1.1 Research Impact Fund

2019/20

• Edge Learning: the Enabling Technology for Distributed Big Data Analytics in Cloud-Edge Environment (PC: Prof. Guo Song)

2018/19

• Tackling Grand Challenges in Food Safety: A Big Data and IoT Enabled Approach (PC: Prof. Cao Jiannong)
• Next Generation Digital Camera Imaging: Human Centered Image Reconstruction, Enhancement and Evaluation (PC: Prof. Zhang Lei)

1.2 Collaborative Research Fund

2018/19

• Multi-stage Big Data Analytics for Complex Systems: Methodologies and Applications (PC: Prof. Cao Jiannong)
• Multi-sourced Event Detection and Multi-dimensional Analysis based on Event Cube (PC: Prof. Li Qing)
• A Human-Powered Machine Learning System (Co-PI: Prof. Cao Jiannong)

2016/17

• Security and Privacy-enhancing Technologies for Cloud Storage of Big Data (Co-PI: Prof. Cao Jiannong)

1.3 Early Career Scheme

2017/18

• Accountable Privacy-Preserving Authentications: New Constructions from Post-Quantum Cryptography (PI: Dr Au Man Ho Allen)
• When Backscattering Meets Sensing: Batteryless and Sensorless Recognition of Motion Induced Signals (PI: Dr Yang Lei)

2016/17

• Towards Building Computation-Demanding Real-Time Multi-core Systems (PI: Dr Guan Nan)

2015/16

• Efficient Algorithms for Graph Modification Problems (PI: Dr Cao Yixin)
• Design, Analysis, and Implementation of Efficient RFID Protocols (PI: Dr Zheng Yuanqing)
• Distributed Winner-Take-All for Competitive Control of Networked Systems (PI: Dr Li Shaui)

2013/14

• Adversarial Traffic Analysis for Botnet Defense (PI: Dr Luo Xiapu Daniel)

2012/13

• An Online Risk Confinement, Assessment, and Mitigation Framework for Wireless-Enabled Medical Cyber-Physical Systems (PI:Dr Wang Qixin)

1.4 General Research Fund

2020/21

• E-Tree Learning: A Novel Decentralized Model Learning Framework for Edge AI (PI: Prof. Cao Jiannong)
• Federated Learning with Non-IID Data over Resource-Constrained Mobile Edge Networks (PI: Prof. Guo Song)
• Approximation Algorithms for Phylogenetic Networks (PI: Dr Jansson Jesper)
• Towards Knowledge-Grounded Neural Conversation Machines (PI: Dr Li Wenjie Maggie)
• Hardening Blockchains Against DoS Attacks Exploiting Gas Mechanism (PI: Dr Luo Xiapu Daniel)
• Federated Learning in a Peer-to-Peer Environment: Architecture, Algorithms, and Implementation (PI: Dr Wang Dan)
• 2-D Graph Convolution for Learning on Graphs: Methodology and Applications (PI: Dr Wu Xiaoming)
• Towards Secure Blockchain-based DNS and Log Systems: Data Authenticity, Availability and Traceability (PI: Dr Xiao Bin)
• A Protocol-Free Tracking Platform for the Internet of Things (PI: Dr Yang Lei)
• Exploiting Smart Memory/Storage for Accelerating Data Mining on Vector Data (Dr Yiu Man Lung)

2019/20

• Task Partition and Migration for High Performance Collaborative Edge Computing (PI: Prof. Cao Jiannong)
• Proactive and Cooperative Resource Allocation in Wide-scale Edges (PI: Prof. Guo Song)
• Algorithms for building phylogenetic trees and networks (PI: Dr Jansson Jesper)
• Generating Adversarial Examples by Adversarial Networks for Semi- Supervised Image Classification (PI: Prof. Li Qing)
• Reinforced Reading, Reasoning and Writing for Question-focused Summarization (PI: Dr Li Wenjie Maggie)
• Exposing Undesirable Behaviors in Smart Contracts via Hybrid Analysis (PI: Dr Luo Xiapu Daniel)
• Towards Developing an Evidence-Based Service-Learning Model: A Machine Learning-based Investigation of Factors Affecting the Student Learning Process in Service-Learning in University Students (PI: Dr Ngai Grace)
• Network-induced Delays in Video Analytics in the Edge: Sources and Solutions (PI: Dr Wang Dan)
• Threats in Mining and Blockchain Networks: Novel Attacks and Countermeasures (PI: Dr Xiao Bin)
• Fast Approximate Data Analytics for Analytic Databases (PI: Dr Yiu Man Lung)
• Towards A Scalable and Secure LPWAN: A Collaborative Edge Computing Framework (PI: Dr Zheng Yuanqing)

2018/19

• Data Aware Task Allocation for Collaborative Edge Computing (PI: Prof. Cao Jiannong)
• Building Real-Time Systems with OpenMP: Modeling, Analysis and Design (PI: Dr Guan Nan)
• Towards Emotion-Enhanced Social Conversation Machines (PI: Dr Li Wenjie Maggie)
• Vetting the Security of Appified Bare-Metal IoT Systems (PI: Dr Luo Xiapu Daniel)
• Optimizing Storage System Design for Spatial-Temporal Big Data (PI: Prof. Shao Zili)
• Designs of Oracles for Control-CPS Software Bug Localization (PI:Dr Wang Qixin)
• Learning Knowledge Driven Deep Models for Complex Visual Enhancement with Small Data (PI: Prof. Zhang Lei)

2017/18

• Super-Polynomial Approximation of Graph Problems (PI: Dr Cao Yixin)
• Exploring Neural Network Models for Generationbased Text Summarization (PI: Dr Li Wenjie Maggie)
• Analyzing Expensive Real-Time Task Models Inexpensively (PI: Dr Guan Nan)
• Transfer Learning for Image Analysis by both Probabilistic Latent Variable and Space Reconstruction (PI: Prof. Zhang Dapeng David)
• Leveraging the Interplay of RAID and SSD for Lifetime and Reconstruction Optimization of Flash-based SSD RAID Array (PI: Prof. Shao Zili)
• Thinking Locally, Acting Globally: Breaking the Boundaries in Contactless Biometrics Identification under Less Constrained Environments (PI: Dr Pathak Ajay Kumar)
• Demand dispatching for emerging on-demand services: a data driven approach (PI: Prof. Cao Jiannong)
• Improving Mobile Users' Privacy Decisions via Exposing Unexpected Sensitive Operations in Hardened Apps (PI: Dr Luo Xiapu Daniel)

2016/17

• Graph Algorithms Based on Modular Decomposition (PI: Dr Cao Yixin)
• SmartFix: Scaling Automated Program Repair to Handle Composite Fixes (PI: Dr Pei Yu)
• Acquisition of Chinese Commonsense Knowledge for Emotion Analysis (PI: Prof. Lu Qin)
• Network-Centric Mobile Malware Detection via Synthesizing Traffic and App Analysis (PI: Dr Luo Xiapu Daniel)
• Alleviating Semantic Gaps in Key-Value Storage Systems: Think Big, See Small (PI: Prof. Shao Zili)
• Efficient Spatial Data Management for Crowdsourced Transportation (PI: Dr Yiu Man Lung)
• Robust Visual Recognition on Large Datasets with Minimal Manual Annotation (PI: Prof. Zhang Lei)

2015/16

• Bit-level Aggregation Algorithms for Main-Memory Analytic Databases (PI: Dr Lo Chi Lik Eric)
• Leveraging Modern CPUs for Efficient Query Processing on Time Series Data (PI: Dr Yiu Man Lung)
• Joint Learning of Synthesis and Analysis Dictionaries for Image Reconstruction and Classification (PI: Prof. Zhang Lei)
• Bridging I/O Performance Gap for Big Data Workloads: A New NVDIMM-based Approach (PI: Prof. Shao Zili)
• Exploratory Domain Adaptation Learning: Getting Suggestions from Existing Domains (PI: Dr Chung Fu Lai Korris)
• Context-Aware Spatio-Temporal Modeling for Object Tracking in the Wild (PI: Prof. Zhang Dapeng David)

2014/15

• A Multi-Dimensional Approach in Reader Emotion Modeling and Prediction (PI: Prof. Lu Qin)
• Computer-aided Personalized Medical Monitoring in Mobile Cloud Computing Environment (PI: Prof. You Jia Jane)
• Large Scale Metric Learning for Matching of Heterogeneous Multimedia Data (PI: Prof. Zhang Dapeng David)
• Learning and Transferring Representations with Data from Multiple Domains (PI: Dr Chung Fu Lai Korris)
• Making Sense of Social Media Streams through Text Summarization (PI: Dr Li Wenjie Maggie)
• Mobile Virtualization Optimization Using Emerging Non-Volatile Memory (PI: Prof. Shao Zili)
• Scalable Retrieval Techniques for Massive High-Dimensional Data (PI: Dr Yiu Man Lung)
• The Importance of Being Unique from a Distance: Iris Recognition Under Less Constrained Environments (PI: Dr Pathak Ajay Kumar)
• Thinking Across Domain Boundaries: A Composition Framework for Wireless Mission-Critical Cyber-Physical Systems (PI: Dr Wang Qixin)

2013/14

• A General Scalable Framework for Integrating Big Data Programming Models with Unified Abstraction (PI: Prof. Cao Jiannong)
• A Scalable and Modular Framework for Adaptive, Multimodal, Context-aware Interaction (PI: Dr Ngai Grace)
• Answering Why-Not Questions on Preference Queries (PI: Dr Lo Chi Lik Eric)
• From Image Quality Assessment to Perceptual Quality Preserved Image Restoration: A Perceptual Transform Learning Approach (PI: Prof. Zhang Lei)
• Minimizing Electricity Bills for Smart Buildings in a Dynamic Power Market: Framework, Algorithms, and Impact on Energy Conservation (PI: Dr Wang Dan)
• New Technologies for Dynamic RFID Systems: Problems, Applications, and Solutions (PI: Dr Xiao Bin)
• Personal Identification using Contactless Live 3D Finger Scans (PI: Dr Pathak Ajay Kumar)

2012/13

• A Unified Framework for Full Reference and No Reference Image Quality Assessment (PI: Prof. Zhang Lei)
• Automatic Performance Tuning of Spatial Indexes for Dynamic Workloads in Spatial Databases (PI: Dr Yiu Man Lung)
• Explore a Novel Cross-Layer Interference Resistant Multiple Access Approach for WiFi Networks: System Design and Prototype Implementation (PI: Dr Lou Wei)
• Modeling Opinion Influence in Social Media Networks for Business Intelligence Applications (PI: Dr Li Wenjie Maggie)
• Multi-scale Fabric Texture Acquisition, Manipulation, Classification and Retrieval (PI: Prof. Baciu George)
• Online Analytical Processing on Big Sequence Data (PI: Dr Lo Chi Lik Eric)
• Programming Model and Execution Framework for Developing Mobile Cloud Applications (PI: Prof. Cao Jiannong)
• Semi-Coupled Dictionary Learning for Image Cross-modality Transform and Recognition (PI: Prof. Zhang Dapeng David)

2011/12

• A Simulation Environment for Pervasive Networking and Computing (PI: Prof. Cao Jiannong)
• An Integrated Framework for Composable, Physical Computing Systems Supporting Pervasive and Social Interactions (PI: Dr Ngai Grace)

2010/11

• Fast Retrieval with Blind/Relevance Feedback (PI: Dr Luk Wing Pong Robert)
• Programming Pervasive Computing Middleware based on Ubiquitous Interacting Objects (PI: Prof. Cao Jiannong)
• Trustworthy Processing of Shortest Path Queries Over Online Road Network Databases (PI: Dr Yiu Man Lung)

2009/10

• A New Retinal Imaging Approach to Computer-aided Eye Care (PI: Prof. You Jia Jane)
• Binary Independence Language Model for Information Retrieval (PI: Dr Luk Wing Pong Robert)
• Feature Space Abstraction in Video Skimming (PI: Dr Liu Yan)
• Generating Benchmark Databases for My Applications (PI: Dr Lo Chi Lik Eric)
• Non-local Color Demosaicking, Denoising and Zooming Methods for Digital Color Cameras (PI: Prof. Zhang Lei)
• VideoGene - Robust and Scalable Fingerprint for Video Search and Mining Applications (PI: Dr Liu Yan)

1.5 France/ HK Joint Research Scheme

2010/11

• Dynamic Collaborative Event Processing in Distributed Systems (PI: Prof. Cao Jiannong)

1.6 Germany/ HK Joint Research Scheme

2019/20

• Thin Tasklets: Integration of a Distributed Computing Environment in the Internet of Things (PI: Prof. Cao Jiannong)

2016/17

• Testing Control Cyber-Physical Systems Software: A Symbolic Execution Approach that Exploits Physical Subsystem Features (PI: Dr Wang Qixin)

2012/13

• Compiler-Assisted Techniques for Improving Reliability with Emerging Non-Volatile Memory in Embedded Systems (PI: Prof. Shao Zili)
• Profiling Faults in Cyber-Physical Systems for Dependability Assurance from a Hybrid Modeling Perspective (PI: Dr Wang Qixin)

1.7 Public Policy Research Funding Scheme

2012/13

• Addressing Privacy and Societal Concerns in the Usage of Emerging Biometrics and Data Protection Technologies (PI: Dr Pathak Ajay Kumar)

2011/12

• Public Security and Personal Privacy: The Use of Biometrics Technology in Hong Kong (PI: Prof. Zhang Lei)

2019/20

• Blockchain for Logistics – Connecting Physical Goods with their Digital Identifiers (PI: Dr Au Man Ho Allen)
• Trial: A Platform for Residential Broadband Network Monitoring (PI: Dr Chang Kow Chuen Rocky)
• TAPU-NIC: A Smart Network Interface Card based on a novel Transmission-Analytics Processing Unit for EdgeBox (PI: Dr Wang Dan)
• Deliver Effective Training of Clinical Communication - A Multi-turn Customized Conversation System with Medical Knowledge Graph (PI: Dr Liu Yan)

2018/19

• Big Data-Driven Airport Resources Management (BigARM) Engine and Application Tools (PI: Prof. Cao Jiannong)
• Chiller AIOps: A Data-driven Chiller Sequencing System for Reducing HVAC Electricity Consumption in Commercial Buildings (PI: Dr Wang Dan)
• User Intent Classification for Dialog Systems via Few-Shot Learning (PI: Dr Wu Xiaoming)
• Support Spatial-Temporal Query and Public Auditing Services in the Blockchain System (PI: Dr Xiao Bin)

2017/18

• Anonymous Digital Signatures in the Post-Quantum Era: Secure and Efficient Constructions (PI: Dr Au Man Ho Allen)
• Blockchain-Based Food and Drug Counterfeit Detection and Regulatory System (PI: Dr Au Man Ho Allen)
• Research and Development of An Advanced IPS System for Aftermarket Telematics (PI: Dr Luo Xiapu Daniel)

2016/17

• Evidence-based Education based on Data Analytics – Moving towards a 360 Degree View of Students (PI: Dr Chan Chun Bun Henry)

2015/16

• Cloud-to-Cloud Data Communications and Management (PI: Dr Chan Chun Bun Henry)
• Assessing the Vulnerabilities of Online Services to Advanced DDoS Attacks (PI: Dr Luo Xiapu Daniel)

2014/15

• Thrifty: Parallel Database as a Cloud Service at Extremely Low Operation Cost (PI: Dr Lo Chi Lik Eric)
• Cantonese Speech-to-Text Turnkey Technology for Dyslexic Children (PI: Prof. Lu Qin; Co-I: Dr Ng To Yee Vincent)
• Smart Fetal Monitoring Belt (PI: Prof. You Jia Jane)

2013/14

• Adaptive Data Management for Cloud-based Wireless Mesh Networks (PI: Dr Chan Chun Bun Henry)
• Dynamic and Intelligent Channel Allocation Methods for Multi-Radio Wireless Mesh Network (PI: Dr Chan Chun Bun Henry)

2012/13

• A Novel System for Assessing the Security of Android Apps (PI: Dr Chang Kow Chuen Rocky)
• An eLearning Application using Automated Ontology Management (PI: Prof. Chan Chun Chung Keith)
• Automated Watchlist Identification System for Enhanced Security at Border Crossings (PI: Dr Pathak Ajay Kumar)
• Detecting and Evaluating Opinion Influencers in Online Social Media (PI: Dr Chung Fu Lai Korris)
• The Encoding of Chinese Variants and Specification for Font Production in Hong Kong (PI: Prof. Lu Qin)

2011/12

• DBScale: Synthetically Scaling an Enterprise's Database (PI: Dr Lo Chi Lik Eric)
• Design and Implementation of a Unified Box for Offering Network Path Measurement as a Service (PI: Dr Chang Kow Chuen Rocky)
• RFID-based Location Tracking System Using a Peer-to-Peer Network Architecture (PI: Dr Chan Chun Bun Henry)

2010/11

• Human Motion-Rhythmic Dance Detection in iMusicStation (PI: Dr Leung Kam Nang Hareton)
• Research and Development of A Flash Translation Layer with Demand-based Block-level Address Mapping for Large-Scale NAND Flash Memory Storage Systems (PI: Prof. Shao Zili)

2009/10

2018/19

• Edge Intelligence oriented Resource Management and Deployment Opimization (PI: Prof. Guo Song)

2017/18

• RFID Cross-layer Optimization and Testbed Development (PI: Dr Zheng Yuanqing)
• New Technology to Indoor Map Reconstruction, Update and Accurate Localization Based on multi-Source Data Fusion (PI: Dr Xiao Bin)

2016/17

• Research on Robust Learning and Active Labeling Methods for Weakly Annotated Visual Big Data (PI: Prof. Zhang Lei)
• New Summary Generation Models based on Deep Neural Network Learning (PI: Dr Li Wenjie Maggie)
• Research on Three Types of Cryptographic Schemes in Publish/Subscribe Services (PI: Dr Au Man Ho Allen)

2015/16

• Combinatorial and Algorithmic Studies on Cycles (PI: Dr Cao Yixin)

2014/15

• Limited Communication Constrained Multi-robot Cooperation Based on Distributed Dynamic Neural Networks (PI: Dr Li Shuai)

2013/14

• Efficient Detection and Identification of Tags in a Large-Scale Dynamic RFID System (PI: Dr Xiao Bin)
• Human Health Oriented Diagnostic Information Sensing and Computing (PI:Prof. Zhang Dapeng David)
• On Managing TLC NAND Flash in Embedded Systems (PI: Prof. Shao Zili)
• Social Media Information Mining based on Deep Learning Framework (PI: Dr Liu Yan)
• Unconsciously Collaborative Crowd Intelligence Based Social Events Geo-Information Inference and Spatial Correlation Study (PI: Prof. Cao Jiannong)

2012/13

• Content-Oriented Microblog Mining Based on Speech Act Recognition (PI: Dr Li Wenjie Maggie)
• Facial Beauty Objectification Research (PI: Prof. Zhang Dapeng David)
• From Wired Sensor Networks to Wireless: Framework, Algorithms and Practice (PI: Dr Wang Dan)
• Research on Interference Resistant Multiple Access Scheme for WLANs: Cross-Layer Protocol Design and Prototype Implementation (PI: Dr Lou Wei)
• Traffic Transformation: Theory and Applications (PI: Dr Luo Xiapu Daniel)

2018/19

• AI Driven Big Data Analytics and Applications (PI: Prof. You Jia Jane)

2017/18

• Urban Computing: Big Data Processing and Analytics (PI: Prof. Cao Jiannong)
• Big Data Analytics for Healthcare (PI: Prof. You Jia Jane)
• Efficient and Robust Visual Recognition on Large Datasets (PI: Prof. Zhang Lei)
• Deep Learning for Dialogue Generation (PI: Dr Li Wenjie Maggie)

2016/17

• Environmental Bioinformatics: Big Data Analysis and Application (PI: Prof. Chan Chun Chung Keith)

2015/16

• Emotion Analysis in Chinese Text (PI: Prof. Lu Qin)
• Machine Learning for Big Data Analytics (PI: Prof. You Jia Jane) 
• New Pattern Classification Methods for Big Visual Data (PI: Prof. Zhang Lei)

2014/15

• Human Detection, Tracking and Recognition via Distributed Camera Networks (PI: Dr Liu Yan)
• New Algorithms for Big Visual Data Processing and Analysis (PI: Dr Lo Chi Lik Eric)

2013/14

• Computational Drug Design using Data Mining and Computational Intelligence (PI: Prof. Chan Chun Chung Keith)
• Facial Beauty Analysis using Biometric Technique (PI: Prof. Zhang Dapeng David)
• Machine Learning for Health Informatics (PI: Prof. You Jia Jane)
• Modelling and Programming of Coordination in Distributed Intelligent MEMS (PI: Prof. Cao Jiannong)
• Semantic-Aware Image Retrieval and Annotation System Based on Cloud Computing (PI: Prof. Zhang Lei)
• Testing Methodology for Services (PI: Dr. Leung Kam Nang Hareton)

2011/12

• A Versatile Wireless Sensor Network Platform for Structural Health Monitoring (PI: Prof. Cao Jiannong)
• Research on Sparse Representation and Their Applications in Biometric Recognition (PI: Prof. Zhang Dapeng David)

5.1 Beat Drugs Fund

2013/14

• sPADAP - Smart Parents Against Drug Abuse Platform (PI: Dr Ng To Yee Vincent)

2010/11

• Gen-YOU Net (PI: Dr Ng To Yee Vincent)

2009/10

• SunShine Pioneer – “No Drugs” Web-based Interactive Platform (PI: Dr Ng To Yee Vincent)

5.2 China Computer Federation, PR China

2013/14

• Traffic Scheduling Based on One-way End-to-end Network Measurement (PI: Dr Luo Xiapu Daniel)

5.3 Construction Industry Council

2012/13

• s-Helmet: A Proactive Construction Safety Management System based on Real-time Localization (PI: Prof. Cao Jiannong)

2016/17

• Beyond the Diffraction Limit of Wide-field Optical Microscopy: A Computational Approach (PI: Prof. Zhang Lei)

2013/14

• Cross-disciplinary Big Data Processing and Analytics (PI: Prof. CAO Jiannong)

2017/18

• Music Therapy for Dementia Prevention using Algorithmic Composition (PI: Dr Liu Yan)
• WiFi Radar: Health-Monitoring Platform for Elderly with Sensorless Sensing (PI: Dr Yang Lei)

2016/17

• Securing loT-based Smart Home for Elderly Care (PI: Dr Xiao Bin)
• Behavioral Analytics for Assisted Living in Smart Homes (PI: Prof. Chan Chun Chung Keith)
• Elderly Arm Peer: an Upper Limb Assistant for Elderly Care (PI: Dr Li Shuai)

2015/16

• Fair Exchange of Digital Items (PI: Dr Au Man Ho Allen)

2014/15

• Indistinguishability Obfuscation: Why, How and What Next (PI: Dr Au Man Ho Allen)
• Forbidden Structures of Circular-Arc Graphs and Their Algorithmic Applications (PI: Dr Cao Yixin)
• Software Defined Battery: A Novel Architecture for large-scale Battery (PI: Dr Li Shaui)
• Location Analytics and Indoor Floorplan Reconstruction (Co-PIs: Prof. Baciu George, Dr Xiao Bin and Dr Zheng Yuanqing)

2013/14

• Expediting Security Assessment of Mobile Applications via Synthesizing Code and Text Mining (PI: Dr Luo Xiapu Daniel)
• Learning Outside the Box: Turning Big Data into Smart Ideas (PI: Dr Chung Fu Lai Korris)

2012/13

• A Comprehensive Healthcare Platform by Big Data Analytics (Rep Co-PI: Prof. Zhang Dapeng David)
• Design by Writing - a Physical Computing Approach to Cross-Modal Art Generation (Rep Co-PI: Dr Ngai Grace)
• Towards Supporting Big Data Applications in Clouds (PI: Dr Wang Dan)