Shueng-Han Gary Chan

Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering HKUST
Affiliate Professor, Innovation, Policy, and Entrepreneurship (IPE) Thrust, Society Hub, HKUST(GZ)

Office:
Room 2539 (via Lift 25-26), Academic Building
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Clear Water Bay, Kowloon
Hong Kong
Tel: +852 2358-6990
Fax: +852 2358-1477
Email: gchan@cse.ust.hk
(Directions to the HKUST)

Chartered Fellow, Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (FCILT)
Chief Executive's Commendation for Community Service (for "outstanding contribution to the fight against COVID-19"), 23rd Honours List, Hong Kong, 2020 (video, 07:10-07:28)
Board Director, Hong Kong Logistics and Supply Chain MultiTech R&D Center (LSCM), Hong Kong
PhD, Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, January 1999
PhD minor: Business Administration (Management of operations, information and technology)
MSE, Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, June 1994 (William and Leila Fellow, 1993-94)
BSE (Highest Honors), Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, June 1993 (Charles Ira Young Memorial Tablet and Medal, and the POEM Newport Award of Excellence)
Certificates in Engineering Physics, Applied and Computational Mathematics, and Engineering and Management Systems, (currently Optimization and Quantitative Decision Science) Princeton University, June 1993
 

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Research Interests

Smart sensing and IoT, cloud and fog/edge AI, indoor positioning and mobile computing, video/location/user analytics and mining, IT entrepreneurship and technology transfer

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I conduct applied research on multimedia and mobile computing systems using machine learning and data analytics techniques, overcoming critical industry-driven operational challenges to support cost-effective large-scale services by bridging the "last mile" divide between laboratory and marketplace users. In contrast to theoretical or fundamental research, my team has been working closely with companies to research and develop novel, distributed and deployment-ready solutions which impact and advance the field. We apply rigorous algorithmic, computational and optimization techniques to relentlessly close theory-practice gaps so that our systems operate under the most general and realistic environment. Our systems go beyond proof-of-concept prototypes or demonstrations, and can be fully integrated into industrial operations with unmatched performance through technology transfer and entrepreneurship. I keep a strong team of researchers (postdocs, PhD and MPhil candidates) and regular engineering staff, whose work closely knit together so that our research drive engineering excellence while deployment challenges drive our research agenda. Our work has been extensively supported by leading companies such as Boeing, China Mobile, Cisco, Google, HP, Huawei, Mei Ah Entertainment, Microsoft, New World Development, TCL, Tencent, etc.

Widely known for their practical nature, direct impact and deployment success in industry, my systems have won many awards. The following lists some of my research projects which have been or are being transferred to companies with users (mostly supported by industry-government collaboration program through Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF) and LSCM Center):

  1. AI + Healthcare
  2. SmartAP: Ubiquitous people sensing and user analytics
  3. Wherami: Client-based indoor localization technology
  4. Lavinet: An advanced multi-hop wireless infrastructure for pervasive and high-throughput Wi-Fi access
  5. Streamphony: A novel cost-effective video streaming cloud over the global Internet

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