Campus Digest

HKBU hosts international Croucher Advanced Study Institutes on AI for biomedicine 

Wednesday, 17 December 2025

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Professor Liu Jiming (centre) delivers opening remarks at the Croucher Advanced Study Institutes.
Professor William Cheung introduces the research project related to AI and clinical medicine during the poster session.
The event features a poster session for attendees to exchange thoughts.
Featuring six distinguished speakers, the event draws more than 80 experts, early-career researchers and practitioners
Featuring six distinguished speakers, the event draws more than 80 experts, early-career researchers and practitioners

 

The Department of Computer Science, in partnership with the Research Office, hosted the prestigious Croucher Advanced Study Institutes (ASI) on “AI for Biomedicine” from 26 to 28 November. Sponsored by the Croucher Foundation, the event featured six distinguished speakers from world-renowned institutions and drew more than 80 experts, early-career researchers and practitioners. It provided a dynamic platform for discussions at the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and biomedical science, facilitating the formation of new research networks and collaborative partnerships.

In his opening remarks, Professor Liu Jiming, Associate Vice-President (Research Development) and Chair Professor of the Department of Computer Science at HKBU, underscored the crucial role of AI in advancing biomedical science, particularly generative AI and large-scale foundation models.  He highlighted that these models are now regarded as the key to understanding diseases, developing novel therapeutics, and enabling personalised medicine by unlocking the potential within vast and complex biological datasets.

The event comprised a series of lectures in which six speakers shared their research expertise and achievements. From Stanford University, Professor Lei Xing provided comprehensive overviews of AI in biomedicine and its emerging applications, while Professor James Zou examined AI agents in computational biology and molecular biomedical imaging.

Professor Yasuko Iwakiri from Yale University addressed the unmet needs in biomedical research from both clinical and fundamental science perspectives, while Professor Cavan Loy from Nanyang Technological University explored the fundamentals of generative AI and foundation models.

Professor Nasir Rajpoot from the University of Warwick delved into computational pathology and its future directions, while Professor Kevin Zhou from the University of Science and Technology of China discussed advanced medical imaging AI and neural image recovery.

The event also included lunch and poster sessions to facilitate connections among attendees. Professor William Cheung, Associate Vice-President (Transdisciplinary Education) and Professor of the Department of Computer Science at HKBU, introduced the research project related to AI and clinical medicine during the poster session.