Grants

​PI of a series of research projects, including government funding (listed below) and a great number of projects from world-leading high-tech companies (e.g., Facebook, Google, HUAWEI, DJI, OPPO).

External Funding (excluding funding from industry):

• 2023-2025 National Science Foundation of China (NSFC): China's Excellent Young Scientists Fund 国家优秀青年科学基金 (PI). RMB 2,000,000.
• 2023-2025 Hong Kong Research Grant Council - General Research Fund (GRF): Development of a Uniform Color Space for Stimuli under High Dynamic Range Conditions. (PI). HK$ 980,256.
• 2022-2025 Hong Kong Research Grant Council – Research Impact Fund (RIF): Deeper Understanding of Color Matching Mechanism for Developing High Quality Lighting and Imaging Systems. (PI). HK$ 8,140,000.
• 2022-2024 Hong Kong Research Grant Council – General Research Fund (GRF): Color Appearance of Virtual Stimuli Produced by Augmented Reality (AR) (PI). HK$ 838,393.
• 2021-2024 Jiangsu Science and Technology Fund Collaboration with Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan Scheme: Development of Prototype for Measuring Camera Sensitivity Function. (Co-PI). Share RMB 300,000 of RMB 800,000.
• 2021 Google Research Scholar Program. Accurate Capture of Perceived Object Colors for Smart Phone Cameras. (PI).
• 2020-2021 Hong Kong SAR Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD): Provision of Engineering Analysis for Outdoor Lighting System. (PI). HK$ 880,000.
• ​2020-2023  National Science Foundation of China (NSFC): Two-step Chromatic Adaptation Transform for Quantifying the Effects of Adapting Chromaticities, Luminance, and Medium (PI). RMB 630,000.
• 2020-2022 Hong Kong Research Grant Council – General Research Fund (GRF): Characterizing Light Source Color Rendition and Object Color Appearance Across a Wide Range of Light Levels (PI). HK$ 673,470.
• 2019-2021 Hong Kong Research Grant Council – General Research Fund (GRF): Investigation of Perception Under Off-Planckian Light Sources Used for General Illumination (PI). HK$ 632,421.
• 2019-2020 Hong Kong Environment Bureau and WSP: Illumination Level, Measurement Methodology Selection, and Assessment at Selected Areas in Hong Kong (PI). HK$ 240,000.
• 2019-2019 Harbin Institute of Technology Collaborative Research Project – Tunable LED Lighting for Low Light Levels (PI). RMB$ 125,000.
• 2018-2019 Hong Kong Central Policy Unit – Public Policy Research (PPR): The Possibility of Reducing Illuminance Level by Using LED Lighting Products with High CRI for Energy Reduction in Green Buildings (PI). HK$ 306,691.
• 2018-2020 National Science Foundation of China (NSFC): Characterization of Whiteness Appearance for Surface Colors (PI). RMB 210,000.​
• 2017/18 Hong Kong Research Grant Council – Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (PI).
• 2017-2019 Hong Kong Research Grant Council – General Research Fund/Early Career Scheme (GRF/ECS): Development of A Metric for Characterizing Light Source Whiteness Rendition for Architectural Lighting (PI). HK$ 618,470.
• 2018-2020 Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Commission (ITC) – Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF) Midstream Research Program for Universities: Development of Intelligent Dynamic Bright Light System at Residential Dwellings to Enhance Circadian Rhythms for People with Dementia (Co-PI). HK$ 2,269,000.

 
​PolyU Internal Funding:

• 2023-2025 Hong Kong PolyU Research Grant: Gaze-based Features for VR/AR/MR headsets (PI). HK$ 500,000.
• 2022 Hong Kong PolyU Large Equipment Fund for Research (PI). HK$ 2,000,000.
• 2022-2025 Hong Kong PolyU Photonics Research Institute Matching Fund: Investigation of Color Matching Mechanism (PI). HK$ 820,000.
• 2022-2024 Hong Kong PolyU Faculty of Young Researcher Collaborative Research Fund (PI). HK$ 500,000.
• 2019/2020 Hong Kong PolyU Large Equipment Fund for Teaching: Full-field Glare Test System (PI). HK$ 1,000,000.
• 2020-2021 Hong Kong PolyU Joint Supervision Scheme with the Chinese Mainland, Taiwan, and Macao Universities: Quantitative Study and Modeling of the Effect of Time-Light Modulation on Photobiological Effects. (PI). HK$ 180,600.
• 2018-2019 Hong Kong PolyU Research Grant: Perception of White Point of Displays Under Off-Planckian Sources (PI). HK$ 105,000.
• 2017-2018 Hong Kong PolyU Joint Supervision Scheme with the Chinese Mainland, Taiwan, and Macao Universities: Effects of Ambient Illumination Condition on Visual Comfort for Using Tablet Devices (PI). HK$ 194,000.
• 2016-2017 Hong Kong PolyU Joint Supervision Scheme with the Chinese Mainland, Taiwan, and Macao Universities: The Effect of LED Lighting on Memory Colors (PI). HK$ 168,000.
• 2016-2019 Hong Kong PolyU Research Grant: The Integration of Spectral-Tunable LED Lighting and Daylighting for Energy Efficient Buildings (PI). HK$ 500,000.
• 2016-2019 Hong Kong PolyU Research Grant: Unique Hues for Surface Colors under Various Lighting Conditions (PI). HK$ 500,000.
• 2015-2016 Hong Kong PolyU Research Grant: Quantifying the Luminous Environment of Modern Offices for Luminous Screen Tasks (PI). HK$ 105,000.
• 2016-2019 Hong Kong PolyU Departmental Learning & Teaching Development Grant: Development of A Multi-Channel LED Lighting System for Lighting Education (PI). HK$ 52,000.
• 2016-2019 Hong Kong PolyU Departmental Learning & Teaching Development Grant: Development of a learning package for students to appreciate the high performance building development (Co-I). HK$ 116,000.