Funding and Awards

My research has been supported by competitive public funding, industry-backed research support, and highly selective fellowship schemes across Hong Kong, Canada, and Australia.

Across grants, fellowships, and industry support, this work has attracted more than half a million US dollars in research funding and related support.

Research Funding

  • General Research Fund (RGC Hong Kong), Co-Investigator, HKD 779K.
  • Innovation and Technology Fund, main contributor, HKD 1.7M.
  • National Key R&D Program of China, main contributor, RMB 2M.
  • Cisco Research Grant, CAD 50K, industry-supported competitive funding.
  • Microsoft Asia Cloud Research Software Fellow Award, USD 5K, industry-backed research recognition.
  • UROP Support Grant, PI, internal seed-style funding.

Awards and Fellowships

  • Distinguished Reviewer Award, ASE 2025, recognition for outstanding reviewing at a flagship software engineering conference.
  • MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships, 2025, prestigious and highly competitive fellowship scheme.
  • Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme, 2017-2020, flagship and highly competitive doctoral fellowship.
  • GO-Bell Scholarship, University of Waterloo, 2020-2022.