First Occurrence of the IDS Summer Research Training Programme in 2024!

HKU IDS is dedicated to expanding our scope of research by further strengthening our talent pool of young researchers, and that is why the IDS Summer Research Training Programme has come into play for its first year in the summer of 2024. Aiming to let students seek a deeper understanding of our research postgraduate programme, the 7-week intensive training programme includes a highly collaborative research environment between our HKU IDS scholars and the selected trainees.

We are thrilled to have welcomed 5 academically outstanding young souls to join us for the exciting summer:

Trainee’s name	Home Institution	Mentor	Research Area
Miss Yiyan WANG	Huazhong University of Science and Technology	Professor Qingpeng ZHANG	AI in drug discovery ; Computer-based virtual drug design
Mr Jingtong CHEN	University of Cambridge	Professor Qingpeng ZHANG	ML model in drug discovery and network analysis
Mr Englong SHANG	Wuhan University	Dr Yue XIE	Optimization, Machine learning, Algorithm design and analysis
Mr Xiang LI	Tsinghua University	Professor Xihui LIU	AIGC, 3D Scene Understanding, Autonomous Driving
Miss Wanting YAO	Zhejiang University	Professor Yanchao YANG	Embodied intelligence, Robotics, Human-machine interaction

The 5 trainees will be supervised individually by their supervisors between July and September 2024 to unearth specific areas in AI and machine learning. Let’s look forward to their new discoveries in this exciting summer vacation!