HKUST Genesis = 同創, Volume 10, Number 4

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A Tribute to Dr S. V. Chung

· a pack of tablets that sustain the 「eleaseof medi亡的onfor asthma (P「ofJe仟「eyWong), · a drug called NDA the achievement of a 3-yea「 R&D P「ogramin traditional 仁hinese medicine (Dr Robe「tKo),

· a tiny bottle of c「earnthat enhances the g「owthof skin cells, particula 「lyin the epidermal layer, thus 「educingwrinkl臼 (D「 WanKeung Wong),

· a piece o「 bamboofibe「「einfo「ced polyp「opylenecomposites (D「 YongliMi), · a silicon chip based liquid 仁「ystaldisplay

(P「ofHoiSing Kwok),

· mate「ialson a 3 D garment p「og 「amthat p「omisesto help 「eviveHong Kong’5 ga 「mentindustry (D「 MatthewYuen), · a plastic optical cable showing the HKUST

logo (P「of Chi-Ming 仁han),

· a set of newspape「仁lippingsmade into a small book about’,Hong Kong Supern巴t」 a se「vicedeveloped at HKUST (P「ofVincent Shen).

· Mate「ialson an on line 亡hinese/English Web translation servi亡edeveloped at HKUST(D「 DekaiWu),

· a biomedical chip that measures human fitness (P「ofReinhard Rennebe「g) Council dinner at the University's Chinese

Restaurant to pay tribute to him.

Former Vice President for Administra-tion and Business Ian MacPherson said," Dr S.Y. is a remarkable task master and a great leader. He is also insistent on lateral thinking. Wew山 misshim sorely-he is really a hard act to follow:'

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A. Dr Chung beams as he picks up a miniature

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red bird' sundial symbolizing HKUST. Prof Peter Dobson, Associate Vice-President for Academic Affairs, talked humorously about Dr the Hon Sir S. Y. Chung’s long string of titles and degrees.

“

In short, we are working under tl1e shadow of a giant;’he mused.

In addition to verbal compliments, a

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treasure-box" of souvenirs was presented to Dr Chung.

“While we do not

have 出emoney to

buy

an eA1ravagant momento for Dr Chung, we came up witl1 a better idea-to present Dr Chung witl1 a selected batch of souvenirs that highlight some of the research results of the University and reflect the University's mission which he espouses;’said President Woo.

Hence the souvenirs, each personally presented to Dr Chung

by

the fac叫t】•member involved (in parentheses), included: 25 March 1叫sa very special day for HKUST

and for Dr S.Y. Chung, the inspiration and driving force behind the creation of this University.

It was a day on which the University's faculty and staff paid tribute to Dr Chung, who led the planning and building of the University as well as supervised its develop-ment tl1roughout 出eyears.

On 25 March, Dr Chung chaired a plenary session of the University Council and a joint meeting with the Court, held in the University's Council Chamber. This was the last of the Council meetings to be chaired

by

Dr Chung before he retired from the HKUST Council as founding Chairman.

After the joint Court and Council Meeting, a ceremony was held to name the Council Chamber a丘erhim. At the ceremony, President Chia-Wei Woo described Dr Chung as a man characterized by integrity, due process, good judgment, and trust.

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In governing the Universit弘 DrChung never bends under pressur巴， neverconsiders his self interest, and never exercises favorit ism. He believes in

full

consultation. He always does his homework

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he reads every paper, never misses one line, and will not let slip even a simple typographical or punctuation error

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He never forgets anything we said we would do, even after years, and watches us like a hawk. While he is attentive to details, he never forgets his primary role, which is to make sure the University’s macroscopic direction is right:'

The applause for Dr Chung reached its climax in the evening when over 130 faculty

and 5個缸 membersturned up at a Court and

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With the aid of_{Renneberg (right) describes the functions} . a wooden horse, Prof of his biomedical chip, later presented to Dr S. Y. as a souvenir.

The dinner ended with Council Vice Chairman, Dr Vincent Lo, sharing his in1pres sions of Dr S. Y. He said, "I first worked with Dr S. Y. on the Basic Law. On my co山tesyvisit to Dr S. Y., I was utterly amazed to find tl1at he could almost recite the Sino-British Joint Declaration backwards! He lrnew every single word and detail, and could discuss every subtlety related to the issue. Having worked with him all tl1ese years, Dr S. Y. has become my dear friend, colleague and mentor了， A. Members of the Court and Council posing outside the newly-named

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packed into the Citibank Lecture Theater (LTA) on 12 April to listεn to Yahoo! boss, Mr Jerry Ya嗯， outlinehis vision of the future of interactive media. Entitled

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The Future of Internet Media’:the talk was live-broadcast to the whole campus via the Uni-versity's intranet and to seven other tertiary institutions through the Internet.

Yang and his fellow PhD student, David

Filo, co-founded Yahoo! initially as a search engine business that helps Internet surfers

look up the web pages they want. Then they moved into the content business offering

web pages, such as Yahoo! Sports, catering to the interests of specific groups of patrons.

In 1997, Yahoo! started its web-based

com-munications business by offering services, such as Yahoo! Chat and Yahoo ！ λlfAIL, which allow users to conveniently distrib-ute messages and information over the Web.

Last year, they entered the trading business helping people locate buyers and sellers

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and

the community business enabling Yahoo!

patrons to build their cyber communiti的

by helping them develop their own web

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'Anybody who wants to stay competi tive 凶 thenext millennium has to take into account the fundamental shift of consum-ers to the Internet and the economic impacts brought about by it;' said

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Yang.

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Hong Kong is historically a gateway

between the East and the West. By taking advantage of this heritage, Hong Kong can

become an important gateway in the

cyber-world where high quality human resources are the key to success.’,

Yang believes that Hong Kong has already built the infrastructure for the

cyber world. He said

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Now, what Hong

Kong needs is to figure out how to take

advantage of its information infrastructure

and add value to it."

The Offic巴 ofthe Vice Pr巴sident for

Academic Affair organizer of the Tall<, has

arranged with the Library to make available

for circulation a video tape of the Talk in the

Media Resources Section. The video can also be viewed on the University intranet on 的中﹒l/www.ust.hk/ccstlyahoo.

The Career Center and

the Zonta Club of Hong Kong East jointly presented on 16 April a job-search program-Career Trek 2000 to help students discover their career niche and embark on their path to career success. Secre

tary for Security, Regina Ip, shared her views with

the participants in the public administration

group discussion.

Physics Paper

to be Presented

in Greece

A

paper，心 UST physics student (MPhil) Cheung Ho

Yin wrote as an undergraduate, has been accepted for the postgraduate

student session at the forthcoming ACAI 99 summer school conference in Chania on the Greek island of Crete.

The postgraduate sessions of ACAI,

the annual Advanced Course in Artifi cial Intelligence, enable students cur rently enrolled for a postgraduate degree to present the results of their ongoing work to a select group of lead

ing research experts and teachers in the

field of artificial intelligence.

Ho Yin's paper, entitled 'Prediction

Using Simple Genetic Algorithm’,was

set as a voluntary task by his supervi sor, Dr K. Y. Szeto. Ho Yin said:“The

paper describes the use of genetic algorithms (GA) to implement a rule based classifier system in order to make predictions. Applications of this tech-nique include stock index forecasting, artificial world simulation, high di

men-sional function optimization, and expert systems which a1e useful in

social sciences and engineering.

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Dr Szeto pitched the task at Ho Yin

because he himself is very interested in GA in evolution research, and because he saw from his interaction with Ho Yin

that he was motivated, organized, and already knew something about com

-puting. As Dr Szeto put it:“I think Ho Yin and the students he collaborates with are our Universitγs model stu-de川丸 notjust because they want good grades but because of their positive

attitude and dedication to learning.

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“GA

is not new but is still a popular topic of research;' added Ho Yin.

“

I am also interested in the physics behind

GA and such questions as what is the

set of governing rules behind evolution, and how GA performance can be

optimized from a theoretical basis.

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All papers accepted for ACAI will be included in a Student Sessions Proceedings Volume, and a Best Paper Award will also be presented.

Teacher-in-Residence Gets Go-Ahead

Presentations by UST faculty included: Case Studies of Using

the Web in Teaching at UST;Subject-based IT Training Courses

and Web Sites in Science Subjects; and Using IT in Teaching Accounting.

Small group discussions covered three topics: IT Training for

School Teachers; IT Support for Secondary Schools

;

and Teacher/

Professor-in-Residence.

Preliminary conclusions of the discussions indicate that there

is a need for more training on IT applications in courseware;more

advanced IT training courses, particularly in system administra

-tion

;

and implementation of the

Teacher-in-Residence concept.

Yip Chee-Tim, vice-principal of

Pui Ching Middle School, said:

“

The inexorable trend is to go IT in

education. Last year, we were here

discussing the need for IT in

education. Now we are here talking

about how to make the best use of

IT in education, developing a student-oriented, interactive,

mutual teaching and learning

process. We need to promote an 叮

culture in our schools. As univers卜

ties and secondary schools join hands to bridge the gap, we know that we are not alone.’,

The University has already been active in organizing IT training for secondary school teachers. To date, more than 2,000 teachers

have attended these IT workshops.

In addition to offering continuing and professional education, UST's new Center for Enhanced Learning & Teaching (CELT), will

promote the quality of teaching and learning in primary and

secondary schools, and tertiary institutions.

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UST's initiatives in the development of secondary school

education, the concept of the Teacher-in Residence, i s already being implemented at UST. The ultimate goal is to have

several teachers-in residence from local secondary schools s pend-ing one semester full-time at UST working on IT education related

subjects.

The first teacher has been in place on campus since last

September. With the help of engineering and science unde

rgradu-ates, Mr C. K. Lit is designing a Chinese web site covering the history

of mathematics, and including a

Chinese database, literature on

mathematics education, a list of

mathematics web sites, and a

forum for exchanging ideas and

resources.

As an extension of this co

n-cept, Prof Ping Ko tabled at the

recent Principals

’

Day held at UST the idea of the Professo

r-in-Residenc巴， in which one UST

professor ，代，illcommit a certain

amount of time to one particular

secondary school, and assist with

IT and science projec俗， cu 日iculum/lab/subjectdevelopment, career

counseling, and the tutoring of top students.

The new emphasis on IT in education was again chosen by UST

faculty to be the focus of Principals

’

Day, which saw represe

nta-tives from Hong Kong這 secondaryschools join UST faculty for

panel talks, small group discussions, and tours of IT facilities. This second event attracted a total of 156 visitors from 106

secondary schools, all keen to further explore the practical

applications of information technology in Hong Kong's secondary

school environment.

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Engineering

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The second International Day was held on 21 April to take partic卜

pants 。na short trip around the world. The event was organized by the Language Center to broaden the students' exposure to differ

-ent cultures. Highlights of the program included a display of Ian

-guage-learning software, video shows,Japanese music performance, Putonghua choral speaking, cuisine tasting, cosmetics show, and company booths featuring Air France, BayeιJAL, Lufthansa and a

host of other organizations.

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Excellence Appreciation Awards to ten faculty members nomi

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nated by department heads for, in the words of Dean of Engi neer-ing, Prof Ping Ko，可heirgood work and devotion in striving for

teaching excellence

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The ten winners of the Fall 1998 Teaching Excellence Appre-oation Awards are:’Dr Chih-Chen Chang (CENG), Dr Vincent

Duffy (IEEM), Dr Mounir Hamdi (COMP), Dr Andrew Horner (COMP), Dr Neil Mickleborough (CENG), Dr Philip Mok (ELEC), Dr David Rossiter (COMP), Dr Johnny Sin (ELEC), Dr King Lun Yeung (CENG), and Dr Tianshou Zhao (MECH).

All the winners are first-time awardees, except for Drs Horner,

Yeung, and Zhao, who have each won the award on one previous

occasion.

“

It is great to receive the award’”said Dr Johnny Sin.

“

With this feedback, I know how to further improve my teaching technique in

the future."

“

Whatever my achievements;’said Dr Neil Mickleborough, "the

challenges and my goals have always been to motivate and inspire

students to greater achievements.

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GENES 眩， 5May 1999

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Graduates Remain Competitive

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competitiveness in the employment market despite the current economic restructuring.

According to the annual survey recently released by the Career Center, more than 95% of 1998 graduates had found jobs, started bus卜 nesses, or been accepted for further studies by December last year.

Less than 5% of the graduates were unem-ployed. Of these 86 graduates, 36 individuals had received offers but declined them in search of better opportunities.

Of the 1,807 respondents, 80% were work ing full-time, 3% were doing part-time or temporary jobs, while 12% were pursuing ad vanced degrees at local or overseas institutions. Of the 217 graduates who opted for further

studi郎， 78%chose to return to their alma mata.

Commerce and business continued to be the largest employment sector, accounting for 67% of the graduates. More than 16% joined the manufacturing and industries sector, 6% education, 4% government, 4% community and social services, and 3% construction.

Engineering (21 %), systems analysis and computer programming (19%), marketing and sales (16%), accounting ( 16%), and adminis-tration and management (8%) were the five major lines of work taken up by UST graduates. The survey indicates that their median gross monthly salary was $11,917;their mean gross monthly salary was $12,269; while their mean basic salary was $11,143.

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There has been misleading media cover-age recently on the salary ofUST's 1998 gradu ates. The 'median basic monthly salary’of our

graduates ＼伺Scompared with the

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mean gross monthly salary’of other tertiary institutions, which is somewhat misleading

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said Ms Cheryl Lee, counselor at UST's Career Center who was responsible for the survey.

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When compared with other university graduates, the salaries of our graduates are in fact relatively higher, and our unemployment rates are among the lowest in Hong Kong ins ti tutions;’continued Cheryl (see graphs below).

The difference between basic monthly salary and gross monthly salary is that the latter takes into account the basic monthly salary as well as the number of payments, commissions and allowances.

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With the worsening unemployment s itu-ation, graduates will find competition increas-ingly tough. Our survey shows that there is a drop of six percentage points in the number of graduates joining the commerce and business sector, with a significant drop from 6% to 3% in banking and finance, the sector hardest hit by the financial turmo1虹， saidCheryl.

The Career Center is organizing career forums, job-searching skills training work-shops, and mentoring schemes to enhance the competitiveness of UST graduates. An annual Pathfinders

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The survey covered a total of 1 ,842 full tune bachelor

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University Graduates Gross Monthly

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1998

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Campus Calendar

Until 8May

Exhibition of Computer Engineering Students

Tour into the Picture: Creative Computer Project

Exposition Hall Until 5 July

Impressions of Light and Shadow: An Exhibition of Watercolors

by Zhinan Jiang Library Gallery

7 May

Piano Recital by Choi Sown-le Exposition Hall

I pm New Yu吋u “KongYiji’，

Exposition Hall 7pm 13 May

I-Ching in Many Perspectives Prof Lin Yun

Leung Yat Sing Lecture Theater (L TF) 6pm 15 May Garage Sale LG2 Car Park 10:30 am-2:30 pm 19 May

State of the University Report President Woo

Citibank Lecture Theater (L TA) 4pm

Corrigendum

In the Awardees Supplement of April Genesis, it should have been mentioned

that two student groups were awarded

the ECC Shell Environmental Awards for University Students. They a「ethe Biology

student g 「oup ’，P「omotion of Environ-mental P 「otection Awareness”(PEPA), who won the first prize, and the Nature ζlub who won the third prize.

University

Graduates Unemployment Rate,

1998

HK UST 6.5% HKU PolyU 4.8% 6.6% CilyU 10.9% H刷←~ 2.7%

Note: the above are tertiary institutions in Hong Kong that have recently released their job surveys.

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科大電機及電子工程學系研究生梁 1m 能最近開發了一項可以改善手提式電 子掃材的技術 ，並獲選在美國舉行的國 際田態電路研討會上發表這項研究成 果。他的論文是有史以來第二篇來自香 港（也是第一篇來自中國）的獲選論文。第 一篇來自香港的論文於兩年前發表，作 者也是不︱大的研究生 張兩寧。被譽為 “芯片奧運會”的國際固態電路研討會，是 固態電路領域的國際盛事 ，獲選論文水 準非常高，並具備工業發展的前景。 梁加能開發的頓率補償技術 ，可以 讓工程人員設計出“完美”的放大掃一一既 有廣闊的頓帶寬度 3 又有穩定的性能表 現。 梁加能的博士論文導師、電機及電 子工程學系助理教授莫國泰博士指出 ， 很多電路設計都需要放大器 ，而梁加能 的技術可以把放大器的效能提升 20 倍 ， 應用前景非常理想。他們已通過科大向 美國申請有關技術的專利權。

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~月二十五日是科大的特別日子，對策剖這所大學的幕後大功臣 一~鍾士元博士來說，這天也是一個非常特別的日于。 大學教職員在這天一起向鍾博士致以誠摯的敬意，感謝他在過 去十多年間 3 從大學籌備成立 3 到校舍建設3 以至大學正式成立後 的校務發展，一直領導大學邁步向前 3成為國際知名的學府。 鍾博土是科大校董會的創會主席。當天 3 鐘博士主持了大學校 董會及顧問委員會聯合會議3這是他榮休前最後一吹主持科大校董 會會議。 之後 ，大學舉行命名儀式，把校董議事室命名為鍾士元校 董會議事廳， 紀念鍾博士多年來為校董會所作的貢獻。 ... 羅康I晶博士為鍾博士向像揭幕。 校長吳家瑋教授形容鍾博士是一個堅守原則、講究程序、判斷 力強和忠實可靠的人 。他說 I “鐘博士從不向壓力低頭 ， 不計較私 利 ，也絕不偏袒徜私。他喜歡徵詢各芳面的意見 ，但他自己一定會 做足準備 所有文件（也都會﹔］：頁、逐行審問 3 甚至連一些簡單的 tj 卡 版和標點符號錯誤也不會放過。 可也也從不會忘記我們說過會做的事，即使過了好幾年 ，他還是 記在心頭 ，並會像廳一般精明地監督我們。雖然他對每一個細節都 關注入微 3 但卻不會忘記他作為校董會主席的基本任務 確保大學 發展的宏觀方向正確無誤。” 當晚 3科大一百三十多位教職員出席為鍾博士特設的校董會及 顧問委員會晚宴 。 席間 ， 多位同事及好友公開表達了他們對鍾博士 的印象。 機械工程學系教授︱凍介中向鍾博士致送一帽飛機 的照片 ，機身需上科大的名字。他說， “這梨飛機從美 國飛來香港時 3 途經一個·HQ羅斯空軍基地加油 。科大 人員需要大費唇舌 3 說服俄羅斯人這架飛機並非進行 間諜活動 。他們問誰是科大的領導人，我們說是鍾士 元博士 3 並講述他的豐功偉績3 以及對香港作出的貢 獻。最後 ， 我們獲准順利飛來香港，”他說。

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