Yuyang Du

Yuyang Du

Postdoctoral Researcher,
IE Dept., CUHK

Since 2023, I have had the opportunity to contribute to the preparation and execution of funding projects within my group, amounting to a total of ~32.7 million HKD. Among these, ~11.4 million HKD are currently approved or awaiting results. I have also gained hands-on experience in preparing large-scale collaborative proposals for CRF-2024 and CRF-2025, in collaboration with PIs from CUHK, HKUST, HKU, Imperial College London, Aalborg University, and Singapore University of Technology and Design.

Approved/Pending

I have contributed to the following approved/pending applications, including 1 GRF from HK UGC, 1 ITSP and 2 MHKTCFS from HK ITC, and 1 Type C project from STIC.

  • 1. UGC General Research Fund (~1.4m HKD) 2026-2029 (Pending)
    • Topic: Distributed MoE Inference at the 6G Edge: Ultra-Accurate Expert-Activation Prediction, Partial Expert Residency, and Dynamic Token Handling for Batched Systems
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    • Role: Co-Investigator, contributed to drafting the full proposal.
  • 2. ITC Mainland-Hong Kong Cooperation Funding Scheme (~2m HKD) 2026-2028 (Pending)
    • Topic: SmartLink Industry 4.0: A Trusted Collaboration System for Industry 4.0 Integrating Large Models, Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Networks, and Blockchain
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    • Role: Co-Investigator, led the drafting of the full proposal and coordination with industry sponsors.
  • 3. ITC Mainland-Hong Kong Cooperation Funding Scheme (~3.2m HKD) 2026-2028 (Pending)
    • Topic: Research and Validation of High-Reliability Transmission and Intelligent Assurance Technologies for Remote Surgery
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    • Role: Co-Investigator, led the drafting of the full proposal and coordination with industry sponsors.
  • 4. ITC Innovation and Technology Support Program (~1.4m HKD) 2026-2028 (Conditional Approved)
    • Topic: Multimodal LLM-Driven Semantic Communication for Vehicular Networks
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    • Role: Co-Investigator, led the drafting of the full proposal.
  • 5. STIC SZ-HK Science and Technology Collaboration Fund (~3.4m HKD) 2024-2027 (Approved)
    • Topic: Multi-stream Ultra Reliable Networking and Just-in-Time Communications for High Performance IoT
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    • Role: Co-Investigator, contributed to drafting the HK-side proposal and led the project executions.

    Completed

    The following projects have been successfully completed with meaningful research outcomes.

  • 1. UGC Funding Scheme for Innovative Technology in Education (~300k HKD) 2024-2025 (Completed)
    • Topic: Academia-Industry Collaboration for LLM Education: Hands-on Experiences and Co-Training Opportunities
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    • Role: Key Member, contributed to drafting the full proposal, led the project execution, and prepared the project completion report.
  • 2. CUHK Research Committee Direct Grant (~50k HKD) 2024-2026 (Completed)
    • Topic: Robust Packet Detection for Short-packet Communications
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    • Role: Key Member, contributed to drafting the full proposal, led the project execution, and prepared the project completion report.