Lingnan University wins 16 awards at the Silicon Valley International Invention Festival for the second year running, and it is the Hong Kong SAR higher education institution with the greatest number of awards and gold medals.
The “GaitGPT: Evidence-Grounded AI for Bidirectional Clinical Gait Translation”, developed by a team led by Prof S. Joe Qin, President and Wai Kee Kau Chair Professor of Data Science at Lingnan University and Prof Yu Lisha, Assistant Professor of Teaching of the Division of Artificial Intelligence of the School of Data Science, receives IFIA Best Invention Award and Thailand Award for the Best International Invention and Innovation
The award-winning entries span diverse fields such as energy and environmental protection, medicine, data privacy protection, blockchain and Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) technology, education, and game creation, actively driving the development of “Liberal Arts + technology” and “AI +”.
Prof S. Joe Qin, President and Wai Kee Kau Chair Professor of Data Science at Lingnan University, congratulated the interdisciplinary teams for making their mark on the global stage, saying “Silicon Valley is one of the world’s leading technology and innovation hubs, bringing together research and development institutions and potential investors from across the globe. Lingnan aims to leverage this platform to gain insight into the North American science and technology ecosystem, connect with industry representatives, and showcase the Hong Kong SAR’s unique advantages as an international hub for education and innovation. By presenting our latest breakthroughs in ‘AI + X’ interdisciplinary research projects, we seek to expand our partnership networks worldwide, accelerate technology transfer and commercialisation, and promote industry-academia-research collaboration to generate greater social and economic impact.”
A total of eight projects have won Gold Medals, including “GaitGPT: Evidence-Grounded AI for Bidirectional Clinical Gait Translation”, developed by a team led by President S. Joe Qinand Prof Yu Lisha, Assistant Professor of Teaching of the Division of Artificial Intelligence of the School of Data Science; “Face Fortress: Adaptive All-In-One AI for Digital ID Safety”, developed by a team led by Prof Sam Kwong Tak-wu, Associate Vice-President (Strategic Research); “Water-Retentive Hydrogel Smart Windows: Cooling Without Power”, developed by a team led by Prof Chen Xi, Dean of the Wu Jieh Yee School of Interdisciplinary Studies, and Assistant Professor Ke Yujie; “PCG.ME: Infinite Game Co-Creation Platform with Behaviour-Adaptive AI”, developed by a team led by Prof Liu Jialin, Associate Professor of the Division of Industrial Data Science of the School of Data Science; “FlexiBot: Make Every Parking Spot a Charging Spot”, developed by a team led by Prof Tang Xiaopeng, Assistant Professor (Presidential Early Career Scholar) of the Division of Science; “MedCenterDet: AI System for Accurate Lesion Detection in 3D Medical Images”, developed by a team led by Prof Pan Fei, Assistant Professor of the Wu Jieh Yee School of Interdisciplinary Studies; “StorySketcher: A Multi-Agent AI System for Child-Led Co-Creative Storytelling”, developed by Prof Xu Xian, Assistant Professor of the Department of Digital Arts and Creative Industries; and “IDEAL-Gen.AI - Instructional Design Enhanced Active Learning through Generative Artificial Intelligence”, developed byDr Ronnie H. Shroff, Principal Project Fellow of the Centre for Innovative Teaching and Learning.
Six projects have won Silver Medals, including “GeoAI Mosquito Risk Prediction Platform — Kill, Monitor, Identify & Forecast”, developed by a team led by Prof Paulina Wong Pui-yun, Head and Associate Professor (Presidential Early Career Scholar) of the Division of Science; “Generative AI Assessment System (GAAS): A Game-Changer for Timely Student Feedback”, developed by Prof Frankie Lam King-sun, Director of the Centre for Innovative Teaching and Learning; “BuildGuard: Blockchain Oracle AI for Instant Secure Compliance in Offsite Manufacturing”, developed by Prof Mike Wu, Assistant Professor of the Division of Industrial Data Science of the School of Data Science; “IDShield: A Privacy Firewall Against Behavioural Re-identification in AI Dialogues”, developed by a team led by Prof Shen Jiaxing, Assistant Professor of the Division of Artificial Intelligence of the School of Data Science; “TokenSaver: Context-Aware Semantic-Structured Document Retrieval System via Visual Memory”, developed by a team led by Prof Li Zongxi, Assistant Professor of the Division of Artificial Intelligence of the School of Data Science; and “TransLab: AI‑powered Translation Learning and Evaluation Suite”, developed by Prof George Chan Chi-yu, Assistant Professor of Practice of the Department of Translation.
The Silicon Valley International Invention Festival (SVIIF) provides an international exchange platform for promoting innovation, creativity, and technological development. This year, it brought together over 500 inventors from more than 30 countries worldwide.
