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A SWOT Analysis of the Research Arena in Hong Kong
The Research Grants Council (RGC) has served
the higher education sector and the research
community in Hong Kong for more than two
decades, during which the field of research has
moved towards globalization and collaboration
amidst intensifying competition for funding and
for research talents. In the midst of this dynamic
current, Professor Benjamin W Wah assumed
Chairmanship of the RGC in January 2013, as
Professor Roland Chin retired as the Chairman of
RGC after a remarkable seven-year service.
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Advanced Micro Robotics in Robot Network and Bio-manipulation
Cells are the basic functional units of all living
organisms. The current understanding of
individual cell mechanisms is still in its infancy.
A significant hurdle that severely restricts
current cellular studies is the lack of efficient
cell manipulation tools that can be used
for probing, testing and controlling cellular
behavior with micro/nano level precision.
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Interactive Control Strategy in a Robotic System for Early
Stroke Rehabilitation
Stroke is a cerebrovascular accident with high
disability and mortality rates. As stated in
the Hong Kong Hospital Authority Statistical
Report 2005-2010, the number of annual
stroke admissions to public hospitals has been
increasing from 11,062 cases in 1981 to
25,614 in 2010. It is expected that the burden
of stroke, giving rise to difficulties in motor
disabilities and affecting the daily life of stroke
victims, is likely to escalate substantially in
Hong Kong in the future.
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Adaptive robust control for a class of uncertain nonlinear
systems and its application to spacecraft control
Attitude control of spacecraft provides
the spacecraft the capabilities of rapid
acquisition, tracking, and pointing, and it
is also a benchmark control problem in the
control community. A common challenge in
spacecraft attitude control is the attenuation/
rejection of external disturbances caused by
control moment gyroscopes (CMGs) or by the
excitation of flexible appendages.
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An integrated model for monitoring Qinghai-Tibet railway
deformation based on DInSAR technology and GPS observations
This project aims to enhance the
capability of deformation monitoring
for Qinghai-Tibet railway combining
Differential Synthetic-Aperture Radar
Interferometry (DInSAR) and Global
Positioning System (GPS) observations.
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Discovery of complex organic matter in space
How did life originate on Earth? For
over 50 years, scientists believed that
life was the result of chemistry involving
simple molecules such as methane and
ammonia cooking in a primordial soup. In
a recent paper published in Nature, Prof.
Sun Kwok and Dr. Yong Zhang of the
University of Hong Kong showed that old
stars are capable of making very complex
organic compounds.
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Hong Kong – Scotland – Increased understanding on research
landscape
The Research Grants Council (RGC) had the
pleasure to receive a Scottish delegation,
comprising university vice principals and heads
of research agencies, during its visit to Hong
Kong on 26-28 June 2013. The delegation
was headed by Professor Albert Rodger, who is
the Vice Principal of the University of Aberdeen
and a Board Member & Chair of Research
and Knowledge Exchange Committee of the
Scottish Funding Council.
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