Inaugural Professorial Lecture – Professor Peter Adams

Computer systems and X – a pilgrim's journey
About Professor Zhiyi Huang's research
Zhiyi is a computer scientist who is interested in improving the performance of computer systems and applying them in health-related sciences.

His work focuses on making computer systems faster, smaller, more convenient to use, and more energy efficient.

He has expertise in computer systems ranging from high-end cluster computers and multicore/manycore systems, to embedded systems and Internet of Things. He has applied his expertise of computer systems to artificial intelligence, psychology, and medical science.

He is now particularly interested in finding biomarkers for depression and anxiety in biomedical signals.

He has authored/co-authored more than 150 scientific articles on topics in parallel and distributed systems, high performance computing, green computing, cloud systems, operating systems, computer architectures, task scheduling, wireless networks, optical networks, signal processing, and machine learning algorithms for biomedical data. He has the passion to share his knowledge in school communities via the Hi2 Coding Club.