Prof. Qin and Prof. Yu Receive Awards at the Silicon Valley International Invention Festival 2026

The LEO Dr. David P. Chan Institute of Data Science (LEODCIDS) is pleased to announce that two of its members, Prof. S. Joe QIN and Prof. Lisha YU, have received awards at the Silicon Valley International Invention Festival 2026.

Prof. Qin and Prof. Yu led the development of GaitGPT: Evidence-Grounded AI for Bidirectional Clinical Gait Translation, which received a Gold Medal, the IFIA Best Invention Award from the International Federation of Inventors’ Associations, and the Thailand Award for the Best International Invention and Innovation from the National Research Council of Thailand.

Lingnan University achieved an exceptional overall result at the festival. All 14 projects submitted by the University received awards, comprising eight Gold Medals and six Silver Medals. With the additional awards received by GaitGPT, the University secured a total of 16 awards and ranked top among Hong Kong universities in both the total number of awards and Gold Medals.

The Institute warmly congratulates Prof. Qin, Prof. Yu and the wider GaitGPT team on this remarkable achievement. Their success highlights the research excellence of LEODCIDS members and the important role of data science and artificial intelligence in advancing innovation and improving society.

Further details are available in the Office of Research and Knowledge Transfer publication, Innovating Beyond Boundaries, August 2026 issue.