iLab is an urban big data hub housed on the 7th floor of the Knowles Building, the University of Hong Kong that supports the entire suite of HKUrbanLabs. It facilitates multi-dimensional and multi-disciplinary urban big data collection, storage, analysis, and presentation to inform decision-making in urban development. It facilitates multi-dimensional and multi-disciplinary urban big data collection, storage, analysis, and presentation to inform decision-making in urban development. iLab is a repository for urban big data from Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Global Positioning Systems (GPS), Urban Remote Sensing (URS), satellite and airborne Remote Sensing (RS), Building Information Modeling (BIM), Laserscanning, facilities and asset management, and other sources.
iLab also has its own unique research remit. iLab is a focus for research across the urban disciplines and works closely with other groups in HKUrbanLab, all of which heavily use urban big data. iLab itself is also a research hub. It is the house of more than HK$35 million research grants related to BIM, blockchain, construction informatics, construction logistics and supply chain management, and big data-enabled urban environmental management.
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The topic I shared on the Conference is about MiC logistics and supply chain management with a focus on its quality assurance and quality control, which has been much disrupted by the covid-19 pandemic time. We have a solution called MiC trilogy (MiC 三寶) based on BIM and blockchain. It is based on an Innovation
RGC Hong Kong organised an Award Presentation Ceremony of Fellowship Schemes on 7 November 2022 in JW Marriott Hotel Hong Kong. Professor received the certificate from Prof. Wong Yuk-shan (RGC Chairman). His winning project is: Humanities and Social Sciences Prestigious Fellowship Scheme (HSSPFS) 2022/2023 Project Title: The effects of small business organising on private and social
Press release from HKU https://www.hku.hk/press/press-releases/detail/25383.html Building houses faster and safer for relieving the pressing housing shortage problem of Hong Kong The Remote e-Inspection System for Cross Border MiC Logistics system developed by Prof. Wilson Lu, Director of the iLab of the Faculty of Architecture together with Prof. Anthony Yeh, Chair Professor of the Department of Urban Planning
Press release from HKU https://www.hku.hk/press/press-releases/detail/25353.html Researchers at the iLab under the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) won the ASCE Journal of Management in Engineering (JME) Best Peer Reviewed Paper Award for 2022. Founded in 1852, American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE) is the oldest engineering society in the US. It