Congratulations to Seven Faculty Members from the School of Data Science Awarded GRF/ECS 2023-24
The School of Data Science (SDSC) was awarded HK$5.5M for seven research projects as part of the 2023/24 General Research Fund (GRF) and Early Career Scheme (ECS) announced by the Research Grants Council (RGC), plus another two projects in collaboration with CityU scholars. The RGC GRF/ECS exercise is a highly competitive research funding scheme that provides support for research projects conducted by eight UGC-funded universities in Hong Kong. SDSC prides herself in developing a strong research culture which indicates that we have a high quality research capability and environment.
We congratulate our Principal Investigators, including Professor Minghua CHEN, Professor Lishuai LI, Professor Xiang ZHOU, Professor Xiao QIAO, Professor Clint HO, Professor Linyan LI and Professor Yi YANG on their remarkable achievements, and look forward to their outstanding research outputs.
Details of the funded grants are as follows:
| Name of Principle Investigator | Project Title | Grant Awarded | Scheme |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professor Minghua CHEN | Developing Neural Network Schemes for Optimal Power Flow Problems: Universal Solver and Unsupervised Training | 1.5M | GRF |
| Professor Lishuai LI | Air Route Design for Unmanned Aerial System Traffic Management in Urban Environment | 1.1M | GRF |
| Professor Xiang ZHOU | Machine-Learning-based String Method for Minimum Energy Path in Probability Measure Space | 0.6M | GRF |
| Professor Xiao QIAO | Time-Varying Risks in Commodity Markets | 0.4M | GRF |
| Professor Clint HO | Robust Target-Based Dynamic Decision-Making under Risk and Ambiguity | 0.4M | GRF |
| Professor Linyan LI | Advancing Exposure Assessment of the Built Environment and Studying Its Associations with Various Health Outcomes | 0.6M | ECS |
| Professor Yi YANG | Statistical Methods for Variable Selection with False Discovery Rate Control and Applications to Human Genetic Data | 0.8M | ECS |
| Name of Co-Investigator | Project Title | Grant Awarded | Scheme |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professor Minghua CHEN (as Co-Investigator) (In collaboration with Professor Qiusheng LI of Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, as Principal Investigator) |
Observation and modelling of atmospheric boundary layer wind and turbulence structures of hazardous windstorms | 1.1M | GRF |
| Professor Xiao QIAO (as Co-Investigator) (In collaboration with Professor Guanhao FENG of Department of Management Sciences, as Principal Investigator) |
Time-Varying Coefficient Modeling for Factor Selection in Asset Pricing | 0.5M | GRF |