{"id":17479,"date":"2021-08-30T18:23:40","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T10:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/st\/irits\/mission-and-vision\/"},"modified":"2021-08-30T18:26:59","modified_gmt":"2021-08-30T10:26:59","slug":"mission-and-vision","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www-uat.hkmu.edu.hk\/st\/tc\/irits\/mission-and-vision\/","title":{"rendered":"MISSION AND VISION"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"17479\" class=\"elementor elementor-17479 elementor-17476\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider wavo-column-gap-default elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d065bd0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d065bd0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-755cae1\" data-id=\"755cae1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22e0ab4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"22e0ab4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www-uat.hkmu.edu.hk\/st\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/04\/researcher-spinning-globe-round-screen-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www-uat.hkmu.edu.hk\/st\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/04\/researcher-spinning-globe-round-screen-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www-uat.hkmu.edu.hk\/st\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/04\/researcher-spinning-globe-round-screen-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www-uat.hkmu.edu.hk\/st\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/04\/researcher-spinning-globe-round-screen-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www-uat.hkmu.edu.hk\/st\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/04\/researcher-spinning-globe-round-screen-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www-uat.hkmu.edu.hk\/st\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/04\/researcher-spinning-globe-round-screen-500x334.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www-uat.hkmu.edu.hk\/st\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/04\/researcher-spinning-globe-round-screen-980x654.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www-uat.hkmu.edu.hk\/st\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/04\/researcher-spinning-globe-round-screen.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider wavo-column-gap-default elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3ec9c92 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3ec9c92\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-25b2e87\" data-id=\"25b2e87\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41b1cc0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"41b1cc0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-content\"><p>The Institute for Research in Innovative Technology and Sustainability (IRITS) was established with an aim to consolidate current research disciplines conducted by S&amp;T and develop research capacity in other potential disciplines. At the beginning, IRITS will focus on two research disciplines for strategic development \u2013 environmental science and advanced network technologies. Strategic directions in other disciplines will be identified through relevant research activities.<\/p><p>Consolidation of the first discipline has led to establishment of the Centre for Research in Environmental Science, under which there are three main research themes:<\/p><p>(1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Wastewater treatment and algal biofuel<\/p><p>(2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Water quality and phytoplankton biodiversity; and<\/p><p>(3)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Harmful algal blooms.<\/p><p>For the discipline of advanced network technologies, research will be focused on the following areas:<\/p><p>(1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Adaptive and secure cloud connectivity;<\/p><p>(2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Optimisation algorithms;<\/p><p>(3)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Location-based information systems; and<\/p><p>(4)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tele-biotechnology related to computer network.<\/p><p>which will be expected to evolve into our institute's another core expertise, and lead establishment of a Centre for Research in Advanced Network Technologies in 3 \u2013 5 years' time.<\/p><p>With the newly established framework and structure, the research institute is in a proper position to dedicate her effort to developing synergy for more theme-based research areas which will lead to establishment of other research centres in the years to come.<\/p><div class=\"cleaner\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"cleaner\">\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Institute for Research in Innovative Technology and Sustainability (IRITS) was established with an aim to consolidate current research disciplines conducted by S&amp;T and develop research capacity in other potential disciplines. 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