The Division of Arts and Machine Creativity (AMC) is delighted to announce that an AMC-led collaborative research initiative in conjunction with top-calibre Chinese Mainland institutions has received HKD 3.6 million in funding from the 2025/26 National Natural Science Foundation of China/RGC Collaborative Research Scheme (NSFC/RGC CRS).
The Hong Kong team of the project is led by Project Coordinator Prof. Hongbo FU (Acting Head & Professor, AMC), with Co-Prime Investigators Prof, Anyi RAO (Assistant Professor, AMC) and Prof. Jing LIAO (Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, CityUHK). The Chinese Mainland team consists of Project Coordinator Prof. Lin GAO (Associate Professor, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences) and Co-Prime Investigator Prof. Feng XU (Associate Professor, School of Software, Tsinghua University).
The Division extends its warmest congratulations to the project team on this significant research achievement and well‑deserved recognition for their unwavering dedication to advancing the innovative integration of cutting‑edge AI technologies into impactful real‑world applications.
About the Project
Titled Video Generation and Editing Driven by 3D Physical Simulation, this project will build a new kind of video generation that first constructs a 3D world following physical laws and then uses it to generate and edit realistic videos. It can greatly lower the cost and skill required to create high-quality visual content, helping filmmakers, animators, designers, and everyday creators produce complex shots more efficiently. It will also enable safer, more realistic simulated data for autonomous driving, drones, and smart-city planning, supporting the development of future transportation and low-altitude economies.
About the NSFC/RGC Collaborative Research Scheme
The National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) / the Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong Collaborative Research Scheme (CRS) aims to support larger-scale collaborative research across disciplines and / or across universities in the Chinese Mainland and Hong Kong, with a view to enhancing research output and impact on both sides.
The NSFC/RGC CRS supports collaborative research proposals jointly submitted by the Chinese Mainland and the Hong Kong researchers. The six focus areas include Information Technology; Life Science; New Materials Science; Marine and Environmental Science; Medicine; and Management Science.
