HKBU Foundation Annual Report 2021-2022

8 It is widely acknowledged that the increasingly complex global challenges cannot be easily addressed by a single discipline. In response to the growing demand for talent who can transcend disciplines to ideate for innovation in different sectors of society, we are offering four new transdisciplinary programmes, namely Arts and Technology, Global Entertainment, Innovation in Health and Social Well-Being, and Arts, Science and Technology in the academic year 2022-2023. While each programme has been designed differently, they share the common goal of fostering future-ready students with a broad academic foundation and a comprehensive range of competencies by integrating science and the humanities, so that students are well-prepared for their careers and the life challenges ahead. Cutting-edge art-tech initiatives Thanks to the efforts of our artists and scientists, at HKBU we stand at the forefront of the rapidly expanding art-tech field and the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in artistic disciplines. In 2021, an art-tech research project entitled “Building Platform Technologies for Symbiotic Creativity in Hong Kong” has been awarded HK$52.8 million in funding from the Theme- based Research Scheme under the Research Grants Council (RGC). We feel encouraged as this is the first time that major funding has been allocated by the RGC for an art-tech project, and it is a recognition of HKBU’s excellence and leadership in this area. 眾所周知，全球面對的挑戰愈趨複雜，並 非單一學科所能解決，社會對於能夠在不 同領域創新的跨學科人才需求因而日漸殷 切，為此我們自 2022-2023 學年開始提供 四個新的跨學科課程，分別涵蓋藝術及科 技、全球娛樂、創新醫療及社會健康，以 及文理及科技。雖然每個課程設計皆有不 同，但共同目標是通過融合科學與人文學 科，為未來培養具有廣泛學術基礎和全面 能力的學生，讓學生為未來事業發展和應 對生活上的挑戰做好充分準備。 尖端藝術科技項目 在我們的藝術家和科學家攜手努力下，浸大 不論在急速發展的藝術科技領域，或是在藝 術學科中人工智能的應用，都能早着先機。 於 2021 年，我們獲研究資助局的「主題研究 計劃」撥款港幣 5,280 萬元，資助名為「人機 共生藝術創造技術平台」的研究項目，是該 局首次對藝術科技項目撥出大筆資助，也肯 定了浸大在藝術科技領域的卓越成就和領先 地位，令我們感到十分鼓舞。