FLASS inventions claim five prizes at Inventions Geneva Evaluation Days – 2022 Special Edition
Field validation for our new generation of dissolved oxygen (DO) sensors – Replaceable DO sensing film. (Project 1)
Students using Grid Notation to perform music in an e-Orch. (Project 2)
Architecture of the innovative AI system which generates cross-lingual (English to Chinese) captions. (Project 3)
Founders of the start-up Shopgrouper: Mr Sun Lam (left) and Mr Dicky Kwok. (Project 5)
Researchers, students and alumni of FLASS received international recognition at the 48th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva, bagging three silver medals and two bronze medals. These achievements are another testament to the efforts and ingenuity of our scholars in turning academic ideas into practical solutions. A start-up project led by a Doctor of Education student from another faculty also won a silver medal at the exhibition.
The annual International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva is widely recognised as one of the world’s most important knowledge and technology transfer events that showcase and highlight innovations and inventions from around the world. This year, 800 inventions were submitted by participants from more than 25 countries and regions. In March, the exhibition organiser held a special virtual event, known as the Inventions Geneva Evaluation Days – 2022 Special Edition, to announce the awards.
The five award-winning projects from FLASS are comprised of innovations ranging from artificial intelligence, neuroscience, music education and environmental chemistry to Internet-of-Things. Professor Li Wai-keung, Dean of FLASS, expressed great excitement over the remarkable results achieved by FLASS scholars. “Conducting research that enhances the well-being of humankind and promotes social changes has long been an important part of FLASS’s mission,” he said. “I am delighted to see that our scholars are making tremendous efforts to convert their research into practical solutions that improve the quality of people’s lives. I want to congratulate all the winners for a job well done, and wish them continued success in their future academic and knowledge transfer works.”
List of award-winning projects:
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Project Title |
Description |
Principal Investigator(s) |
Medal |
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1 |
A New Generation of Dissolved Oxygen Sensor Using Replaceable Photo-sensing Film |
A novel device which detects and keeps a permanent record of the dissolved oxygen (DO) level in a medium using replaceable photo-sensing film. It is unaffected by biofouling, thus providing a cost-effective method of DO monitoring over large bodies of water. |
Professor Rudolf Wu Shiu-sun, Advisor (Environmental Science) at the Department of Science and Environmental Studies
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Silver |
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2 |
Reimagining Music Learning with e-Orch |
A system consists of an app and a cloud-based software, which specifically designed for music performance and composition. Integrated with the patented Grid Notation, virtual instruments and AI music generator, the innovation makes music education accessible and inclusive. |
Dr Leung Chi-hin, Assistant Professor at the Department of Cultural and Creative Arts |
Silver |
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3 |
UNISON: Unpaired Cross-lingual Image Captioning |
An innovative AI system which generates cross-lingual (English to Chinese) image captions without relying on any paired caption corpus. The system consists of two phases: (i) a cross-lingual auto-encoding process and (ii) a cross-modal unsupervised feature mapping, which can perform real-time image to text conversion. |
Professor Philip Yu Leung-ho, Head and Professor at the Department of Mathematics and Information Technology
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Silver |
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4 |
Lighten Dementia Game Set (Donut, Tea Bag, Fly) |
A game-based training set specially designed for elderly with dementia in Asian communities. The training set fosters social engagement among elders through Cognitive Stimulation Therapy, which helps slow down the progression of Dementia and maintain cognitive functions. |
Alumna Christine Chan Ka-kei of the Postgraduate Diploma in Education (Primary) programme (Major in Genearl Studies and minor in mathematics) |
Bronze |
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5 |
An e-commerce product search engine with an AI product categorisation system. It enhances shopping experience by crawling products data from online shops and offering precise recommendations to consumer. The merchant-customer matching feature also makes shopping more convenient. |
Alumni Dicky Kwok Wing-cheung and Lam Yick-sun of the Bachelor of Education (Honours) (Secondary) – Information and Communication Technology programme, and Dr Henry So Chi-fuk, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Mathematics and Information Technology |
Bronze |
