Hong Kong should capitalise on the opportunities arising from US-China tensions to attract more talent to its academic and tech sectors, heads of the city’s top medical schools have said, ahead of a visit to the world’s largest biotechnology event in Boston. Representatives from the medical faculties of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and…
Sweeping lay-offs by the US Department of Government Efficiency have reportedly eliminated over 275,000 federal jobs and displaced skilled professionals in academia and the sciences, intensifying global talent competition. Faced with uncertainty, many are now seeking opportunities abroad. This has created a space for other countries and regions to step in, utilising flexible immigration policies,…
Petaflops may not mean much to most Hongkongers, but the odd word to describe computing power helps explain why the city’s first artificial intelligence (AI) supercomputing service has the attention of people developing tomorrow’s technology. Companies working on health solutions and deep learning are among those benefiting from the commercial high-performance computing service at Hong…