Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
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Suiqing Robotics secures 10M+ yuan for coal mine auxiliary robots
Suiqing Robotics, a startup founded in early 2025, has secured over 10 million yuan in angel funding from Jiaoqiao Fund. The company focuses on auxiliary tasks in coal mines, such as material transport and cleaning, dif…
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Tencent Rhino Bird Program yields 3 ICML 2026 papers
Tencent's Rhino Bird Elite Talent Program has seen three research papers accepted to ICML 2026. These papers focus on advancements in efficient model distillation, long-context reasoning, and sparse-view video generatio…
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PUDU Robotics leads global commercial robots with $1.4B valuation
PUDU Robotics, founded in 2016 by Zhang Tao, has become the world's leading commercial service robotics company. The company holds a 23% global market share and has achieved a valuation of over RMB 10 billion (approxima…
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HKUST launches AI-focused public management master's program
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has launched a Master of Public Management (MPM) program focused on leadership in the age of AI. The program, led by Prof. Donald Low, emphasizes human judgment…
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Hong Kong's first astronaut, Dr. Lai Ka-Ying, launches to space station
Dr. Lai Ka-Ying, a computer science graduate from the University of Hong Kong, has become the first astronaut from Hong Kong and the fourth Chinese female astronaut to travel to space. She will serve as a payload specia…
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Hong Kong-born scientist King Li to lead HKUST's new medical school
King Li, a Hong Kong-born scientist with expertise in biomedical imaging and founding dean of the Carle Illinois College of Medicine, has been appointed as the founding dean of the Hong Kong University of Science and Te…
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HK professor jailed for taking bribe to admit unqualified student
A former professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology has been sentenced to 20 weeks in jail for accepting a bribe. Liu Hongbin took HK$40,000 to help an unqualified student gain admission to a master…
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Computer vision shifts to 3D world modeling, moving beyond 2D images
Researchers are pushing computer vision beyond 2D image recognition towards a deeper understanding of the real world. This involves modeling 3D structures, cross-view consistency, temporal dynamics, and the observation …
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Hong Kong aims to be global innovation hub with CICC support
Hong Kong is strategically positioning itself to become a global hub for innovation and technology, aligning with China's 15th Five-Year Plan. The city is leveraging its strong foundation in science and education, with …
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YCIS HK Students Secure 900+ Offers from Top Global Universities
YCew Chung International School of Hong Kong (YCIS HK) students have received over 900 offers from leading global universities, including Harvard, Stanford, and Cambridge. The school emphasizes personalized support, a l…
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ByteDance, HKUST AI Training Strategy Outperforms OCR
Researchers from ByteDance and HKUST have developed a new strategy for training AI models on long documents. Their approach, which utilizes multimodal question-answering, significantly outperforms traditional methods re…
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Ant Group's LingBot-VA robot control model accepted to RSS 2026
Ant Group's LingBot-VA, a causal world modeling framework for robot control, has been accepted into the prestigious Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS) 2026 conference. This framework enables robots to predict environme…
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Hong Kong astronaut to operate HKUST-developed "Tianyun Camera" on space mission
Hong Kong astronaut Li Jiaying will operate the "Tianyun Camera" instrument, developed by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, during the Shenzhou-23 mission. This mission marks a significant milestone as…
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Nous Research's CNA method steers LLM refusal behavior by targeting 0.1% of neurons
Researchers at Nous Research have developed a new method called Contrastive Neuron Attribution (CNA) to identify and manipulate specific neurons within large language models that control refusal behavior. By targeting j…
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Ex-HKUST professor admits taking bribe for student admission
A former professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has admitted to accepting a bribe of HK$40,000 (approximately US$5,109). The professor, Liu Hongbin, abused his position as chair professo…
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Canvas learning platform breach exposes 72,000+ in Hong Kong
A global data breach affecting the Canvas learning platform has compromised the personal information of over 72,000 individuals in Hong Kong. Seven local educational institutions, including major universities like HKUST…
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DAIMON Robotics releases largest tactile dataset to advance robot manipulation
DAIMON Robotics has released Daimon-Infinity, a large-scale dataset for physical AI that emphasizes high-resolution tactile sensing. The dataset includes millions of hours of data across diverse tasks, from household ch…
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World models shift from pixel generation to understanding and simulating reality
Several research papers presented at CVPR 2026 are exploring the concept of "world models" to advance video generation beyond pixel-level synthesis. These models aim to understand and simulate the real world by unifying…