Fifteen Research Projects Receive Grants

Mapping the Hong Kong Game Industries: Cultural Policy, Creative Cluster, and Asian Markets (HK$3,040,000)
Sponsor: RGC Strategic Public Research 2009–10
Principal investigator: Prof. Fung Ying-himAnthony, School of Journalism and Communication

Globalization and Rising Wages in Mainland China (USD10,455)
Sponsor: Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation
Principal investigator: Prof. Yang Tao Dennis, Department of Economics

Smart Assistive Knee Braces Utilizing Magnetorheological Fluids (HK$994,554)
Sponsor: Innovation and Technology Fund—Innovation and Technology Support Programme
Principal investigator: Prof. Liao Wei-hsin, Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering

A Data Deduplication File System (DDFS) (HK$921,150)
Sponsor: Innovation and Technology Fund—Innovation and Technology Support Programme
Principal investigator: Prof. Lui Chi-shing John, Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Development of an Immortalized Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell Line Overexpressing Thymidine Kinase (TK) Gene for Anti-tumor Therapy (HK$997,000)
Sponsor: Innovation and Technology Fund—Innovation and Technology Support Programme
Principal investigator: Prof. Li Gang, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Technology Development for Design and Fabrication of Selected Free-form Optical Elements (HK$3,772,000)
Sponsor: Innovation and Technology Fund—Innovation and Technology Support Programme
Principal investigator: Prof. Yam Yeung, Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering

Food Labelling and Self Management in Primary Care Patients with Hypertension (HK$297,752)
Sponsor: Health Care and Promotion Fund—Non-Research Health Promotion Projects
Principal investigator: Prof. Chor Sin-yee Josette, School of Public Health and Primary Care

Control of Infectious Diseases (RFCID) (HK$31,528,500)
Sponsor: Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Diseases—Commissioned Study: 2009–14
Principal investigator: Prof. Sian Griffiths, School of Public Health and Primary Care

Identifying Predictors for Progression of Atherosclerosis in HIV-infected Patients in Hong Kong (HK$798,621)
Sponsor: AIDS Trust Fund
Principal investigator: Prof. Lee Lai-shun Nelson, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics

Profiling Host Genetic Factor for Evaluating Hyperlipidaemia Associated with HIV Treatment (HK$444,737)
Sponsor: AIDS Trust Fund
Principal investigator: Prof. Lee Shui-shan, Department of Microbiology

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring for Optimizing HIV Treatment (HK$651,070)
Sponsor: AIDS Trust Fund
Principal investigator: Prof. Lee Shui-shan, Department of Microbiology

Socio-spatial Contexts of Sex Partnership in Sauna-associated MSM Community (HK$338,940)
Sponsor: AIDS Trust Fund
Principal investigator: Prof. Lee Shui-shan, Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases

Acquisition of Human Calligraphic and Painting Skills via Sensor-embedded Brush Pen (HK$77,000)
Sponsor: Research Grant from Microsoft Research Asia
Principal investigator: Prof. Yam Yeung, Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering

Towards the Design and Implementation of an Online Social Network (HK$77,000)
Sponsor: Research Grant from Microsoft Research Asia
Principal investigator: Prof. Chiu Dah-ming, Department of Information Engineering

An Experimental Testbed to Study Back-pressure-liked Scheduling Algorithms for Multi-hop Wireless Networks (HK$77,000)
Sponsor: Research Grant from Microsoft Research Asia
Principal investigator: Prof. Lui Chi-shing John, Department of Computer Science and Engineering