List of Awards and Honors – HKUST(GZ) Faculty (2024-25)

Dr Yixin GUO
Assistant Professor in the Thrust of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
Awarded 2024年度氮循环十大科学进展;
Received 华人产业生态学会年度优秀论文奖.

Dr Wei HAN
Assistant Professor in the Thrust of Sustainable Energy and Environment
Recognized as Top 2% of the world's most influential scientists on the Stanford Scientist List in 2025.

Dr Jiayi HUANG
Assistant Professor in the Thrust of Microelectronics
Received Best Artifact Award in International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA).

Dr Yang HUANG
Assistant Professor in the Thrust of Advanced Materials
Recognized as Top 2% of the world's most influential scientists on the Stanford Scientist List in 2025.

Professor Shuncheng LEE
Professor in the Thrust of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
Recognized as Top 2% of the world's most influential scientists on the Stanford Scientist List in 2025.

Dr Yuheng LI
Assistant Professor in the Thrust of Sustainable Energy and Environment
Recognized as Journal of Materials Chemistry A Emerging Investigators 2025.

Dr Xiwen LIU
Assistant Professor in the Thrust of Microelectronics
Received Excellent Oral Presentation in IEEE Workshop on Next-Generation Devices and Integrated Memory.

Dr Yangdi LYU
Assistant Professor in the Thrust of Microelectronics
Received DATE Outstanding Reviewer Award 2025.

Dr Yuzhe MA
Assistant Professor in the Thrust of Microelectronics
Recognized as Top 2% of the world's most influential scientists on the Stanford Scientist List in 2025.

Professor Tai Kai NG
Chair Professor in the Thrust of Advanced Materials
Recognized as Top 2% of the world's most influential scientists on the Stanford Scientist List in 2025.

Professor Wei SHYY
Chair Professor in the Thrust of Sustainable Energy and Environment
Recognized as Top 2% of the world's most influential scientists on the Stanford Scientist List in 2025.

Dr Yeyu TONG
Assistant Professor in the Thrust of Microelectronics
Recognized as Top 2% of the world's most influential scientists on the Stanford Scientist List in 2025.

Professor Weijia WEN
Chair Professor in the Thrust of Advanced Materials
Recognized as Top 2% of the world's most influential scientists on the Stanford Scientist List in 2025.

Dr Dianxun XIAO
Assistant Professor in the Thrust of Sustainable Energy and Environment
Recognized as Top 2% of the world's most influential scientists on the Stanford Scientist List in 2025.

Professor Jiang XU
Professor in the Thrust of Microelectronics
Awarded 2025年广东省劳动模范.

Dr Chang YAN
Assistant Professor in the Thrust of Sustainable Energy and Environment
Recognized as Top 2% of the world's most influential scientists on the Stanford Scientist List in 2025.

Dr Qinbai YUN
Assistant Professor in the Thrust of Sustainable Energy and Environment
Recognized as Top 2% of the world's most influential scientists on the Stanford Scientist List in 2025.

Professor Tongyi ZHANG
Chair Professor in the Thrust of Advanced Materials
Received 杭实材料基因组工程杰出贡献奖;
Recognized as Top 2% of the world's most influential scientists on the Stanford Scientist List in 2025.

Professor Junyu ZHENG
Professor in the Thrust of Sustainable Energy and Environment
Recognized the 4th Contributors to the 2024 Top Ten Scientific and Technological Advances in China's Eco-Environment (4/24);
Recognized as Top 2% of the world's most influential scientists on the Stanford Scientist List in 2025.

Dr Teng ZHOU
Assistant Professor in the Thrust of Sustainable Energy and Environment
Received 2024年广州科技创新创业大赛港澳台赛一等奖;
Received 2024年香港科技大学百万奖金创业大赛广州赛二等奖;
Received Carbon Capture Future Leader Award in International Conference on Carbon Capture Science and Technology;
Recognized as Top 2% of the world's most influential scientists on the Stanford Scientist List in 2025.

Professor Yunlong ZI
Associate Professor in the Thrust of Sustainable Energy and Environment
Received Wiley China High Contribution Author Award;
Recognized as Top 2% of the world's most influential scientists on the Stanford Scientist List in 2025.

Professor Lei CHEN
Chair Professor in the Thrust of Data Science and Analytics
Elected ACM Fellow 2025;
Recognized as Top 2% of the world's most influential scientists on the Stanford Scientist List in 2025.

Professor Xiaowen CHU
Professor in the Thrust of Data Science and Analytics
Elected IEEE Fellow 2025;
Elected AAIA Fellow 2025;
Received EuroSys Best Paper Award;
Recognized as Top 2% of the world's most influential scientists on the Stanford Scientist List in 2025.

Professor Ying CUI
Associate Professor in the Thrust of Internet of Things
Recognized as Top 2% of the world's most influential scientists on the Stanford Scientist List in 2025.

Dr Enyan DAI
Assistant Professor in the Thrust of Artificial Intelligence
Received Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (PAKDD) Best Paper Award.

Dr Ningning DING
Assistant Professor in the Thrust of Data Science and Analytics
Recognized Rising Stars Women in Engineering from Asian Dean's Forum.

Professor Mingming FAN
Associate Professor in the Thrust of Computational Media and Arts
Received Young Pioneer Award from International Chinese Association of Computer Human Interaction (ICACHI);
Received Best Paper Honorable Mention Award (top 1%) in ACM Multimedia 2024.

Dr Shijian GAO
Assistant Professor in the Thrust of Internet of Things
Received Leadership in Conference Development Award in IEEE Technical Community on Computer Communications.

Dr Zijun GONG
Assistant Professor in the Thrust of Internet of Thingss
Received Best Paper Award in 2024 International Conference on Future Communications and Networks (FCN2024).

Dr Zhijiang GUO
Assistant Professor in the Thrust of Data Science and Analytics
Recognized as Top 2% of the world's most influential scientists on the Stanford Scientist List in 2025.

Dr Xinlei HE
Assistant Professor in the Thrust of Data Science and Analytics
Received Best Paper Award in LAMPS 2024 Organizing Committee.

Dr Guobiao HU
Assistant Professor in the Thrust of Internet of Things
Received 2024 Ephrahim Garcia Best Paper Award;
Received 2024摩擦纳米发电机领域十大进展 - 蓝色能源领域第二名;
Recognized as Top 2% of the world's most influential scientists on the Stanford Scientist List in 2025.

Dr Xuming HU
Assistant Professor in the Thrust of Artificial Intelligence
Received the 2nd Place of Track 4: Multi-lingual Abilities of the Amazon KDD Cup 2024.

Professor Pan HUI
Chair Professor in the Thrust of Computational Media and Arts
Received Test of Time Paper Award in IEEE International conference on computer communications 2024 (infocom 2024);
Recognized as Top 2% of the world's most influential scientists on the Stanford Scientist List in 2025.

Professor Sung Hun KIM
Associate Professor in the Thrust of Data Science and Analytics
Recognized as Top 2% of the world's most influential scientists on the Stanford Scientist List in 2025.

Dr Hongyu LI
Assistant Professor in the Thrust of Internet of Things
Recognized as Top 2% of the world's most influential scientists on the Stanford Scientist List in 2025.

Dr Jia LI
Assistant Professor in the Thrust of Data Science and Analytics
Recognized as Top 2% of the world's most influential scientists on the Stanford Scientist List in 2025.

Dr Lei LI
Assistant Professor in the Thrust of Data Science and Analytics
Received 广东省计算机学会优秀论文奖一等奖及二等奖.

Dr Chen LIANG
Assistant Professor in the Thrust of Computational Media and Arts
Received ACM CHI 2025 Best Paper Honorable Mention Award.

Professor Hai Ning LIANG
Associate Professor in the Thrust of Computational Media and Arts
Received Springer Nature Author Service Award;
Received ICDM 10-year Highest-Impact Paper Award;
Received Best Poster Award for 'MagicMap: Enhancing indoor Navigation Experience in VR Museums';
Received Best Paper Award (Honorable Mention) in ACM Interactive Surfaces and Spaces;
Recognized as Top 2% of the world's most influential scientists on the Stanford Scientist List in 2025.

Dr Junwei LIANG
Assistant Professor in the Thrust of Artificial Intelligence
Recognized as 2025"AI100青年先锋";
Received Gold Medal at the 50th Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions.

Dr Hao LIU
Assistant Professor in the Thrust of Artificial Intelligence
Received Swiss Automobile Club Prize and Gold Medal at the 50th Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions;
Received CCF Industry-Academia Collaboration Outstanding Projects Award.

Dr Li LIU
Assistant Professor in the Thrust of Artificial Intelligence
Received Outstanding Paper in CVPR 2025 CV4Animals Workshop.

Professor Lionel Ming-Shuan NI
Chair Professor in the Thrust of Data Science and Analytics
Recognized as Top 2% of the world's most influential scientists on the Stanford Scientist List in 2025.

Professor James Pei Man SHE
Associate Professor in the Thrust of Computational Media and Arts
Received Scientific Excellence Award in The 29th International ACM Conference on 3D Web Technology (Web3D 2024);
Received 2024年广州科技创新创业大赛港澳台赛优秀奖.

Dr Guoming TANG
Assistant Professor in the Thrust of Data Science and Analytics
Received Best Paper Award in 2024 IEEE International Conference on Sustainable Computing and Communications (SustainCom).

Dr Jing TANG
Assistant Professor in the Thrust of Data Science and Analytics
Received CES Innovation Award in Artificial Intelligence of Consumer Technology Association (CTA);
Received Gold Medal at the 50th Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions;
Recognized Outstanding Reviewer by ACM SIGKDD.

Professor Nan TANG
Associate Professor in the Thrust of Data Science and Analytics
Received ICDE 2025 Distinguished Reviewer Award.

Professor Danny Hin Kwok TSANG
Professor in the Thrust of Internet of Things
Recognized as Top 2% of the world's most influential scientists on the Stanford Scientist List in 2025.

Professor Wei WANG
Professor in the Thrust of Data Science and Analytics
Received Best Vision Paper Award in ACM SIGSPATIAL 2024;
Recognized as Top 2% of the world's most influential scientists on the Stanford Scientist List in 2025.

Dr Xin WANG
Associate Professor in the Thrust of Artificial Intelligence
Recognized as Top 2% of the world's most influential scientists on the Stanford Scientist List in 2025.

Professor Xudong WANG
Professor in the Thrust of Internet of Things
Recognized as Top 2% of the world's most influential scientists on the Stanford Scientist List in 2025.

Professor Kaishun WU
Professor in the Thrust of Data Science and Analyticss
Awarded Gold medal in the 50th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva;
Received 2024 Chinese Association of Automation Science and Technology Progress Award;
Received Best Paper Honorable Mention in 23rd ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems(SenSys), 2025;
Received Test of Time Paper Award in 2025 IEEE INFOCOM;
Recognized as Top 2% of the world's most influential scientists on the Stanford Scientist List in 2025.

Dr Hong XING
Assistant Professor in the Thrust of Internet of Things
Received IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) 2025 Best Paper Award.

Professor Hui XIONG
Chair Professor in the Thrust of Artificial Intelligence
Elected CAAI Fellow 2025;
Elected AAAI Fellow 2025;
Awarded 2025年广东省劳动模范;
Received Swiss Automobile Club Prize and Gold Medal at the 50th Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions;
Awarded 广州优秀科技工作者;
Recognized as Top 2% of the world's most influential scientists on the Stanford Scientist List in 2025.

Dr Weikai YANG
Assistant Professor in the Thrust of Data Science and Analytics
Received IEEE VIS 2024 Best Paper Honorable Mention Award;
Received Computational Visual Media 2024 Honorable Mention Award.

Mr Junjie ZHANG
Lecturer I in the Thrust of Computational Media and Arts
Received Best Paper Award in ACM CHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) 2025.

Professor Kang ZHANG
Professor in the Thrust of Computational Media and Arts
Recognized as Top 2% of the world's most influential scientists on the Stanford Scientist List in 2025.

Dr Yongqi ZHANG
Assistant Professor in the Thrust of Data Science and Analytics
Received 广东省计算机学会优秀论文奖一等奖.

Dr Yi CAI
Assistant Professor in the Thrust of Smart Manufacturing
Received 第九届数字孪生与智能制造服务学术会议优秀海报奖.

Dr Changhao CHEN
Assistant Professor in the Thrust of Intelligent Transportation
Recognized as Top 2% of the world's most influential scientists on the Stanford Scientist List in 2025.

Dr Huachen CUI
Assistant Professor in the Thrust of Smart Manufacturing
Received 中国材料研究学会最佳邀请报告.

Dr Juan DU
Assistant Professor in the Thrust of Smart Manufacturing
Received 2024 CSAMSE Annual Conference Best Practice Award 2nd Prize;
Awarded ASQ Feigenbaum Medal;
Received Best Application Paper Award-First Prize in CSIE 华人学者工业工程年会;
Received 2025 Dr. Hamed K. Eldin Outstanding Early Career IE in Academia Award;
Received 2025 IISE the Data Analytics and Information Systems (DAIS) Best Paper Award;
Received IISE Transactions Best Paper Award (Design and Manufacturing Focus Issue).

Dr Daqiang GUO
Assistant Professor in the Thrust of Smart Manufacturing
Received 2024世界智能制造大会人本智造专题活动暨第二届人本智造学术会议优秀报告奖;
Received Best Presentation Award in 2025 The Conference on Intelligent Networked Things (CINT 2025);
Awarded Best Conference Paper-Second Prize in The 2024 IEEE International Conference on Automation in Manufacturing, Transportation and Logistics;
Recognized as Top 2% of the world's most influential scientists on the Stanford Scientist List in 2025.

Professor Ricky Shi-Wei LEE
Chair Professor in the Thrust of Smart Manufacturing
Awarded Worcester Reed Warner Medal by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME);
Received ICEPT Outstanding Contribution Honorary Award;
Recognized as Top 2% of the world's most influential scientists on the Stanford Scientist List in 2025.

Dr Haoang LI
Assistant Professor in the Thrust of Robotics and Autonomous Systems
Received the Third Place at RoboDrive Challenge.

Dr Xiaomeng LI
Assistant Professor in the Thrust of Bioscience and Biomedical Engineering
Recognized as Top 2% of the world's most influential scientists on the Stanford Scientist List in 2025.

Dr Yuxuan LIANG
Assistant Professor in the Thrust of Intelligent Transportation
Recognized as Top 2% of the world's most influential scientists on the Stanford Scientist List in 2025.

Dr Jun MA
Assistant Professor in the Thrust of Robotics and Autonomous Systems
Received ACA Temasek Young Educator Award from Asian Control Association;
Received Best Paper Award Honorable Mention in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL).

Professor Kai TANG
Professor in the Thrust of Smart Manufacturing
Recognized as Top 2% of the world's most influential scientists on the Stanford Scientist List in 2025.

Professor Jun WU
Associate Professor in the Thrust of Bioscience and Biomedical Engineering
Recognized as Top 2% of the world's most influential scientists on the Stanford Scientist List in 2025.

Dr Jia YAN
Assistant Professor in the Thrust of Intelligent Transportation
Received Leadership in Workshop Development Award in the International Conference on Cyber-enabled Distributed Computing and Knowledge Discovery (CyberC) and IEEE Technical Community on Computer Communications in theme of Revolutionizing Computing and Communication in the AI Era.

Professor Liuqing YANG
Chair Professor in the Thrust of Intelligent Transportation
Received 2024 Scientific Paper Award Program for Information and Communications Technology in China Institute of Communications (CIC);
Recognized as Top 2% of the world's most influential scientists on the Stanford Scientist List in 2025.

Dr Liang YUE
Assistant Professor in the Thrust of Smart Manufacturing
Received 中国材料大会2025组委会特邀青年人才学术报告.

Dr Hang ZHAO
Assistant Professor in the Thrust of Robotics and Autonomous Systems
Recognized 2024 Star reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion;
Recognized as Top 2% of the world's most influential scientists on the Stanford Scientist List in 2025.

Dr Xinhu ZHENG
Assistant Professor in the Thrust of Intelligent Transportation
Received 第十四届中国智能车未来挑战赛真实道路比赛二等奖.

Dr Lei ZHU
Assistant Professor in the Thrust of Robotics and Autonomous Systems
Received Best Paper Award in The 1st International Workshop on Multimedia Computing for Health and Medicine (ACM MM 2024);
Received Best Paper Award in 19th ACM SIGGRAPH International Conference on Virtual-Reality Continuum and its Applications in Industry (VRCAI 2024);
Recognized as Top 2% of the world's most influential scientists on the Stanford Scientist List in 2025.

Professor Bin JIANG
Professor in the Thrust of Urban Governance and Design
Recognized as Top 2% of the world's most influential scientists on the Stanford Scientist List in 2025.

Professor Kejun JIANG
Professor in the Thrust of Carbon Neutrality and Climate Change
Recognized as Top 2% of the world's most influential scientists on the Stanford Scientist List in 2025.

Dr Chaosu LI
Assistant Professor in the Thrust of Urban Governance and Design
Received 2024 IACP Rising Scholar Award.

Dr Yangsiyu LU
Assistant Professor in the Thrust of Carbon Neutrality and Climate Change
Received Second Prize for Best Paper Award in Chinese Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (CAERE) .

Professor Ye QI
Chair Professor in the Thrust of Carbon Neutrality and Climate Change
Recognized as Top 2% of the world's most influential scientists on the Stanford Scientist List in 2025.

Dr Kok Sin WOON
Assistant Professor in the Thrust of Carbon Neutrality and Climate Change
Recognized as Top 2% of the world's most influential scientists on the Stanford Scientist List in 2025.

Dr Cai WU
Assistant Professor in the Thrust of Urban Governance and Design
Received Best Paper - Early Career in The 19th International Conference on Computational Urban Planning and Urban Management (CUPUM).

Professor Xun WU
Professor in the Thrust of Innovation, Policy and Entrepreneurship
Recognized as Top 2% of the world's most influential scientists on the Stanford Scientist List in 2025.

Dr Kewei XU
Assistant Professor in the Thrust of Innovation, Policy and Entrepreneurship
Received Best Poster Award in Digital Government Society at the 26th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research.

Dr Xu ZHANG
Assistant Professor in the Thrust of Innovation, Policy and Entrepreneurship
Received 2025 Asian Development Bank (ADB) - International Economic Association (IEA) Innovative Policy Research Award Honorable Mention .

Dr Jinyuan MA
Senior Lecturer in the Pillar of General Educationn
Received 广东省高等教育学会第三届高等教育研究优秀成果奖"一等奖".

Dr Junhua ZHU
Lecturer I in the Pillar of General Education
Received 广东省高等教育学会第三届高等教育研究优秀成果奖"一等奖".