2023

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  • Jul 17 2021: Two new PhD students (Mr Zheng Huang and Ms Di Yang) received PolyU Presidential Fellowship and will join the laboratory soon.
  • Jun 6 2021: A joint proposal from Dr Wei and Thouslite has been awarded by Jiangsu Government. The team will work together to develop a multi-channel system for camera calibration and measurement.
  • Apr 7 2021: Dr Wei received Google Research Scholar Award, a program established by Google to support cutting edge research across many areas in computer science, including machine learning, human-computer interaction, health research, systems, and more. It aims to develop collaborations with professors and encourage the formation of long-term relations with the academic community. In 2021, Google granted 77 awards worldwide. [News Link]

2020

  • Sep 29 2020: Dr. Wei taught a short course "Chromatic Adaptation and its Application in Imaging Systems" in 2020 London Imaging Meeting (LIM).
  • Aug 14 2020: PhD student Mr Siyuan Chen passed the oral defense for his dissertation. Prof. Youngshin Kwak (CIE Division 1 Director, Professor at UNIST) and Prof. Sophie Jost (Professor at University of Lyon) were the external examiners.
  • Apr 30 2020: Our article was one of the most read article in Color Research & Application.

2019

  • Nov 27, 2019: Dr. Wei was invited to deliver a talk at SSLChina 2019.
  • Nov 21-22, 2019: Dr. Wei was invited to deliver two talks at International Color and Lighting Technology Symposium at Zhejiang University. 
  • Nov 16, 2019: Dr. Wei attended eLicht annual symposium and released the new book. 
  • Oct 21-29, 2019: Dr. Wei, Mr Siyuan Chen, and Ms Wenyu Bao attended Color and Imaging Conference at Paris (France). 
  • Oct 19, 2019: Mr. Yat Kuen Wong, who completed his final-year research project under the supervision of Dr. Wei, was awarded CIE (HK) Outstanding Student Lighting Project.
  • Oct 19, 2019: Dr. Wei was elected as Vice President of CIE (HK).
  • Aug 25-29, 2019: Dr. Wei visited Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, and atteneded the International Meeting on Information Display (IMID 2019) to deliver an invited talk.
  • Aug 15, 2019: Dr. Wei's research proposal got funded by National Science Foundation of China (RMB 630,000) .
  • Jul 23, 2019: Dr. Wei's proposal was funded by the University Large Equipment Fund for Teaching (HK$ 1,000,000).
  • We are hosting the 5th CIE Expert Symposium on Color and Visual Appearance, together with CIE Div 1, 2, and 8 Division Meeting on Apr 20-24th, 2020. 
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  • May 30, 2019: Mr. Hsin-Pou Huang, a PhD student co-supervised by Dr. Wei, successfully defended his PhD dissertation. Mr. Huang worked at PolyU for more than a year from Aug 2017 to Aug 2018, and in Apr 2019.
  • Apr 19, 2019: Dr. Wei was invited by Wuhan University to deliver two talks to the faculty members, graduate students, and undergraduate students.
  • Mar 12, 2019: We worked with Shenzhen ChromaTech Lighting Co., Ltd. and developed a smart lighting system, which automatically adjusts color temperature and light level based on time and daylight availability.

2018

  • Nov 18, 2018: Mr. Hsin-Pou Huang was awarded 2018 IDW (International Display Workshop) Student Travel Grant to present our work on display whiteness.
  • Nov 18, 2018: Professor Ronnier Luo, the Vice President of CIE, visited Color and Illumination Group.
  • Nov 13-17, 2018: Dr. Wei, Mr. Siyuan Chen, and Ms. Yuechen Zhu attended the 26th Color and Imaging Conference at Vancouver Canada, and delivered 5 talks.
  • Oct 25, 2018: Dr. Wei delivered an invited talk at SSLChina2018 about LED color quality and color rendition.
  • Nov 19, 2018: Mr. Ka Lok Wong was awarded CIE (Hong Kong) Student Scholarship.
  • Oct 18, 2018: Dr. Wei was nominated to be a member of CIES Interior Lighting Committee; and delivered a talk at the Annual Symposium.
  • Sep 25, 2018: Dr. Wei is nominated as the chair of CIE JTC 16 (D1/D8) The Validity of the Chromatic Adaptation Transforms under White Light.
  • Aug 24, 2018: Dr. Wei was invited to deliver a lecture "Daylighting and Daylight-responsive Control System for Energy Efficiency Buildings" at CIBSE Seminar on Best Practice in High Performance Buildings.
  • Apr 24-28, 2018: Dr. Wei, Mr. Siyuan Chen, and Mr. Hsin-Pou Huang attended CIE 2018 Smart Lighting Conference in Taiwan. Dr. Wei delivered an invited talk "Quantification of External Lighting on Human Circadian System in Metropolises at Night" .
  • Mar 2018: Dr. Wei's research proposal got funded by Hong Kong Central Policy Unit (CPU) - Public Policy Research Funding (HK$ 306,691).
  • Nov 2017: Dr. Wei was elected as a member of CIE (HK) BOA.
  • Nov 5-6, 2017: Dr. Wei delivered a talk at Color, Imaging and Illumination (CIIT) Symposium at Zhejiang University.
  • Oct 21-28, 2017: Dr. Wei and Mr. Hsin-Pou Huang attended CIE 2017 Mideterm Meeting in South Korea.
  • Aug 2017: Dr. Wei's research proposal got funded by the National Science Foundation of China (RMB￥210,000).
  • Nov 22, 2016: Dr. Wei was invited to deliver a talk at the Symposium on LED Lighting Quality and Applications 2016 at the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology.
  • Nov 16, 2016: Dr. Wei was invited to deliver a talk at SSLChina 2016 in Beijing
  • Sep 22, 2016: Prof. Kevin Houser from The Pennsylvania State University visited the lab and delivered an FCE Public Lecture "Human Factors Research for High Performance Buildings with Emphasis on the Response to Optical Radiation".
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