CPII & HKSTP Seminar
CPII and HKSTP is co-organizing a seminar under the topic of “Conversational AI, Generative AI, ChatGPT, GPTx and our Future” on 8 May, 2023. Our Centre Director, Prof Meng will participate as a speaker, giving an overview of different AI technologies and their impact on the future of work. With heavyweight speakers from the AI fields, a panel discussion section will be held after Prof Meng shares her speech. A networking section and refreshments will be provided as well! Please feel free to register for the seminar through the following link and we are looking forward to seeing you on 8 May.
InnoEX
CPII is pleased to announce that the first-ever InnoEX, jointly organised by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) is successfully held on 12th – 15th April. The Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry, Professor Sun Dong accompanied by the Acting Government Chief Information Officer, Mr Tony Wong, visited CPII’s booth and showed their support to Hong Kong’s I&T centre.
Under the theme of Smart Hong Kong Pavilion, CPII demonstrated the CPII AI Meeting Assistant, AI-based Personalized Design and Fabrication, Smart Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Edge AI Technologies for Infrastructure-assisted Autonomous Driving, Femtosecond Projection NanoPrinter, and the Everest – Fast Deep Video Analytics which can benefit to our society, received lots of appreciation from visitors.
Huawei Hong Kong and Macau Partner Summit 2023
CPII is pleased to announce that our Centre Director, Prof Meng is invited to be one of the panelists at the Huawei Hong Kong and Macau Partner Summit 2023 on 12 April. Due to the rapid development of new technologies, the I&T industry in Hong Kong is facing a shortage of talent. At the summit, Prof Meng shared her professional insight on the current talent shortage problem in Hong Kong and provided some valuable suggestions. We believe that CPII and Huawei will keep putting effort into cultivating new workforce in our I&T field.
InnoEX Press Conference
CPII is participating in the first-ever InnoEX, jointly organized by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) on 12th – 15th April 2023 to present and demonstrate our six innovations. The 1st InnoEX taking place at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC), under the theme of “Connecting the World with Innovations for Better Living” attracts over 2600 international exhibitors and buyers, officials from Mainland China and ASEAN tech experts, research centres and thought leaders to promote cross-regional, cross-industry and cross-sector cooperation through I&T exchange. During the four-day event, we will demonstrate and show our new technologies including Conversational Intelligence, AI-based Personalized Design and Fabrication, Femtosecond Projection NanoPrinter, Edge AI Technologies for Infrastructure-Assisted Autonomous Driving, Everest – Fast Deep Video Analytics and Smart Augmentative and Alternative Communication. Feel free to contact us for a free event ticket and we are looking forward to seeing you at the InnoEx!
Innovation China Second Term Hong Kong Forum
CPII is honored to support The Innovation China Second Term Hong Kong Forum organized by the Doctors Think Tank Academy on 13th – 15th February 2023 at Hong Kong Science Park. Our Centre Director, Professor Helen Meng, served as a guest speaker and shared her thoughts about AI-enabled Spoken Language Technologies for Screening Neurocognitive Disorders in the development of Biotechnology and Medical Technology session. Professor Meng demonstrated the technology developed for older adult speech in Cantonese and the prototype of the application developed by her team. The forum gathered expertise from different fields to share their research on implementing technology to the industry.
Global I&T Summit
CPII is honored to support the Global Innovation and Technology Summit organized by the Innovation and Technology Commission of the HKSAR Government on 15th December 2022 at Hong Kong Science Park. The event was officiated by the Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry, Professor Sun Dong and the Commissioner for Innovation and Technology, Ms Rebecca Pun. Our Centre Director, Professor Helen Meng, served as invited panel speaker on the topic of “AI and humanness “ in the Global I&T Summit. She shared her thoughts about technological equity, and her experience in tackling data bias and enhancing social inclusion, especially in her research in the field of speech and language technologies . Professor Meng emphasized the important of conducting research through an equity lens. She also advised that users of different technologies should be aware that data bias tend to lead to inherent bias in AI models and therefore the outputs (decisions) from AI technologies may not always be desirable as expected. The Summit featured presidents’ forum, two keynote speeches, two panel discussions, InnoHK session and “Dialogue with the younger generation” with the participation of 30 world-class scientists, presidents of renowned institutes and industry leaders. Event details can be found on the following website: https://globalitsummit.hk/en/index
CPII talk: Simulation, Sensing and Control of Soft Robots
Researchers have devoted to developing a variety of soft robotic systems in the laboratory to take advantage of compliance introduced by soft materials. While being able to mimic natural systems and building compatible robots working together with humans, the challenge of lacking computational tools in design also dampens the development of soft robotics in industrial applications. Specifically, the design and control practices taken in soft robotics at present are mainly based on intuition and trial-and-error empirical tests. In this talk, I am going to introduce our recent work to overcome these challenges by simulating, sensing and controlling the motion of soft robots. The effectiveness of our approach has been verified on pneumatic-driven soft robots for path following, interactive positioning and target-based deformation control.
The Chinese University of Hong Kong Innovation Day 2022
As one of the CUHK InnoHK Centres, Centre for Perceptual and Interactive Intelligence (CPII) was invited to demonstrate our research and development works in The Chinese University of Hong Kong Innovation Day 2022 on 28th October 2022. The Innovation Day involved a range of innovative research projects from CUHK scholars, 24 booths showcased innovative projects from 6 CUHK InnoHK Centres and 17 companies funded by the CUHK Technology Start-up Support Scheme for Universities (TSSSU) and others.
SCMP Conversations: AI & Consumer Experience
The event is launched by The South China Morning Post which brings together Hong Kong based e-commerce leaders and etailers, policymakers and techpreneurs to discuss and debate how AI can spur business growth, innovative ideas and customised consumer experience in the e-commerce space. Our Centre Director, Prof Helen Meng, is being invited as one of the panellists to share her thoughts about “the consumers have spoken: actionable strategies for a sustainable, ethical e-commerce business”.
Source and More Information: https://ai-consumer.scmp.com/agenda/speakers/2831575
World Artificial Intelligence Conference 2022 – Hong Kong Branch
CPII is pleased to announce that the World Artificial Intelligence Conference 2022 – Hong Kong Branch organized by the Innovation and Technology Commission with the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation was successfully held on 1 Sep 2022 at Hong Kong Science Park. The Centre Director, Prof. Helen Meng was invited to give a speech on her latest development of CPII research and participate in the interactive exhibition showcasing their latest AI Innovations with her team.