Smart Traffic Fund
Prof Jianping WANG’s project, titled Integrating Virtual and Real-World Testing Environments for Autonomous Vehicles, has been awarded the Smart Traffic Fund, managed by the Transport Department and Hong Kong Productivity Council. The approved funding for this project exceeds HK$18 million.
Prof Wang’s project aims to develop a comprehensive autonomous vehicles (AVs) testing system to facilitate extensive testing of AVs in a controlled environment. The system comprises a simulation platform and a real-world testing site facilitated by mixed-reality technology focused on evaluating the perception, localization and planning capabilities, as well as other critical aspects of AV performance.
Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) for 2023/24
Two Collaborative Research Project Grant (CRPG) Proposals, led respectively by Prof Jianping WANG and Prof Dapeng WU, have both been awarded the Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) for 2023/24.
The primary goal of the CRPG is to promote collaboration in research across various disciplines and universities among research groups in UGC-funded universities. This is aimed at boosting the research output of universities in terms of achievement level, quantity, dimensions and impact. This year, CityU is awarded CRF funding for four CRPG proposals as the coordinating university. Two of these are projects proposed by Professors from the Department of Computer Science: Prof Wu's project, "CILo: Cellular Indoor Localization", received HK$6.5 million, while Prof Wang's project, "Knowledge-Driven Digital Twin Networking for Autonomous Driving", received HK$6.1 million.