🎉Congratulations! Mr. Lawrence Ho, our Ph.D. student, has been awarded the prestigious HKIE Outstanding Paper Award for Young Engineers/Researchers 2024 as a co-author. ⭐

The award recognizes his research on stormwater management in response to climate change challenges in Hong Kong. His team's innovative paper and collaboration with Drainage Services Department (DSD) introduces a AI model that enhances trash and live object detection for automated drainage systems, addressing the limitations of existing rigid rule-based and specialized AI approaches. By leveraging Vision Language Models (VLMs) in a resource-efficient manner, Ho’s solution demonstrates significant improvements in safety, efficiency, and scalability.

👏👏The achievement is surely an inspiration to our ACE fellow students!