Events from 01 Oct 2005 to 31 Oct 2005
05 Oct 2005
TIME : 12:00 - 13:30
SUBJECT : Social Science Seminar
TITLE : Ties that Bind: Institutional Legacies and the Structure of Interfirm Trading Relations in China's Automobile Industry
SPEAKER : Khan-Pyo LEE, Visiting Scholar, Universities Service Center for China Studies VENUE : Rm3362, HSS conference room (near Lifts 13-15) Academic complex
ORGANIZER
: Division of Social Science ENQUIRY : Peggy, tel: 2358 7822 LANGUAGE : English
AUDIENCE : open to public FEE : Free
免費
05 Oct 2005
TIME : 15:00 - 16:00 SUBJECT : Chemistry
TITLE : "Chemistry of Metallabenzenes and Valence Isomers: New Ligands, New Metals, New Insights"
SPEAKER : Professor Michael M. Haley, Dept. of Chemistry, The University of Oregon, USA. VENUE : Room 2404 (via lifts 17/18), HKUST
ORGANIZER
: Dept of Chemistry
ENQUIRY : Miss Wong (Tel: 2358 7359) LANGUAGE : English HYPERLINK : http://www.chem.ust.hk/seminars/seminars.html AUDIENCE : PGs, faculty FEE : Free 免費 06 Oct 2005 TIME : 11:00 - 12:00 SUBJECT : Seminar
TITLE : An Empirical Analysis Of Economic Returns To Open Source Participation SPEAKER : Prof Il-Horn Hann, Marshall School of Business,University of Southern California VENUE : Conference Room 4379(via lifts 17/18)
ORGANIZER
: Dept of Information & Systems Management ENQUIRY : Connie Poon (email: [email protected]) LANGUAGE : English
HYPERLINK : http://www.bm.ust.hk/~ismt/seminars/Hann-6Oct05.doc AUDIENCE : All interested are welcome
FEE : Free 免費
06 Oct 2005
TIME : 16:00 - 17:00 SUBJECT : Physics Seminar
TITLE : A Scientific Journey Leading to the Giant Electrorheological Effect
SPEAKER : Professor Ping Sheng, Department of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
VENUE : Room 2304 (Lifts 17-18), HKUST ORGANIZER
: Dept of Physics
ENQUIRY : Miss Louiza Law, tel: 2358-7506 LANGUAGE : English
HYPERLINK : http://web.phys.ust.hk/ AUDIENCE : All interested are welcome! FEE : Free 免費 07 Oct 2005 TIME : 19:00 - 20:30 SUBJECT : Concert 音樂會
TITLE : Caponata Argamacho Trio and Canito Caponata Argamacho Trio and Canito
SPEAKER : Musicians: Nacho Gil (Soprano Sax), Rafael F. Viedma (Viola), Mangu Diaz (Electric Bass), Canito (Flamenco Guitar)
VENUE : Exposition Hall 展覽廳
ORGANIZER
: Center for the Arts
ENQUIRY : Ms Jeddy Mok, tel: 2358 6149 莫小姐, 電話: 2358 6149 LANGUAGE : n/a
HYPERLINK : http://www.ust.hk/cfa
AUDIENCE : All are welcome, no admission for children under age of 6 歡迎各界人士觀賞, 六歲以下兒童恕不招待
FEE : Free 免費
REMARKS : Co-presented with Consulate General of Spain, supported by necso, BBVA, FinnAir, Dr Stanley Ho
08 Oct 2005
TIME : 10:30 - 11:30 SUBJECT : Chemistry
TITLE : "Inhibition of MDM2-p53 Protein-Protein Interaction by Small Molecules: Chemistry, Structures and Implication for Cancer Therapy"
SPEAKER : Dr. Emily A. Liu, Y's Therapeutics, Inc. Burlingame, CA, USA.
VENUE : Leung Yat Sing Lecture Threater (LTF), Academic Concourse, HKUST. ORGANIZER
: Dept of Chemistry
ENQUIRY : Miss Wong (Tel: 2358 7359) LANGUAGE : English
HYPERLINK : http://www.chem.ust.hk/seminars/seminars.html AUDIENCE : PGs, faculty
FEE : Free 免費
10 Oct 2005
TIME : 16:00 - 17:00 SUBJECT : CS Seminar
TITLE : Next Generation Visualization Interfaces
SPEAKER : Prof. Kwan-Liu Ma, Department of Computer Science, University of California, Davis
VENUE : Leung Yat Sing Lecture Theater (LT F), near lift nos. 25/26, HKUST ORGANIZER
: Dept of Computer Science and Engineering ENQUIRY : tel: 2358 7008 LANGUAGE : English HYPERLINK : http://www.cs.ust.hk/pg/seminars/ FEE : Free 免費 13 Oct 2005 TIME : 10:30 - 11:50 SUBJECT : Humanities Lecture
TITLE : The Creative Process: Perspective from an Artist 藝術創作的過程
SPEAKER : Mr. Francis Yu 余偉聯先生
VENUE : Leung Yat Sing Lecture Theater (LTF) ORGANIZER
: Division of Humanities
ENQUIRY : Ms Ren Ming (Tel: 2335 1170) LANGUAGE : Cantonese FEE : Free 免費 13 Oct 2005 TIME : 13:00 - 14:00 SUBJECT : Concert 音樂會
TITLE : Matt McMahon Trio Matt McMahon Trio
SPEAKER : Musicians: Matt McMahon (Piano), Simon Barker (Drums), Peter Scherr (Bass) VENUE : Exposition Hall
展覽廳 ORGANIZER
: Center for the Arts
ENQUIRY : Ms Jeddy Mok, tel: 2358 6149 莫小姐， 電話：2358 6149 LANGUAGE : n/a
HYPERLINK : http://www.ust.hk/cfa
AUDIENCE : All are welcome, no admission for children under age of 6 歡迎各界人士觀賞，六歲以下兒童恕不招待
FEE : Free 免費
REMARKS :
13 Oct 2005
TIME : 16:30 - 17:30 SUBJECT : Chemistry
TITLE : "Methane Hydroxylation by the Particulate Methane Monooxygenase"
SPEAKER : Professor Sunney Chan, Chemistry Division, California Institute of Technology, USA and Institute of Chemistry, Academic Sinica, Taiwan.
VENUE : Room 4504(via lift nos 25/26), HKUST. ORGANIZER
: Dept of Chemistry
ENQUIRY : Miss Wong (Tel:2358 7359) LANGUAGE : English HYPERLINK : http://www.chem.ust.hk/seminars/seminars.html AUDIENCE : PGs, Faculty FEE : Free 免費 14 Oct 2005 TIME : 15:00 - 16:00 SUBJECT : CS Seminar
TITLE : Image-Based Rendering of Dynamic Scenes
VENUE : Room 2404 (via lift nos. 17/18), HKUST ORGANIZER
: Dept of Computer Science and Engineering ENQUIRY : tel: 2358 7008 LANGUAGE : English HYPERLINK : http://www.cs.ust.hk/pg/seminars/ FEE : Free 免費 15 Oct 2005 TIME : 18:00 - 22:00
SUBJECT : Class of 1995 Homecoming Dinner TITLE : Class of 1995 Homecoming Dinner SPEAKER : Keynote Speaker: Ms Christine Loh VENUE : China Garden, UST Campus ORGANIZER
:
Office of University Development and Public Affairs SSCI, SENG, SBM & SHSS
ENQUIRY : Alumni Relations Unit, OUDPA Tel: 2358-6158 Email: [email protected] LANGUAGE : Cantonese
HYPERLINK : http://www.ust.hk/alumni/events/homecoming_95/ AUDIENCE : 1995 Graduates
16 Oct 2005
TIME : 16:30 - 18:00
SUBJECT : Y K Pao Distinguished Lecture 包玉剛傑出講座
TITLE : The Prose Writing of Eileen Chang 張愛玲的散文
SPEAKER : Professor Joseph Shiu-ming Lau 劉紹銘教授
VENUE : Hong Kong Central Library, Causeway 香港中央圖書館演講廳
ORGANIZER
: Office of the Dean of Humanities & Social Science ENQUIRY : Connie Leung, 2358 7791
LANGUAGE : Cantonese AUDIENCE : public 公開 FEE : Free 免費 17 Oct 2005 TIME : 16:00 - 17:00 SUBJECT : CS Seminar
TITLE : Combinatorial Problems in Network Broadcasting
SPEAKER : Lap Chi Lau, Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto VENUE : Leung Yat Sing Lecture Theater (LTF), near lift nos. 25/26, HKUST
ORGANIZER
: Dept of Computer Science and Engineering ENQUIRY : tel: 2358 7008 LANGUAGE : English HYPERLINK : http://www.cs.ust.hk/pg/seminars/ FEE : Free 免費 18 Oct 2005 TIME : 10:00 - 12:00
SUBJECT : PhD Qualifying Examination
TITLE : Fullerenes and Carbon Nanotubes - Purification and Device Fabrication SPEAKER : WANG Huan
VENUE : Room 4577 (via lift nos 27/28) ORGANIZER
: Dept of Chemical Engineering ENQUIRY : Mr. Mok, Tel: 2358 7130 LANGUAGE : English
HYPERLINK : http://www.ceng.ust.hk/seminar/wang.pdf FEE : Free
19 Oct 2005
TIME : 09:30 - 12:00
SUBJECT : Student Cultural Exchange Program - Bangkok University of Thailand Student Cultural Exchange Program - Bangkok University of Thailand TITLE : Exhibition on Thai tourism, cuisine, cultures and handicrafts
Exhibition on Thai tourism, cuisine, cultures and handicrafts VENUE : Hong Kong Jockey Club Atrium
香港賽馬會大堂 ORGANIZER
: Center for the Arts
ENQUIRY : Ms Jeddy Mok, tel: 2358 6149 莫小姐, 電話: 2358 6149 LANGUAGE : n/a
HYPERLINK : http://www.ust.hk/cfa AUDIENCE : All are welcome
歡迎各界人士觀賞 FEE : Free 免費 19 Oct 2005 TIME : 10:30 - 11:30 SUBJECT : CS Seminar
TITLE : GPGP: General Purpose Computation using Graphics Processors
SPEAKER : Prof. Dinesh Manocha, Department of Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
VENUE : Room 3464 (Conference Room, via lift nos. 25/26), HKUST ORGANIZER
ENQUIRY : tel: 2358 7008 LANGUAGE : English HYPERLINK : http://www.cs.ust.hk/pg/seminars/ AUDIENCE : FEE : Free 免費 REMARKS : 19 Oct 2005 TIME : 12:00 - 13:30
SUBJECT : Social Science Seminar
TITLE : The State, Private Business and the Strange Politics of Associations in Beijing SPEAKER : Prof Jonathan Unger, Professor and Head, Contemporary China Centre, Research
School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University VENUE : Rm3362, HSS conference room (near Lifts 13-15) Academic complex ORGANIZER
: Division of Social Science ENQUIRY : Peggy, tel: 2358 7822 LANGUAGE : English
AUDIENCE : open to public FEE : Free
19 Oct 2005
TIME : 13:00 - 14:00
SUBJECT : Health Seminar on "Neck & Back Pain, and Office Ergonomics" 健康講座: 常見之頸背問題及辦公室人體工程學
TITLE : Health Seminar on "Neck & Back Pain, and Office Ergonomics" 健康講座: 常見之頸背問題及辦公室人體工程學
SPEAKER : Mr Sun Lai, Registered Physiotherapist VENUE : Citigroup Lecture Theatre (LTA)
花旗集團演講廳 (LTA) ORGANIZER
: On-campus Medical Clinic ENQUIRY : Medical Clinic, tel: 2358 6670
大學診療所, 電:2358 6670
REMARKS : Talk in English, Q & A in bilingual Free Gifts Available (while stock lasts) Flat Foot & Scoliosis Assessments 10am - 1pm Outside Citibank Lecture Theatre (LTA) 英語講座,雙語發問 參加者可獲紀念品(送完即止) 扁平足及脊柱側彎測試 上午十時至下午一時 花旗銀行演講廳外 (LTA)
19 Oct 2005
TIME : 14:00 - 15:00
SUBJECT : MPhil Thesis Presentation
TITLE : Measurements of the local thermal dissipation rate in turbulent Rayleigh-Benard Convection
SPEAKER : Mr Xiaozhou HE, Department of Physics, HKUST VENUE : Room 3007 (Lift no. 3), HKUST
ORGANIZER
: Dept of Physics
LANGUAGE : English
HYPERLINK : http://web.phys.ust.hk/images/stories/com_seminar/hexiaozhou.pdf AUDIENCE : All are welcome
FEE : Free 免費
19 Oct 2005
TIME : 16:00 - 17:00 SUBJECT : Chemistry
TITLE : "Crystallizing Proteins in Nanoliter Droplets Using Microfluidic Techniques" SPEAKER : Professor Bo Zheng, Dept. of Chemistry, Chinese University of Hong Kong. VENUE : Room 2404 (vai lift nos 17/18), HKUST.
ORGANIZER
: Dept of Chemistry
ENQUIRY : Miss Wong (Tel: 2358 7359) LANGUAGE : English HYPERLINK : http://www.chem.ust.hk/seminars/seminars.html AUDIENCE : PGs, faculty FEE : Free 免費 20 Oct 2005 - 22 Oct 2005
SUBJECT : ZJU-HKUST High Tech Summit Forum, 20-22 Oct 浙江大學－香港科技大學 高新技術高峰論壇 TITLE : ZJU-HKUST High Tech Summit Forum, 20-22 Oct
浙江大學－香港科技大學 高新技術高峰論壇 ORGANIZER
:
Office of University Development and Public Affairs Zhejiang University
HYPERLINK : http://www.hi-tech.zju.edu.cn/cn/default.aspx
20 Oct 2005
TIME : 11:00 - 12:00 SUBJECT : Seminar
TITLE : Industry Level Supplier-Driven IT Spillovers
SPEAKER : Prof June Cheng, School of Accounting and Finance, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
VENUE : Room 4379 (via lift nos 17/18) ORGANIZER
: Dept of Information & Systems Management ENQUIRY : Connie Poon (email: [email protected]) LANGUAGE : English
HYPERLINK : http://www.bm.ust.hk/~ismt/seminars/June_Cheng-20Oct05.doc AUDIENCE : All interested are welcome
FEE : Free 免費
20 Oct 2005
TIME : 13:00 - 14:00 SUBJECT : Concert
音樂會
TITLE : Vocal Recital - Poetry and Song Vocal Recital - Poetry and Song
SPEAKER : Musicians: Tenor: Oliver Lo; Piano Accompanist: Timmy Tsang VENUE : Exposition Hall
展覽廳 ORGANIZER
:
Center for the Arts
Copresented with the HKUST Center for Cultural Studies ENQUIRY : Ms Jeddy Mok, tel: 2358 6149
莫小姐, 電話: 2358 6149 LANGUAGE : n/a
HYPERLINK : http://www.ust.hk/cfa
AUDIENCE : All are welcome. No admission for children under age of 6 歡迎各界人士觀賞, 六歲以下兒童恕不招待 FEE : Free 免費 20 Oct 2005 - 22 Oct 2005 TIME : 17:30 - 20:00 SUBJECT : CCTR Conference
TITLE : People on the Move: The Transnational Flow of Chinese Human Capital SPEAKER :
VENUE : Tin Ka Ping Hall, University Center, HKUST ORGANIZER
:
Division of Social Science
ENQUIRY : Ms Linda Tjia, tel: 3528-0076 LANGUAGE : English
HYPERLINK : http://www.cctr.ust.hk/conference/ FEE : Free
免費
REMARKS : For registration and enquiries, please contact Ms Linda Tjia (Tel:3528-0076 / Email: [email protected])
21 Oct 2005
TIME : 13:00 - 16:00
SUBJECT : Student Cultural Exchange Program - Bangkok University of Thailand Student Cultural Exchange Program - Bangkok University of Thailand TITLE : Thai Day
Thai Day
VENUE : The Hong Kong Jockey Club Atrium 香港賽馬會大堂
ORGANIZER
: Center for the Arts
ENQUIRY : Ms Jeddy Mok, tel: 2358 6149 莫小姐, 電話: 2358 6149 LANGUAGE : n/a
HYPERLINK : http://www.ust.hk/cfa AUDIENCE : All are welcome
歡迎各界人士觀賞 FEE : Free
免費
REMARKS : 1-2pm: Performance; 2-4pm: Exhibition on Thai tourism, cuisine, cultures and handicrafts
21 Oct 2005
TIME : 15:00 - 16:00 SUBJECT : Chemistry
TITLE : "Femtosecond Coherent Four-Wave Mixing Spectroscopies and Applications" SPEAKER : Professor Wolfgang Kiefer, Institute of Physical Chemistry and Chemistry
Department, University of Wuerzberg, Germany. VENUE : Room 2306, 2/F (Lift 17, 18), HKUST.
ORGANIZER
: Dept of Chemistry
ENQUIRY : Miss Wong (Tel: 2358 7359) LANGUAGE : English HYPERLINK : http://www.chem.ust.hk/seminars/seminars.html AUDIENCE : PGs, faculty FEE : Free 免費 21 Oct 2005 TIME : 15:30 - 16:30 SUBJECT : Joint Seminar
TITLE : Evidence for a Multi-Stage Route Followed in Polymer Crystallization SPEAKER : Prof Gert Strobl, Institute of Physics, University of Freiburg
ORGANIZER :
Dept of Chemical Engineering Dept of Physics
ENQUIRY : Miss Louiza Law, tel: 2358-7506 LANGUAGE : English
HYPERLINK : http://web.phys.ust.hk/ AUDIENCE : All interested are welcome! FEE : Free
免費
21 Oct 2005
TIME : 16:00 - 17:00 SUBJECT : Physics Seminar
TITLE : Magnets, Microchips, Memories and Markets: Statistical Physics of Complex Systems
SPEAKER : Professor David Sherrington, Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford
VENUE : Cheung On Tak Lecture Theater (LT E), HKUST ORGANIZER
: Dept of Physics
ENQUIRY : Miss Louiza Law, tel: 2358-7506 LANGUAGE : English
HYPERLINK : http://web.phys.ust.hk/ AUDIENCE : All interested are welcome! FEE : Free
21 Oct 2005
TIME : 16:00 - 17:00 SUBJECT : Chemistry
TITLE : "Total Synthesis of Bioactive Compounds with the Aid of Sultones"
SPEAKER : Professor Peter Metz, Institut f?r Organische Chemie, Technische Universit?t Dresden, Germany.
VENUE : Room 1505 (near lift nos 25/26), Academic Concourse, HKUST. ORGANIZER
: Dept of Chemistry
ENQUIRY : Miss Wong (Tel: 2358 7359) LANGUAGE : English HYPERLINK : http://www.chem.ust.hk/seminars/seminars.html AUDIENCE : PGs, faculty FEE : Free 免費 25 Oct 2005 TIME : 16:00 - 18:00 SUBJECT : Humanities Lecture
TITLE : Sinology and Chinese Linguistics in Japan 關於日本學者的漢學及中國語學研究 SPEAKER : Dr. PANG Guanghua
VENUE : Room 3362, Academic Building (Lifts 13-15) ORGANIZER
:
Division of Humanities Centre for Chinese Linguistics ENQUIRY : Ms Clara So (Tel. 2358 8350) LANGUAGE : Mandarin
FEE : Free 免費
26 Oct 2005
TIME : 19:00 - 21:50 SUBJECT : Humanities Lecture
TITLE : Festival and popular religion in Putian, Fujian 福建莆田的節日與民間宗教
SPEAKER : Professor ZHENG Zhenman 鄭振滿教授
VENUE : Room 3362, Academic Building, (Lifts 13-15) ORGANIZER
:
Division of Humanities South China Research Center ENQUIRY : Dr Wong Wing Ho (Tel. 2358 7778) LANGUAGE : Mandarin
FEE : Free 免費
TIME : 16:30 - 17:30 SUBJECT : Physics Seminar
TITLE : Degeneracy, Fluctuations and Magnetic Order in the Dipolar Pyrochlore Antiferromagnet
SPEAKER : Dr Olivier Cepas, Institut Laue Langevin, France VENUE : Room 2304 (via lift nos 17-18), HKUST
ORGANIZER
: Dept of Physics
ENQUIRY : Miss Louiza Law, tel: 2358-7506 LANGUAGE : English
HYPERLINK : http://web.phys.ust.hk/ AUDIENCE : All interested are welcome! FEE : Free
免費
28 Oct 2005
TIME : 16:00 - 17:00 SUBJECT : Chemistry
TITLE : "Pieces of sp-Carbon Allotrope and Transition Metal End-Groups: How Do They Bind?"
SPEAKER : Professor Jean-Francois Halet, Chimie du Solide et Inorganique Mol?cularire, Universit? de Rennes 1, France.
ORGANIZER
: Dept of Chemistry
ENQUIRY : Miss Wong (Tel: 2358 7359) LANGUAGE : English HYPERLINK : http://www.chem.ust.hk/seminars/seminars.html AUDIENCE : PGs, faculty FEE : Free 免費 30 Oct 2005 TIME : 09:00 - 17:00
SUBJECT : HKUSTAA Get Together October 2005 科大校友會十月聚會
TITLE : Dolphin Watching 白海豚觀察 SPEAKER : Thomas Tue
VENUE : Tung Chung Development Ferry Pier 東涌新發展碼頭
ORGANIZER
: HKUST Alumni Association ENQUIRY : Alice Lui, tel: 8100 6230 LANGUAGE : Bilingual
HYPERLINK : http://www.ustaa.hk/together/oct05/ AUDIENCE : Students, Staff and Alumni
科大學生, 職員及校友
FEE : $168 for member (for online registration on or before 30th Sep) / $190 for non-m REMARKS : The HKUST Alumni Association brings you a dolphin watching and eco tour in
Sha Chau and Lung Kwu Chau are the third Marine Park in Hong Kong. There is no public transport. By hiring a yacht, we are going to visit this important habitat for Indo-Pacific Hump-backed Dolphin (locally known as Chinese White Dolphin). Afterward, we will have lunch in Tai O, a famous fishing village and wetland in sourthen east of Lautau Island. We will also visit the heritage and mangrove habitat, which raise numerous invaluable animals include mudskipper, fiddler crabs, egrets, etc.
An ecotour guide from ECO Association, a local charitable organization, will accompany us for the professional arrangement and introduction. The success rate of watching dolphins is over 99%!
Details
Date 30th October 2005 (Sunday) Time 9:00 to 17:00
Itinerary [Details in Chinese]
9:00- Boarding in Tung Chung Development Ferry Pier 9:30- Dolphin Watching
12:30- Lunch - Chinese Style in Tai O 13:30- Heritage and Mangrove Visit
15:30- Shopping, Group Photo, Workshop and Lucky Draw
Fee $168 for member (for online registration on or before 30th Sep) / $190 for non-member
Regulations
1 The trip will be cancelled if typhoon signal 3 or higher, or a black rainstorm warning is issued two hours before the scheduled departure of the trip.
2 Always look from a distance, don't seek to contact, touch, feed or harm dolphins in the wild.
3 Do not litter.
31 Oct 2005
TIME : 12:00 - 13:30 SUBJECT : Faculty Seminar
TITLE : Making China in the Porcelain City
SPEAKER : MARIS GILLETTE, Associate Professor, Anthropology, Haverford College VENUE : Rm3362, HSS conference room (near Lifts 13-15) Academic Complex ORGANIZER
: Division of Social Science ENQUIRY : Peggy, tel: 2358 7822 LANGUAGE : English
AUDIENCE : open to public FEE : Free 免費 31 Oct 2005 TIME : 19:00 - 20:30 SUBJECT : Concert 音樂會
TITLE : Stephen Framil Cello Recital at HKUST Stephen Framil Cello Recital at HKUST VENUE : Exposition Hall
展覽廳 ORGANIZER
: Center for the Arts
ENQUIRY : Ms Jeddy Mok, tel: 2358 6149 莫小姐,電話:2358 6149 LANGUAGE : n/a
HYPERLINK : http://www.ust.hk/cfa
歡迎各界人士觀賞, 六歲以下兒童恕不招待 FEE : Free
免費
