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Title: How CityU Supports Applied Research


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How CityU Supports Applied Research?
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Role statement of CityU
emphasises application-oriented teaching,
professional education and applied
research aims at being internationally
competitive in its areas of research strength
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Mission of CityU
  • The University anticipates and responds to the
    needs of industry, commerce and the community by
    engaging in applied research, and uses the
    results of such work to directly benefit Hong
    Kong and beyond. The University concentrates
    resources to achieve excellence in selected areas
    of research.

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2003-2008 Strategic Plan
  • Goals for Research
  • Building on established excellence by focusing
    available resources on priority areas of applied
    research
  • Maintaining the research profile necessary to
    support community development and to underpin our
    teaching
  • Nurturing young research talent to provide the
    foundation for future economic and social
    development
  • Enhancing our ability to commercialize research
    results and to mobilize expertise for the
    community
  • Supporting linkages within the region and beyond
    through the networks created by active scholarship

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What is Applied Research?
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Definition
  • It is defined as Original work undertaken
    primarily to acquire new knowledge or techniques
    with a specific application in view. It is
    undertaken either to determine possible uses for
    findings of basic research or to determine new
    ways of achieving some specific and predetermined
    objectives
  • (Australian Standard Research Classification)

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Characteristics
  • Present an intellectual challenge
  • Have relevance to and address the needs of
    society
  • Possess good potential for implementation

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Our Strategies
  • To fulfill our role, we have strategies on
    applied research focusing on four areas
  • Policy Reassurance e.g. a new mission statement
  • Process Reinforcement e.g. revision of HR
    policies on staff recruitment and personnel
    decisions
  • Resources e.g. a new Applied Research Grant
  • Rewards e.g. Applied Research Excellence Award
    Scheme

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Our advantages
  • Application-oriented subject-disciplines
  • Good track records of success for applied
    research
  • Close links and collaboration with industry

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Selected Areas of Strength (ADP 2005-2008)
Six Areas Demonstrating International
Competitiveness
  • Applications of linguistics and language
    technology
  • Applied mathematics
  • Electronic engineering
  • Environmental science
  • Knowledge and innovative management
  • Materials science and engineering

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  • Five Potential Areas of Research Strength
  • Administrative and Policy Sciences
  • Chinese and Comparative Law
  • Corporate Governance and Accounting
  • Digital Media and Multimedia Technology
  • Structural Engineering
  • Three Emerging Areas
  • Advanced Manufacturing Technology Management
  • Communications
  • International Economics

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World Ranking
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2005 Times Higher Education Supplement Survey
of World Universities
  • Ranked 178 among top 200 universities in the
    world (ranked 198 in 2004)
  • One of four universities in Hong Kong in the top
    200
  • Ranked 90 on the top 100 technology universities
  • Criteria
  • Peer review
  • No. of times research papers are cited by
    academics
  • Faculty Student ratio
  • No. of staff and students from overseas
  • Views from international employers

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2005 Shanghai Jiao Tong University Survey
  • Ranked 10 among top 15 universities in Greater
    China
  • (HKU 3rd HKUST 4th CUHK 5th HKPU 12th)
  • Criteria
  • Nobel Laureates
  • Highly-cited researchers
  • Articles published in Nature and Science
  • Articles in SCI/SSCI/AHCI listed journals
  • Academic performance per faculty member

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Promoting Research Excellence
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University Research Centres
  • Centre for Coastal Pollution and Conservation
  • Liu Bie Ju Centre for Mathematical Sciences
  • Language Information Sciences Research Centre
  • Centre of Super-Diamond and Advanced Films
  • Wireless Communications Research Centre

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Faculty Research Centres
  • Centre for Chinese and Comparative Law
  • Governance in Asia Research Centre
  • Centre for Chaos and Complex Networks
  • Southeast Asia Research Centre
  • The Halliday Centre for Intelligent Applications
    of Language Studies
  • Centre for Applied Computing and Interactive
    Media
  • Centre for Communication Research

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Knowledge Transfer and Innovation
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Applied Strategic Development Centres
  • Centre for Innovative Applications of Internet
    and Multimedia Technologies
  • Centre for Electronic Packaging and Assemblies,
    Failure Analysis and Reliability Engineering
  • Quality Evaluation Centre

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Patent
  • The University provides support and encourages
    academic staff to disclose invention and seek
    patent application
  • The Intellectual Property Committee together with
    Technology Transfer Office will examine and
    assess the patent applications
  • For patents with commercial exploitation, the net
    income received will be shared between the
    University and the inventors on a 7030 basis

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Examples of Applied Research
  • Wireless Communications (Antenna Technology)
  • Consumer Electronics (TeleEye Remote Monitoring
    System)
  • Life Environmental Sciences (The Centre for
    Marine Environmental Research and Innovative
    Technology)
  • Business Social Sciences (Centa-City Index)

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Research Support
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Sources of Research Funding
  • Internal Grants
  • Start-up Grant for New Staff(To support new
    staff members to start their research at CityU)
  • Strategic Research Grant(To encourage work
    leading to the advancement of knowledge which in
    general has important utilizable consequences
    and to support projects leading to CERG
    applications)
  • Applied Research Grant(To promote applied
    research initiatives and support projects leading
    to ITF applications)
  • Others Research Centre funding
  • Research Scholarship Enhancement Scheme

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  • Major External Grants
  • RGC Competitive Earmarked Research Grant (CERG)
  • Public Policy Research Grant (PPR)
  • RGC Central Allocation scheme Major Equipment
    Grants Group Research Grants
  • NSFC/RGC Joint Research Scheme
  • HKSAR ITF
  • The University will provide a top-up fund to
    the successful applicants of CERG and ITF in
    recognition of their contribution to the
    University's research base.

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Websites
  • Research Grants Office
  • - Internet-based Research Information System
    (IRIS)
  • (http//www.cityu.edu.hk/ro/)
  • Technology Transfer Office
  • - Directory of Professional Expertise, Applied
    Research Gallery, Patent Database
  • (http//www.cityu.edu.hk/tto/)
  • School of Graduate Studies
  • (http//www.cityu.edu.hk/sgs/)

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