HKU and GCSA Establish AI and Cybersecurity Research Centre

The University of Hong Kong and the Global Cybersecurity Alliance (GCSA) jointly established the Centre for AI and Cybersecurity Research, they announced in a press release. Professor Ho Chen, Chair of Cybersecurity at the university's School of Computing and Data Science, will serve as acting director.

The centre will bring together researchers from the university, GCSA and international partner institutions. It plans to publish research findings, security benchmarks and tools with open source licenses.

Research will cover the security, interpretability and robustness of large language models and generative AI. Other areas include automated cyber defence using AI, security assessments for embodied AI, robotics and connected devices, and global standards and governance for AI security.