His research has been recognized by many awards including the IEEE VGTC Technical Achievement Award, 15 best paper/honorable mention awards, 2009 IBM Faculty Award, 2014 Higher Education Scientific and Technological Progress Award (Second Class) from the Ministry of Education of China, 2015 HKICT Best Innovation (Innovative Technology) Silver Award from the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, 2015 APICTA Merit Award in E-Learning from the Asia Pacific ICT Alliance, 2016 Distinguished Collaborator Award from Huawei Noah's Ark Lab, 2018 Yelp Dataset Challenge Round 10 Grand Prize Award, and 2019 AI 2000 Most Influential Scholar Award. The technologies developed by his group have been adopted by Microsoft, IBM, Huawei, Tencent, Bosch, etc. His teaching and research have received more than 30 media coverages, including NHK TV, IEEE spectrum, MIT News, Tech in Asia, Southern China Morning Post, Ming Pao, Wenhui Pao, etc.