The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen has set records with 109 scientists and scholars (person-times) having been selected for the 7th edition of the Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientist Rankings 2024, a highly anticipated annual list that recognizes the world's most influential researchers that was released recently.

Among them, 44 were selected for the career-long impact ranking and 65 were selected for the single year impact ranking, both setting new records. 

A total of 39 individuals covering 31 sub-disciplines were selected for the both rankings. They include 40 from the fields such as artificial intelligence and image processing, network communication, operations research, and automation engineering were selected, showing the University's talent strength in artificial intelligence and computer science.

The University has established faculty recruitment and promotion systems benchmarked against world-class universities, based on international peer evaluation, with academic impact and contributions as the core criteria for talent evaluation. The University has implemented a "9+3" salary system to encourage professors to engage in industry-academia-research collaboration and integrate into the national and Greater Bay Area's scientific innovation system.

Artificial intelligence, data science and computer science are among the key academic directions of the CUHK-Shenzhen. This ranking includes a group of outstanding talents such as Luo Zhiquan, Li Haizhou, Cui Shuguang, Zhang Rui, Zhang Dapeng and Huang Jianwei.

 The big data research team led by Academician Luo Zhiquan has made breakthroughs in 5G network optimization, solving key problems and receiving important awards from the industry. Academician Li Haizhou is renowned in language processing and neuromorphic computing. As the first Chinese chairman of the International Speech Communication Association (ISCA), Li has been recognized and supported by major teams and platforms in Guangdong and Shenzhen. Academician Cui Shuguang is dedicated to future smart network research and has been honored as a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering and the Royal Society of Canada with the support of the Shenzhen outstanding talent cultivation program.

In the field of materials and chemistry, Academician Tang Benzong, the discoverer of aggregation-induced emission (AIE) and a leading scientist in the study of aggregate science, has opened up a new academic field led by Chinese scientists. In the field of social sciences, Professor Zheng Yongnian, founding dean of the School of Public Policy, has been listed. He has long been committed to the study of China's internal transformation and its external relations, with research results having a wide impact in the academic community and providing valuable intellectual support for policy-making.