Dr. Edith Cheuk Han Ngai is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), where she has been since 2020. Previously, she held an Associate Professor position at Uppsala University, Sweden. Her research focuses on Internet-of-Things (IoT), edge intelligence, data analytics, machine learning, network security, smart cities, and health informatics. She is an ACM Senior Member, IEEE Senior Member, and IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer (2023-2024). Her research contributions include the Green IoT project in Sweden (2014–2017), recognized in IVA’s 100-list (2020). She has led interdisciplinary projects like the Smart Water Auditing initiative, combining IoT and machine learning to address water conservation. Ngai has received awards such as the VINNMER Fellowship (2009) and a Meta Policy Research Award (2022). Her work on energy-aware edge computing and federated learning has been widely cited, ranking her in the top 1% globally by Clarivate Analytics (2021–2023). Ngai serves as an Associate Editor for multiple prestigious journals, including IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing and IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics. She has organized conferences like IEEE GreenCom 2022 and IEEE IWQoS 2024. Her lab, the HKU IoT Lab, explores AI-driven smart systems, edge general intelligence, and healthcare applications. Recent work includes Radio2Text (mmWave-based speech recognition) and HealthPrism (multimodal health analytics). Ngai advises a dynamic research group with postdocs and PhD students focused on federated learning, edge computing, and wearable health sensing. Notable students include Zhihan Jiang (HKU Foundation PhD Award 2024) and Sukanya Jewsakul (BuildSys 2024 Best Paper Candidate). She collaborates with institutions like the HKU Center for Water Technology and Policy on projects like smart water auditing and health informatics.









