Prof. Weisong Wen, Assistant Professor in the Department of Aeronautical and Aviation Engineering at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and founding Director of the Trustworthy AI and Autonomous Systems Laboratory (TASLAB), has been named a Merit Award recipient in the Research and Scholarly Activities: Outstanding Early Career Researcher category of the Faculty Awards for Outstanding Achievement 2026. The Faculty of Engineering announced the results on 15 September 2026.
Prof. Weisong Wen.
The Faculty Awards recognise achievements in teaching, research and scholarly activities, research student supervision, knowledge transfer, and services. Awardees were selected from departmental nominations by a Faculty Assessment Panel comprising department heads or their delegates and chaired by the Dean of Engineering, with reference to the University’s assessment criteria.
Prof. Wen’s research focuses on safe and trustworthy autonomous systems, spanning embodied AI for drones, legged robots and intelligent vehicles, as well as high-precision positioning and localisation. His work combines satellite navigation, LiDAR, cameras and inertial sensors to support reliable navigation, alongside research on robot perception, planning and control. These research directions underpin TASLAB’s efforts to enable autonomous systems to operate reliably in complex environments. Further details are available in his PolyU academic profile.
According to the announcement, the awards will be presented at the Faculty’s Prize Presentation Ceremony in February/March 2027.
TASLAB congratulates Prof. Wen on this recognition, along with all recipients of the Faculty Awards for Outstanding Achievement 2026.