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Read more at: CPDS held annual group formal in Peterhouse (2018.12.05)
CPDS held annual group formal in Peterhouse (2018.12.05)

CPDS held annual group formal in Peterhouse (2018.12.05)

14 January 2019

On Dec.5th, 2018, CPDS staffs, students, members and guests together had a wonderful night in Peterhouse College to celebrate Christmas!


Read more at: President of Zhejiang University, Professor Zhaohui Wu visited CPDS (2018.12.12)
President of Zhejiang University, Professor Zhaohui Wu visited CPDS (2018.12.12)

President of Zhejiang University, Professor Zhaohui Wu visited CPDS (2018.12.12)

14 December 2018

Professor Zhaohui Wu, President of Zhejiang University, and Professor Min Li, the Director of Foreign Affairs Office, visited CPDS on December 12th. Professor Daping Chu welcomed them and gave a talk introducing CPDS, CAPE and University of Cambridge. Further collaboration between two sides have been discussed after the...


Read more at: CPDS members are JLR Innovista finalist! (2018.12.14)
CPDS members are JLR Innovista finalist! (2018.12.14)

CPDS members are JLR Innovista finalist! (2018.12.14)

14 December 2018

Congratulations to CPDS member, Professor Daping Chu, Dr Kun Li and Dr Ali Ozgur Yontem (Listed following alphabetic order) and 5 Jaguar Land Rover(JLR) colleagues! They are selected as JLR Innovista finalists for their excellent work on "Volumetric 3D Augmented Reality HUD". They are invited to the finals event and awards...


Read more at: Dr Kun Li won first prize in the Photography Competition of Engineering Department (2018.11.28)
Dr Kun Li won first prize in the Photography Competition of Engineering Department (2018.11.28)

Dr Kun Li won first prize in the Photography Competition of Engineering Department (2018.11.28)

28 November 2018

Congratulations for Dr Kun Li for winning First Prize in the Photography Competition of Engineering Department. His microscopic image (below) shows liquid crystal molecules between cross-polarisers. It was taken when Dr Li was examining the uniformity of the structural 'floor' of nanoscale grooves for rod-shaped liquid...


Read more at: Professor Daping Chu welcomed the visit of Mr. Feng, CTO of CRRC Zhuzhou (2018.09.27)
Professor Daping Chu welcomed the visit of Mr. Feng, CTO of CRRC Zhuzhou (2018.09.27)

Professor Daping Chu welcomed the visit of Mr. Feng, CTO of CRRC Zhuzhou (2018.09.27)

11 October 2018

On 2018 September 27th, the CTO of CRRC Zhuzhou, Mr. Feng and his colleagues visited CAPE and CPDS to discuss current and future cooperation between two sides. CPDS has been working closely with CRRC Zhuzhou to develop the first head up display (HUD) system for train in the past two years.


Read more at: Prof. Shien-Kuei Peter Liaw visited CPDS and gave a talk on "Free-space optic WDM bidirectional transmission: Design and Evaluation" (2018.08.29)

Prof. Shien-Kuei Peter Liaw visited CPDS and gave a talk on "Free-space optic WDM bidirectional transmission: Design and Evaluation" (2018.08.29)

11 October 2018

In this talk, high-speed free space optics communication (FSO) technologies will be reviewed and introduced. We design and demonstrate two proposed FSO schemes. The first scheme is a bi-directional, short-range and free-space optical (FSO) communication with 2x4x10 Gb/s capacity in wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)...


Read more at: CPDS hosted Cambridge-Tsinghua Engineering Forum (2018.10.02)
CPDS hosted Cambridge-Tsinghua Engineering Forum (2018.10.02)

CPDS hosted Cambridge-Tsinghua Engineering Forum (2018.10.02)

11 October 2018

CPDS has successfully hosted Cambridge-Tsinghua Engineering Forum on October 2nd at Norwich Auditorium Seminar Room, Roger Needham Building, Cambridge. In this forum, a wide range of cutting-edge engineering topics have been discussed such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, quantum communications, new...


Read more at: CPDS Christmas dinner at Corpus Christi College (2017.12.20)

CPDS Christmas dinner at Corpus Christi College (2017.12.20)

11 October 2018

CPDS had the annual Christmas dinner on 20th December, 2017, this time, the dinner is hosted in the beautiful dinning hall of Corpus Christi College. CPDS staff ,students and invited friends enjoyed a wonderful night. Corpus Christi College is notable as the only college founded by Cambridge townspeople: it was established...


Read more at: Dr Yuanbo Deng received Outstanding Achievement Award at the Laser Display and Lighting Conference 2018 (2018.05.24)
Dr Yuanbo Deng received Outstanding Achievement Award at the Laser Display and Lighting Conference 2018 (2018.05.24)

Dr Yuanbo Deng received Outstanding Achievement Award at the Laser Display and Lighting Conference 2018 (2018.05.24)

24 May 2018

Congratulations to CPDS researcher Dr Yuanbo Deng, who received Outstanding Achievement Award at the Laser Display and Lighting Conference 2018 in Japan, for the paper titled "Light source coherence and the impact of diffusers on the image quality of a holographic display system", by Yuanbo Deng & Daping Chu.


Read more at: Professor Daping Chu and Valerian of JLR gave a talk titled 'The car of the future - with head up technology' on the Hay Festival (2017.07.03)

Professor Daping Chu and Valerian of JLR gave a talk titled 'The car of the future - with head up technology' on the Hay Festival (2017.07.03)

18 July 2017

The Hay Festival is one of the most prestigious cultural and literary events in the world. For the last nine years the University of Cambridge has been partnering with the Festival to deliver The Cambridge Series which gives a taste of the research being conducted at the University. The Series is part of the University’s...