External Funded Projects | School of Decision Sciences

A Commitment to High Quality Research

The School of Decision Sciences has a commitment to high quality research. Since its inception in 2014, the School has successfully secured a considerable number of external competitive research grants, with funding totalling HK$48.3 million, in the following schemes:

HKSAR Central Policy Unit – Public Policy Research Funding Scheme (PPR)
HKSAR Education Bureau – Quality Enhancement Support Scheme (QESS)
Research Grants Council – Competitive Research Funding Scheme for the Local Self-financing Degree Sector:

(i) Faculty Development Scheme (FDS)

(ii) The Inter-Institutional Development Scheme (IIDS)

(iii) Institutional Development Scheme (IDS) Collaborative Research Grant

Year	No. of External Grant Received					Total Amount (HK$)
Year	FDS	IIDS	IDS	QESS	PPR	Total Amount (HK$)
2019/20	5	1	1	0	0	8,169,538
2018/19	5	1	0	0	0	4,414,588
2017/18	10	1	0	0	0	6,890,500
2016/17	7	2	0	0	0	7,791,192
2015/16	6	2	0	0	0	5,410,386
2014/15	9	1	0	2	1	15,648,369
Total						48,324,573

Lists of External Funded Projects

FDS

Academic Year	Principal Investigator	Project Title	Amount Awarded (HK$)
2019/20	Dr CHOY Siu-kai	Unsupervised Fuzzy Superpixel-based Image Segmentation	985,144
2019/20	Dr HO To-sum	Blockchain-based E-Commerce Analytics Model for Facilitating Trusted Data Exchange and Digital Supply Chain Integration	997,840
2019/20	Dr MA Hoi-lam	Impacts of Dependent Flight Delay on Cabin Crew Pairing Reliability in Airlines	1,104,100
2019/20	Dr MA Yu-tak	Securing Smart-City Infrastructures Using Markov Game	1,138,859
2019/20	Dr WONG Ricky Siu-kuen	The Hidden Costs of the Use of Compliance Tactics in Repeated Negotiation	220,900
2018/19	Dr CHU Man-ying	Longitudinal Item Response Techniques with Applications to Education and Psychosocial Interventions	807,400
2018/19	Dr MA Hoi-lam	The Impacts of Heterogeneous Maintenance Actions on Aircraft Routing Problems in regard to Airline Operations Reliability and Profitability	745,300
2018/19	Prof TANG Man-lai	Model Selection with High Dimensional Incomplete Data	723,450
2018/19	Dr WANG Yue	Generalised Needs-based Product Configurator Design	783,250
2018/19	Dr WONG Eugene Yin-cheung	Three-echelon Collaborative Slot Allocation Planning for Liner Shipping Revenue Management Under Uncertain Demand	869,788
2017/18	Dr CHOY Siu-kai	Fuzzy Bit-plane-dependence Multi-domain Region Competition: Mathematical Modelling and Applications	575,473
2017/18	Dr CHU Man-ying	Statistical disclosure control of confidential data using vine copulas with applications to finance and healthcare management	506,100
2017/18	Dr HO Man-wai	A Bayesian Semiparametric Approach to the Endogeneity Problem	463,090
2017/18	Dr LAM Benson Shu-yan	Supervised Dimensionality Reduction with Unsupervised Learning: Theory and Applications	476,200
2017/18	Dr LIU Hai	Self-adaptive Collective Motion of Swarm Robots	848,262
2017/18	Dr MO Yiu-wing	Design of Flexible Vehicle Management Systems for Mass Customised and Sustainable Paratransit Services	776,322
2017/18	Prof TANG Man-lai	Alternative Item Count Techniques for Sensitive Survey Questions: Theories and Methods	844,200
2017/18	Dr WANG Yue	Configuration-based recommendation for online product customization in e-commerce	828,100
2017/18	Dr WONG Wai-kit	Optimizing Analytics Processing in Encrypted Database Systems	557,850
2017/18	Dr YU Kwok-wai	Interior Subgradient Methods for Large-scale Quasi-convex Optimization and Their Applications	611,153
2016/17	Dr CHU Man-ying	Statistical Inference of Sensitive Randomized Dichotomous Responses with Applications to Information Management and Healthcare Management	1,182,250
2016/17	Dr MO Yiu-wing	Adaptive Process Optimization Strategies: Sustaining the Best-in-class Performance of Spare Parts Services	985,650
2016/17	Dr LEE Wing-yan	Analysis and Application of Bounds in Insolvency Problem	733,800
2016/17	Prof TANG Man-lai	Advanced Statistical Methods for Complex Longitudinal Data Analysis	1,114,450
2016/17	Dr WONG Wai-kit	Secure Cloud Database System using Communication-Efficient Multi-Party Computation	712,209
2016/17	Dr WONG Eugene Yin-cheung	Consumer Carbon Label: Development of Supply Chain Product Carbon Footprint and Consumer Carbon Index for Beverage Merchandise	967,227
2016/17	Dr YUEN Fei-lung	On the Uncertainty of Value-at-Risk of Individual Risk	1,152,383
2015/16	Dr CHOY Siu-kai	Fuzzy Generalised Gaussian Density Segmentation Model: Mathematical Analysis and Applications	870,550
2015/16	Dr MO Yiu-wing	Sustainable Development for Community Dial-a-ride Services: Driving more People without more Vehicles	692,530
2015/16	Dr WANG Yue	Relative Attribute Based Configurator Design for Mass Customization	783,150
2015/16	Dr WONG Wai-hung	A Global Network Decision Support System for Air Passenger and Freight Businesses	236,900
2015/16	Dr YU Marco Chak-yan	Investigation of Spatio-temporal Relationship between the Structure and Function in Glaucoma Using Partial Least Squares Regression (PLS-R)	1,059,083
2015/16	Dr YU Kwok-wai	Sparse Optimization Models with Application to Portfolio Management	1,006,183
2014/15	Dr CHAN Chi-Kong	On 2-d rectangular packing problem with aspect ratio considerations	159,850
2014/15	Dr CHOY Siu-kai	Model-based Unsupervised Image Segmentation	573,620
2014/15	Dr GLOWACKA Karolina Joanna	Integrated modeling approach for increasing Hong Kong Port competitiveness	721,377
2014/15	Dr LAM Benson Shu-yan	Data Functional Modelling with Outliers	989,897
2014/15	Dr WONG Eugene Yin-cheung	Supply chain decarbonisation: good industry practices and development of carbon footprint toolkit	639,055
2014/15	Dr WONG Ricky Siu-kuen	Systematic Biases in Hong Kong’s Mandatory Provident Funds and UK’s Individual Savings Account	589,260
2014/15	Dr WONG Wai-Kit	Improving selection query processing speed of secure cloud database systems by tuple pruning on desensitized data	1,053,400
2014/15	Prof TANG Man-lai	New Items Count Techniques for Surveys with Sensitive Questions: Theories and Methods	618,585
2014/15	Dr YU Kwok-wai	Generalized Multicriteria Programs and Their Application in Portfolio Selection Problems	667,115

IIDS

Academic Year	Principal Investigator	Project Title	Amount Awarded (HK$)
2019/20	Dr WONG Eugene Yin-cheung	Cybersecurity: Risk Management from Advanced Technology to Law and Insurance for Maritime and Aviation Logistics Operations	707,695
2018/19	Ms MO Elaine Yee-lam	Symposium in Reliability Theory and Industrial Statistics	485,400
2017/18	Dr CHU Man-ying	Recent Developments in Business Analytics and New Research Directions	403,750
2016/17	Dr MO Yiu-wing	Intelligent Systems Ready for the Digital Future of Supply Chains	541,198
2016/17	Dr WONG Eugene Yin-cheung	Interactive Case-based Pedagogical Development on Maritime, Aviation and Logistics Law for Supply Chain and Logistics Operations	402,025
2015/16	Dr YEUNG Shirley Mo-ching	Sustainable Development in Higher Education – Responsible Management, Innovative Programme Design and Green Learning Environment	342,815
2015/16	Mr ZEL Stanley Tze-fung	Symposia in Data Science	419,175
2014/15	Dr LIU Nga-wai	Workshop Series in Applied Statistics	381,570

IDS

Academic Year	Principal Investigator	Project Title	Amount Awarded (HK$)
2019/20	Dr WONG Eugene Yin-cheung	Development of Renewable Energy for Decarbonising and Modelling Sustainable Transport and Logistics Operations in Smart Cities of Greater Bay Area	3,015,000

QESS

Academic Year	Principal Investigator	Project Title	Amount Awarded (HK$)
2014/15	Dr WONG Eugene Yin-cheung	The Development of Educational and Research Center with Automatic Virtual Reality Platform for 3D Interactive Learning and Big Data Analytics	2,000,000
2014/15	Dr WONG Wai-hung	A Visual Platform for the Design, Implementation, and Analysis of Collaborative Business Simulation Games	6,600,140

PPR

Academic Year	Principal Investigator	Project Title	Amount Awarded (HK$)
2014/15	Dr WONG Wai-hung	Preventing Marginalization in Air Passenger and Freight Businesses – a Global Network Decision Support System	654,500