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1、Professor Shen Xiangyang was appointed as the Chairman of the HKUST Council. The appointment will take effect on March 6, 2023 for a period of three years. Professor Shen will succeed Mr Liao Changcheng, the current Chairman of the Council. Mr. Liao was also appointed today as the new chairman of the "Advisory Committee", the university's highest advisory body, succeeding Dr. Chen Zuze, who became the deputy supervisor of the university. The other 3 new members of the school council who were appointed at the same time include Ms. Cai Jieru, Ms. Luo Baowen and Mr. Wen Zhaowei. They will succeed Mr Fung Ying-wai, who will step down on 31 March 2023, and Ms Kan Ng Chau-yuk and Dr Yung Wing-kei, who will step down on 31 July 2023. (Click here for details)
2. Professor Wu Hongwei, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Hong Kong and vice president of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou ) : Promote the "Belt and Road" initiative and help Hong Kong build an international education center. Recently, Professor Wu Hongwei said in an exclusive interview that Hong Kong can deeply participate in and jointly promote the opening up of national education, and promote the "Belt and Road" people-to-people bond by telling Chinese stories well. He will submit a proposal to the First Session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, suggesting to actively build an international training system for primary schools, middle schools, and universities, and build Hong Kong into an international education center. At the same time, he suggested that the Ministry of Education and the SAR government should jointly improve the comprehensive funding plan to promote the development of Hong Kong and the mainland and form a joint force. (Click here for details)
3、The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology announced that students, faculty and staff are allowed to use ChatGPT on a limited basis. recently. The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology sent an email to the teachers and students of the school, stating that after discussions with various departments, it believes that artificial intelligence (AI) can strengthen teaching in the long run. Policy, choose whether to allow, restrict or prohibit students from using artificial intelligence. The school also recommends that faculty members update and indicate the conditions for the use of artificial intelligence tools in the syllabus and assignment documents, and transparency is also crucial when formulating the code of use of artificial intelligence, and remind students to pay attention to the school's academic integrity regulations.
4. The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Professor Yang Qiang's team published a review: Federal Learning (FL) Privacy Protection and Model Intellectual Property Protection (Machine Intelligence Research MIR) . In the review, Professor Yang Qiang's team not only emphasized data security, but also emphasized the importance of model intellectual property protection. In order to solve the problem of models being plagiarized, illegally copied and abused, this article reviews the key technology used to protect model intellectual property rights in federated learning, which is called "FedIPR". In addition, the article re-emphasizes the strict definition of federated learning, proposes the design of secure federated learning (SFL); and points out the ultimate goal of secure federated learning (SFL) design. The article also provides a comprehensive overview of past research on the threats, attacks, and defenses faced at each stage of the federated learning life cycle. The full text is published in the first issue of MIR 2023.
5. The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Academician Tang Benzhong's team designed and developed photothermal dual-effect nanomaterials to achieve precise regulation of neurons. The material realizes the non-invasive regulation of deep brain neural activity, not only regulating neuron activity through light, but also using heat as another controllable tool to manipulate neuron activity. The introduction of thermoregulatory functions provides a completely new approach to bidirectional neuromodulation. The combined system of light and heat not only has independent system functions, but also reduces the requirements of bidirectional regulation on specific light-sensitive proteins and design constraints, expands the application range, reduces optical interference, and improves precision. This series of materials not only provides new possibilities for the design of optogenetic materials, but also this kind of non-invasive control has broad application prospects in the treatment of nervous system-related diseases in the future. Related results were published in the journal Advanced Materials.
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