The Macao SAR Government Official Gazette has published the name list of the recipient of the Macao Science and Technology Awards. The University of Macau (UM) received numerous prizes in the Natural Science Award category, the Technology Invention Award category and the Science and Technology Progress Award category. The project, Time-Frequency Analysis of Transient Signals and Algorithm: Harmonic and Clifford Analysis of Signals, by UM professor Qian Tao, received the sole first prize in the Natural Science Award category.

This year the Macao Science and Technology Awards received a total of fifty-six applications. According to the Regulations on Rewards for the Development of Science and Technology, there is one first prize, two second prizes and three third prizes in the Natural Science Award category, and UM receive three prizes in this category, including the sole first prize for the project, Time-Frequency Analysis of Transient Signals and Algorithm: Harmonic and Clifford Analysis of Signals, by UM professor Qian Tao, a second prize for the project, Association Study of Pharmacology and Quality in Chinese Medicine, by Wang Yitao, Lee Ming Yuen, Chen Xiuping, Chen Meiwan and Lu Jinjian, and a third prize for the project, Investigation and Innovation in the General Purpose Computation based on GPU (GPGPU), by Wu Enhua, Wu Wen, Zhu Jian and Xu Tianchen.

In the Technology Invention Award category, there are two second prizes and four third prizes. The project, Analog and Mixed-Signal Interfaces for a Ubiquitous Electronic World, by UM professors Rui Martins, U Seng Pan, Mak Pui In and Sin Sai Weng, received a second prize. The project, Three-Dimensional Pulse Width Modulation Techniques and Its Applications in Three-Phase Four-Wire Active Filters, by Wong Man Chung, Dai Ningyi and Lok Io Keong, and the project, Wireless UV Flame Detectors for Fire-safety Applications, by Tam Kam Weng, Sou Iam Keong and Ho Sut Kam, each received a third prize.  

In the Science and Technology Progress Award category, there are two second prizes and three third prizes. The project, Technologies and Applications of Portuguese-Chinese Machine Translation System, by Wong Fai, Dong Mingchui, Tang Chi Wai and Francisco de Oliveira, received a second prize. The project, The Analysis of Stability Problem and Loop Flow Problem in Macau Electric Network and Its Implementation, by Wong Chi Kong, Lou Chin Wang, Lam Sio Cheong, Dong Mingchui and Han Yingduo, and the project, The Technology for Creating a Portal for the Macao SAR Government and for Ensuring Data Safety, Timeliness, Consistency and Integrity and the Implementation Thereof, by Wong Chan Tang, Dong Mingchui, Lin dong, Leong Pok Man and Tou Chi Pio, each received a third prize.

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12/10/2012