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On December 20, 2024, the results of the 2024 list of (Alibaba) DAMO Academy Young Fellow were announced, with 15 young Chinese scientists winning the award. Their average age is 34 years old, and they have made significant achievements in various key areas such as integrated optoelectronic chips, affective computing and interaction, the cryosphere of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and temporal sky surveys. Among them, over 60% of the awardees have introduced artificial intelligence into their research fields, achieved breakthroughs through interdisciplinary studies, and demonstrated that young Chinese scientists are at the forefront, actively exploring a new paradigm of “AI for Science.” HKIQST extends our hearty congratulations to our fellow, Prof. Yang Yi. He has made significant strides in clarifying the coupling limit problem between photons and free electrons and has taken a crucial step in enhancing and controlling their interaction. His outstanding work has earned him a prestigious position as one of the Young Fellows at the Alibaba DAMO Academy.

RSVP: https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?guest=Y&ueid=97142 100+ years after its discovery in 1911, superconductivity remains one of the most fascinating and challenging topics in physics. In this talk, the history of superconductor, its physics and applications as well as the recent progress made by Chinese will be reviewed. Several inspiring anecdotes of scientists working in this field will also be highlighted.

We are thrilled about the appointment of Professor Yi Yang as the Belinda Hung Outstanding Young Professor. Outstanding Young Professorships were featured for the first time at the Thirteenth Inauguration of Endowed Professorships held by The University of Hong Kong (HKU) on 25 November 2024, celebrating six new Endowed Professorships and two new Outstanding Young Professorships. Professor Yi Yang, the HKIQST fellow was gifted the Belinda Hung Outstanding Young Professorship. Professor Yang’s contributions have been recognized with numerous prestigious awards, including the 2024 Xplorer Prize and the 2024 Croucher Tak Wah Mak Innovation Award for Pioneering Photonics Research. His accolades also include being named a Physical Science Fellow in the 2023 Asian Young Scientist Fellowship, being recognized as one of the Innovators under 35 (China) by MIT Technology Review in 2022 and receiving the 2022 Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Hong Kong and Macau) from the National Natural Science Foundation of China, an organization managed by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST). Please click here for the list of Professorships.