Learning environment and facilities

Research groups and centers

In our Department, our faculty are actively engaged in research; some, in fact, are internationally renowned in their areas of expertise. In many cases, the products of this department’s research have particular relevance for Hong Kong. They represent valuable contributions to our local IT industry as well as to the broader research community. Research activities are clustered into research groups which represent the department's particular areas of strength. The work of the groups is generally supported by state-of-the-art research laboratories and involve many of our postgraduate students.

In addition, the Department maintains a close tie with the E-business Technology Institute (ETI) and is part of several collaborative R&D projects with the Institute.

The following are the existing research groups and centers in the department.

• Algorithms and Bioinformatics Research Group
• Center for E-Commerce Infrastructure Development (CECID)
• Center for Information Security and Cryptography (CISC)
• Community Legal Information Centre (CLIC)
• Computer Graphics Laboratory
• Computer Vision Laboratory
• Database Research Group
• Digital Video Surveillance Solutions (DVSS)
• High-Performance Computing Laboratory
• Hong Kong Legal Information Institute (HKLII)
• Law and Technology Centre
• The Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision Laboratory
• The Software Engineering Group
• Systems Research Group (SRG)