, Yuan Liu, Xiaoxiao Long, Chenxu Zhang, Ningna Wang, Xin Li, Wenping Wang, Xiaohu Guo. (2025). CADDreamer: CAD Object Generation from Single-view Images. Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), 21448–21457. *
• Yumeng Liu, Xiaoxiao Long, Zemin Yang, Yuan Liu, Marc Habermann, Christian Theobalt,
• Yuexin Ma, Wenping Wang. (2025). EasyHOI: Unleashing the Power of Large Models for Reconstructing Hand-Object Interactions in the Wild. Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), 7037–7047. *
• Peng Li, Wangguandong Zheng, Yuan Liu, Tao Yu, Yangguang Li, Xingqun Qi, Xiaowei Chi, Siyu Xia, Yan-Pei Cao, Wei Xue, Wenhan Luo, Yike Guo. (2025). PSHuman: Photorealistic Single-image 3D Human Reconstruction using Cross-Scale Multiview Diffusion and Explicit Remeshing. Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), 16008-16018. *
• Qingming LIU, Yuan Liu, Jiepeng Wang, Xianqiang Lyu, Peng Wang, Wenping Wang, Junhui Hou. (2025). MoDGS: Dynamic Gaussian Splatting from Casually-captured Monocular Videos with Depth Priors. ICLR 2025 Poster. *
• Yijiang Huang, Ziqi Wang, Yi-Hsiu Hung, Chenming Jiang, Aurèle L. Gheyselinck, Stelian Coros. (2025). Computational design and fabrication of reusable multi-tangent bar structures. Computer-Aided Design, 188.
• Yuanpeng Liu, Yi Min Xie, Ting-Uei Lee, Ziqi Wang, Nico Pietroni. (2025). Free-form Surface Approximation Using Rotational Patches. ACM Transactions on Graphics, 44(5), 1–14.
• Ziqi Wang, Wenjun Liu, Jingwen Wang, Gabriel Vallat, Fan Shi, Stefana Parascho, Maryam Kamgarpour. (2025). Learning to Assemble with Alternative Plans. ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG), 44(4), 1–16. *
• Ling Mao, Changying Xiang. (2025). A comprehensive review of machine learning applications in perovskite solar cells: Materials discovery, device performance, process optimization and systems integration. Materials Today Energy, 47.
• Arash Kazemian, Hongxing Yang, Changying Xiang. (2025). Assessing the effects of photovoltaic and solar thermal ratios on performance, cost, and emissions in combined solar configurations. Applied Energy, 384.
• Ali Navegi, Seyed Reza Maadi, Irandokht Khanjani, Arash Kazemian, Changying Xiang, Tao Ma. (2025). Corrugated tubes as a paradigm shift in solar PV thermal system technologies: Numerical insights into performance. Energy, 327.
• Wanting Wang, Changying Xiang. (2025). Exploring the impacts of semi-transparent photovoltaic glazing on human visual and non-visual comfort: An experimental case study in Hong Kong. Journal of Building Engineering, 103.
• Mengmeng Wang, Zhuoying Jia, Changying Xiang. (2025). Multi-objective optimization design of high-rise high-density urban morphology and their multidimensional assessment of PV capacity. Sustainable Cities and Society, 130.
• Wanting Wang, Mingyang Wang, Changying Xiang, Chongjia Lin. (2025). Machine learning assisted energy performance analysis of semi-transparent photovoltaic glazing with radiative cooling film. Energy and Buildings, 342.
• Mengmeng Wang, Zhuyin Jia, Changying Xiang. (2025). Machine learning-based adaptive control of PV shading for residential energy and visual comfort optimization. Building and Environment, 283.
• Mengmeng Wang, Zhuoying Jia, Lulu Tao, Wanting Wang, Changying Xiang. (2025). Optimizing the tilt angle of kinetic photovoltaic shading devices considering energy consumption and power Generation— Hong Kong case. Energy and Buildings, 326.
• Kaiyan Xu, Shenghui Song, Changying Xiang. (2025). Parametric design for combined solar facades for high-rise residential buildings. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 74.
• Ling Mao, Changying Xiang. (2025). Structural colors for building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV): Multidisciplinary perspectives towards sustainable design. Materials Today Energy, 50.
• Wanting Wang, Kaiyan Xu, Changying Xiang. (2025). Study on the application of a dynamic photovoltaic integrated light shelf for office buildings. Energy, 314.
• Wanting Wang, Changying Xiang. (2025). Towards a low-carbon city: A study on the user perception and public acceptance of semi-transparent solar window technology in Hong Kong. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 81.
• Yuxin Bao, Changying Xiang. (2025). Integration of BIPV technology with modular prefabricated building - A review. Journal of Building Engineering, 102.
• Yanming Zhang, Wenchao Xu, Antonios Argyriou, A-Long Jin, Tianquan Tang, Peifeng Ma. (2025). A Hybrid Method for Source Direction Finding With Radio Frequency Interference and Gaussian White Noise. IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 12(20), 42011–42020.
• Wenchao Xu, Jinyu Chen, Peirong Zheng, Xiaoquan Yi, Tianyi Tian, Wenhui Zhu. (2025). Deploying Foundation Model Powered Agent Services: A Survey. IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, 1–1.
• Fushuo Huo, Wenchao Xu, Zhong Zhang, Haozhao Wang, Zhicheng Chen, Peilin Zhao. (2025). Self-Introspective Decoding: Alleviating Hallucinations for Large Vision-Language Models. ICLR 2025 Poster. *
• Chenggao Li, Junyao Peng, Qingyong Hu, Lin Chen, Yandao Huang, Shun Wu, Weibin Cheng, Qian Zhang. (2025b). PracticalBP: Continuous Cuffless Blood Pressure Monitoring with Only One Record for Calibration. Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive Mobile Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies, 9(3), 1–31.
• Haiyan Hu, Yinan Zhu, Shanwen Chen, Qianyi Huang, Qian Zhang. (2025b). FruitPhone: Detecting Sugar Content in Fruits Using Unmodified Smartphones with Spectral Imaging. Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive Mobile Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies, 9(3), 1–29.
• Yinan Zhu, Haiyan Hu, Baichen Yang, Qianyi Huang, Qian Zhang, Wei Li. (2025). FreshSpec: Sashimi freshness Monitoring with Low-Cost Multispectral devices. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 1–16.
• Yanbin Gong, Wentao Xie, Chi Xu, Qian Zhang, Shifang Yang. (2025). SputumLocator: Enhancing Airway Clearance with Auscultation-based Sputum Localization. Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive Mobile Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies, 9(2), 1–28.
• Lei Zhang, Yazhou Ma, Mingzi Zuo, Zhen Ling, Changyu Dong, Guangquan Xu, Lin Shu, Xiaochen Fan, Qian Zhang, (2025). Toward Cross-Environment Continuous Gesture User Authentication With Commercial Wi-Fi. IEEE Transactions on Networking, 33(4), 1900–1915.
• Ziyi Jiang, Feng Ke, Wenyuan Kang, Yikui Zhai, Qian Zhang, Xiu Yin Zhang, Xiangmin Xu. (2025). Learning to analyze human skeletal by Radar-Camera Supervision. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 1.
• Meng Xue, Yinan Zhu, Wentao Xie, Zhixian Wang, Yanjiao Chen, Kui Jiang, Qian Zhang. (2025). MobHAR: Source-free Knowledge Transfer for Human Activity Recognition on Mobile Devices, Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT), 9 (1), 1–24.
• Hao Wang, Haoran Zhang, Lu Wang, Shichang Xuan, Qian Zhang. (2025). Fedeval: Defending Against Lazybone Attack via Multi-dimension Evaluation in Federated Learning, ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks (ToSN), 21(1), 1–23.
• Yida Wang, Yu Lu, Yuxuan Zhou, Yifei Shen, Lili Qiu, Zeyuan Lai, Yi-Chao Chen, Hao Pan, Juntao Zhou, Dian Ding, Mei Wang, Guangtao Xue, Qian Zhang. (2025). High-resolution mmWave Imaging using Metasurface and Diffusion. ACM Mobisys 2025.

Division of Public Policy (PPOL)

• Mathias Nigatu Bimir, Kira Matus. (2025). From silos to joined-up government? Examining national climate policy integration in Ethiopia. Climate Policy.
• Viktória Döme, Weronika Cycak, Kira Matus. (2025). Variations in innovation strategies for sustainable development: Sustainable innovation policy instrument mixes of ten small OECD countries across five sectors. Research Policy, 54(6).
• Nicolo Paolo P. Ludovice, Kira Matus, Stephane Redonnet, Xuan Zeng, Yawei Zhang, Ees Ther Loh, Yan Zhang, Jeffrey Chow. (2025). Towards a holistic and reflexive assessment of green buildings and technological landscapes in Hong Kong. Energy Research & Social Science, 127.
• Miyana Yoshino, Benjamin Sadlek, Masaru Yarime, Adnan Ali. (2025). Knowledge absorption pathways for eco-innovation: an empirical analysis of small and medium-sized enterprises in the European Union. European Journal of Innovation Management (2025), 28 (2), 426–453.
• Takuro Kobashi, Eric Zusman, Makoto Taniguchi, Masaru Yarime. (2025). Facilitating a carbon neutral transition in Kyoto: Initiatives on rooftop photovoltaics integrated with electric vehicles. Technology in Society, 80.
• Ian Varela Soares, Masaru Yarime, Magdalena M. Klemun. (2025). Estimating GHG emissions from cloud computing: sources of inaccuracy, opportunities and challenges in location-based and use-based approaches. Climate Policy, 25(9), 1335-1353.
• James P. Evans, Davide Cassanmagnago, Tathagata Chatterji, Andrew Irvin, Banjamin Jance IV, Cathy Oke, Massamba Thioye, Gregory Patrick Trencher, Elvira Uyarra, Masaru Yarime. (2025). Grand challenges in sustainable cities: urban innovation for global climate and sustainability goals—from policy agenda to research needs. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 7.
• Praveen Maghelal, Zhizhao Li, Ahmed Alfarra, Pengyu Zhu. (2025). Analyzing determinants of traffic violations in a multi-cultural setting: Case of Abu Dhabi. Journal of Urban Management, 14(3), 675–689.
• Pengyu Zhu, Yulin Wang, Yatang Lin. (2025). Unravelling regional inequality: the heterogeneous impact of China’s Great Western Development Program. Regional Studies, 59(1), Article 2438319.
• Zhizhao Li, Pengyu Zhu, Yuqing Guo, Jeffrey Chow. (2025). Pandemic-era behavioral changes and post-pandemic persistence in the high-density urban context of Hong Kong. Cities, 162.
• Pengyu Zhu, Jianqi Li, Zining Wang. (2025). Identifying functional agglomerations and urban centers using open-source data and machine learning: Framework, applications and planning implications. Journal of Urban Management, 14(4), 1099–1114.
• Xiaodong Chen, Yatang Lin, Pengyu Zhu. (2025). The impact of rainfall on productivity: Implications for Chinese manufacturing. Journal of Comparative Economics, 53(2), 389–411.
• Zining Wang, Pengyu Zhu. (2025). Trade of eco-friendly products and CO2 emissions in China: A spatial spillover analysis within the EKC framework. Journal of Cleaner Production, 516.
• Qingyin Li, Rong Wu, Pengyu Zhu. (2025). Quality or quantity of urban greenery: Which matters more to mental health? Evidence from housing prices in the Pearl River Delta. Landscape and Urban Planning, 263.
• Xiaodong Chen, Ding Li, Pengyu Zhu. (2025). Long-term impacts of historical education policy on wages in China: insights on over-education. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 12.

*These papers are published in conferences.