Services at PolyU
- School of Nursing
- Co-opted member, Departmental Staffing Committee (2021.09.01-2023.08.31), School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Co-opted member, Departmental Staffing Committee (2019.09.01-2021.08.31), School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Chairman, School Research Committee(2019.12-2021.11), School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Member, Departmental Staffing Committee (2015.09.01-2017.08.31), School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- School Management Committee Member (2014-2023), School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Reviewer (2014-2019), Human Subjects Ethics Applications, School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Member, School Research Committee (2014 – 2023), School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Member (2010-2011), Information Technology Services User Group, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Leader of the Technology in Health Care Research Theme (2010-2013), Adult Nursing Division, School of Nursing, PolyU.
- Reviewer (2009-2011), Human Subjects Ethics Applications, School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- School Research Committee Member (2009-2011), School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Team Leader , Haptics Interactive Systems Laboratory (2007-2009), Centre for Integrative Digital Health, School of Nursing, PolyU
- Faculty Level
- Speaker (2019.08.12), “Give Me 5: Tips on Successful Grant Writing”, FHSS, PolyU.
- Founding Programme Leader (2007-2021.08.31 ), MSc programme in Health Informatics, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Moderator (2011), Advances in Health Information Technology Workshop, FHSS, PolyU, and the Danish Innovation Centre
- University Level
- Facilitator (2019.11.08), The 62nd Research Salon on the theme “Applying VR+AI in Health and Education”, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Director (2011-2018), PolyU-Henry G. Leong Mobile Integrative Health Centre.
- Facilitator (2015.10.25), The 30th Research Salon on Big Data and Digital Citizenship, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Facilitator (2014.10.25), The 19th Research Salon on Establishment of University Research Facility in Big Data, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Editorship
- Editorial Board Member, Computers in Biology and Medicine, Elsevier (2018-2020).
- Co-Guest Editor (2018), IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence, Special Issue on “New Advances in Deep-Transfer Learning”. [doi]
- Co-editor (2009), 《 護理學辭典 》 護理資訊科技部分, 人民衛生出版社.
Funding Proposal Review
- Reviewer (2024.03), Population Health Research Grant – Open Category, National Medical Research Council (NMRC), Ministry of Health, Singapore.
- Reviewer (2023.07), Public Policy Research Funding Scheme, Hong Kong Hong Kong Research Grants Council.
- Reviewer (2023.01), BIRAX Ageing (Britain-Israel Research and Academic Exchange).
- Reviewer (2022.10), Public Policy Research Funding Scheme, Hong Kong Hong Kong Research Grants Council.
- Assessment Panel Member, (2021-2022, 2023-2024), Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF) Research Projects Assessment Panel, HK Innovation and Technology Commission.
- Reviewer (2018.12), Scientific proposal for funding applications at the Nazarbayev University Research Council in Astana, Kazakhstan; via Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education.
- Reviewer (2018.05), Singapore Millennium Foundation Grant Programme, Temasek Foundation Innovates, Singapore
- Reviewer (2014.07.07), Faculty Development Scheme (FDS), Competitive Research Funding Schemes for the Local Self-Financing Degree Sector, Hong Kong Research Grants Council.
- Reviewer (2012), Scientific proposal for funding applications at the Nazarbayev University Research Council in Astana, Kazakhstan; via Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education.
Thesis Examiner
- Ph.D. Examiner (2021.06.01, 2022.06.02), The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Ph.D. Examiner (2021.07), The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
- Ph.D. Examiner (2021.06), The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Ph.D. Examiner (2020.09), The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- M.Phil. Examiner (2020.07), The University of Hong Kong
- Ph.D. Examiner (2020.07), The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Ph.D. Examiner (2020.05), Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, China
- M.Phil. Examiner (2020.03), The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- M.Phil. Examiner (2019.07), The Hong Kong Baptist University
- Ph.D. Examiner (2018.05), Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, China
- Ph.D. Examiner (2017.07, 2017.10, 2017, 11) , RMIT, Australia
- M.Phil. Examiner (2017.07), The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Ph.D. Examiner (2017.07), RMIT, Australia
- Master’s Thesis Examiner (2015.10), RMIT, Australia
- Ph.D. Examiner (2014.10), Nanayang Technological University, Singapore
Services at the Government, Professional and External Bodies
- Co-opted Member (2022.09.01-2024.08.31), Digitalisation Taskforce, Kowloon Hospital and Hong Kong Eye Hospital (resigned 2023.09.18).
- Governor (2018.12-2020.12, 2021.01.01-2022.12.31, 2023.01.01-2024.12.31, 2025.01.01-2027.12.31,), HL7 Hong Kong
- Committee Member (2018.9-2021.9), Nursing Association of the Cross-Strait Medical and Health Exchange Association 《海峽兩岸醫藥衛生交流協會護理分會》, China.
- External Member (2017.02-2017.12), Tender Assessment Panel, IT Equipment, Hong Kong Hospital Authority
- External Member (2015.07), Tender Assessment Panel, IT Personnel Services, Hong Kong Hospital Authority
Services at other Academic Institutions
- Advisor (2011 – 2013), Advisory Committee of the Department of Health Sciences, Caritas Bianchi Collage of Careers, Hong Kong
- External Member (2013), Internal Programme Validation Panel for the Bachelor of Nursing programme, Department of Health Sciences, Caritas Bianchi Collage of Careers, Hong Kong
- Advisor (2013 – 2015), Advisory Committee of the Department of Health Sciences, Caritas Bianchi Collage of Careers, Hong Kong
- External Examiner (2016.9-2018.8), Bachelor of Health Sciences (Honours) Programme, Caritas Institute of Higher Education
Conference Organization
- Programme Chair
- Programme Chair (2018.08.29-30), Global Healthcare Innovation Day
- Programme Chair (2017.11), The 3rd Hong Kong Innovation Day
- Programme Chair (2015.11.25), The Second Hong Kong Innovation Day
- Programme Chair (2013.12), The First Hong Kong Innovation Day
- Treasurer
- Finance and Fund-raising Committee Chair (2017.03), The 20th East Asian Forum of Nursing Scholars (EAFONS2017)
- Treasurer (2005), The 18th Annual Conference on Computer Animation & Social Agents (CASA2005)
- Programme Committee Member
- Programme Committee Member (6-7 July 2016), Asia Pacific Electronic Health Records Conference
- Programme Committee Member (13 Nov 2015), IEEE ICDM Workshop on Data Mining and Decision Analytics for Public Health and Wellness
- Programme Committee Member (15-17 Sep 2014), IEEE International Conference on Healthcare Informatics 2014 (ICHI2014), Systems Track,
- Programme Committee Member (13-16 May 2014), The 18th Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (PAKDD 2014) – Workshop on Data Mining and Decision Analytics for Public Health and Wellness
- Programme Committee Member (3-4 Aug 2013), International Health Informatics Conference 2013 (IHIC2013) (a.k.a. International Conference for Smart Health)
- Programme Committee Member (9-11 Sep 2013), IEEE International Conference on Healthcare Informatics 2013 (ICHI2013), Systems Track
- Programme Committee Member (2012), ACM SIGHIT International Health Informatics Symposium (IHI2012)
- Programme Committee Member (2010), The 14th Global Chinese Conference on Computers in Education.
- Session Chair
- Session Chair (2017.12.13), The 1st IEEE International Workshop on Intelligent Multimedia Applications and Design for Quality Living, in conjunction with IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia, Taichung, Taiwan
- Session Chair (2017.06.27), International Conference on Smart Health (ICSH 2017), Data Mining II.
- Session Chair (2014.11), The International Conference on Smart Computing. Session 4B: Human Computer Interaction and Healthcare
- Session Chair (2013), International Conference for Smart Health (ICSH 2013) – Session 3: Healthcare Analytics and Intelligent Systems
- Session Co-chair (2012), The 11th IEEE Conference on Signal Processing (ICSP2012) – Session 05T1: Signal Processing for Biomedical & Cognitive Science
- Session Chair (2011), The 5th International Convention in Rehabilitative Engineering and Assistive Technology (i-CREATe 2011) – Session 1B: Computer & Web Access
- Session Co-chair (2009), the 40th Annual Conference of the International Simulation and Gaming Association (ISAGA 2009) – Session O-16 & O-19, Healthcare Track.
- Session Chair (2005), The 4th International Conference on Web-based Learning (ICWL2005): Session S2A: Practical Experience & Sharing
- Organizing Committee Member
- Organizing Committee Member (2022.11.22-26), The 29th International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP 2022) – Special Session: Machine Learning for Decision-Making in Healthcare: Challenges and Opportunities
- Organizing Committee Member (2017.12.13), First IEEE International Workshop on Intelligent Multimedia Applications and Design for Quality Living (IMAD 2017)
- Co-chair, Awards Committee (2014.04.26-28), The 4th IEEE International Conference on Information Science and Technology (ICIST 2014).
- Organizing Committee Member (2010), International Workshop on Image Analysis (IWIA 2010)
- Organizing Committee Member (2003), International Conference on CAD/Graphics (CADCG 2003)
- Organizing Committee Member (2002), ACM virtual Reality Software and Technology (ACM VRST 2002)
- Organizing Committee Member (2001), IEEE Medical Imaging & Augmented Reality (IEEE MIAR 2001)
Invited Talks and Lectures
- Machine learning application in EEG and BCI, Hong Kong Neurosurgical Society Annual Scientific Meeting, 19 Nov 2022, Hong Kong.
- Identification of Lower-limb Movement Intention with BCI and Machine Learning, The 15th International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology, 26-29 August 2022, Hong Kong.
- Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and Healthcare, HealthTech Forum – HealthTech for Community, The Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Kwai Chung campus), 23 June 2020.
- Application of VR and AR in Healthcare, College of Nursing, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences, 26 Nov 2019.
- Healthcare Innovations for Health Care: from Virtual Reality and Artificial Intelligence, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University of Prague, Czech Republic, 6 November, 2019.
- Health Care Promotion with Predictive Intelligence, Health and Medical AI Workshop, a post-conference workshop of the Asia Pacific Electronic Health Records Conference 2019 (APEHRC 2019), Hong Kong Science Park, 19 October 2019.
- Nursing Innovations, Summer Training Programme, Chinese Consortium for Higher Nursing Education, Cheudgu, China, 16 July 2019.
- Healthcare Innovations with Technology, Chengdu University of Information Technology, Chengdu, China, 15 July 2019.
- Prediction Dementia Risk with Community Health Data, School of Digital Media, Jiangnan University, Jiangsu, China, 29 June 2019.
- Healthcare Predictive Analytics with Artificial Intelligence: from Applications in Medicine to Community Health, School of Nursing, The University of Hong Kong, 9 May 2019.
- Promoting Health Care with Predictive Intelligence, The Connected Cities Conference (Breakout Session 1: The Future of Healthcare and the Ageing Population in the GBA), Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, 24 Jan 2019.
- Data Mining in Nursing and Health Care, The First Forum on Nursing Development of Cross-Strait, Hong Kong and Macau, Beijing, China, 20-22 September 2018
- New Approaches for BCI Signal Processing, A tutorial on Signal Processing and Machine Learning for Brain-Computer Interfaces, The 24th International Conference on Neural Information Processing, Guangzhou, China, 14-18 November 2017
- Issues and Challenges of Virtual Realty Healthcare Simulations, Annual Scientific Meeting, Hong Kong Society for Simulation in Healthcare, Hong Kong, 9-10 September 2017
- Computerized Training Simulation System of Nasogastric Tube Placement. Summer Training Programme, Chinese Consortium for Higher Nursing Education, Cheudgu, China, 17 July 2017.
- Healthcare Innovations with Technology, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney, Australia, 4 May 2017
- Clinical Virtual Reality Applications Enhanced by Biomedical Imaging, Engineering Medical Innovation Summit: Medicine for the Future 2016, 20-21 August, jointly organized by the CUHK and the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation.
- Virtual Reality in Medicine, Joint Technology and Application Seminar on “The Rise in VR & AR Technologies”, Hong Kong Electronics Fair 2016, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, 15 October 2016 (link)
- Big Data in Health Care, 2016 International Symposium on Frontiers of Technology in the Era of Big Data, Jiangsu, China, 26-28 May 2016.
- Applicaiton of Virtual Reality Technology in Disaster Preparedness and Response Training, Seminar on E-learning in Nursing Education and Disaster Nursing, Yaan, Chengdu, China. [2015.05.23]
- Health Innovation, Nursing Noon Forum, Nursing Services Division, Pamela Youde Nerthersole Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong. [2015.02.09]
- Leveraging Technology for Health Care, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queenland University of Technology, Australia. [2013.08.13]
- Leveraging Technology for Health Care, University of Melbourne, Australia. [2013.08.08]
- Bringing Virtuality into Reality: Improving Cataract Surgery and Orthopaedic Operations with Virtual Reality. BME Affiliate Faculty Member Seminar, PolyU. [2013.10.31]
- Health Information Technology – Research, Education and Service, Advances in Health IT Workshop, PolyU FHSS and the Danish Innovation Centre, 2012
- Recent research on brain-computer interface for virtual reality control. Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Science, Shenzhen, China, 2012
- Integrating Technology into Nurse Education Practice, 5-day Program on Process of Contemporary Education, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, The Hospital Authority, 2010
- Simulating operative procedures with virtual reality, Seminar Series on Chaos, Control and Complex Networks, Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, PolyU, 21 Sep 2007
- Integrative Digital Health, Natural Health Fair, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, 14 Nov 2007
- Integrative Digital Health, Roundtable Discussion, Mission from the French Atomic Energy Commission, Hong Kong Trade Development Council, 18 Oct 2007
- Virtual Reality for Surgery, guest lecture for M.Sc. Nursing programme, SN, PolyU, 2006
Judy at Competitions
- Judge (2016.02.20-21), Polyhack, Hackathon 2016, Department of Computing, supported by the School of Design, Faculty of Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Judge (2015.02.09), Nursing Innovation Competition, organized by the Nursing Services Division, Pamela Youde Nerthersole Eastern Hospital
Paper reviewer (Updated up to 2022)
- Journals
- 2022
- Measurement (2022.03)
- IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (2022.05)
- IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering (2022.06)
- IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems (2012.08)
- IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems (2022.09)
- IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems (2012.09)
- 2021
- IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Development Systems (2021.01)
- Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (2021.3)
- IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (2021.03)
- Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (2021.03)
- IEEE Transactions of Fuzzy Systems (2019.03)
- IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering (2021.03)
- Computers in Biology and Medicine (2021.04)
- Informatics in Medicine Unlocked (2021.06)
- Neuroscience (2021.06)
- IEEE Transactions of Fuzzy Systems (2019.12)
- 2020
- IEEE Access (2020.02)
- IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems (2020.04)
- Computers in Biology and Medicine (2020.10)
- Information Sciences (2020.11)
- IEEE Transactions on Haptics (2020.12)
- Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (2020.12)
- IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics (2020.12)
- 2019
- IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence (2019.02)
- Applied Mathematical Modeling (2019.02)
- IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (2019.02)
- IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence (2019.03)
- IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering (2019.04)
- IEEE Transactions in Medical Imaging (2019.04)
- Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (2019.05)
- IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering (2019.06)
- Neuroscience and Behavioural Review (2019.07)
- Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (2019.07)
- IEEE Transactions of Fuzzy Systems (2019.08)
- IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Development Systems (2019.08)
- Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (2019.08)
- IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics (2019.09)
- Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (2019.12)
- 2018
- Neural Computing and Applications (2018.01)
- Advances in Fuzzy Systems (2018.02)
- IEEE Biomedical Engineering (2018.02)
- Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (2018.03)
- IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence (2018.03)
- Sensors (2018.05)
- IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence (2018.07 )
- IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging (2018.08)
- IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics (2018.08)
- IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics (2018.09)
- IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics (2018.08)
- Informatics in Medicine Unlocked (2018.10)
- Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (2018.10)
- IEEE Transactions on Systems Mans and Cybernetics, Part A (2018.11)
- 2017
- Neural Computing and Applications (2017.01.09, 2017.01.14)
- IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics (2017.01)
- Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International (2017.03)
- Engineering with Computers (2017.06)
- IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering (2017.09)
- Journal of Intelligent Systems (2017.12)
- 2016
- Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare (2016.03)
- Disability and Rehabilitation (2016.06)
- Nature Scientific Reports (2016.09)
- Gastroenterology Research and Practice (2016.09)
- Neural Computing and Applications (2016.10.07)
- 2015
- Journal of Biomedical Health Informatics (2015.12)
- Research in Developmental Disablity (2015.08)
- Computers in Biology and Medicine (2015.03)
- Engineering Applications in Artificial Intelligence (2015.03)
- 2014
- Fuzzy Sets and Systems (2014.10)
- IEEE Transactions on Human Machine Systems (2014.11)
- BMC Ophthalmology (2014.02)
- 2013
- Journal of Men’s Health (2013.12)
- Journal of Computers (2013.04)
- ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems (2013.01)
- IEEE Transactions on Learning Technology (2013)
- 2012
- Computers in Biology and Medicine (2012)
- Scientific Research and Essays (2012)
- 2011
- IEEE Computer Graphics & Applications (2011)
- Journal of Biomedical Informatics (2011)
- 2010
- IEEE Transactions on Learning Technology (2010)
- Medical Image Analysis (2010)
- Computers in Biology and Medicine (2010)
- Journal of Medical Systems (2010)
- Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking (2010)
- 2009
- Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking (2009)
- IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (2009)
- Before 2009
- International Journal of Image and Graphics (2005)
- Journal of Graphical Models (2004)
- International Journal of High Performance Computing and Networking (2005)
- International Journal of Computers and Applications (2005)
- 2022
- Conferences
- 2022
- 2021
- AMIA Clinical Informatics Conference (CIC 2021)
- 2020
- 2019
- 2017
- 2016
- 2015
- 2014
- EuroHaptics (2014)
- The 4th IEEE International Conference on Information Science and Technology (2014)
- 2013
- 2012
- Before 2012
- The 14th Global Chinese Conference on Computers in Education (2010)
- ACM Virtual Reality Software & Technology (VRST 2004)
- Medical Image Computing & Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2003, 2004)
- Pacific Graphics Conference (2003)
- China Graphics Conference, Chinagraph (2004)