Awards and Recognitions
Technology Transfer & Commercialisation

Awards and Recognitions

ASTRI continues to win major awards at home and abroad, bringing honours to the institute as well as for Hong Kong as a whole. They also demonstrate ASTRI’s calibre, capabilities and innovation.

International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva

2022

Gold medal

Making future cities and campuses smarter and more efficient with 5G
Novel underwater wireless power charging solution against climate change

Silver medal

The generation of knowledgeable chatbot
Mass real-time data stream processing for digital marketing
Building blocks for future digitization of paper documents
Evolution of cross-boundary compliance ecosystems in pandemics
Enhancing future smart mobility infrastructure with low latency, high precision and reliable C-V2X system
Low carbon emission design optimization for AI computing
Give batteries a second life
Rapid charging technology for reducing downtime and increasing productivity for mobile robotics
Low-cost AI night vision technology for life saving
Popularizing preventive eye retina checking solution

2021

Gold medal

Smart Behaviour Analysis System
IoT data exchange using blockchain technology
Mobile Mission-Critical Communications Terminal
5G and Vision-Based AI Improvements for Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV)
Wide-Bandgap-Based Power Converters for Next Generation Data Centres
3D High-efficiency Power Electronics Modules for Metro Train Energy Storage Systems
Enhanced Long-Distance Wireless Power Transmission Platform

Silver medal

Smart Water Data Analysis
Document Auto-Summarisation
Apparatus and Method for Virtual Walkthrough Generation
Apparatus for Measuring Objects in 3D Scenes
Zero Knowledge Proof Hardware Accelerator
Improving user data delay and throughput experiences for cellular system over high latency backhaul
5G O-RAN Base Station with Frequency Domain Signal Extraction Technology
Improved Multi-Beacon Wireless Indoor Positioning System
Advanced mobile energy technology for scalable and safe energy storage for smart robotics applications
Interconnect Technologies for Electronic Circuit Fabrication and Through-Silicon-Via Technologies for IC Integration
ElectroStatic Discharge Protection Solutions for Advanced CMOS FinFET Process for 5G Applications
Low-Capacitance Transient Voltage Suppressor for Mobile Electronic Surge Protection
Advanced Breaker for Energy Efficient DC Buildings
AI Quality Assurance System for Smart Manufacturing
Compact Non-mechanical Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) Beam Steering System
Instant and Non-contact Determination of Materials Concentration in Solutions

2019

Gold Medal with Congratulations of the Jury

Enhanced Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) with International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) Acquisition
Separator Coated with Self Shutdown Layer of High Porosity for Lithium Ion Battery
Compact Spectrometer Having Reflective Wedge Structure
Medical Image Data Analytics Platform

Gold medal

High accuracy low power time and frequency synchronisation methods for Bluetooth Low Energy wireless communication system
Nomadic Mobile Base Station for Emergency Service
Three Dimensional Fully Molded Power Electronics Module for High Power Applications and the Method Thereof
Intelligent industry robot: 3D vision & cognition
Integrated Bi-sensing Optical Structure for Head Mounted Display
Efficient and Robust Human Detection/Tracking Method and System with Video Input
Mobile Biometrics Authentication Technology

Silver medal

Sampling frequency offset tracking based on decision feedback channel estimation
Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Network, Security and Positioning
Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X) System for Road Safety and Smart Mobility Applications
3D Power Device Packages for High Frequency Power Conversion
Micro-nano Structured Nano-size Aggregate Encapsulated in Micro-size Conglomerate for Conductivity Electrode
Method for Error Correction for a Multicast Message
Multi-location Learning Activity State Management for Distance Education
Machine Learning Artificial Character Generation
Efficient and Accurate Named Entity Recognition Method and System

Bronze Medal

Modified Pseudo-Cylindrical Mapping of Spherical Video Using Linear Interpolation of Empty Areas for Compression of Streamed Images

2018

Gold Medal with Congratulations of the Jury

B-TrunC base-station for mission critical communications
Advanced safety design for rechargeable battery
Non-invasive bloodless glucometer

Gold medal

Panoramic video processor
Barcode-free retail scanner
3D high power electronic modules
Narrowband internet of things
Glass surface defects inspection system
Automated processing platform for handwritten Chinese character recognition
Vehicle detection, tracking and localisation based on enhanced anti-perspective transformation
Smart data indexing system for mobile devices

Silver medal

Apparatus and method for fast evaluation of plating additives performance in microvia filling
Touch and motion detection using surface map, object shadow and a single camera
All-in-one Virtual Reality based Head Mount Display System (HMD)
State Scientific and Technological Progress Award

2020

First-class Prize

Key Technology and Complete Set of Processes for High Density and High Reliability Electronic Packaging
Hong Kong ICT Awards

2021

Silver Award

【Smart Living (Smart Home) Award】Power Supply System for Carbon Neutral Buildings

Certificate of Merit

【Smart People (Smart Education and Learning) Award】Integrated Intelligent Intervention (3i)-Learning System (Co-winner: Bridge AI Limited)

2020

Silver Award

【Smart Living (Smart Lifestyle) Award 】iGemGuard

Bronze Award

【Smart Mobility (Smart Transport) Award】Ultra-Wideband (UWB) + Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) Roadside System Enables Gantry Free Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) System

2019

Silver Award

【Smart Living (Smart Healthcare) Award】Cervical Cancer Screening Management System

2018

Gold Award

【Smart Business (Information Security) Award】Biometric Access Control System
Hong Kong Awards for Industries

2021-22

Category Award

【Equipment and Machinery Design Category】End-to-end AI-Powered Visual Inspection Platform for Quality Control

Certificate of Merit

【Technological Achievement Category】Easy 5G Solution – Leading 5G Technology in the World
【Equipment and Machinery Design Category】NEXCAM 360 (Co-winner: Nexplore Hong Kong Limited)
【Innovation and Creativity Category】Energy-efficient Direct Current Power Supply Solution for Carbon Neutral Buildings

2019

Category Award

【Equipment and Machinery Design Category】Biometrics Optical See Through Head Mounted Display (Co-winner: Profit Peak Hong Kong Holdings Limited)

Certificate of Merit

【Design Category】Fast Multi-Focus Automatic Inspection Equipment for Optical Communication Components (Co-winner: O-Net Technologies (Group) Limited)

2018

Category Award

【Technological Achievement Category】Narrowband Internet of Things solutions
【Equipment and Machinery Design Category】Collaborative Mobile Manipulator for Industrial Head Clean Room (Co-winner: SAE Magnetics (Hong Kong) Limited)

Certificate of Merit

【Equipment and Machinery Design Category】the All-in-one Virtual Reality Head Mount Display
CAHK STAR Award

2021

Bronze Award

【Best 5G Application Category】Cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) solution