News & Events
2024-11-27
HKUST Center for Aging Science and Office of Knowledge Transfer joined hands to participate in the Gerontech and Innovation Expo cum Summit (GIES) on November 21-24, 2024 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The HKUST booth showcased research projects of the Center's faculties and HKUST startups.
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2024-09-02
The project team running the "Humanoid Robotic Healthcare Assistant" project sponsored by the Center for Aging Science has won the Bronze UBTECH Best Industry Application Award at the IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN) on August 29, 2024.
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2024-08-13
HKUST Center for Aging Science participated in the BOC Life 9th Golden Age Expo & Summit (GAES) on August 2-4, 2024 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The Center's booth at the GAES Expo showcased research projects of HKUST faculties.
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2024-07-31
Six faculty members from HKUST were awarded a total of over HK$37 million fellowship grants for their distinguished research capabilities by the Research Grants Council (RGC) under the Council’s Research Fellow Scheme (RFS) and Senior Research Fellow Scheme (SRFS) for the year 2024/25.
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2024-07-17
A research project led by Prof. Bert SHI, Director of the Center for Aging Science, was awarded and approved HK$88.481 million under the Areas of Excellence (AoE) Scheme 2024/25 of the Research Grants Council (RGC).
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2024-04-29
On April 12, 2024, HKUST's Center for Aging Science and Division of Public Policy successfully organized a one-day conference titled "Challenges and Opportunities for Promoting Mental Health and Well-being for Elderly" at the Kaisa Group Lecture Theater in the Jockey Club Institute of Advanced Study of HKUST. The conference attracted many prominent experts and representatives from academic, governmental and non-governmental organizations. Speakers and panelists discussed challenges facing Hong Kong's aging population and research efforts by HKUST and others to overcome them.
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2024-01-25
President of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Prof. Nancy IP was among the esteemed global leaders and personalities attending the 2024 World Economic Forum is Davos-Klosters, Switzerland to address some of the most substantive issues facing our world today. Prof. Ip added her unique perspective to vibrant discussions on healthy aging, climate change, the integral role of universities in fostering advancements in sustainability, and AI research and education.
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2023-07-14
Center for Aging Science is happy to announce that for the second consecutive year, we will be supporting the 7th Golden Age Expo and Summit (GAES 2022) as an academic partner. This year, GAES 2022 will be hosting many exciting events in July and August. More details below:
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2020-10-16
The newly established Center for Aging Science aims to develop and consolidate the university’s world-leading research into aging at both the population and individual level. The Center is proud to have members in all Schools of the University and, through various projects with stakeholders, has a strong relationship with the community.
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