The Greater Bay Area is one of the most economically dynamic regions in China and a gathering place for the world's most advanced manufacturing industries. The Greater Bay Area is responsible for the historical mission of national industrial upgrading and technological innovation. With the development of network, computing technology and intelligent technology, the manufacturing system, social service system, transportation network, environmental system, and logistics in the Greater Bay Area have become exceptionally complex. Macao, as the center of the west coast of the Greater Bay Area, has the mission to make important contributions to its development.

The System Engineering Platform will focus on theoretical frontier and technological innovation and gather and cultivate multidisciplinary talents. At present, the main research directions are as follows:

• Intelligent Control Systems and Intelligent Technology Foundation

• Intelligent Manufacturing

• Smart Cities

• Artificial Intelligence and Water Ecology

The platform has gathered many famous experts and scholars in this field, including four Thomson Reuters highly cited scholars and five IEEE Fellows, and has close cooperation with famous universities and research institutes in more than 20 countries and regions, such as the United States, Canada, France, Italy, Germany, and China.