Prof. S. H. Gary Chan

Experience: 

Dr. S.-H. Gary Chan is currently a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST).  He is also an Affiliate Professor in Innovation, Policy and Entrepreneurship Thrust of HKUST(GZ), Chair of the Committee on Entrepreneurship Education Program at HKUST, and Board Director of Hong Kong Logistics and Supply Chain MultiTech R&D Center (LSCM).  He received his MSE and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering with a Minor in Business Administration from Stanford University (Stanford, CA).  He obtained his BSE degree (highest honor) in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University (Princeton, NJ), with certificates in Applied and Computational Mathematics, Engineering Physics, and Engineering and Management Systems. Professor Chan has co-founded and transferred his research results to several startups. Due to their innovations and commercial impacts, his startups and research projects have received local and international accolades. Notably, he received Hong Kong Chief Executive's Commendation for Community Service for ''outstanding contribution to the fight against COVID-19" in 2020.  He is the recipient of Google Mobile 2014 Award and Silver Award of Boeing Research and Technology. He is a Chartered Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (FCILT).

Speech Title: AI+IoT: From Research to Deployment

Abstract: Internet of Things (IoT) have penetrated into many facets of our lives.  In this keynote, I will discuss our research, development and deployment of advanced intelligent IoT systems and services, the so-called AI + IoT or AIoT for short.  I will cover IoT location sensing, video analytics with edge cameras, and accelerating machine learning algorithms for edge AI applications.  I will also share our experience on commercially deploying our research technologies to industry.