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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