Led by Ms Wang Xiaochun (7th from left of the 1st row), Traffic Engineering Bidding Supervision and Management Office of Anhui Province Officer, the delegation whom participated in the training of Hong Kong Financial Services Institute to visit ASTRI on 24 November 2017. Ms Ada Lee (1st from left of the 1st row), Senior Manager, Digital Media, Public Affairs of ASTRI and Mr Vincent Hou (2nd from left of the 1st row), Manager, Next Generation Network Solutions of ASTRI welcomed the delegation. They understood more about the latest developments of ASTRI and learnt more about our Smart Mobility R&D developments and Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) Networking System.
Led by Mr Joe Wong Chi-cho, JP (photo above, 5th from right), Director of Information Services, delegation from Information Services Department of HKSAR Government visited …
Accompanied by official from Information Services Department of the HKSAR Government, Mr Omer Caspi, Director of North-East Asia Department, Asia and the Pacific Division, Ministry …
Led by Prof Theodore Henry King Clark (2nd from right of the last row), Associate Professor, Information Systems of Hong Kong University of Science and …
Dr Fakhreddine Karray (2nd from right), University Research Chair Professor and Co-Director, Centre for Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, Faculty of Engineering, University of Waterloo …
Mr Shi Pengfei (6th from left of the first row), Vice Counsel, Guangzhou Science Technology and Innovation Commission led the delegates whom participated in the …
Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI) is founded in 2000 by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. As Hong Kong’s largest government-funded research and development centre, ASTRI is a key force and super connector driving innovation and technology advancement in Hong Kong, the Greater Bay Area, and the global innovation ecosystem. This role is strengthened through its merger with Nano and Advanced Materials Institute (NAMI).
Committed to bringing high impact research from lab to market, ASTRI advances interdisciplinary, market driven R&D that delivers practical innovations for industry and meaningful benefits for society.
Its technological strengths and capabilities enable AI powered, cross disciplinary ICT and advanced materials solutions across Smart City, FinTech, Digital Health and Life Sciences, New Industrialisation and Intelligent Manufacturing, Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC) and Advanced Electronics, New Energy and Energy Storage, and Green and ESG Technologies.
Over the years, ASTRI has cultivated a strong pool of I&T talent and earned numerous international awards for its pioneering innovations and contributions to industry and the community. Following the merger with NAMI, ASTRI’s cumulative global patent portfolio has grown to over 1,500, with more than 2,200 technologies successfully transferred to industry.
With enhanced scale and capabilities, ASTRI is uniquely positioned to elevate Hong Kong’s innovation capacity, accelerate technology commercialisation, and drive societal and economic progress through world class applied research.