Calendar of Events for November 97
25 Oct 97 - 7 Dec 97
Wang Keping, Artist-in-Residence Program TITLE: Works by Wang Keping
TIME: 1-5 pm (Tue-Fri), 10 am-6 pm (Sat & Sun) & closed on Monday
VENUE: University Exposition Hall, HKUST
ORGANISER: A presentation of the HKUST Center for the Arts, supported by a grant from the Office of the Vice-President for Academic Affairs
INFO: Ms Jeddy Mok, Tel: 2358 6149
OTHER PARTICULARS: Opening Reception: 24 Oct 97 (Fri) at 4:30pm University Exposition Hall
Art Talk: 25 Oct 97 (Sat) at 2:30pm University Expostion Hall
Hosted by Wang Keping (in Putonghua)
27 Oct - 1 Nov 97 (Monday-Saturday)
*Hepatitis A & B Awareness Campaign - Exhibition and Blood Screening
VENUE: LG4 Student Common Room (Lift 3 or 6)
DATE OF BLOOD SCREENING: 29-31 Oct 97 10:00 am - 4:00 pm & 1 Nov 97 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
CHARGES OF BLOOD SCREENING: Hepatitis A: $190, Haptitis B: $160
ORGANISERS: Medical Clinic and Student Affairs Office INFO: Medical Clinic, Tel: 2358 6670
3 Nov 97 (Monday)
(1) Social Science Seminar
TITLE: Women's NGOs - Organizing Rural Women Migrants in Beijing
SPEAKER: Dr. Cecilia Nathansen MILWERTZ, Oxford University TIME: 12:00 noon - 1:15 pm
VENUE: Rm 3362 (Lifts 13-15) ORGANISER: Division of Social Science INFO: Dr. Erik Baark, Tel: 2358 7831 (2) *Marketing Seminar
TITLE: Collaborating to Complete: A Game-Theoretical Model and Experimental Investigation of Competition Among Marketing Alliances
SPEAKER: Mr Wilfred Amaldoss, PhD Candidate, Department of Marketing, The Wharton School, University of
Pennsylvania TIME: 12:00 - 1:30 pm VENUE: Rm 4379 (Lifts 17-18) ORGANISER: Department of Marketing INFO: Terry Law, Tel: 2358-7700 (3) Computer Science Seminar
TOPIC: "Predicting Financial Markets from News Headlines" SPEAKER: Dr. Beat Wuthrich
TIME: 3:30 - 4:30 pm
VENUE: Chen Kuan Cheng Forum (LT H) ORGANISER: Dept of Computer Science INFO: Lily, Tel: 2358 7008 (4) Screening Program of German Films
TITLE: Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss (The Desire of Veronika Voss) DIRECTOR: R. Werner Fassbinder
TIME: 7:30 pm
VENUE: Chen Kuan Cheng Forum (LT H) LANGUAGE: In German with English subtitles
ORGANISER: A co-presentation of the HKUST Center for the Arts and the HKUST Language Centre, assisted by the Film Society, HKUSTSU
Special thanks to the Goethe Institut (Hong Kong) INFO: May Yung, Tel: 2358 6148
4 Nov 97 (Tuesday) (1) Joint Seminar
TITLE: "Swelling Behavior and Volume Phase Transition of Polyelectrolyte Gels with Sulfonate Groups"
SPEAKER: Professor Zhen TONG, Research Institute of Materials Science, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, CHINA
TIME: 5:00 pm
VENUE: Rm 2306 (Lifts 17-18)
ORGANISER: Departments of Chemistry and Advanced Engineering Materials Facility
INFO: Vera Tang, Tel: 2358-7359
(2) Evening Concert by the Hong Kong Chamber Orchestra
VENUE: Exposition Hall
ORGANISER: The HKUST Center for the Arts INFO: May Yung, Tel: 2358 6148
5 Nov 97 (Wednesday)
(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 5510 (Lifts 25-26) DEADLINE FOR REG: 29 Oct 97
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 (2) *Physics Seminar
TITLE: The Confinement of Optical Phonons
SPEAKERS: Prof. Brian K Ridley F.R.S., Department of Physics, University of Essex &, Department of Physics, HKUST TIME: 2:30 - 3:30 pm
VENUE: Rm 3315 (Lifts 17-18) ORGANISER: Department of Physics
INFO: Ms Chelsia Tam, Tel: 2358-7500
AUDIENCE: Internal and the Physics Departments of other institutions
6 Nov 97 (Thursday)
(1) *Chinese Writing Course
TITLE: Workshop on Chinese Writing Skills TIME: 9:15 - 12:15 pm
VENUE: Rm 3027 (Lift 1) ORGANISER: Personnel Office
INFO: Jolie Cheung, Tel: 2358-6593 (email: POJOLIE) Polly Tse, Tel : 2358-6609 (email : POPCTSE) (2) *Chinese Writing Course
TITLE: Use of Chinese in Official Correspondence TIME: 2:15 - 5:15 pm
VENUE: Rm 3027 (Lift 1) ORGANISER: Personnel Office
INFO: Jolie Cheung, Tel: 2358-6593 (email: POJOLIE) Polly Tse, Tel : 2358-6609 (email : POPCTSE) (3) *Physics Seminar
TITLE: Modeling Microtubule Dynamics: Doing Molecular Biology with the Tools of Theoretical Physics SPEAKER: Dr Henrik Flyvbjerg, Riso National Laboratory,
Roskilde, Denmark & Department of Physics, HKUST TIME: 3:00 - 4:00 pm
VENUE: Rm 1511 (Lifts 25- 26) ORGANISER: Department of Physics
INFO: Ms Chelsia Tam, Tel: 2358-7500
AUDIENCE: Internal and the Physics Departments of other institutions
(4) Joint Statistics Seminar
TITLE: A Bayesian Approach to Some Problems in Sequential Analysis and Adaptive Control
SPEAKER: Dr. Inchi Hu TIME: 4:00 - 5:00 pm
VENUE: Rm 3308 (Lifts 17-18)
ORGANISER: Information & Systems Management & Mathematics Depts
INFO: Pancy Wong, Tel: 2358 7723
7 Nov 97 (Friday)
(1) *Standard First Aid Training Course
DATE, TIME: 9am-1pm on 7/11, 14/11, 21/11, 28/11 and 5/12/1997 at & VENUE Rm 3308 (Lifts 17-18)
DATE, TIME: 2pm-5:15pm on 7/11, 21/11, 28/11 and 5/12/1997 at & VENUE Rm 2407 (Lifts 17-18)
DATE, TIME: 2pm-5:15pm on 14/11/97 at & VENUE Rm 3308 (Lifts 17-18) EXAMINATION DATE: 8/12/1997 EXAMINATION TIME: 2-5pm (half day) EXAMINATION VENUE: Rm 2407 (Lifts 17-18) COURSE SIZE: 24 (maximum)
COURSE FEE: in the range of $315-$478 (depending on the number of people enrolled for this course)
REGISTRATION: on a first-comfirst-serve basis. Please send e-mail to Ms Queenie Liu (e-e-mail: EOLLLIU) indicating your name in full, age, sex, HKID and contact phone number
DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION:30/9/1997 (Tuesday) ORGANISER: Safety & Environmental Protection Office
NOTES: Staff who have successfully enrolled for this course will be notified of the exact course fee and will be required
to forward to this office a crossed cheque payable to Hong Kong Red Cross to cover the fee.
INFO: Ms Liu (e-mail : eollliu) LANGUAGE: Cantonese
(2) *Safety Training Class COURSE CODE: MC07
COURSE TITLE: Chemical Safety for Laboratory Users SPEAKER: Dr Peter Swearengen
TIME: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm VENUE: Rm 5510 (Lifts 25-26) DEADLINE FOR REG: 31 Oct 97
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 (3) Chemical Engineering Seminar
TITLE: Design and Optimisation of Wastewater Systems SPEAKER: Dr. Antonis C. Kokossis, Department of Process
Integration, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology Manchester, UK
TIME: 10:00 - 11:00 am VENUE: Rm 4572 (Lifts 27-28)
ORGANISER: Dept of Chemical Engineering INFO: Sara, Tel: 2358 7120
(4) Finance Seminar
TITLE: What drives Stock and Real Estates Risk and Return, the REITS Puzzle
SPEAKER: Dr. Yuming Fu, City University of Hong Kong TIME: 10:30 am - 12:00 noon
VENUE: Rm 2397 (Lifts 17-18) ORGANISER: Department of Finance INFO: Cathy, Tel: 2358-7666 (5) Management of Organizations Seminar
TITLE: Cultural Beliefs in the Multinational Workplace: an Institutional Approach
SPEAKER: Dr. Stephen Mezias, New York University TIME: 12:00 - 1:30 pm
VENUE: Rm 2397 (Lifts 17-18)
ORGANISER: Dept of Management of Organizations INFO: Noreen, Tel: 2358 7721
TITLE: Coupled solitary wave systems and instability SPEAKER: Prof. Roger Grimshaw, Department of Mathematics,
Monash University, Australia TIME: 2:00 - 3:00 pm
VENUE: Rm 4483 (Lifts 25-26) ORGANISER: Department of Mathematics INFO: Ms Janette Cho, Tel: 2358 7440 (7) Cyberspace Centre Seminar
TITLE: "Web Security and Internet Commerce Fundamentals" SPEAKER: Mr. John Lauderdale
TIME: 4:00 - 5:00 pm
VENUE: Rm 1402 (Lifts 25-26) ORGANISER: Dept of Computer Science INFO: Lily, Tel: 2358 7008
(8) Talk on Art Scenes in Shanghai and Shenzhen TIME: 4:30 - 6pm
VENUE: Briefing Room
ORGANISER: Co-presented by The HKUST Center for the Arts, Division of Humanities
INFO: May Yung, Tel: 2358 6148 (9) CELT Seminar
TITLE: Practical Applications of Enhanced Learning Technologies
SPEAKER: Dr Gino Cheng TIME: 5:00 - 6:00 pm
VENUE: Cheng Kuan Cheng Forum (LT H) ORGANISER: School of Engineering
INFO: Miss Patricia Lai, Tel: 2358 6954
8 Nov 97 (Saturday)
City-to-City Cultural Exchange Forum
TITLE: Cultural Exchange in Retrospect and Projections for the Future between Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Taipei
VENUE: Lecture Theater E, HKUST
ORGANISER: A presentation of The HKUST Center for the Arts, co-presented by the International Association of Theatre Critics (Hong Kong) and the Hong Kong Cultural Sector Joint Conference
INFO: May Yung, Tel: 2358 6148
City-to-City Cultural Exchange Conference - Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Hong and Taipei
VENUE: Rm 7332
ORGANISER: A presentation of The HKUST Center for the Arts, co-presented by the International Association of Theatre Critics (Hong Kong) and the Hong Kong Cultural Sector Joint Conference
INFO: May Yung, Tel: 2358 6148 AUDIENCE: By invitations
10 Nov 97 (Monday) (1) *Physics Seminar
TITLE: Electron-Optical-Phonon Scattering Rates
SPEAKERS: Prof. Brian K Ridley F.R.S., Department of Physics, University of Essex & Department of Physics, HKUST TIME: 3:00 - 4:00 pm
VENUE: Rm 3408 (Lifts 17-18) ORGANISER: Department of Physics
INFO: Ms Chelsia Tam, Tel: 2358-7500
AUDIENCE: Internal and the Physics Departments of other institutions
(2) Computer Science Seminar
TOPIC: "Structural Noun Phrase Indexing for Chinese Information Retrieval"
SPEAKER: Dr. Kam-Fai Wong, Dept. of Systems Engineering & Engineering Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
TIME: 3:30 - 4:30 pm
VENUE: Chen Kuan Cheng Forum (LT H) ORGANISER: Dept of Computer Science INFO: Lily, Tel: 2358 7008 (4) Screening Program of German Films
TITLE: In Einem Jahr mit 13 Monden (In One Year with 13 Moons) DIRECTOR: R. Werner Fassbinder
TIME: 7:30 pm
VENUE: Chen Kuan Cheng Forum (LT H) LANGUAGE: In German with English subtitles
ORGANISER: A co-presentation of the HKUST Center for the Arts and the HKUST Language Centre, assisted by the Film Society, HKUSTSU
Special thanks to the Goethe Institut (Hong Kong) INFO: May Yung, Tel: 2358 6148
12 Nov 97 (Wednesday) (1) Social Science Seminar
TITLE: The Relationship between Migration and Environmental Change in Nang Rong, Thailand SPEAKER: Prof Ronald RINDFUSS, Dept of Sociology, Director
of North Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina
TIME: 12:00 - 1:15 pm VENUE: Rm 3362 (Lifts 13-15) ORGANISER: Division of Social Science INFO: Dr. Erik Baark, Tel: 2358 7831 (2) *Physics Seminar
TITLE: Do Quantum Dots Behave As Giant Atoms? SPEAKER: Dr Mike Burt, Semiconductor Optoelectronics
Netowrks Research Division, British Telecom Laboratories
TIME: 3:00 - 4:00 pm
VENUE: Rm 3401 (Lifts 17-18) ORGANISER: Department of Physics
INFO: Ms Chelsia Tam, Tel: 2358-7500
AUDIENCE: Internal and the Physics Departments of other institutions
(3) *University Affairs Lecture Series
TITLE: Mission, Role and Perspective of the School of Humanities & Social Science
SPEAKER: Prof Ting Pang-Hsin, Dean of Humanities & Social Science, Dr Angelina Yee, Associate Dean of Humanities & Social Science
TIME: 4:00 - 6:00 pm
Reception (refreshments & snack served) at 4:00 pm Presentation to begin at 4:30 pm
VENUE: Citibank Lecture Theatre (LT A)
ORGANISER: Office of Public Affairs and assisted by the School of Humanities & Social Science
INFO: Dr Steven Kong, Tel: 2358 6303, e-mail: PASTEVEN
13 Nov 97 (Thursday) (1) Fifth Congregation
TIME: 3-5 pm
VENUE: Atrium
DEGREE CONFERRED: Honorary degrees; all degrees in the School of Science and School of Humanities & Social Science
OFFICIATED BY: The Honourable Tung Chee-Hwa, Chancellor of the University
(2) Video Screening on Contemporary Dance
TITLE: What You See Is What You Get by Arthur Chiang
TIME: 7pm
VENUE: Chen Kuan Cheng Forum (LT H) ORGANISER: The HKUST Center for the Arts INFO: May Yung, Tel: 2358 6148
14 Nov 97 (Friday) (1) Finance Seminar
TITLE: Profitability of Momentum Strategies in the International Equity Markets
SPEAKER: Dr Kalok Chan TIME: 10:30 am-12:00 noon VENUE: Rm 2397 (Lifts 17- 18) ORGANISER: Department of Finance INFO: Cathy, Tel: 2358 7666 (2) *Physics Seminar
TITLE: Throwing Light on Nonlinear Refraction SPEAKERS: Dr Mike Burt, Semiconductor Optoelectronics
Networks Research Division, British Telecom Laboratories
TIME: 2:00 - 3:00 pm
VENUE: Rm 3401 (Lifts 17-18) ORGANISER: Department of Physics
INFO: Ms Chelsia Tam, Tel: 2358-7500
AUDIENCE: Internal and the Physics Departments of other institutions
(3) *Humanities Lecture Series
TITLE: "The Origin and Evolution of Chinese Characters" SPEAKER: Professor Wang Yu-xin, Institute of History, Chinese
Academy of Social Sciences TIME: 2:30-4:00 pm
VENUE: Rm 3362 (Lifts 13-15) ORGANISER: Division of Humanities INFO: Teresa, Tel: 2358 7800 LANGUAGE: Mandarin
(4) Fifth Congregation
TIME: 3-5 pm
VENUE: Atrium
OFFICIATED BY: Dr the Honourable Sze Yuen Chung, GBM, JP, Chairman of the University Council
(5) Special Seminar
TITLE: Structural Studies of Material Surfaces Using Scanning Probe Microscopy
SPEAKER: Professor Chunli Bai, Vice-President, the Chinese Academy of Sciences
ORGANIZER: School of Science TIME: 3:30 - 4:30 pm
VENUE: Leung Yat Sing Lecture Theatre (LT F) INFO: Rosita, Tel: 2358 7261
LANGUAGE: Chinese
15 Nov 97 (Saturday) Fifth Congregation
TIME: 3-5 pm
VENUE: Atrium
DEGREE CONFERRED: all degrees in the School of Business & Management
OFFICIATED BY: Dr the Honourable Andrew Li Kwok Nang, SC, JP, Vice-Chairman of the University Council
17 Nov 97 (Monday) (1) *Physics Seminar
TITLE: Relaxation Processes in Semiconductors
SPEAKER: Prof. Brian K Ridley F.R.S., Department of Physics, University of Essex & Department of Physics, HKUST TIME: 3:00 - 4:00
VENUE: Rm 3408 (Lifts 17-18) ORGANISER: Department of Physics
INFO: Ms Chelsia Tam, Tel: 2358-7500
AUDIENCE: Internal and the Physics Departments of other institutions
(2) Computer Science Seminar
TOPIC: "Performance Analysis of a Reliable Real-Time Token-Ring Protocol"
SPEAKER: Dr. Jogesh Muppala TIME: 3:30 - 4:30pm
VENUE: Chen Kuan Cheng Forum (LT H) ORGANISER: Dept of Computer Science INFO: Lily, Tel: 2358 7008 (3) Mathematics Colloquium
TITLE: Hierarchical Hybrid Control Systems
SPEAKER: Prof. Peter E. Caines, Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, CUHK
TIME: 4:00-5:00 pm
VENUE: Rm 1504 (Lifts 25-26) ORGANISER: Department of Mathematics INFO: Ms Janette Cho, Tel: 2358 7440 (4) Screening Program of German Films
TITLE: Jeder fur sich und Gott Gegen alle (The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser) DIRECTOR: Werner Herzog
TIME: 7:30 pm
VENUE: Chen Kuan Cheng Forum (LT H) LANGUAGE: In German with English subtitles
ORGANISER: A co-presentation of the HKUST Center for the Arts and the HKUST Language Centre, assisted by the Film Society, HKUSTSU
Special thanks to the Goethe Institut (Hong Kong) INFO: May Yung, Tel: 2358 6148
18 Nov 97 (Tuesday)
Guangdong Exchange Concert Series TITLE: Solo Concert by Li Su-hua
TIME: 1 pm
VENUE: Exposition Hall
ORGANISER: The HKUST Center for the Arts INFO: May Yung, Tel: 2358 6148
19 Nov 97 (Wednesday)
(1) *Personnel Office Course
TITLE: Workshop on Simplified Chinese Characters TIME: 9:15 am - 1:00 pm
VENUE: Rm 3027 (Lift 1) ORGANISER: Personnel Office
INFO: Jolie Cheung, Tel: 2358-6593 (email: POJOLIE) Polly Tse, Tel : 2358-6609 (email : POPCTSE) (2) *Safety Training Class
COURSE CODE: MC06
COURSE TITLE: Biological Safety SPEAKER: Dr Samuel Yu
TIME: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm VENUE: Rm 5564 (Lifts 27-28) DEADLINE FOR REG: 12 Nov 97
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
SIZE: 30
(3) Social Science Seminar
TITLE: The Changing Role of Money in China and Its Implications
SPEAKER: Dr Carsten Holz TIME: 12:00 - 1:15 pm VENUE: Rm 3362 (Lifts 13-15) ORGANISER: Division of Social Science INFO: Dr. Erik Baark, Tel: 2358 7831 (4) *Chinese Writing Course
TITLE: Use of Chinese in Official Correspondence TIME: 2:15 - 5:15 pm
VENUE: Rm 3027 (Lift 1) ORGANISER: Personnel Office
INFO: Jolie Cheung, Tel: 2358-6593 (email: POJOLIE) Polly Tse, Tel : 2358-6609 (email : POPCTSE) (5) Mechanical Engineering Seminar
TITLE: Investigation of Air Motion in Combustion Chambers of D.I. Diesel Engines Using Technique of Refractive Index Matching
SPEAKER: Professor Shao-xi Shi, Academician, Chinese Academy of Sciences, President, Chinese Society of Engineering Thermophysics, National Engine Combustion
Laboratory, Tianjin University Tianjin, China
TIME: 4:00 pm
VENUE: Rm 2571 (Lifts 27-28)
ORGANISER: Dept of Mechanical Engineering INFO: Kandus, Tel: 2358 7184
(6) Seminar on Geophysical Cyclone Motion
TITLE: Dynamics of Tropical Cyclone Motion
SPEAKER: Prof. Johnny C.L. Chan, Department of Physics & Materials, Science, City University of Hong Kong TIME: 4:00 -5:00 pm
VENUE: Rm 2302 (Lifts 17-18) ORGANISER: Department of Mathematics INFO: Ms Janette Cho, Tel: 2358 7440 (7) Seminar on Geophysical Cyclone Motion
TITLE: Dynamics of Tropical Cyclone Motion
SPEAKER: Prof. Johnny C.L. Chan, Department of Physics & Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong TIME: 4:00 - 5:00 pm
VENUE: Rm 2302 (Lifts 17-18) ORGANISER: Department of Mathematics INFO: Ms Janette Cho, Tel: 2358 7440 (8) Cantonese Opera Program
TITLE: Video Screening
Traitor(an adaptation of Macbeth by Law Ka-ying)
TIME: 7 pm
VENUE: Lecture Theater E
ORGANISER: The HKUST Center for the Arts INFO: May Yung, Tel: 2358 6148
20 Nov 97 (Thursday) (1) *Physics Seminar
TITLE: Development of Shallow Water Acoustics in China SPEAKER: Prof Dinghua Guan, Institute of Acoustics, Academy of
Science
TIME: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm VENUE: Rm 3311 (Lifts 17-18) ORGANISER: Department of Physics
INFO: Ms Chelsia Tam, Tel: 2358-7500
AUDIENCE: Internal and the Physics Departments of other institutions
(2) *Physics Seminar
TITLE: Learning Strategy for the Binary Perceptron
SPEAKER: Prof Marc Bouten, Limburgs Universitair Centrum, Belgium
TIME: 3:00 - 4:00 pm
VENUE: Rm 1511 (Lifts 25- 26) ORGANISER: Department of Physics
INFO: Ms Chelsia Tam, Tel: 2358-7500
AUDIENCE: Internal and the Physics Departments of other institutions
(3) Library Exhibition Opening
TITLE: Gems of Contemporary Chinese Prints - An Exhibition by the Faculty of the Department of Print, China National Academy of Fine Arts
TIME: 4:30 pm Tea Reception VENUE: University Library Gallery ORGANISER: Library
(4) Cantonese Opera Program
TITLE: Talk by Law Ka Ying
TIME: 7pm
VENUE: Lecture Theater E
ORGANISER: The HKUST Center for the Arts INFO: May Yung, Tel: 2358 6148 (5) Guangdong Exchange Concert Series
TITLE: Solo Concert by Li Su-hua
TIME: 8pm
VENUE: Exposition Hall
ORGANISER: The HKUST Center for the Arts INFO: May Yung, Tel: 2358 6148
21 November - 31 January 1998 Library Exhibition
TITLE: Gems of Contemporary Chinese Prints - An Exhibition by the Faculty of the Department of Print, China National Academy of Fine Arts
TIME: Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 11:00 pm Saturday 9:00 am - 7:00 pm
Sunday 1:00 pm - 9:00 pm VENUE: University Library Gallery ORGANISER: Library
INFO: Ms Alice Ho, Tel: 2358 6707
21 Nov 97 (Friday) (1) Finance Seminar
TITLE: Optimal Financial Contracts in the Presence of Nontraded Goods (Ricardo Meets the CAPM) SPEAKER: Dr. Ronald Schramm, HKUST and Columbia
University
TIME: 10:30 am to 12:00 noon VENUE: Rm 2397 (Lifts 17-18) ORGANISER: Department of Finance INFO: Cathy, Tel: 2358-7666 (2) Social Science Seminar
TITLE: Asia's Environmental Movements in Comparative Perspective
SPEAKER: Professor Alvin SO, Dept of Sociology, University of Hawaii
TIME: 1:30 - 3 pm
ORGANISER: Division of Social Science INFO: Dr. Erik Baark, Tel: 2358 7831 (3) Chemistry Seminar
TITLE: DNA Capillary Electrophoresis
SPEAKER: Professor Benjamin Chu, Department of Chemistry, SUNY at Stony Brook, U.S.A.
TIME: 3:00 pm
VENUE: Rm 2306 (Lifts 17-18) ORGANISER: Department of Chemistry INFO: Patsy Ng, Tel: 2358 7390 (4) *Physics Seminar
TITLE: Low Energy Excitations in Glasses and Water - a Simple Model Analysis
SPEAKER: Prof Tsuneyoshi Nakayama & Prof Kousuke Yakubo, Department of Applied Physics, University of Hokkaido TIME: 3:00 - 4:00 pm
VENUE: Rm 3308 (Lifts 17-18) ORGANISER: Department of Physics
INFO: Ms Chelsia Tam, Tel: 2358-7500
AUDIENCE: Internal and the Physics Departments of other institutions
(5) Computer Science Seminar
TOPIC: "Machine Learning Sequential Tasks"
SPEAKER: Dr. Ben Choi, Lucent Technologies, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A
TIME: 3:30 - 4:30 pm
VENUE: Rm 3315 (Lifts 17-18) ORGANISER: Dept of Computer Science INFO: Lily, Tel: 2358 7008 (6) Chemistry Seminar
TITLE: Stereochemistry Controled by Non-Steric Factors SPEAKER: Professor Atsuyoshi Ohno, Institute for Chemical
Research, Kyoto University, Japan
TIME: 4:00 pm
VENUE: Rm 1402 (Lifts 25-26) ORGANISER: Department of Chemistry INFO: Patsy Ng, Tel: 2358 7390 (7) Mechanical Engineering Seminar
TITLE: Welding Characteristics of Ultrasonic Wire Bonding Systems Using High Frequency and Complex Vibration Locus
SPEAKER: Prof Jiromaru Tsujino, Kanagawa University, Japan TIME: 4:00 -5:00 pm
ORGANISER: Dept of Mechanical Engineering INFO: Kandus, Tel: 2358 7184
(8) Distinguished Lectures in Engineering
TITLE: "Development of High Stiffness and High Strength Engineering Polymers"
SPEAKER: Professor Ian Macmillan WARD, FRS, University of Leeds, U K
TIME: 4:30-6:00 pm VENUE: Lecture Theatre E
ORGANISER: Office of the Dean of Engineering
INFO: Maggie, Tel: 2358 6969, 2358 1458 (fax)
22 Nov 97 (Saturday)
(1) Cantonese Opera Program
TITLE: Cantonese Opera Lecture Demonstration Host: Sun Kim-long
TIME: 1pm
VENUE: Atrium
ORGANISER: The HKUST Center for the Arts INFO: May Yung, Tel: 2358 6148
(2) TITLE: Information Session for SBM MPhil & PhD Programs TIME: 2:30 - 4 pm
VENUE: Rm 2407 (Lifts 17 - 18)
ORGANISER: Dean's Office of School of Business & Management INFO: Ms. Bonnie Tan, Tel: 2358 7539
22 Nov 97 - 13 Dec 97 (Saturday - Saturday) Enrolment period for Winter Art Camp
PROGRAM: Gathering with HK artists, seminar on HK cultural environment, experience sharing
DATE OF PROGRAM: 27-28 Dec 97 (Saturday-Sunday)
VENUE: HKUST Campus
COST: HK$150.00
PARTICIPANTS: Student, maximum 80 students (priority will be given to chairpersons of student groups)
ENROLMENT: Student Affair Offices DEADLINE: 13 Dec 97
ORGANISER: Joint Committee on Cultural Development in Tertiary Institutions
INFO: Mrs Pandora Yuen (SAO), Tel: 2358 6146
24 Nov 97 (Monday)
(1) Mechanical Engineering Seminar
TITLE: Development of Polybenzoxazines for Electronic Packaging and Aerospace Applications
SPEAKER: Professor Hatsuo ISHIDA, The NSF Center for
Molecular and Microstructure of Composites (CMMC), Department of Macromolecular Science, Case Western Reserve University, U.S.A.
TIME: 11:00 am
VENUE: Rm 2571 (Lifts 27-28)
ORGANISER: Dept of Mechanical Engineering INFO: Kandus, Tel: 2358 7184
(2) East Meets West Concert Series:
TITLE: Solo Concert by Cinde Lee (soprano) Choi Sown-le (piano)
TIME: 1pm
VENUE: Exposition Hall
ORGANISER: The HKUST Center for the Arts INFO: May Yung, Tel: 2358 6148 (3) Chemical Engineering Seminar
TITLE: Mechanistic and Kinetic Investigation of the Photochemical Enhanced Fenton Oxidation of Polyvinyl Alcohol
SPEAKER: Dr. S.H. Bossmann, The Institute of Environmental Measurement Techniques, The University of Karlsruhe, Germany
TIME: 3:00 - 4:00 pm
VENUE: Rm 4572 (Lifts 27-28)
ORGANISER: Dept of Chemical Engineering INFO: Sara, Tel: 2358 7120
(4) *Physics Seminar
TITLE: Electrorheological Effect of PPG/DMS Blends SPEAKER: Prof Kiyohito Koyama, Department of Mechanical
Systems Engineering, Yamagata University TIME: 3:00 - 4:00 pm
VENUE: Leung Yat Sing Lecture Theatre (LT F) ORGANISER: Department of Physics
INFO: Ms Chelsia Tam, Tel: 2358-7500
AUDIENCE: Internal and the Physics Departments of other institutions
(5) Computer Science Seminar
TOPIC: An Approximation Algorithm for Multiple Tool Milling SPEAKER: Dr. Sunil Arya
VENUE: Chen Kuan Cheng Forum (LT H) ORGANISER: Dept of Computer Science INFO: Lily, Tel: 2358 7008 (6) Chemical Engineering Seminar Series
TITLE: Development of High Orientation Polyethylene for Advanced Engineering Applications
SPEAKER: Prof. I. M. Ward, FRS
TIME: 4:00 pm
VENUE: Rm 6545 (Lifts 27-28)
ORGANISER: Dept of Chemical Engineering INFO: Sara, Tel: 2358 7120
(7) Screening Program of German Films TITLE: Die Blechtrommel
(The Tin Drum) DIRECTOR: Volker Schlondorff
TIME: 7:30 pm
VENUE: Chen Kuan Cheng Forum (LT H) LANGUAGE: In German with English subtitles
ORGANISER: A co-presentation of the HKUST Center for the Arts and the HKUST Language Centre, assisted by the Film Society, HKUSTSU
Special thanks to the Goethe Institut (Hong Kong) INFO: May Yung, Tel: 2358 6148
25 November 1997 (Tuesday) (1) *MPhil Thesis Seminar
TITLE: Structure and Bonding Peculiarities of H-Si sigma-Bond coordination in Transition Metal Complexes SPEAKER: Mr. Man-Fai FAN
TIME: 10:00 am
VENUE: Rm 3402 (Lifts 17-18) ORGANISER: Department of Chemistry INFO: Patsy Ng, Tel: 2358 7390 (2) *Physics Seminar
TITLE: Error Estimates on Averages of Correlated Data SPEAKERS: Dr Henrik Flyvbjerg, Riso National Laboratory,
Roskilde, Denmark & Department of Physics, HKUST TIME: 3:00 - 4:00 pm
VENUE: Rm 3311 (Lifts 17-18) ORGANISER: Department of Physics
INFO: Ms Chelsia Tam, Tel: 2358-7500
AUDIENCE: Internal and the Physics Departments of other institutions
26 Nov 97 (Wednesday)
(1) *Personnel Office Course
TITLE: Workshop on Simplified Chinese Characters TIME: 9:15 am - 1:00 pm
VENUE: Rm 3027 (Lift 1) ORGANISER: Personnel Office
INFO: Jolie Cheung, Tel: 2358-6593 (email: POJOLIE) Polly Tse, Tel : 2358-6609 (email : POPCTSE) (2) *Chinese Writing Course
TITLE: Use of Chinese in Official Correspondence TIME: 2:15 - 5:15 pm
VENUE: Rm 3027 (Lift 1) ORGANISER: Personnel Office
INFO: Jolie Cheung, Tel: 2358-6593 (email: POJOLIE) Polly Tse, Tel : 2358-6609 (email : POPCTSE) (3) Mathematics Seminar
TITLE: Value at Risk-What is it, who needs and how do you compute it
SPEAKER: Dr. Kevin Oden, Goldman, Sachs & Co. TIME: 3:00 - 4:00 pm
VENUE: Rm 4334 (Lifts 17-18) ORGANISER: Department of Mathematics INFO: Ms Janette Cho, Tel: 2358 7440 (4) *PhD Thesis Seminar
TITLE: Low-dimensional Carbon Nanomaterials: Characterization and Application
SPEAKER: Mr. Wen-Lou WANG
TIME: 3:30 pm
VENUE: Rm 3416 (Lifts 17-18) ORGANISER: Department of Chemistry INFO: Patsy Ng, Tel: 2358 7390 (5) *University Affairs Lecture Series
TITLE: The School of Science
SPEAKER: Prof Leroy Chang, Dean of Science TIME: 3:30 - 5:30 pm
(Reception with refreshments & snack at 3:30 pm Presentation begins at 4:00 pm)
VENUE: Citibank Lecture Theatre (LT A)
ORGANISER: Office of Public Affairs and assisted by the School of Science
27 Nov 97 (Thursday) (1) *Physics Seminar
TITLE: Magnetic Flux Dependent Superconducting Phase Transition in a Squid Device
SPEAKERS: Dr Alec Massen van den Brink, Dept of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
TIME: 3:00 - 4:00 pm
VENUE: Rm 3401 (Lifts 17-18) ORGANISER: Dept of Physics
INFO: Ms Chelsia Tam, Tel: 2358 7500 (2) Cantonese Opera Workshop
TITLE: Appreciation of Cantonese Opera SPEAKER: Sun Kim-long
TIME: 7pm
VENUE: University Center, Multi-purpose Hall ORGANISER: The HKUST Center for the Arts INFO: May Yung, Tel: 2358 6148
28 Nov 97 (Friday) (1) Finance Seminar
TITLE: Investment and financing behavior of Japanese firms: Did managers dance to the bubble?
SPEAKER: Dr. Takeshi Yamada TIME: 10:30 am - 12:00 noon VENUE: Rm 2397 (Lifts 17-18) ORGANISER: Department of Finance INFO: Cathy, Tel: 2358-7666 (2) *Marketing Seminar
TITLE: Structural Analysis of Manufacturer Pricing in the Presence of a Strategic Retailer
SPEAKER: Mr K Sudhir, PhD Candidate, S.C. Johnson School of Management, Cornell University
TIME: 12:00 - 1:30 pm
VENUE: Room 4379 (Lifts 17-18) ORGANISER: Department of Marketing INFO: Terry Law, Tel: 2358-7700 (3) Social Science Seminar
TITLE: Health and Deaths in China from the Great Leap Famine until Today
SPEAKER: Professor Judith BANISTER TIME: 12 noon - 1:30 pm
VENUE: Rm 3362 (Lifts 13-15) ORGANISER: Division of Social Science
INFO: Dr. Erik Baark, Tel: 2358 7831 (4) Mathematics Seminar
TITLE: Managing Portfolio Risk Hot Spots (tm) and Hedges -the Goldman Sachs Approach
SPEAKER: Dr. Kevin Oden, Goldman, Sachs & Co. TIME: 3:00 - 4:00 pm
VENUE: Rm 4334 (Lifts 17-18) ORGANISER: Department of Mathematics INFO: Ms Janette Cho, Tel: 2358 7440 (5) *Physics Seminar
TITLE: Recombination of Electrons and Holes
SPEAKER: Prof. Brian K Ridley F.R.S., Department of Physics, University of Essex & Department of Physics, HKUST TIME: 3:00 - 4:00 pm
VENUE: Rm 3408 (Lifts 17-18) ORGANISER: Department of Physics
INFO: Ms Chelsia Tam, Tel: 2358-7500
AUDIENCE: Internal and the Physics Departments of other institutions
(6) Computer Science Seminar
TOPIC: "Data Access in a Wireless Environment" SPEAKER: Dr. Dik Lun LEE
TIME: 3:30 - 4:30 pm
VENUE: Rm 3402 (Lifts 17-18) ORGANISER: Dept of Computer Science INFO: Lily, Tel: 2358 7008 (7) Seminar on Statistics
TITLE: Some topics in Reliability
SPEAKER: Prof. Yeh LAM, Department of Statistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
TIME: 3:30 - 4:30 pm
VENUE: Rm 3301 (Lifts 17-18) ORGANISER: Department of Mathematics INFO: Ms Janette Cho, Tel: 2358 7440 (8) Seminar on Pure Mathematics
TITLE: On C^1 perturbation and C^1 stability in dynamical systems
SPEAKER: Prof. Lan WEN, Department of Mathematics, Peking University, & Department of Mathematics, City University of Hong Kong
TIME: 5:00 - 6:00 pm
VENUE: Rm 5505 (Lifts 25-26) ORGANISER: Department of Mathematics INFO: Ms Janette Cho, Tel: 2358 7440
(9) Centre for Enhanced Learning Technologies (CELT) Seminar Series TITLE: Educating Engineers at the Beginning of the New
Millennium
SPEAKER: Dr Mark Davidson TIME: 5:00 - 6:00 pm
VENUE: Chen Kuan Cheng Forum (LT H) ORGANISER: School of Engineering
INFO: Patricia Lai, Tel: 2358 6954
29 Nov 97 (Saturday) *Physics Seminar
TITLE: Tunnel Structure Simulations:
(1) Resonant Tunneling via Self-organized quantum dots
(2) Non-uniformity Effects in Ultrathin Tunneling Oxides
SPEAKER: Prof David ZY Ting, Department of Physics, National Tsing Hua University
TIME: 3:00 - 4:00 pm
VENUE: Rm 3408 (Lifts 17-18) ORGANISER: Department of Physics
INFO: Ms Chelsia Tam, Tel: 2358-7500
AUDIENCE: Internal and the Physics Departments of other institutions
* For internal only
