Campus Digest

HKBU secures funding from RGC Theme-based Research Scheme to build platform technologies for symbiotic creativity

13 Jul 2021

 

The research team The research team
The research team led by Professor Guo Yike (right) and Professor Johnny M Poon has been awarded HK$52.8 million in research funding from RGC to develop platform technologies for symbiotic creativity.

 

A research project led by Professor Guo Yike, Vice-President (Research and Development), and Professor Johnny M Poon, Associate Vice-President (Interdisciplinary Research), has been awarded HK$52.8 million in research funding from the Theme-based Research Scheme (11th round) under the Research Grants Council (RGC) for a five-year project entitled “Building Platform Technologies for Symbiotic Creativity in Hong Kong”. This is the first time that major funding has been allocated by the RGC for an art-tech project. 

 

The research team will develop platform technologies for symbiotic creativity, providing unlimited art content for humans, including an art data repository, an artificial intelligence (AI) creative algorithm system, a research theatre, a digital art and policy network, and some unique and creative application projects, to usher in a new era of art technology.

 

“This research project has secured funding from the RGC, demonstrating that Hong Kong attaches great importance to the development of artistic and creative technologies based on AI. This project stands at the forefront of the arts and science nexus, harnessing the power of science and technology to advance human and AI interaction in art creation. It will foster a new direction in art created by both humans and machines,” said Professor Guo.

 

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