Research Grants (1997- )   

Principal Investigator:

• UGC Direct Grant for Research 1997/1998 (faculty start-up fund), "3D Motion Specification in the Virtual Space", $100,000
• UGC Direct Grant for Research 1998/1999, "Physics-based Picking of Virtual Hand Models", $93,500
• UGC Direct Grant for Research 1999/2000 (fundable RGC Earmarked), "Pose-based Virtual Hand Input in VR Applications", $80,000
• UGC Direct Grant for Research 2000/2001 (fundable RGC Earmarked), "Multisensory VR Dental Surgical Simulation", $125,857
• UGC Direct Grant for Research 2002/2004, "Image-based Synthesized techniques for Augmented Reality", $100,000
• UGC Direct Grant for Research 2004/2006, "Interactive Multi-Resolution Modeling Based on 2nd Generation Wavelets", $100,000
• UGC Direct Grant for Research 2005/2007 (fundable RGC Earmarked), "Interactive Image/Video Redressing Simulation for On-line E-Fashion Applications", $65,360
• RGC Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) Grant 1999/2002, "Virtual Reality, Visualization and Imaging Research Centre", $3,000,000.00, (Co-PI: Virtual Reality)
• Major Research Grant 2000/2001, "Study on Image-based Virtual Reality", MOP$89,000.00, (Co-PI with Prof. E. Wu, Macau Univ.)
• NSFC/RGC Joint Research Scheme 2001/2003, "Advanced Knowledge Discovery & Spatial-Temporal Visualization for Georeferenced Information", $480,000+RMB$350,000
• Visit Professor Grant 2000/2001, "Real-time Rendering of Large-Scale Complex Virtual Environments", State-Key Lab. of CAD/CG, Zhejiang University, $80,000
• RGC Earmarked Grant 2001/2002, "A Multisensory Virtual Environment for Dental Surgical Simulation & Training", $387,248.00
• Major Research Grant 2002/2003, "Processing and Rendering of Out-of-Core Models", MOP$160,000.00, (Co-PI)
• RGC Earmarked Grant 2002/2003, "Interactive Deformable Registration & Simulation of Medical Volumetric Datasets", $413,404
• RGC Earmarked Grant 2003/2004, "Multi-touch Haptic Sculpting with Constrained Geometries in Virtual Volume Space", $324,000
• National 973 Major Research Grant 2003/2007, "Fundamental Theory, Algorithms and Application of Virtual Reality", RMB$25,000,000.00, (Co-PI: Augmented Reality)
• Major Research Grant 2004/2005, "Reconstruction & Rendering of Complex Environment from Depth Images I", MOP$40,000.00, (Co-PI)
• Major Research Grant 2005/2006, "Reconstruction & Rendering of Complex Environment from Depth Images II", MOP$356,800.00, (Co-PI)
• Croucher Chinese Visitorships, "Research on Real-time Morphing Animation Techniques", 2003/2004, $144,000
• KC Wong Education Foundation Sponsorship of Chinese Scholars for ACM VRST 2002, HK$90,000
• RGC Earmarked Grant 2006/2007, "Wavelet-based Multiresolution Analysis & Modeling of Interactive Surfaces", $700,000.00
• UGC Direct Grant for Research, "Interactive Image/Video Redressing Simulation for On-line E-Fashion Applications", 2005/2007, $65,360
• The Croucher Foundation Sponsorship of Conferences 2005/2006, "ACM International Conference on Virtual Reality Continuum and Its Applications VRCIA 2006", HK$100,000
• KC Wong Education Foundation Sponsorship of Chinese Scholars for ACM VRCIA 2006, HK$45,000
• RGC Earmarked Grant, "Image/Video based Soft Fabric Redressing on Objects/Environment for Interactive E-commerce Applications", 2007/2008, $684,000
• CUHK Area of Excellence in Computer Assisted Diagnosis, Treatment and Training in Medicine, (Co-PI).

Co-Investigator:

• Mainland NSF Grant, "Research on the Techniques of Hybrid Image and Graphics-based VR Systems", $150,000.00, (with Prof. Wu Enhua, Academic Sinica), 1998/2000
• Industrial Support Fund (ISF), "Airborne Remote Sensing for Developing Hong Kong Spatial Data Infrastructure", $7,996,000.00, (with Prof. Lin Hui, JLGIS of CUHK, et al.), 1998/2000
• RGC Earmarked Grant, "Development of a Virtual Studio for Designing the Ecological Security Pattern of the Country Park System in Hong Kong", $605,000.00, (with Prof. Lin Hui, JLGIS of CUHK, et al.), 1999/2001
• Major Research Grant, "Hybrid Approach in Virtual Reality Based on a Combination of Graphics and Images", MOP$98,600.00 (with Prof. E. Wu, Macau Univ.), 2001/2002.
• Focused Scheme C Grant - Groups and Individuals, "Strategic Research Area in Computer Assisted Medicine", $1,000,000.00, 2006/2008.
• CUHK Area of Excellence in the center of Geo-Information Science.