Prof Junhui Hou, along with former staff Prof Tak Wu Sam Kwong, and former research staff Dr Chongyi Li, Dr Chunle Guo and Dr Runmin Cong, have been awarded the 2025 IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS) Best Paper Award for their paper titled “An Underwater Image Enhancement Benchmark Dataset and Beyond” published in the IEEE Transactions on Image Processing in 2019.
Prof Weifa Liang has been named a Fellow of the prestigious Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in the class of 2026 for his outstanding contributions to resource allocation and optimization in edge computing and wireless networks.
Prof Shiqi WANG and Prof Kede MA have been honoured as Highly Cited Researchers 2025 by Clarivate, with Prof Wang recognized in the Cross-Field category and Prof Ma in the Engineering category.
Prof Nan Guan, together with Mr Xiangfeng Liu, a former Research Assistant at CityUHK, and scholars from Northeastern University, China, Southeast University, China, and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, have received the Best Paper Award at the International Conference on Hardware/Software Codesign and System Synthesis (CODES+ISSS).
Prof Zhenjiang LI has been included in the 2025 AI 2000 Global Artificial Intelligence Scholars List and received the 2025 AI 2000 Most Influential Scholar Award Honorable Mention, recognising his outstanding research contributions in Computer Networking through impactful publications from 2015 to 2024.
The AI 2000 List from AMiner recognises the top 2,000 AI scholars globally who have significantly advanced the frontiers of AI research and innovation.
Prof Rynson Lau has been honored with the Springer Nature Editorial Contribution Award 2025 for his contributions to International Journal of Computer Vision (IJCV). This prestigious recognition, presented by Springer Nature, celebrates Prof Lau’s meticulous assessment of submissions and rigorous management of the peer review process, safeguarding the scientific accuracy of the published record.
Prof Jun WANG was elected as a new Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering (HKAE) for the year 2024 during the 31st HKAE Annual General Meeting held on 9 December 2024.
Professor Cong WANG, Professor and Associate Head in the Department of Computer Science, has been recognised for his pioneering work in developing innovative data and AI security technologies. His research focuses on safeguarding private data while unlocking the potential of data value in FinTech ecosystems. Prof. WANG’s contributions include the development of encrypted databases, privacy-preserving data analytics platforms, and AI security systems, which have significantly enhanced the integrity and robustness of AI operations in the financial sector.
Prof Weitao Xu, together with CS PhD graduate Dr Di Duan and former CS Research Assistant Mr Aochen Jiao, have been awarded the Honorable Mention Award at the ACM International Conference on Mobile Human-Computer Interaction (MobileHCI’24). Their paper titled “Medusa3D The Watchful Eye Freezing Illegitimate Users in Virtual Reality Interactions”, was recognized at the conference held from 30 September to 3 October 2024 in Melbourne, Australia.
Prof Hou, Junhui David has been honored with the prestigious NSFC Excellent Young Scientists Fund (国家自然科学基金委员会 - 优秀青年科学基金项目) in recognition of his contributions to the field of multi-dimensional visual information reconstruction and analysis, encompassing advancements in light field, hyperspectral imaging, and 3D geometry. His project, titled 高维视觉信息重建和处理, is awarded with an approved amount of RMB 2 million.