Bulletin No. 1, 2019

Quadripartite Collaboration on Medical Robotics Research Joining Forces to Nurture AI Talent The Faculty of Engineering and artificial intelligence company SenseTime Group have agreed to collaborate to promote AI education among Hong Kong students. Under the agreement, CUHK will join hands with SenseTime to nurture the next generation of AI talent over the coming three years. Through the participation in international AI competitions, exchange programmes and exhibitions, promising students will be encouraged to enrol in the engineering programmes in universities. The two parties also plan to engage in future educational activities that aim at encouraging the youth to explore AI and improve their understanding of the positive and ethical use of AI, as well as its limitations and risks. p Prof. Martin D.F. Wong, Dean of Engineering (left) and Mr. Shang Hailong, Managing Director of SenseTime Hong Kong (right) A ctivities and E vents Transforming Mental Healthcare Service in Hong Kong Prof. Fanny M.C. Cheung (left), CUHK Pro- Vice-Chancellor, and Prof. Ian Everall, Executive Dean, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, renewed their longstanding partnership on 8 March. Cooperative research and other forms of academic interaction will be launched. For the first time, the field of mental health will be covered by establishing a laboratory that adopts novel technologies into mental health research and services with the goal of becoming a leading research centre for mental health in Asia. CUHK established partnerships with ETH Zurich, Imperial College London and Johns Hopkins University on 31 January to deepen ties on transdisciplinary medical robotics research. The Multi-Scale Medical Robotics Centre would be set up to develop effective and accessible imaging and robotic technologies that would reshape the future of medical diagnosis and treatment of diseases in multiple specialties and thus improving the patients’ quality of life. 42 Chinese University Bulletin No.1, 2019