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Seawalls are important infrastructure to protect the shorelines from wave action, land erosion and flooding. However, their surfaces are smooth, leading to the lack of shade and water retention which makes marine organisms hard to live. Research team from City University of Hong Kong incorporate fundamental ecological concepts and retrofit ecologically engineered components on the seawalls to increase the habitat complexity and enhance marine biodiversity on the seawalls.

About the Speaker:

Kenneth Mei-Yee Leung is Chair Professor of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry at Department of Chemistry (CHEM) in City University of Hong Kong, where he also serves as the Director of the State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution and Acting Head of CHEM. His research interests encompass marine pollution, ecotoxicology, marine ecology, biodiversity conservation and ecological restoration using eco-engineering. So far, he has published over 250 peer-reviewed articles in these areas. Owing to his professional achievements and dedicated community services, he was selected as one of the “Ten Outstanding Young Persons” for Hong Kong in 2010 and appointed as a Justice of the Peace by the Hong Kong SAR Government in 2018. In 2017, he was awarded the 19th Biwako Prize for Ecology by the Ecological Society of Japan in recognition of his contributions to aquatic ecology in Asia-Pacific, and conferred as a Fellow of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC). He was selected as one of the top 100 Asian Scientists by Asian Scientist Magazine in 2018, and recognized as one of the top 2% scientists in the world by the Stanford University in 2021. In June 2021, his Global Estuaries Monitoring (GEM) Programme was endorsed by the United Nations as an Action Programme for the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030).

Brief introduction:

In this talk, Department of Translation, Interpreting and Intercultural Studies of Hong Kong Baptist University will introduce Artificial Intelligence (AI) development including some common myths, mysteries and misconceptions. The talk will then review how AI has been influencing aspects including teaching, learning, and practice of different disciplines of arts, and end with a discussion about future possibilities of arts in this new digital age.

About the Speaker:

Dr. Janice Pan works as an Associate Professor in the Department of Translation, Interpreting and Intercultural Studies at Hong Kong Baptist University. Her research interests include corpus-based interpreting studies, digital humanities, etc.