Projects

Active grants and sponsored collaborations.

Funding Portfolio

Current Projects

Project	Funder	Funding	Start	End
	University of Bristol Global Positioning Fund	GBP 10k	2026-02	2026-07
Team Members Dr. Xiaolan Liu, University of Bristol Dr. Jiadong Yu, HKUST(GZ) Project Details Research on tightly coupled sensing, communication, and distributed intelligence for context-aware multi-agent systems. Towards Edge Intelligence: Context-aware and Multi-agent Approaches for Sensing, Computation and Communication Date: 29th May 2026 Location: BDFI, University of Bristol (65 Avon St, Bristol, UK BS2 0PZ)
	Guangdong Quanzhun Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.	CNY 200k	2026-02	2027-01
Team Members Mr. Ziru Zhang Ms. Xuling Zhang Mr. Nianfu Wang Project Details Developing data-augmented recognition algorithms for industrial images and CAD understanding tasks.
	Jointly funded by Guangdong municipal, Hong Kong, and university partners	CNY 950k	2026-01	2027-12
Team Members Dr. Jiadong Yu, HKUST(GZ) Dr. Yantao Yu, HKUST Mr. Ziru Zhang Project Details Designing robust assistance behaviours for smooth and safe human-robot collaboration in construction scenarios.
	Diandong Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.	CNY 1M	2026-01	2026-12
Team Members Dr. Jiadong Yu, HKUST(GZ) Dr. Xuechao Wang, HKUST(GZ) Mr. Guangzhi Zhu Mr. Hao Xiong Mr. Hongxu Su Project Details Designing intelligent computation resource allocation strategies in blockchain-enabled systems.
	Joint municipal-school-enterprise special project	CNY 250k	2025-01	2026-12
Project Details Developing synchronisation and security algorithms for reliable cyber-physical operations in smart-factory environments.
	City of Guangzhou and district of Nansha postdoctoral grant	CNY 300k	2021-11	2024-05
Project Details Investigating learning-enabled optimization for IRS-assisted mobile edge computing systems.