Calendar of Events for March 1998

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Calendar of Events for March 98

14 Feb - 29 Mar 98

Journey to the East ‘98

TITLE: Installation Art Exhibition

DATE OF PROGRAM: Opening reception - 13 February, 4:30 pm Seminar - 14 February, 2:30 pm _\

VENUE: University Exposition Hall

ORGANISER: The HKUST Center for the Arts, the Hong Kong Institute for Contemporary Arts and Culture INFO: MS Jeddy Mok, Tel: 2358 6149

2 Mar 98 (Monday)

(1) Computer Science Seminar

TITLE: Evaluation of Resource Management Tradeoffs in Mixed Workloads Scheduling for Multimedia Storage Servers

SPEAKER: Dr. John Chi-Shing Lui, Dept of Computer Science & Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong TIME: 3:00 - 4:00 pm

VENUE: Chen Kuan Cheng Forum (LTH) ORGANISER: Department of Computer Science INFO: MS Lily Chan, Tel: 2358-7008

(2) Chemistry Seminar

TITLE: “The Third Age of Quantum Chemistry”

SPEAKER: Professor Henry Schaefer III, Center for Computation Quantum Chemistry, University of Georgia, U.S.A.

TIME: 5:00 pm

VENUE: Room 3598,3/F (Lift 27-28) ORGANISER: Department of Chemistry INFO: MS Patsy Ng, Tel: 2358-7390

(3) Tsai Ming Liang Screening Program (TV works & Films) TITLE: Rebels of the Neon God (92, Film)

TIME: 7:30 pm

VENUE: Lecture Theater E

LANGUAGE: In Putonghua with English subtitles

ORGANISER: A co-presentation of the HKUST Center for the Arts and the HKUST Language Centre, supported by a grant from the Office of the Vice-President for Academic Affairs

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3 Mar 98 (Tuesday)

(1) *Safety Training Class COURSE CODE: MC03

COURSE TITLE: Hazardous Waste Management SPEAKER: Dr Peter Swearengen

TIME: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm VENUE: Rm 3401 (Lifts 17-18)

DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION: 24 Feb 1998

REGISTRATION: Please send e-mail to MS Liu (e-mail: EOLLLIU) before the deadline indicating your name in FULL, department, contact phone number/ e-mail and whether you are staff/PG/UG.

ORGANISER: SAFETY & ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OFFICE

INFO: MS Liu, (e-mail: eollliu) LANGUAGE: English

COURSE SIZE: 30

(2) *Chinese Writing Course

TITLE: Workshop on Chinese Writing Skills TIME: 2:15 - 5:15 pm

VENUE: Rm 3027 (Lift 1) ORGANIZER: Personnel Office

INFO: Jolie Cheung, Tel: 2358 6593 (email: POJOLIE) Polly Tse, Tel: 2358 6609 (email: POPCTSE) AUDIDENCE: Internal (staff only; by invitation)

(3) Colloquium on Pure Mathematics

TITLE: Tangent variation principle and principle of partitioning of meromorphic functions

SPEAKER: Prof. G.A. Barsegian, Institutes of Mathematics of National Academy of Sciences of Armenia & HKUST TIME: 2:30 - 3:30 pm

VENUE: Room 4480 (Lifts 25 - 26) ORGANISER: Department of Mathematics INFO: MS Janette Cho, Tel: 2358-7440

(4) Mathematics Colloquium

TITLE: The Theory of Hydrodynamic Stability and Its Applications

SPEAKER: Prof. Heng ZHOU, Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Professor of Mechanics, Tianjin University TIME: 3:30 - 4:30 pm

VENUE: Room 4480 (Lifts 25 - 26)

ORGANISER: Department of Mathematics INFO: MS Janette Cho, Tel: 2358-7440

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4 Mar 98 (Wednesday)

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(1) Social Science Seminar

TITLE: 1) The Significance of the ‘Chinese Nation’ 2) The Formation and Development of the She Nationality and its Relation to the Origins of the Chinese Nation

SPEAKERS: 1) Mr WU Shimin 2) Mr LAN Haibin

TIME: 12noon- 1:15pm

VENUE: Rm 3362 (Lifts 13-15) ORGANISER: Division of Social Science INFO: Dr. Erik Baark, Tel: 2358-783 1

(2) *Seminar on Communication

TITLE: The Importance of Communication Skills in the Workplace

SPEAKER: Prof Leslie A. Olsen, Professor and Director of the Technical Communication Program, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor

TIME: 1:00 - 2:00 pm

VENUE: Citibank Lecture Theatre (LT A) ORGANISER: Language Centre

INFO: Mrs Lynne Flowerdew, Tel: 2358-7855 AUDIENCE: Engineering students

(3) *School of Science Lecture

TITLE: Teaching and Learning Innovations SPEAKER: Prof. Eric Mazur, Harvard University TIME: 4:00 - 5:00 pm

VENUE: Lam Woo Lecture Theatre (LT B) ORGANISER: School of Science

INFO: MS Mandy Chan, Tel: 2358-7270

AUDIENCE: faculty of School of Science in HKUST and 6 tertiary institutions

5-16 Mar 98

(1) Cantonese Opera Program 98 - Workshop

INSTRUCTORS: MS Tse Suet Sum & Mr Chan Pak Ting (Experienced singing instructor)

DATE: Every Monday, from 16 Mar 98 to 1 Jun 98 TIME: 7:00 - 10:00 pm

VENUE: University Center, Multi-purpose Hall

PARTICIPANTS: All are Welcome (over 18, maximum 20 people) ENROLMEMT: Enrolment forms can be obtained at the HKUST Center

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DEADLINE: 16 Mar 98 LANGUAGE: Cantonese

ORGANISER: A presentation of the HKUST Center for the Arts, supported by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council

INFO: May Yung, Tel: 2358-6148

5 Mar 98 (Thursday)

(1) *Physics Seminar

TITLE: Self-focusing and Solitons in Nonlinear Optics SPEAKER: Prof V Zakharov, Director of Landau Institute TIME: lo:30 - 11:30 am

VENUE: Room 3401 (Lifts 17- 18) ORGANISER: Department of Physics

INFO: MS Chelsia Tam, Tel: 2358-7500

AUDIENCE: Internal and the Physics Departments of other institutions

COURSE TITLE: Biological Safety SPEAKER: Dr Samuel Yu

TIME: 2:00 - 5:00 pm

VENUE: 2006B SEPO Conference/Training Room (lift 4) DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION: 26 Feb 1998

COURSE SIZE: 20

(3) Seminar on Scientific Computation

TITLE: Weekly Nonlinear Theory of Hydrodynamic Stability Revisited

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TITLE: The Need for Situated Discourse in Technical and Scientific Communication: Implications for ESP SPEAKER: Prof Leslie A. Olsen, Professor and Director of the

Technical Communication Program, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor

TIME: 6:30 pm

VENUE: Chow Tak Sin Lecture Theatre (LT G) ORGANISER: Language Centre

INFO: Mrs Lynne Flowerdew, Tel: 2358-7855

6 Mar 98 (Friday)

COURSE TITLE: Chemical Safety for Operational Staff SPEAKER: Mr Percy To

TIME: 10:00 am - 12:OO noon

VENUE: 2006B SEPO Conference/Training Room (lift 4) DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION: 27 Feb 1998

INFO: MS Liu, (e-mail: eollliu) LANGUAGE: Cantonese

COURSE SIZE: 20

(2) *Career Talk

TITLE: Career Talk on Journalism

SPEAKER: Mr. Lau Chun To, Kevin, Editorial Writer of Ming Pao Daily News, Formerly Political Reporter/Political

Editor/Public Finance Editor of Hong Kong Economic Journal

Ms. Chan Pik Kwan, Vivien, China News Editor of South China Morning Post, Formerly Reporter of RTHK, Daily News Hong Kong, Anchor Woman of ATV, and Trade Editor of Hong Kong Economic Journal

TIME: 11:OO am

VENUE: Rm 1505 (Lifts 25-26)

REGISTRATION: Please sign up at the Career Center on or Before 5 March 1998

ORGANISER: The HKUST Career Center INFO: Mrs Grace Law, Tel: 23586668

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TITLE: “Scalable and Fault-tolerant Video-on-Demand Systems”

SPEAKER: Dr. Jack Yiu-Bun Lee, Dept. of Information

Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong TIME: 1l:OO am - 12:OO noon

ORGANISER: Department of Computer Science INFO: MS Lily Chan, Tel: 2358-7008

(4) *Physics Seminar TITLE: SPEAKER: TIME: VENUE: ORGANISER: INFO: AUDIENCE:

Publishing Scientific Books and Journal Articles Mr Richard FIELD, Asia Pacific Regional Manager, Institute of Physics Publishing

1:00 - 2:00 pm Lecture Theatre C Department of Physics

MS Chelsia Tam, Tel: 2358-7500

Internal and the Physics Departments of other institutions

TITLE: Workshop on Chinese Writing Skills TIME: 2:15 - 5:15 pm

VENUE: Rm 3027 (Lift 1) ORGANIZER: Personnel Office

TITLE: Interaction of Nonlinear Waves on the Shallow Water SPEAKER: Prof. Vladimir E. Zakharov, Landau Institute for

Theoretical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, & HKUST

TIME: 3:00 - 4:00 pm

(7) Seminar On Technological Entrepreneurship

TOPICS: 1) Not-for-Profit Help for Hi-Tech Business

2) 10 Key Success Factors for Technology Start-ups SPEAKERS: 1) Mr. Kenneth Wong, Programme Manager, HKITCC

2) Mr Frederick Yung, General Manager - Client Services Division, HKITCC

TIME: 3:30 - 4:30 pm

VENUE: Lecture Theatre C

ORGANISER: Office of the Vice-President for Research and Development

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INFO: MS Bonnie Ng, Tel. no. 2358 6167

(8) Tsai Ming Liang, Artist-in-Residence: Opening

TIME: 4:30 pm

VENUE: Exposition Hall

OFFICIATORS: Prof Shain-Dow Kung, Vice-President for Academic Affairs

Prof Leo Lee Ou-fan, Adjunct Professor of Division of Humanities, HKUST, Professor of Chinese Literature, Harvard University

MS Ann Hui, Film Director

PARTICULARS: Highlights of Tsai Ming Liang’s TV works and films will be screened after the ceremony.

COST: All programs will be open to all. Free admission. ORGANISER: A presentation of the HKUST Center for the Arts.

Supported by a grant from the Office of the Vice- President for the Academic Affairs and the Hong Kong Arts Development Council.

INFO: Workshop enrollment and program enquiries: 2358 6149

** All programs which take place at the Hong Kong Arts Center Rm707 will be based on a first-come-first- served policy. Please call 2824 53 10 for seats

reservation.

(9) Tsai Ming Liang, Artist-in-Residence: Talk TITLE: HOSTS: TIME: VENUE: COST: ORGANISER: INFO: 7 March 98 (Saturday)

Tsai’s Creative Journey and His Works

Mr Tsai Ming Liang and Prof Leo Lee Ou-fan 7Pm

Lecture Theater E

All programs will be open to all. Free admission. A presentation of the HKUST Center for the Arts. Supported by a grant from the Office of the Vice- President for the Academic Affairs and the Hong Kong Arts Development Council.

Workshop enrollment and program enquiries: 2358 6149

reservation.

(1) Postgraduate Open House

TITLES: 1) Keynote Speech “Prospect of Postgraduate Employment in Hong Kong Industry” 2) Introduction To EEE Research Programs:

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i) Research activities in speech recognition and natural language understanding/processing ii) Microelectronic and integrated circuit iii) Introduction to the Centre for Display

Research

iv) IC research in wireless communication,

multimedia applications and power conversion v) Broadband and wireless network research vi) Video technology

SPEAKERS: 1) Prof. Philip Chan

2) Dr. Pascale Fung, Dr. Mansun Chan, Dr. Man Wong, Dr. Curtis Ling, Dr. Chin-Tau Lea, Dr. Oscar Au

LAB TOURS: Lab Tour and Demonstrations by PG students Tour 1: Display Technology Lab, Wireless Lab

Tour 2: Digital Signal Processing Lab, Networking Lab, and Video Lab

Tour 3 : Microelectronics Fabrication Center Campus and PG Hall Tour (for non-UST students) TIME: 1:45 - 4:30 pm

VENUE: Chen Kuan Cheng Forum (LTH)

ORGANISER: Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering INFO: For more information and reservation, please send

email to Miss Joan Lai at [email protected]

AUDIENCE: This Open House is intended for all UG/PG students of Hong Kong Tertiary Institutions who plan to pursue a MPhil or PhD degree in the areas of IC Design,

Microelectronic Devices, Signal Processing and Speech Recognition, Networking and Wireless

Communications, Optics and Photonics, Robotics and Control. The Open House offers a broad introduction to our postgraduate programmes and research. It will also be an opportunity to meet our faculty and graduating students. Many of them will be talking about their research projects and presenting demonstrations throughout the event.

9 Mar 98 (Monday)

(1) *Safety Training Class

COURSE CODE: MC01

COURSE TITLE: Radiation Safety with Unsealed Radioactive Materials

SPEAKER: Dr Paul Chan TIME: 2:00 - 5:00 pm

VENUE: 2006B SEPO Conference/Training Room (lift 4) DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION: 2 Mar 1998

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COURSE SIZE: 20

(2) Computer Science Seminar TITLE: SPEAKER: TIME: VENUE: ORGANISER: INFO:

“Introduction to MPEG-4: The Emerging Standard for Multimedia Information Technology”

Dr. Ishfaq Ahmad 3:00 - 4:00 pm

Chen Kuan Cheng Forum (LTH) Department of Computer Science Lily Chan, Tel: 2358-7008

(3) Tsai Ming Liang Screening Program (TV works & Films) TITLE: Vive L’Amour (94, Film)

TIME: 7:30 pm

INFO: May Yung, Tel: 2358 6148

h 10 Mar 98 (Tuesday)

COURSE TITLE: Chemical Safety for Laboratory Users SPEAKER: Dr Peter Swearengen

TIME: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm VENUE: Room 3401 (Lifts 17-18)

DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION: 3 Mar 1998

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(2) UST Quartet-in-Residence TITLE: Mar Concert

TIME: 1:00 pm

ORGANISER: A presentation of the HKUST Center for the Arts, supported by a grant from the Office of the Vice- president for the Academic Affairs

TITLE: Mathematical Modeling of Coherent Structures in Turbulent Flow

TITLE: InAs/GaAs Self-organized Quantum Dots SPEAKERS: Prof Song Lin FENG, National Laboratory for

Superlattices and Microstructures, Institute of Semiconductor, The Chinese Academy of Sciences TIME: 4:00 - 5:00 pm

VENUE: Room 3408 (Lifts 17-18) ORGANISER: Department of Physics

(5) Civil & Structural Engineering Seminar

TITLE: Design and Analysis of Tension Structures SPEAKER: Prof Bez Tabarrok, Department of Mechanical

Engineering, University of Victoria TIME: 4:00 - 5:00 pm

VENUE: Room 3584 (Lift 27-28)

ORGANISER: Department of Civil & Structural Engineering INFO: MS Rebecca Yau, Tel: 2358-7164

COURSE TITLE: Hazardous Waste Management SPEAKER: Dr Samuel Yu

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INFO: MS Liu, (e-mail: eollliu) LANGUAGE: Putonghua

COURSE SIZE: 20

TITLE: CCP and China’s Reform

SPEAKER: Dr Li Min, Central Party School of CCP

TIME: 12noon- 1:15pm

VENUE: Rm 3362 (Lift 13-15) ORGANISER: Division of Social Science INFO: Dr. Erik Baark, Tel: 2358-783 1

(3) Joint Statistics Seminar

TITLE: Strong Correlated Brownian motion and its application to Physics, Chemistry, and Biology

SPEAKER: Dr. Hong Qian, University of Washington TIME: 4:00 - 5:00 pm

ORGANISER: Department of Information & Systems Management INFO: Sandra Cheung, Tel: 2358-7733

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(1) Hong Kong Higher Education Expo 1998

VENUE: Gordon Wu Hall, B P International House, 8 Austin Rd, Tsimshatsui

HOURS: 12 March (Thursday) 1 - 7 pm 13 March (Friday) 10 am - 7 pm 14 March (Saturday) 10 am - 6 pm

PARTICULARS: Counselling on UG and PG programs will be available at the Expo

ORGANIZERS: City U, HKBU, Lingnan, CUHK, HKPU, HKUST, HKU

12 Mar 98 (Thursday)

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SPEAKER: Prof Hidetoshi Nishimori, Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology

TIME: 3:00 - 4:00 pm

VENUE: Room 4480 (Lifts 25 & 26) ORGANISER: Department of Physics INFO: MS Chelsia Tam, 2358-7500

(2) Chemistry Seminar

TITLE: “Nuclear Factor kB Assays as a Tool to Evaluate Compounds from Medicinal Plants”

SPEAKER: Dr. Herbert Riepl Klinge Stiftung GmbH & Holding KG Germany

TIME: 4:00 pm

VENUE: Room 3402,3/F (Lift 17-18) ORGANISER: Department of Chemistry INFO: Patsy Ng, Tel: 2358- 7390

TITLE: Formal Derivation & Rigorous Verification SPEAKER: Dr. Xinfu Chen, Department of Mathematics,

University of Pittsbirgh & HKUST TIME: 4:00 - 5:00 pm

VENUE: Room 3301, (Lifts 17 - 18) ORGANISER: Department of Mathematics INFO: MS Janette Cho, Tel: 2358-7440

13 Mar 98 (Friday)

(1) Humanities Lecture Series

TITLE: Late Colonialism: The Pure and the Impure SPEAKER: Gregory B. Lee, Associate Professor, Comparative

Literature, Hong Kong University TIME: 12:00 noon - 2:00 pm

VENUE: Room 3362 (Lifts 13- 15) ORGANISER: Division of Humanities INFO.: Teresa Wong, Tel: 2358-7800

COURSE TITLE: Pressure Safety SPEAKER: MrTSLi

TIME: 2:30 - 4:30 pm

REGISTRATION: Please send e-mail to MS Liu (e-mail: EOLLLIU) before the deadline indicating your name in FULL,

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department, contact phone number/ e-mail and whether you are staff/PG/UG.

COURSE SIZE: 20

14 Mar 98 (Saturday)

COURSE CODE: MC03

COURSE TITLE: Hazardous Waste Management SPEAKER: Dr Peter Swearengen

TIME: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm VENUE: Room 3598 (Lifts 27-28)

DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION: 7 Mar 1998

COURSE SIZE: 35

(2) Cantonese Opera Program 98

TITLE: Introductory Talk: Appreciation of the “Dream of Peony Pavilion”

HOSTS: MS Tse Suet Sum, Mr Chris Shum (Candidate of Master Degree in Philosophy at the Hong Kong University)

TIME: 2:30 pm

ORGANISER: A presentation of the HKUST Center for the Arts, supported by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council

16 Mar 98 (Monday)

COURSE CODE: MC07

COURSE TITLE: Chemical Safety for Laboratory Users SPEAKER: Dr Peter Swearengen

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DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION:9 Mar 1998

ORGANISER: SAFETY dz ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OFFICE

COURSE SIZE: 30

TITLE: “Selecting test allocation schemes for partition testing strategies”

SPEAKER: Yuen-Tak YU, Department of Computer Science, University of Melbourne

TIME: 3:00 - 4:00 pm

VENUE: Chen Kuan Cheng Forum (LTH) ORGANISER: Department of Computer Science INFO: MS Lily Chan, Tel: 2358-7008

TITLE: Deja lu: Recurrence, Allusion, and Plagiarism in Translation

SPEAKER: Eugene Eoyang, Professor of Comparative Literature, Indiana University, Chair Professor of English, Lingnan College

TIME: 4:00 pm

VENUE: Room 3362 (Lifts 13- 15) ORGANISER: Division of Humanities INFO.: Teresa Wong, Tel: 2358-7800

(4) Tsai Ming Liang Screening Program (TV works & Films) TITLE: The River (96, Film)

TIME: 7:30 pm

INFO: May Yung, Tel: 2358 6148

17-26 Mar 98

(1) Tsai Ming Liang, Artist-in-Residence: Workshop HOSTS: Mr Tsai Ming Liang

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DATE: Every Tuesday and Thursday, from 17-26 March 98 (4 classes)

TIME: 7:00 pm

VENUE: Briefing Room, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

INFO:

Workshop enrollment and program enquiries: 2358

6149

reservation.

17 Mar 98 (Tuesday)

COURSE TITLE: Respiratory Protection SPEAKER: Mr Percy To

TIME: 10:00 am - 12:00 noon

COURSE SIZE: 20

(2) Joint Seminar

TITLE: Visual-Information Processing : The Perception, Decision, Response Triplet

SPEAKER: Prof Yupo Chan, Professor, Department of Operational Sciences (ENS), Air Force Institute of Technology TIME: 11:OO am -12:00 noon

ORGANISER: Department of Civil and Structural Engineering Transportation Institute

INFO: MS Rebecca Yau, Tel: 2358-7 164

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TITLE: Chinese Wind Instruments Recital & Folk Dance by Shi Jia Huan & Li Mei (Nanfang Song and Dance Troup)

TIME: 1:00 pm

ORGANISER: The HKUST Center for the Arts INFO: May Yung, Tel: 2358 6148

TITLE: Miscrostructure and Surface Engergy: Analytical Results

SPEAKER: Prof. Matthias Winter, Mathematisches Institut A, Universitaet Stuttgart, Germany

TIME: 4:30-5:30 pm

TITLE: Social Identity and the Perception of History: National and International Perspectives

SPEAKER: Dr James LIU, Department of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand

TIME: 12 noon - 1:15 pm VENUE: Rm 3362 (Lift 13-15) ORGANISER: Division of Social Science INFO: Dr. Erik Baark, Tel: 2358-783 1

(2) East Meets West Concert Series

TITLE: Debussy and Impressionists: Piano Recital by Margaret Baxtresser

TIME: 1:00 pm

ORGANISER: The HKUST Center for the Arts INFO: May Yung, Tel: 2358-6148

TITLE: Ethnic Designations in Central Asia

SPEAKER: Professor Richard N. Frye, Emeritus Professor of Iranian and Inner Asian Studies, Harvard University

TIME: 3:30 pm

VENUE: Room 3362 (Lifts 13-15) ORGANISER: Division of Humanities

INFO: Teresa Wong, Tel: 2358-7800

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TITLE: SMART MARKETS: Replacing Bureaucratic Decision Processes with Decentralized and Competitive

Mechanisms using Experimental Economics Testbeds SPEAKER: Professor Charles Plott, California Institute of

Technology TIME: 4:00 - 5:30 pm

VENUE: Room 4117 (Case Laboratory) (Lift 19) ORGANISER: School of Business and Management INFO: Elaine Chu, Tel: 2358-8242

REMARK: Reception After Seminar

TITLE: Workshop on Simplified Chinese Characters TIME: 9:15 am- l:OOpm

VENUE: Room 3027 (Lift 1) ORGANIZER: Personnel Office

INFO: Jolie Cheung, Tel: 2358 6593 (email: POJOLIE) Polly Tse, Tel: 2358 6609 (email: POPCTSE) AUDIENCE: Internal (staff only; by invitation)

TITLE: Dispute Resolution in Major Joint Venture Projects SPEAKER: Dr John Luk, BSc(Eng), MSc(Eng) PhD, LLB, LLM,

CEng, FICE, FIStructE, FHKIE, Barrister(UK, HK) FICArb, The Sun Hung Kai Co., Ltd. Hong Kong TIME: 2:30 - 3:30 pm

VENUE: Room 3584 (Lifts 27-28)

TITLE: Torsion invariants of manifolds and vector fields SPEAKER: Prof. Vladimir Turaev, Institut de Recherche

Mathematique Avancee Universite Louis Pasteur TIME: 4:00 - 5:00 pm

(4) Guangdong Exchange Concert Series

TITLE: Chinese Wind Instruments Recital & Folk Dance by Shi Jia Huan & Li Mei (Nanfang Song and Dance Troup)

TIME: 8:00 pm

ORGANISER: The HKUST Center for the Arts INFO: May Yung, Tel: 2358-6148

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20 Mar 98 (Friday)

(1) Information and Systems Management Seminar

TITLE: Operations, Technology and Competition in Information Intensive Industries

SPEAKER: Professor Uday S. Karmarkar, Anderson Graduate School of Management, UCLA

TIME: 12:00 noon - 1:OO pm

VENUE: Room 33 11 (Lift No. 17- 18)

ORGANISER: Department of Information and Systems Management INFO: Mianna Cheung, Tel: 2358-7733

TITLE: The Design of Low Power, High Performance Architectures

SPEAKER: Prof. Mary Jane Irwin, Department of Computer

Science and Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana- Champaign, U.S.A.

TIME: 4:00 - 5:00 pm VENUE: Lecture Theatre C

ORGANISER: Department of Computer Science INFO: Lily Chan, Tel: 2358-7008

TITLE: Overlapping Schwarz Based Preconditioning Methods and Applications in Compressible Flow Calculations SPEAKER: Dr. Xiao-Chuan Cai, Department of Computer Science,

University of Colorado & CUHK TIME: 4:00 - 5:00 pm

(4) Business & Management Seminar

TITLE: Designing Experiments to Separate Hypotheses: Three Instructive Studies in Bargaining

SPEAKER: Professor Gary Bolton, Pennsylvania State University TIME: 4:00 - 5:30 pm

ORGANISER: School of Business and Management

INFO: May Hung, Tel:2358-8104 Elaine Chu, Tel: 2358-8242

TITLE : Rights and Responsibilities from a Chinese Perspective SPEAKER: Professor Julia Ching, University Professor, University

of Toronto

TIME: 4: 15pm

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ORGANISER: Division of Humanities INFO: Rita Chui, Tel: 2358-7808

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21 Mar 98 (Saturday)

(1) 1998 Sun Arts Festival - Net Arts Series

TITLE: Opening Cermony and Performance: “The Passing of the Year” by Formosa Aboriginal Singing and Dance Troupe

TIME:

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VENUE: Exposition Hall, HKUST

ORGANISER: Presented by National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan Assisted by the HKUST Center for the Arts

Acknowledgement: HKUST School of Engineering INFO: Howard Chan, Tel: 2358 6147

23 Mar 98 (Monday)

TITLE: Euler Equations on Overlapping Grid: Theoretical Aspects

SPEAKER: Prof. Wu Zi-Niu, National CFD Laboratory, Beijing TIME:

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VENUE: Room 1504, (Lifts 25 & 26) ORGANISER: Department of Mathematics INFO: MS Janette Cho, Tel: 2358-7440

TITLE: Chinese Information Access through the Internet SPEAKER: Prof. Chin LU, Department of Computer Science and

Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong TIME:

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VENUE: Chen Kuan Cheng Forum (LT H) ORGANISER: Department of Computer Science INFO: Lily Chan, Tel: 2358-7008

(3) 1998 Sun Arts Festival - Net Arts Series

TITLE: More Live Performance via Internet: “Reunion at Ku- cheng” by the Hsiao His Yuan Puppet Theatre

TIME:

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VENUE: Exposition Hall, HKUST

ORGANISER: Presented by National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan Assisted by the HKUST Center for the Arts

Acknowledgement: HKUST School of Engineering INFO: Howard Chan, Tel: 2358 6147

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TITLE: Jean de Florette DIRECTOR: Claude Berri

TIME: 7:30pm

LANGUAGE: In French with English subtitles

ORGANISER: A co-presentation of the HKUST Center for the Arts and the Language Centre, HKUST and assist by the Film Society, HKUST.

INFO:

Special thanks to the Service Culture1 et Scientifique, Consulat General de France in Hong Kong

May Yung, Tel: 2358 6148

24 Mar 98 (Tuesday)

TOPIC: Quantum Cryptography

SPEAKER: Professor Gilles Brassard, University of Montreal TIME: 2:00 - 3:30 pm

VENUE: Room 6546 (Lifts 27-28)

ORGANISER: Department of Computer Science INFO: MS Lily Chan, Tel: 2358-7008

TITLE: Workshop on Simplified Chinese Characters TIME: 2:15 - 5:15 pm

VENUE: Room 3027 (Lift 1) ORGANIZER: Personnel Office

INFO: Jolie Cheung, Tel: 2358 6593 (email: POJOLIE) Polly Tse, Tel: 2358 6609 (email: POPCTSE) AUDIENCE: Internal (staff only; by invitation)

(3) Electrical & Electronic Engineering Seminar

TITLE: Bandpass A/D Conversion for Wireless Applications SPEAKER: Mr. Adrian Ong

TIME: 3:00 - 4:00 pm

VENUE: Rm 4480 (Lifts 25-26 )

ORGANISER: Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering INFO: MS May Wong, 2358-8511

(1) Tsai Ming Liang, Artist-in-Residence: Screening Program (TV Works) TITLE: “Comers of the World” & “Youngsters”

VENUE: Rm 707, Hong Kong Arts Center

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INFO:

President for the Academic Affairs and the Hong Kong Arts Development Council.

reservation.

TITLE: Public Understanding of Science: Various Perceptions SPEAKER: Professor Steve Fuller, University of Durham, UK TIME: 12 noon - 1:15 pm

VENUE: Rm 3362 (Lift 13-15) ORGANISER: Division of Social Science INFO: Dr. Erik Baark, Tel: 2358-7831

(3) Information and Systems Management Seminar

TITLE: A New Procedure For Calculating Bayes and Robust Bayes Estimators

SPEAKER: Dr. Javire Cabrera TIME: 4:00 - 5:00 pm

VENUE: Room 3416 (Lift 17-18, Academic Building, HKUST) ORGANISER: Department of Information & Systems Management INFO: Alice Lau, Tel: 2358-7733

TITLE: Nanostructuring on the Surface of Layered Materials Using STM

SPEAKER: Prof Chen Wang, Institute of Chemistry, The Chinese Academy of Sciences

TIME: 3:00 - 4:00 pm

VENUE: Room 4472 (Lifts 25 - 26) ORGANISER: Department of Physics

TITLE: Prototype Trials at Stonecutter’s Island Sewage Treatment Works Hong Kong

SPEAKER: Stephan F Baker, Environmental Engineer,

Commissioning Manager, Montgomery Watson, Hong Kong

TIME: 4:30 - 5:30 pm

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(3) Distinguished Lecture in Science

Title: The Study of Polymers and Biophysics by Observing the Motion of Individual Molecules

Speaker: Professor Steven Chu, Nobel Laureate in Physics, Theodore and Frances Geballe Professor of Physics and Applied Physics, Stanford University

Time: 5:00 - 6:00 pm

Venue: Lam Woo Lecture Theatre (LT B) ORGANISER: School of Science

INFO: Brenda Lau, Tel: 2358-7262

(4) Tsai Ming Liang, Artist-in-Residence: Screening Program (TV Works) TITLE: “Li Xiang” & “I Want A Home”

** All programs which take place at the Hong Kong Arts Center Rm707 will be based on a first-come-first- served policy. Please call 2824 5310 for seats

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27 Mar 98 (Friday)

(1) Tsai Ming Liang, Artist-in-Residence: Screening Program (TV Works) TITLE: “A New Friend of Mine”

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(2) *Personnel Office Course

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TIME: 9: 15 am - 4:30 pm VENUE: Rm 3027 (Lift 1) ORGANIZER: Personnel Office

COURSE TITLE: Confined Space Safety SPEAKER: Mr Percy To

TIME: 10:00 am - 12:00 noon

INFO: MS Liu, (e-mail: eollliu) LANGUAGE: Cantonese

COURSE SIZE: 20

(4) Finance Seminar

TITLE: The Trades of NYSE Floor Brokers SPEAKER: Prof. Ingrid M. Werner

TIME: lo:30 am - 12:00 noon VENUE: Rm 2397 (Lifts 17 - 18) ORGANISER: Department of Finance INFO: Tel: 2358-7666

(5) Seminar on Pure Mathematics

TITLE: An Improved Bound for Small Prime Solutionsof Some Ternary Equations

SPEAKER: Prof. Ming-Chit Liu, Department of Mathematics, The University of Hong Kong

TIME: 4:00 - 5:00 pm

VENUE: Room 3301A (Lifts 17 - 18) ORGANISER: Department of Mathematics INFO: MS Janette Cho, Tel: 2358-7440

TITLE: Floquet Theory for Scalar Parabolic Equations

SPEAKER: Dr. Lu Kening, The Chinese University of Hong Kong TIME: 4:00 - 5:00 pm

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TOPIC: Wang Yang-ming and Global Responsibilities

SPEAKER: Professor Julia Ching, University Professor, University of Toronto

TIME: 4:30 pm

VENUE: Room 3362 (Lifts 13- 15) ORGANISER: Division of Humanities INFO: Rita Chui, Tel: 2358-7808

(8) Movement Workshop

DATE OF ENROLMENT: 27 Mar 98 - 7 Apr 98 (Friday-Tuesday) PROGRAM: A THEATER LAB

A Workshop About Body, Stage, Theater, and Space. INSTRUCTOR: Mr Arthur Chiang

(Member of performing group “The Three Colors”) DATE: Every Tuesday, from 7 April - 12 May 98

TIME: 7-8:30 pm

VENUE: University Center Activities Room

PARTICIPANTS: Over 18, maximum 15 people (participants have to pay a deposit of HK$lOO)

ENROLMENT: HKUST Center for the Arts (Rm G018, Exposition Hall)

DEADLINE: 7 Apr 98

LANGUAGE: Cantonese & English

ORGANISER: A presentation of the HKUST Center for the Arts INFO: May Yung, Tel: 2358 6148

(9) Tsai Ming Liang, Artist-in-Residence: Talk TITLE: HOSTS: TIME: VENUE: COST: ORGANISER: INFO:

Tsai’s Creative Journey and His Works Mr Tsai Ming Liang

8:00 pm

Rm 707, Hong Kong Arts Center

All programs will be open to all. Free admission. A presentation of the HKUST Center for the Arts. Supported by a grant from the Office of the Vice- President for the Academic Affairs and the Hong Kong Arts Development Council.

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30 Mar 98 (Monday)

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TITLE: Measurement of Soil Stiffness in Laboratory and In Situ Tests

SPEAKER: Professor John Atkinson, Professor of Soil Mechanics, City University, London, Consultant, Ove Arup and Partners

TIME: lo:30 -11:30 am

VENUE: Room 3574 (Lift 27-28) CSE Conference Room ORGANISER: Department of Civil and Structural Engineering INFO: MS Rebecca Yau, Tel: 2358-7164

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Computer Science Seminar

TOPIC: “Mobile Computing Based on GSM: The Mowgli Approach”

SPEAKER: Professor Martti Tienari, Department of Computer Science, University of Helsinki, Finland

TIME: 3:00 - 4:00 pm

VENUE: Chen Kuan Cheng Forum (LT H) ORGANISER: Department of Computer Science INFO: MS Lily Chan, Tel: 2358-7008

Screening Program of French Films TITLE: DIRECTOR: TIME: VENUE: LANGUAGE: ORGANISER:

Manon des Sources Claude Berri 7: 30pm

Lecture Theater E

In French with English subtitles

A co-presentation of the HKUST Center for the Arts and the Language Centre, HKUST and assist by the Film Society, HKUST.

Special thanks to the Service Culture1 et Scientifique, Consulat General de France in Hong Kong

May Yung, Tel: 2358 6148 INFO:

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