Speakers
Prof. Tim Cheng
Vice-President for Research and Development, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Professor Tim Cheng is the Vice-President for Research and Development (VPRD) and a Chair Professor held jointly in the Departments of Electronic and Computer Engineering and Computer Science and Engineering at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). He also directs the InnoHK AI Chip Center for Emerging Smart Systems (ACCESS).
Before becoming VPRD, Professor Cheng served as HKUST’s Dean of Engineering for six years. Prior to joining HKUST in 2016, he held several leadership positions at the University of California, Santa Barbara, including Founding Director of the Computer Engineering Program, Department Chair, and Associate Vice Chancellor for Research.
An internationally leading researcher with extensive experience in fostering cross-disciplinary research collaboration, Professor Cheng is a world authority in electronics testing and design verification. His contributions span a wide range of research areas, including design automation of electronic and photonic systems, computer vision, and medical image analysis. He has published more than 700 technical papers, co-authored five books, holds 20 US patents, and has successfully commercialised several of his inventions.
Professor Cheng is an elected Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences (HKAES).