Calendar of Events for November 1996

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Calendar of Events for November

19 September - 12 December 1996

Library Exhibition

TITLE: Roaming in the Arts : An exhibition by Three Calligraphers of the Lake Tai Canglang Society Hua Rende, Hu Lunguang, Chu Yun

TIME: Monday - Friday 8:OO am - 11:OO 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

26 October - 14 November 1996

Video Circle

TITLE: A Video Installation Exhibit

TIME: 1 - 5 pm (Tue to Fri), 10:00 am - 6:00 pm (Sat & Sun) VENUE: Exposition Hall

ORGANISER: A presentation of the HKUST Center for the Arts dz Videotage Assisted by Educational Technology Centre

Supported by a grant from Vice-President for Academic Affairs Office

INFO:

Sponsored by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council Jeddy, Tel: 2358-6149 1 November 1996 (Friday)

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Finance Seminar

TITLE: Corporate Governance and Investment Policy: A Study of U.S. Petrochemical Firms

SPEAKER: Prof. Joseph Fan, Hong Kong University TIME: lo:30 am - 12:00 noon

VENUE: Rm 2397 (Lift 17-18) ORGANISER: Department of Finance

INFO: Euphrasia Leung, Tel: 2358-7666

*MPhil Thesis Presentation

TITLE: A CMOS lo-Mbaud 30-mW PAM/QPSK Modulator Using a Digital-to- Analog Current-Division Square-Root-Cosine Wave-Shaping Converter SPEAKER: Mr. Choi Ka Lun

TIME: 2:00 pm

VENUE: Chen Kuan Cheng Forum (LT H), (Lift 27-28) ORGANISER: Dept. of Electrical & Electronic Engineering INFO: Amy, Tel: 2358-7087

*Safety Management Profile

SPEAKER: Dr. Andrew Rankine, Director of Safety and Environmental Protection Services, University of Glasgow, Scotland TIME: 2:00 - 3:30 pm

VENUE: Rm 3008 (lift 3)

ORGANISER: Safety and Environmental Protection Office INFO: K Y Ho, Tel: 2358-6512

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(5) (6) Accounting Seminar 1996/97-4

TITLE: Earnings Management in Equity Offerings and Subsequent Analysts Forecast Bias

SPEAKER: Dr. T.J. Wong TIME: 3:30 - 5:00 pm

VENUE: Rm 3311 (Lift 17-18) ORGANISER: Dept. of Accounting

INFO: Dr. Mark DeFond, Tel: 2358-7582

Chemical Engineering Seminar

TITLE: Nonlinear Viscoelastic Relaxation of Amorphous Polymers SPEAKER: Prof. James. M. Caruthers

TIME: 4:00 - 5:00 pm

VENUE: Rm 4572 (lift 27 - 28) ORGANISER: Dept. of Chemical Engineering INFO: MS P H Mak, Tel: 2358-7120

Chemistry Special Distinguished Seminar Series

TITLE: “Some Aspects in the Basic Research of Electrochemistry and Electroanalytical Chemistry”

SPEAKER: Professor Erkang Wang TIME: 5:00 p.m.

VENUE: Rm 4475, (Lift 25-26) ORGANISER: Dept. of Chemistry INFO: Patsy, Tel: 2358-7394

2 November 1996 (Saturday)

(1) *Safety Training Class

COURSES CODE: MC02

COURSE TITLE: Radiation Safety with Unsealed RMs (Part II) SPEAKER: Dr Paul Chan

TIME: 9:30 am - 12:00 noon VENUE: Rm 6127 (Lift 19)

ORGANISER: Safety Environment Protection Office INFO: MS Liu, (e-mail : eollliu)

(2) Chemistry Seminar

TITLE: DNA Electrochemical Biosensors

SPEAKER: Dr Xiaohua Cai, Department of Chemistry, New Mexico State University, USA

TIME: 10:00 am

(3) Gallery Talk

TITLE: A Video Installation Exhibit TIME: 2:30 pm

VENUE: Exposition Hall

ORGANISER: A presentation of the HKUST Center for the Arts & Videotage Assisted by Educational Technology Centre

INFO:

Sponsored by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council Jeddy, Tel: 2358-6 149

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3 November 1996 (Sunday)

HKUST/RTHK Radio Program “UST Technology File” (Rerun) TOPIC: Application of Computer Vision

SPEAKER: Dr Helen Shen, Associate Dean of Engineering and Dept of Computer Science

TIME: 8:00 - 8:30 pm

CHANNEL: RTHK Channel 2 (FM 94.8-96.9) ORGANIZER: Office of Public Affairs, RTHK LANGUAGE: Cantonese

INFO: Dr Steven Kong, Tel: 2358-6303

4 November 1996 (Monday)

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*Social Science Seminar

TITLE: Implications of China’s Demographic Changes in the 1990s

SPEAKER: Dr. Judith Banister, Director of International Program Center, U.S. Bureau of the Census

TIME: 12:00 noon - 1:30 pm VENUE: Rm 3362 (lift 13-15) ORGANISER: Division of Social Science

INFO: Dr. Barry Sautman, Tel: 2358-7821

Computer Science Seminar

TITLE: The Intrusion Detection System AID - An Approach for Privacy-oriented, Audit Based Network Monitoring

SPEAKER: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hartmut Koenig, Chair Computer Networks and Communication Systems, Department of Computer Science, Brandenburg University of Technology at Cottbus, Germany TIME: 3:00 - 4:00 pm

VENUE: Lecture Theatre E

ORGANISER: Dept. of Computer Science INFO: Lily, Tel: 2358-7008

Chemical Engineering Workshop

TITLE: Viscoelastic Relaxation in Polymers: Phenomena and Models SPEAKER: Prof. James M. Caruthers

TIME: 4:00 - 5:00 pm

VENUE: Rm 4572 (lift 27 - 28) ORGANISER: Dept. of Chemical Engineering INFO: Dr Yongli Mi, Tel: 2358-7127

*Representation Theory Seminar

TITLE: Automorphic Forms on General Linear Groups (Continued) SPEAKER: Prof. Jian-Shu Li

TIME: 4:00 - 5:00 pm

VENUE: Rm 5509, (Lifts 25-26) ORGANISER: Dept. of Mathematics INFO: Janette Cho, Tel: 2358-7440

Stanley Kwan, Artist-in-Residence Program, Retrospective Screenings TITLE: Sigin Geowa Special

TIME: 7:30 pm

VENUE:

Lam Woo Lecture Theater

ORGANISER: A presentation of the HKUST Center for the Arts Supported by a grant from VPAAO

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INFO: May Yung, Tel: 2358-6148

OTHER PARTICULARS: Screenings are followed by discussions

5 November 1996 (Tuesday)

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*Mathematics Colloquium

TITLE: Gradient estimates for the stationary Navier - Stokes equations SPEARER: Prof. Robert Finn, Stanford University

TIME: 4:30 - 5:30 pm

VENUE: Rm 3494, (Lifts 25-26) ORGANISER: Dept. of Mathematics INFO: Janette Cho, Tel: 2358-7440

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Humanities Lecture

TITLE: On the Ethical Substance of Chinese

SPEARER: Professor Xie Xialing, Head, Department of Sociology, Fudan University

TIME: 7:30 pm

VENUE: Rm 3362 (Lifts 13-15) ORGANISER: Division of Humanities LANGUAGE: Mandarin

INFO: Teresa, Tel: 2358-7800

6 November 1996 (Wednesday)

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*Safety Training Class

COURSES CODE: MC08

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

TIME: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm

VENUE: Room 1504 (Lift 25-26) DEADLINE FOR REG: 30 Ott 96

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

ORGANISER : Safety Environment Protection Office INFO: MS Liu, (e-mail : eollliu)

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Electrical & Electronic Engineering Seminar

TITLE: Intelligent action planning and control for robotic manufacturing systems - --- an event-based approach

SPEAKER: Dr. Ning Xi

VENUE: Rm 4480 (Lift No. 25-26) TIME: 11:00 am - 12:00 noon

ORGANISER: Dept. of Electrical & Electronic Engineering INFO: Miss Avy Man, Tel: 2358-7032

(3) *Social Science Seminar

TITLE: Conflict and Cooperation in US-China Relations: Regional and Bilateral Perspectives

SPEARER: Robert Ross, Boston College TIME: 12%) noon - 1:30 pm

VENUE: Rm 3362, (Lift 13-15) ORGANISER: Division of Social Science

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INFO: Dr Barry Sautman, Tel: 2358-7821

7 November 1996 (Thursday)

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PhD Thesis Seminar

TITLE: “Syntheses and Reactivities of Organoimido Complexes of Transition Metals”

SPEAKER: Miss Wu Man Ching TIME: 3:00 pm

VENUE: Rm 4504, (lift 25-26) ORGANISER: Dept. of Chemistry INFO: Patsy, Tel: 2358-7394

(2) Chemical Engineering Workshop

TIME: 4:00 - 5:00 pm

(3) HKUST/RTHK Radio Program “UST Technology File” (Premier) TOPIC: Chinese Medicine (Part II)

SPEAKER: Dr C T Che, Dept of Chemistry TIME: 7:00 - 7:30 pm

CHANNEL: RTHK Channel 5 [AM 783, FM 106.8(Tun Mun and Yuen Long

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ORGANIZER: Office of Public Affairs, RTHK LANGUAGE: Cantonese

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East Meets West (Concert Series) TITLE: Hong Kong Chamber Orchestra TIME: 7:30 pm

ORGANISER: A presentation of the HKUST Center of the Arts

8 November 1996 (Friday)

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Marketing Department Seminar

TITLE: “Modeling Consumers’ Preferences for Activities and Durations SPEAKER : MS Astrid Kemperman, Eindhoven University of Technology TIME : 10:00 - 11:30 am

VENUE : Room 4379 (Lift 17-18) ORGANISER : Dept. of Marketing INFO : Miss K Y Lee, Tel: 2358-7711

(2) Finance Seminar

TITLE: An Option-Theoretic Model of Catastrophes Applied to Mortgage Insurance

SPEAKER: Prof. James B. Kau, University of Georgia TIME: lo:30 am - 12:00 noon

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ORGANISER: Dept. of Finance

INFO: Elaine Cheung, Tel: 2358-7666

CCST Demonstrations

TOPIC: - Windows 95 Upgrade Clinic - Internet/Intranet Demonstration - Know More About CCST Services TIME: 1:30 - 4:30 pm

VENUE: Booth Outside Lam Woo Lecture Theatre (LT B) ORGANISER: Centre of Computing Services and Telecommunications INFO: Christine, Tel: 2358-6190

CCST Seminar

TITLE: Windows 95 at HKUST TIME: 2:00 - 3:00 pm

VENUE: Lam Woo Lecture Theatre (LT B)

ORGANISER: Centre of Computing Services and Telecommunications INFO: Christine, Tel: 2358-6190

CCST Seminar

TITLE: Internet/Intranet at HKUST TIME: 3:00 - 4:15 pm

VENUE: Lam Woo Lecture Theatre (LT B)

ORGANISER: Centre of Computing Services and Telecommunications INFO: Christine, Tel: 2358-6190

Accounting Seminar 1996/97-5

TITLE: Outside Monitoring and Management Manipulation: The Case of Management Buyouts

SPEAKER: Dr. Woody Y. Wu TIME: 3:30 - 5:00 pm

VENUE: Room 3311 (Lift 17-18) ORGANISER: Dept. of Accounting

INFO: Dr. Mark DeFond, Tel: 2358-7582

Chemical Engineering Workshop

TIME: 4:00 - 5:00 pm

Chemistry Special Distinguished Seminar Series TITLE: Conducting polymers related to electrochemistry SPEAKER: Professor Erkang Wang

TIME: 5:00 pm

HKUST/RTHK Radio Program “UST Technology File” (Rerun) TOPIC: Chinese Medicine (Part I)

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INFO: Dr Steven Kong, 2358-6303

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TITLE: “Estelle Language, Associated Tools and Experiments”

SPEAKER: Professor Stan Budkowski, Softwar-Networks Department, Institut National des Telecommunications, France

TIME: 3:00 - 4:00 pm

ORGANISER: Dept. of Computer Science INFO: Lily, Tel: 2358-7008

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*Physics Seminar

TITLE: Nonlinear Phenomena in Protein Crystallization SPEAKER: Prof Franz Rosenberger

Center for Microgravity and Materials Research University of Alabama in Huntsville

TIME: 3:00 - 4:00 pm

VENUE: Rm 4480 (Lifts 25-26) ORGANISER: Dept. of Physics

INFO: MS Chelsia Tam, Tel: 2358-7500

AUDIENCE: Internal and the Physics Departments of other institutions

East Meets West (Concert Series)

TITLE: Professor Christopy Lorenz (Germany) Lieders By Brahms

TIME: l :OO-2:00 pm VENUE: Exposition Hall

ORGANISER: A presentation of the HKUST Center for the Arts

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COURSES CODE: MC03

COURSE TITLE: Radiation Safety with Sealed RMs and IAs SPEAKER: Dr Paul Chan

TIME: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm

VENUE: Rm 3402 (Lift 17-18) DEADLINE FOR REG: 06 Nov 96

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Social Science Seminar

TITLE: Capitalism Socialism & Nationalism: the Origins of Japanese Corporate Ideology

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TIME: 12:00 noon - 1:30 pm

VENUE: Rm 3362, (Lift 13-15) ORGANISER: Division of Social Science INFO: Carol, Tel: 2358-78 12

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Information dz Systems Management Seminar

TITLE: A structural model of brand choice and purchase quantity decisions: estimation issues and managerial implications

SPEAKER: Dr. Sure&a Rajiv, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago

TIME: 3:30 - 4:30 pm

VENUE: Rm 3402 (Lift 17-18)

ORGANISER: Dept. of Information & Systems Management INFO: Alice Lau, Tel: 2358-7733

(4) *Mathematics Colloquium

TITLE: Error estimates for numerical schemes to conservation laws

SPEAKER: Prof. Tao TANG, Simon Fraser University, Canada and HKUST TIME: 4:30 - 5:30 pm

VENUE: Rm 5501, (Lifts 25-26) ORGANISER: Mathematics Dept.

INFO: Janette Cho, Tel: 2358-7440

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Chemistry Seminar

TITLE: “Acid Catalysis of Excited State Reactions”

SPEAKER: Professor Yuan L. Chow, Department of Chemistry, Tamkang University, Taiwan

TIME: 5:00 pm

VENUE: Rm 4475, (lift 25-26) ORGANISER: Department of Chemistry INFO: Patsy, Tel: 2358-7394

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*Public Affairs Luncheon Lecture TITLE: 1997 Transition

SPEAKER: Mr YIP Kwok Wah, Paul TIME: 12:15 pm Buffet Lunch

1:00 pm Talk VENUE: G/F Chinese Restaurant ORGANISER: Office of Public Affairs

(2) *Economics Seminar

TITLE: The Economics of Poverty Traps

SPEAKER: Professor Costas Azariadis, UCLA TIME: 3:30 - 5%) pm

VENUE: Rm 2397 (lift 17-18) ORGANIZER: Economics Dept. INFO: Julianna, Tel: 2358-7621

(3) *Seminar on Pure Mathematics TITLE: Counting Lattice Points SPEAKER: Dr. Beifang Chen TIME: 4:00 - 5:00 pm

VENUE: Rm 3494, (Lifts 25-26) ORGANISER: Dept. of Mathematics

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Chemistry Seminar

TITLE: Synthesis and Photophysical Characterization of Zeolite-Entrapped Transition Metal Complexes

SPEAKER: Prof James R Kincaid, Department of Chemistry, Marquette University, USA

TIME: 5:OO pm

(5) HKUST/RTHK Radio Program “UST Technology File” (Premier) TOPIC: Mangrove Forest (Part I)

SPEAKER: Professor Y S Wong, Associate Director, Research Centre TIME: 7:00 - 7:30 pm

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(2) Finance Seminar

TITLE: Complements, Substitutes and Strategic Divestiture SPEAKER: Dr. Goufu Tan

TIME: lo:30 am - 12:00 noon VENUE: Rm 2397 (Lift 17-18) ORGANISER: Department of Finance

INFO: Elaine Cheung, Tel: 2358-7666

(3) *Marketing Department Seminar

TITLE: “The Advancement of Macromarketing: Its Orgins and Its Importance” SPEAKER: Professor Robert Nason, Chairperson and Professor, Department

of Marketing, Michigan State University, Editor of the Journal of Macromarketing

TIME: 12:30 - 2%) pm

VENUE: Rm 4379 (Lifts 17-18) ORGANISER: Dept. of Marketing

INFO: Miss K Y Lee, Tel: 2358-7711

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Management of Organizations

TITLE: “Company Policies, Employee Perceptions and Organizational Withdrawal: Some Preliminary Singaporean Findings”

SPEAKER: Dr. Donald J. Campbell and Dr. Kathleen M. Campbell, National University of Singapore

TIME: lo:30 am - 12:00 noon VENUE: Rm 4379 (Lift 17-18)

ORGANISER: Dept. of Management of Organizations INFO: Noreen, Tel: 2358-7721

Silicon Graphics Seminar

TITLE:

The NEW WebFORCE: Taking the Web into the next level

- Visual Based Java Development Tools - Multimedia & VRML Web Authoring Tools - Video-on-Demand on Web for Education

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VENUE (SEMINAR): Lam Woo Lecture Theatre (LT B)

VENUE (DEMONSTRATION): The Front Area of Academic Concourse (in front of Computer Barn)

SEMINAR PROGRAM:

14:oo - 14:30 New SGI engine for the WWW

- 02 architecture (Multimedia Development Station) - Origin Server Architecture

14:30 - 15:15 COSMO Technology Overview for Multimedia Web Services and Development

15:15 - 15:45 Demonstration of 02 & COSMO Tools - Multimedia Development Engines - COSMO Multimedia Development Tools - Media-on-demand Web Service for Multimedia

Campus information 15:45 - 16:00 Question & Answer

ORGANISER: Centre of Computing Services and Telecommunications INFO: Christine, 2358-6190

(5) Computer Science Seminar

SPEAKER: Dr. W.H. Francis Leung, System Architecture Department, Motorola Inc., U.S.A.

TOPIC: “Protocols for Multimedia Communications” TIME: 3:00 - 4:OO pm

VENUE: Rm 2405, (lift 17-18) ORGANISER: Dept. of Computer Science INFO: Lily, Tel: 2358-7008

(6) Accounting Research Seminar 1996/97-6 SPEAKER: Dr. Earl K. Stice, HKUST

TITLE: The Relationship Between Write-Offs and Future Stock Performance TIME: 3:30 - 5:00 pm

VENUE: Room 3311 (Lift 17/18) ORGANISER: Department of Accounting INFO: Dr. Mark DeFond (2358-7582)

(7) *Physics Seminar

TITLE: Phase Conjugate Microscopy for Optical Trapping and Image Processing of Microscopic Object

SPEAKERS: Dr Arthur Chiou, Rockwell International Science Center TIME: 4:00 - 5:00 pm

VENUE: Chen Kuan Cheng Forum (LT H) ORGANISER: Dept. of Physics

(8) Chemistry Special Distinguished Seminar Series

TITLE: Electrochemistry at the liquid/liquid and liquid/membrane interface SPEAKER: Professor Erkang Wang

TIME: 5:00 pm

HKUST/RTHK Radio Program “UST Technology File” (Rerun) TOPIC: Chinese Medicine (Part II)

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TOPIC: “Impact of Memory Performance on 3D Graphics Applications” SPEAKER: Dr. Trung A. Diep, Intel Corporation, U.S.A.

TIME: 3:00 - 4:00 pm

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

TITLE: Polymer - Polymer Complexation due to Hydrogen Bonding in Solution and Bulk

SPEAKER: Professor Jiang Ming, Fudan University, Shanghai, China TIME: 3:00 - 4:00 pm

VENUE: Rm 4572 (Lifts 27-28)

ORGANISER: Department of Chemical Engineering INFO: MS P H Mak, Tel: 2358-0054

*Representation Theory Seminar

TITLE: Szeg* Kernels and the Geometry of Flag Manifolds

SPEAKER: Prof. Hon-Wai Wong, The University of Hong Kong VENUE: Room 5509, Academic Building (near Lifts 25 & 26) TIME: 4:00 - 5:OOp.m.

ORGANISER: Mathematics Dept INFO: Janette Cho (2358-7440)

*Seminar in Analysis

TITLE: The approximation of HAO-Convergence by H-Convergence SPEAKER: Prof. Alain Damlamian, Ecole Polytechnique, France TIME: 4:30 - 5:30 pm

Joint Distinguished Seminar

TITLE: Biodegradable Polymeric Matrix for Zero-Order Release in Drug Delivery Systems

SPEAKER: Prof Kin-De Feng, Deppartment of Chemistry, Peking University, China

TIME: 5:00 pm

Stanley Kwan, Artisti-in-Residence Program Retrospective Screenings

TITLE: Red Rose, White Rose TIME: 7:3Opm

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ORGANISER: A presentation of the HKUST Center for the Arts Supported by a grant from Vice-President for Academic Affairs Office

Assisted by the Film Society & the Student Drama Club INFO: May Yung, Tel: 2358-6148

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*Marketing Department Seminar

TITLE: “History Dependent Brand Switching: Theory and Evidence”

SPEAKER: Mr Amit Pazgal, PhD Candidate, Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University

TIME: 12:00 - 1:30 pm

VENUE: Rm 4379 (Lifts 17- 18) ORGANISER: Dept. of Marketing

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East Meets West (Concert Series) TITLE: Choi Sown-le Piano Recital

Mozart, Liszt, Chopin & Rachmaninoff TIME: 1:OO - 2:00 pm

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TITLE: Bringing Strong Ties Back In: Indirect Connection, Bridges, and Job Search in China

SPEAKER: Prof Bian Yanjie, University of Minnesota TIME: 1:30 - 3:00 pm

VENUE: Rm 3362, (Lift 13-15) ORGANISER: Division of Social Science INFO: Dr Barry Sautman, Tel: 2358-7821

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Fifth Anniversary Distinguished Lectures

TOPIC: Managing in a Changing Environment: Global Perspectives and Strategic Alliances

SPEAKER: Prof Donald P. Jacobs, Gaylord Freeman Distinguished Professor of Banking; Dean, J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of

Management, Northwestern University TIME: 4:00 - 5:30 pm

VENUE: Lecture Theater C

ORGANIZER: Office of the Vice-President for Academic Affairs INFO: Miss Rainbow Lai Tel: 2358-8741

(This is the second in a series of four Distinguished Lectures to commemorate the Fifth Anniversary of the University.)

20 November - 9 December 1996

Era of Awakening - Reflections on Cultural Colonialism in Hong Kong TITLE: An Exhibition of Mixed Media Works

TIME: lpm - 5pm (Tue to Fri), loam - 6pm (Sat & Sun)

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VENUE: University Exposition Hall

ORGANISER: A presentation of the HKUST Center for the Arts & Young Artists Association

INFO: Jeddy Mok, Tel: 2358-6149

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COURSE CODE: DC04

COURSE TITLE: Electrical Safety SPEAKER: MrTSLi

TIME: 9:30 am - 11:30 am

VENUE: Room 3598 (Lift 27,28) DEADLINE FOR REG : 13 Nov 96

ORGANISER : Safety Environment Protection Office INFO: MS Liu, (e-mail : eollliu)

LANGUAGE: Cantonese

TITLE: “Conceptual Metaphor in Consumer and Executive Decision Making” SPEAKERS: Mr George S. Babbes, Haas School of Business, University of

California, Berkeley TIME: 12:00 - 1:30 pm

(3) *Social Science Seminar

TITLE: Industrial Cooperation in the United States Aircraft Industry during World WarII

SPEAKER: Dr Robert Ferguson TIME: 12:00 noon - 1:30 pm

VENUE: Rm 3362, (Lift 13-15) ORGANISER: Division of Social Science INFO: Dr Barry Sautman, Tel: 2358-7821

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Management of Organizations Seminar

TITLE: The Evolution of Employment Relations in Young, Silicon-Valley Firms SPEAKER: Dr. Michael T. Hannan, Graduate School of Business, Stanford

University TIME: 12:00 - 1:30 pm

VENUE: Rm 2397 (Lift 17-18)

ORGANISER: Dept. of Management of Organizations INFO: Karma, Tel: 2358-7722

(5) Information & Systems Management Seminar

TITLE: Simulation Methods for Mean and Median Bias Reduction in Parametric Estimation

SPEAKER: Dr. Javier Cabrera, Statistics Department of Rutgers University, New Jersey, U.S.A.

TIME: 3:30 - 4:30 pm

VENUE: Rm 3308 (Lift No. 17 - 18)

ORGANISER: Dept. of Information & Systems Management (MO) INFO: Panty Wong, Tel: 2358-7723

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SPEAKER: Prof. Hon-Wai Wong, The University of Hong Kong VENUE: Room 5501, Academic Building (near Lifts 25 & 26) TIME: 4:30 - 5:30 pm

ORGANISER: Mathematics Dept INFO: Janette Cho (2358-7440)

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TITLE: Successful Marketing in the Digital Domain: Challenges, Products & Services

SPEAKER: Sheridan Tatsuno, President, Dreamscape Production, California, USA

TIME: lo:30 - 11:30 am

VENUE: Rm 3598 (Lift 27-28) ORGANISER: Dept. of Computer Science INFO: Lily, Tel: 2358-7008

(2) *Safety Training Class

COURSE CODE: MC10

COURSE TITLE: Respiratory Protection SPEAKER: Mr Percy To

TIME: lo:30 am - 12:30 pm

VENUE: Room 5510 (Lift 25,26) DEADLINE FOR REG: 14 Nov 96

LANGUAGE : Cantonese

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*Physics Seminar

TITLE: Introduction to the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NNSFC)

SPEAKER: Professor Ren-Yuan Hu, Chief, Division of Physics, NNSFC TIME: 11:OO am - 12:00 pm

VENUE: Rm 4480 (Lifts 25-26) ORGANISER: Department of Physics INFO: MS Chelsia Tam, x-7500

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*Physics Seminar

TITLE: Enhanced Response of Nonlinear Composites

SPEAKER: Dr K W Yu, Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

TIME: 3:00 - 4:00 pm

(5) *Seminar on Scientific Computation

TITLE: Traveling Waves in Mooney-Rivlin Elastic Rods

SPEAKER: Prof. Dai Huihui, Department of Mathematics, City University of Hong Kong

TIME: 4:00 - 5:00 pm

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HKUST/RTHK Radio Program “UST Technology File” (Premier) TOPIC: Mangrove Forest (Part II)

SPEAKER: Professor Y S Wong, Associate Director, Research Centre TIME: 7:00 - 7:30 pm

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COURSE CODE: DC10

COURSE TITLE: Employee Safety Orientation SPEAKER: MrTSLi

TIME: 9:30 am - lo:30 am

VENUE: Rm 3598 (Lift 27-28) DEADLINE FOR REG: 15 Nov 96

LANGUAGE: Cantonese

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TITLE: “Culture and Compromise; The Influence of Collectivism on Consumer choice”

SPEAKER: Mr Donnel Briley, PhD Candidate, Department of Marketing, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University

TIME: 12:00 - 1:30 pm

23 November 1996 (Saturday)

COURSE CODE: DC03

COURSE TITLE: Fire Safety and Fire Fighting Equipment SPEAKER: MrTSLi

TIME: 9:30 am - 12:00 noon

VENUE: Room 5564 (Lift 27,28) DEADLINE FOR REG: 16 Nov 96

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

LANGUAGE: Cantonese

HKUST/RTHK Radio Program “UST Technology File” (Re-run) TOPIC: Mangrove Forest (Part I)

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TIME: 8:00 - 8:30 pm

CHANNEL: RTHK Channel 2 (FM 94.8-96.9) ORGANIZER: OPA, RTHK

LANGUAGE: Cantonese

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TITLE: “An Emerging Pricing Issue in Providing Internet Services”

SPEAKER: Mr Qiong Wang, PhD Candidate, Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University

TIME: 12:00 - 1:30 pm

*Seminar on Geometry/Topology

TITLE: Four Vertex Theorem and Beyond

SPEAKER: Prof. LIN Xiao-Song, UC Irvine & CUHK VENUE: Rm 3494, (Lifts 25-26)

TIME: 2:00 - 3:00 pm

ORGANISER: Mathematics Dept. INFO: Janette Cho, Tel: 2358-7440

Fifth Anniversary Distinguished Lectures

TOPIC: Innovation and Evolution: Reflection on a Life in Science

SPEAKER: Prof Leo E&i, Nobel Laureate of Physics; President, The University of Tsukuba

TIME: 3:30 - 4:30 pm

VENUE: Leung Yat Sing Lecture Theater (LT F)

ORGANIZER: Office of the Vice-President for Academic Affairs INFO: Miss Mecell Lee Tel: 2358-6286

(This is the third in a series of four Distinguished Lectures to commemorate the Fifth Anniversary of the University.)

Chemistry Seminar

TITLE: Chemical Exchange in NMR

SPEAKER: Professor Alex D. Bain, Department of Chemistry, McMaster University, CANADA

TIME: 5:00 pm

VENUE: Room 4504, (lift 25-26) ORGANISER: Dept. of Chemistry INFO: Patsy, Tel: 2358-7394

Stanley Kwan, Artist-in-Residence Program Retrospective Screenings

TITLE: Film Shorts-Two Sisters

-Too Happy For Words TIME: 7:30 pm

VENUE: Lam Woo Lecture Theater, (LT B)

Assisted by the Film Society & the Student Drama Club INFO: May Yung, Tel: 2358-6148

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East Meets West (Concert Series) TITLE: Mary Wu Piano Recital

All Chopin Program TIME: 1:00 - 2:00 pm

*Physics Seminar

TITLE: Single and Multi Particle Energy Levels in Ga(In)As Quantum Dots SPEAKER: Professor Gerald Bastard, Groupe de Physique des Solides de

1’Ecolc Normale Superieure TIME: 3:30 - 4:30 pm

VENUE: Rm 4334 (Lift 3) ORGANISER: Dept. of Physics INFO: MS Chelsia Tam, Tel: 2358-7500

*Seminar on Scientific Computation

TITLE: Accurate Computation of Discontinuous Flow-The Role of Coordinates SPEAKER: Prof. W.H. Hui

TIME: 4:30 - 5:30 pm

Information & Systems Management Seminar

TITLE: “Providing The Solution to Online Analytical Processing”

SPEAKER: Mr. Vincent Boudville, Technical Director, Infosis Technology Limited

TIME: 6:30 pm

VENUE: Chen Kuan Cheng Forum (LTH)

ORGANISER: Dept. of Information dz Systems Management INFO: Winnie Lee, Tel: 2358-7633

Ellen Pau, Artist-in-Residence program

TITLE: International Video Presentation: “Yuri Kochiyama: Passion for Justice” by Pat Saunders and Rea Tajiri

TIME: 7:3Opm

VENUE: Lecture Theater C

ORGANISER: A presentation of the HKUST Center of the Arts

Assisted by the Film Society INFO: Jeddy Mok, Tel: 2358 6149

OTHER PARTICULARS: Hosted by Ellen Pau, with guest Rea Tajiri

(1) *Seminar on Statistics

TITLE: Limiting Distributions of Maximum Likelihood Estimators for Unstable ARMA Time Series with GARCH Errors

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SPEAKER: Mr. Shiqing LING, Statistics Department, The University of Hong Kong

TIME: 11 :OO am - 12:OO noon

VENUE: Rm 3494, (Lifts 25-26) ORGANISER: Mathematics Dept.) INFO: Janette Cho, Tel: 2358-7440

TITLE: Culture, Language 8z Technology: Cultural Theory as a Methodological Device for the Analysis of Social-Technical Systems

SPEAKER: Dr Manfred Schmutzer, Institute for Technology dz Society, Vienna, Austria

TIME: 12:00 noon - 1:30 pm

VENUE: Rm 3362, (Lift 13-15) ORGANISER: Division of Social Science

INFO: Dr Barry Sautman, Tel: 2358-7821

TITLE: “Modeling Consumer Choice Processes for High-Tech Durable Goods: An Investigation of Consumer Learning Under Uncertainty”

SPEAKER: MS Judi Strebel, PhD Candidate, Departmenf of Marketing, Walter A.Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley

TIME: 12:00 - 1:30 pm

VENUE: Rm 4379 (Lifts 17- 18) ORGANISER: Dept. of Marketing

TOPIC: “Boolean Process for Description of Asynchronism”

SPEAKER: Prof. Yinghua Min, Center for Fault-Tolerant Computing, CAD Lab., Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

TIME: 3:00 - 4:00 pm

VENUE: Rm 3501, (lift 25-26) ORGANISER: Dept. of Computer Science INFO: Lily Chan, Tel: 2358-7008

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*Special Seminar

TITLE: Homological algebra and algebraic surfaces

SPEAKER: Prof. F. Catanese, Universita di Pisa, and Accademia dei Lincei, Italy

VENUE: Rm 3494, (Lifts 25-26) TIME: 2:00 - 3:00 pm

ORGANISER: Mathematics Dept. INFO: Janette Cho, Tel: 2358-7440

(2) *Physics Seminar

TITLE: Fabrication and Structure of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

SPEAKER: Dr Lu-Chang Qin, Fundamental Research Laboratories, NEC Corporation

TIME: 3:00 - 4:oO pm

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Accounting Research Seminar 96/97-7

TITLE: Does Dirty Surplus Accounting Conceal the Facts? SPEAKER: Professor Peter Pope, Lancaster University TIME: 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

VENUE: Rm 3311 (Lift 17-18) ORGANISER: Department of Accounting INFO: Dr. Mark DeFond, Tel: 2358-7582

(4) *Algebra Seminar

TITLE: On the Uniqueness of the Leech Lattice

SPEAKER: Prof. Zhe-Xian Wan, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing TIME: 4:00 - 5:00 pm

VENUE: Rm 4480, (Lifts 25-26) ORGANISER: Mathematics Dept. INFO: Janette Cho, Tel: 2358-7440

TITLE: Hamiltonian structure and fast and slow degrees of freedom in geophysical fluid dynamics

SPEAKER: Prof.Theodore G. Shepherd, Visiting Researcher, Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge University TIME: 4:30 - 5:30 pm

VENUE: Rm 3494, (Lifts 25-26) ORGANISER: Mathematics Dept. INFO: Janette Cho, Tel: 2358-7440

(6) Chemistry Seminar

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TITLE: A Study of Metal/DVS-bisBCB Interface

SPEAKER: Dr James C Tou, Analytical Sciences Lab, The Dow Chemical Company, USA

TIME: 5:00 pm

HKUST/RTHK Radio Program “UST Technology File” (Premier) TITLE: Atmospheric Aerosols and Air Pollution

SPEAKER: Dr Fang Ming, Research Centre TIME: 7:00 - 7:30 pm

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Finance Seminar

TITLE: American GARCH Option Pricing by a Markov Chain Approximation SPEAKER: Dr. Jin C. Duan

TIME: lo:30 am - 12:00 noon

VENUE:

Rm 2397 (Lift 17-18)

ORGANISER: Department of Finance INFO: Cathy Chan, Tel: 2358-7666

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Electrical & Electronic Engineering Seminar

TITLE: Full Utilization, Fairness, and Access Delay on High Speed Slotted Bus Networks

SPEAKER: Ms. Angela L. Chiu TIME: 11:OO am - 12:00 noon VENUE: Rm 3598 (Lift 27-28)

ORGANISER: Dept. of Electrical & Electronic Engineering INFO: Miss Avy Man, Tel: 2358-7032

COURSE CODE : MC05

COURSE TITLE : Laser Safety SPEAKER : Mr Stephen Tsu TIME : 2:30 - 4:30 pm

VENUE : Room 2405 (Lift 17- 18) DEADLINE FOR REG : 22 Nov 96

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

ORGANISER : Safety Environment Protection Office INFO: MS Liu (e-mail : eollliu)

Accounting Research Seminar 1996/97-8

TITLE: Stock Price Reaction to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

SPEAKER: Dr. Sanjay Kallapur TIME: 3:30 - 5:00 pm

VENUE: Rm 3311 (Lift 17-18) ORGANISER: Department of Accounting INFO: Dr. Mark DeFond, Tel: 2358-7582

TITLE: Biodegradation of recalcitrants and bioseparations

SPEAKER: Dr. Howard Chase, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Cambridge

TIME: 4-5pm

VENUE: Rm 2304 (Lift 17 - 18) ORGANISER: Dept. of Chemical Engineering INFO: Dr. Guohua Chen, Tel: 2358-7138

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