Events from 1 May 2001 to 31 May 2001
19 Apr 2001 - 17 May 2001Water Color Exhibit
TITLE: Water Color Exhibit by Guo Run Lin 郭潤林水彩畫展
TIME: 1-5pm (Tue-Fri), 10am-6pm (Sat & Sun), Closed on Mon & Public Holidays
VENUE: Exposition Hall ORGANISER: Center for the Arts
ENQUIRY: Ms Jeddy Mok, tel: 2358 6149 HYPERLINK: http://www.ust.hk/cfa
AUDIENCE: Children under 4 are not admitted. FEE: Free admisson
23 Apr 2001 - 14 May 2001
科大十周年校慶攝影比賽 HKUST 10th Anniversary Photo Contest TITLE: 科大十周年校慶攝影比賽頒獎典禮暨攝影展 HKUST 10th
Anniversary Photo Contest Prize Presentation Ceremony cum Photo Exhibition
TIME: 頒獎典禮 Prize Presentation Ceremony: 1:00pm - 1:15pm VENUE: 香港賽馬會大堂 The Hong Kong Jockey Club Atrium
ORGANISER: Office of University Development and Public Affairs, Publishing Technology Center, The Film Society, HKUSTSU, The
Photographic Society, HKUSTSU
ENQUIRY: Sara Wong, Tel: 2358-6308, Email: [email protected] LANGUAGE: English
HYPERLINK: http://www.ust.hk/10A (由 4 月 17 日起生效 Effective from 17 April)
AUDIENCE: 歡迎參與 All are welcome
FEE: N/A
2 May 2001 (Wednesday) MPhil Thesis Seminar
TITLE: Application of the Kernel Approximation in the study of quantum spin systems
SPEAKER: Mr Yaojun DU, Department of Physics, HKUST TIME: 15:00 - 16:00
VENUE: Room 3416 (lifts 17-18), Academic Building, HKUST ORGANISER: Department of Physics
ENQUIRY: Jacma Said, 2358-7501 LANGUAGE: English
HYPERLINK: http://Physics/seminar/YJDu.htm
AUDIENCE: Internal and the Physics Departments of other institutions MGTO Seminar by Professor Linda A. Jackson
TITLE: HomeNetToo: Motivational, affective and cognitive factors and internet use: Explaining the digital divide and the internet paradox. SPEAKER: Professor Linda A. Jackson, Michigan State University
TIME: 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
VENUE: Conference room 2397 (Lifts 17-18)
ENQUIRY: Merita Chiu (Ext. 7752) LANGUAGE: English
AUDIENCE: All interested are welcome. FEE: Free of charge.
10th Anniversary Distinguished Lecture
TITLE: Markets and Politics in Rural China, 1978-1996 SPEAKER: Prof. Andrew G. Walder, Stanford University TIME: 3:30pm-Reception, 4-6pm-Lecture
VENUE: Multi-Purpose Hall, University Center, HKUST ORGANISER: Office of the Dean of Humanities & Social Science ENQUIRY: Connie Leung, 2358 7791
LANGUAGE: English AUDIENCE: public
FEE: na
Physics Seminar
TITLE: Progress in Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystals, towards Applications
SPEAKER: Professor Claude Weisbuch, Laboratoire de Physique de la Matiere Condensee, Ecole Polytechnique, France
TIME: 16:00 - 17:00
VENUE: Room 1402, HKUST ORGANISER: Department of Physics
LANGUAGE: English
AUDIENCE: internal and physics departments of other institutions FEE: nil
Problem-based Learning (PBL)
TITLE: Will PBL work for my discipline?
SPEAKER: Dr David Johnston, Director, Hong Kong Center for Problem-based Learning
TIME: 10:00am - 12:00noon VENUE: Rm 3027
ORGANISER: Center for Enhanced Learning & Teaching ENQUIRY: Gloria Lo, email: [email protected]
LANGUAGE: English Film and Artistic Creativity
TITLE: Film screening and discussion--Raise the Red Lantern (Zhang Yimou)
SPEAKER: Dr. Sasha Vojkovic (Host) TIME: 7:00p.m.
VENUE: Lee Wing Tat Lecture Theater (LT D) ORGANISER: Center for Cultural Studies, DHSS ENQUIRY: Yip Man Fung, tel: 2358-8025 LANGUAGE: English
AUDIENCE: All are welcome.
3 May 2001 (Thursday) Humanities Lecture
TITLE: Dialectal Strata and Proto-form Reconstruction
SPEAKER: Dr. Chen Zhongmin, University of California, Berkeley TIME: 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
VENUE: Room 3362 (Lifts 13-15) ORGANISER: Division of Humanities
ENQUIRY: Professor Samuel Cheung (Tel.: 2358 7764) LANGUAGE: English
AUDIENCE: Internal Event Orchestra
TITLE: Wind Ensemble Annual Performance 科大管樂團周年表演 TIME: 7-8:30pm
VENUE: Exposition Hall ORGANISER: Center for the Arts
ENQUIRY: Ms Jeddy Mok, tel: 2358 6149 LANGUAGE: Cantonese
HYPERLINK: http://www.ust.hk/cfa
AUDIENCE: Children under 4 are not admitted. FEE: Free admission.
4 May 2001 (Friday)
TITLE: 國際學生同樂晚會 International Student Gala TIME: 7pm
VENUE: 大學中心 University Center
ORGANISER: Office of University Development and Public Affairs
ENQUIRY: Mandy Cheung, Tel: 2358-6110, Email: [email protected] LANGUAGE: English
AUDIENCE: By Invitation
FEE: N/A
Marketing Seminar
TITLE: Memory for Naturalistic Social Interactions: Effects of Post-Information Processing Objectives on the Recognition of Statements and Nonverbal Behaviors
SPEAKER: Prof Rashmi Adaval, Assistant Professor, Department of Marketing, HKUST
TIME: 12:00 - 1:30 pm VENUE: Rm 4379 (Lifts 17-18) ORGANISER: Department of Marketing ENQUIRY: Ms Terry Law, tel: 2358 7700 LANGUAGE: English
5 May 2001 (Saturday)
10th Anniversary Distinguished Lecture TITLE: Our Asias
Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University and Y.K. Pao Distinguished Visiting Professor, HKUST
TIME: 2pm-Reception, 2:15pm-Lecture,3:30pm-Coffee Break, 3:45pm-Panel Discussion,4:45pm-Open Forum
VENUE: Multi-Purpose Hall, University Center, HKUST ORGANISER: Office of the Dean of Humanities & Social Science ENQUIRY: Connie Leung, 2358 7791
LANGUAGE: English AUDIENCE: public FEE: N.A. 7 May 2001 (Monday) CS Seminar
TITLE: A Simple Arithmetic for Fractions with Applications to Classical Physics, Geometric Modeling, and Computer Graphics
SPEAKER: Professor Ron Goldman, Rice University, Houston, USA TIME: 4-5pm
VENUE: Leung Yat Sing Lecture Theater (LT F), Academic Concourse (near lift nos. 25/26), HKUST
ORGANISER: Department of Computer Science ENQUIRY: tel: 2358 7008
LANGUAGE: English 社會科學部學術講座
SPEAKER: 柱世勛教授 華東師範大學 人口研究所
TIME: 正午十二時至下午一時三十分
VENUE: 香港科技大學學術大樓三三六二室(請用十三至十五號升降機)
ORGANISER: Division of Social Science ENQUIRY: Peggy Chan, tel: 2358 7822 LANGUAGE: Putonghua
AUDIENCE: open to public
FEE: N/A
Social Science Seminar
TITLE: Why Do Governments Privatize?
SPEAKER: Professor Loren Brandt, Department of Economics, University of Toronto
TIME: 3:00p.m. - 4:30p.m.
VENUE: Room 3362, HSS conference room (near lift 13-15) ORGANISER: Division of Social Science
ENQUIRY: Peggy Chan, tel: 2358 7822 LANGUAGE: English
AUDIENCE: open to public
FEE: N/A
7 May 2001 - 29 Jun 2001 PO Workshop
TITLE: Effective English Communication Skills II - Conversational English (Group One)
SPEAKER: 1. Mrs Beth HARRIS
2. Mrs Hanneke SCHLEJEN 3. Mrs Sally WESTBURY TIME: 9:30 am - 11:00 am
VENUE: Room 4334, 4/F (via Lift 3) ORGANISER: Personnel Office
ENQUIRY: Miss Jolie CHEUNG, Personnel Officer, tel:2358 6593 LANGUAGE: English
HYPERLINK: http://www.ab.ust.hk/po/stnd.html AUDIENCE: Internal - staff only (by enrolment)
REMARKS: A total of 16 meetings (7 May - 29 June); every Mon & Wed 8 May 2001 (Tuesday)
Guitar Recital
TITLE: Guitar New Age - Stephen Chau Guitar Recital 六弦新世界-周啟良 結他獨奏會
TIME: 1-2pm
VENUE: Exposition Hall ORGANISER: Center for the Arts
ENQUIRY: Ms Jeddy Mok, tel: 2358 6149 LANGUAGE: Cantonese
HYPERLINK: http://www.ust.hk/cfa
AUDIENCE: Children under 4 are not admitted. FEE: Free Admission
8 May 2001 - 3 Jul 2001 PO Workshop
TITLE: Effective English Communication Skills II - Conversational English (Group Two)
SPEAKER: 1. Mrs Beth HARRIS
2. Mrs Hanneke SCHLEJEN 3. Mrs Sally WESTBURY TIME: 9:15 am - 10:45 am
VENUE: Room 3027, 3/F, PTC (via Lift 1) ORGANISER: Personnel Office
ENQUIRY: Miss Jolie CHEUNG, Personnel Officer, tel:2358 6593 LANGUAGE: English
HYPERLINK: http://www.ab.ust.hk/po/stnd.html AUDIENCE: Internal - staff only (by enrolment)
REMARKS: A total of 16 meetings (8 May - 3 Jul); every Tue & Thu PO Workshop
TITLE: Effective English Communication Skills II - Conversational English (Group Three)
SPEAKER: 1. Mrs Beth HARRIS
2. Mrs Hanneke SCHLEJEN 3. Mrs Sally WESTBURY TIME: 11:15 am - 12:45 pm
VENUE: Room 3027, 3/F, PTC (via Lift 1) ORGANISER: Personnel Office
ENQUIRY: Miss Jolie CHEUNG, Personnel Officer, tel: 2358 6593 LANGUAGE: English
HYPERLINK: http://www.ab.ust.hk/po/stnd.html AUDIENCE: Internal - staff only (by enrolment)
REMARKS: A total of 16 meetings (8 May - 3 Jul); every Tue & Thu 9 May 2001 (Wednesday)
Problem-based Learning (PBL)
TITLE: Problem design and facilitation
SPEAKER: Dr David Johnston, Director, Hong Kong Center for Problem-based Learning
TIME: 10:00am - 12:30pm VENUE: Rm 3027 (via Lift 1)
ORGANISER: Center for Enhanced Learning & Teaching ENQUIRY: Gloria Lo, email: [email protected]
LANGUAGE: English
Symposium on Asian Development
TITLE: The Rise of East Asia: 50,150 and 500 Year Perspectives SPEAKER: Professor Giovanni Arrighi, Professor, Department of Sociology,
Johns Hopkins University TIME: 10:30 a.m.
VENUE: Room 3362, HSS conference room (Lift 13-15) ORGANISER: Division of Social Science
LANGUAGE: English
AUDIENCE: open to public
FEE: N/A
REMARKS: Disscussants: Tai-Lok Lui (Dept of Sociology, Chinese University of Hong Kong) Kevin Hewison (Southeast Asia Research Centre, City University of Hong Kong)
Symposium on Asian Development
TITLE: Japanese MNCs in Pacific Asia: The Flying Geese have Landed but are they Embedded?
SPEAKER: Professor Roger Hayter, Professor, Department of Geography, Simon Fraser University
TIME: 2:00 p.m.
VENUE: Room 3362, HSS conference room (Lift 13-15) ORGANISER: Division of Social Science
ENQUIRY: Peggy Chan, Tel:2358 7822 LANGUAGE: English
AUDIENCE: open to public
FEE: N/A
REMARKS: Disscussants: Greg Felker (Division of Social Science, HKUST) Jerry Patchell (Division of Social Science, HKUST)
10 May 2001 (Thursday) Humanities Lecture
TITLE: The Tragic Meaning and Metaphysical Aspect of the Honglou meng [The Dream of the Red Chamber]
SPEAKER: Professor Ye Lang, Department of Philosophy, Peking University TIME: 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
VENUE: Room 3362 (Lifts 13-15) ORGANISER: Division of Humanities
ENQUIRY: Professor Zongli Lu, tel: 2358 7761 LANGUAGE: Putonghua
AUDIENCE: Internal Event 11 May 2001 (Friday)
Cello Recital
TITLE: Cello Recital - Stephen Framil 大提琴之夜 TIME: 7-9pm
VENUE: Exposition Hall ORGANISER: Center for the Arts
ENQUIRY: Ms Jeddy Mok, tel: 2358 6149 LANGUAGE: English
HYPERLINK: http://www.ust.hk/cfa
AUDIENCE: Children under 4 are not admitted. FEE: Free admission.
Marketing Seminar
TITLE: Incommensurate Resources: Not Just More of The Same SPEAKER: Professor Joseph C. Nunes, Assistant Professor of Marketing,
Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California TIME: 12:00 - 1:20 pm
VENUE: Room 4379 (Lifts 17-18) ORGANISER: Department of Marketing ENQUIRY: Ms Terry Law, tel: 2358 7700 LANGUAGE: English
Accounting Research Seminar 2000/2001-8
TITLE: The Usefulness of Comprehensive Income: Evidence From Analysts' Earnings Forecasts
SPEAKER: Professor Jong-Hag Choi, HKUST TIME: 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
VENUE: Room 3315 (Lift 17/18) ORGANISER: Department of Accounting
ENQUIRY: Prof. Chul Park, Tel: (852)2358-7575 LANGUAGE: English
AUDIENCE: All Interested are Welcome FEE: Free of Charge
REMARKS: Papers are available in Room 3419 12 May 2001 (Saturday)
South China Research Center - Heritage and Culture Talk Series
TITLE: The Exhibition of History and The History of Exhibition: Museums in Guangzhou
SPEAKER: Ms. Chen Yuhuan, Guangzhou City Heritage Management Committee
VENUE: Room 7332 (Lifts 13-15) ORGANISER: Division of Humanities
ENQUIRY: Mr. Ma Muk-chi, Tel.: 2358 7778 LANGUAGE: Cantonese
AUDIENCE: All are Welcome
South China Research Center - Heritage and Culture Talk Series
TITLE: Archaeological Excavation and City Development in Guangzhou SPEAKER: Professor Mai Yinghao, Guangzhou City Heritage Management
Committee
TIME: 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. VENUE: Room 7332 (Lifts 13-15) ORGANISER: Division of Humanities
ENQUIRY: Mr. Ma Muk-chi, Tel.: 2358 7778 LANGUAGE: Cantonese
AUDIENCE: All are Welcome 14 May 2001 (Monday)
Social Science Seminar
TITLE: Nationalism, Populism, Dependency: Old Ideas for a New Southeast Asia?
SPEAKER: Professor Kevin Hewison, Director, Southeast Asia Research Centre, Department of Applied Social Studies, City University of Hong Kong
VENUE: Room 3362, HSS conference room (Lift 13-15) ORGANISER: Division of Social Science
ENQUIRY: Peggy Chan, Tel:2358 7822 LANGUAGE: English
AUDIENCE: open to public FEE: free of charge CS Seminar
TITLE: Image Compression Techniques
SPEAKER: Dr. Wayne Brown, University of Central Arkansas TIME: 4-5pm
VENUE: Leung Yat Sing Lecture Theater (LT F), Academic Concourse (near lift nos. 25/26), HKUST
ORGANISER: Department of Computer Science ENQUIRY: Lily Chan, tel: 2358 7008
LANGUAGE: English 16 May 2001 (Wednesday) MGTO Seminar by Dr. Jing Zhou
TITLE: When job dissatisfaction leads to creativity: Encouraging the expression of voice.
SPEAKER: Dr. Jing Zhou, Texas A&M University TIME: 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon.
VENUE: Conference room 2397 (Lifts 17-18)
ENQUIRY: Merita Chiu (Ext. 7752) LANGUAGE: English
AUDIENCE: All interested are welcome. FEE: Free of charge.
Problem-based Learning (PBL) TITLE: Curriculum design
SPEAKER: Dr David Johnston, Director, Hong Kong Center for Problem-based Learning
TIME: 10:00am - 12:30pm VENUE: Rm 3027 (via Lift 1)
ORGANISER: Center for Enhanced Learning & Teaching ENQUIRY: Gloria Lo, email: [email protected]
LANGUAGE: English 18 May 2001 (Friday)
Accounting Research Seminar 2000/2001-9
TITLE: Why do Companies Voluntarily Make Income Decreasing Accounting Choices? An Investigation of Initial Asset Write-Downs in China
SPEAKER: Prof. Xijia Su, City University of Hong Kong TIME: 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
VENUE: Room 3315 (Lift 17/18) ORGANISER: Department of Accounting ENQUIRY: Prof. Chul Park, tel: 2358-7575
LANGUAGE: English
AUDIENCE: All Interested are Welcome FEE: Free of Charge
REMARKS: Papers are available in Room 3419 21 May 2001 (Monday)
Civil Engineering Seminar
TITLE: Observations on Some Shortcomings in Foundation Analysis and Design
SPEAKER: Professor Fred H. Kulhawy TIME: 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
VENUE: Room 3574 (Lift 27/28) Civil Engineering Conference Room ORGANISER: Department of Civil Engineering
ENQUIRY: Rebecca Yau, tel: 2358 7164 LANGUAGE: English
HYPERLINK: http://cesu2.ce.ust.hk/~csego/ae.htm AUDIENCE: All are welcome!
22 May 2001 (Tuesday) ISMT Seminar
TITLE: Evolution of the Information Disciplines
SPEAKER: John L. King, Professor & Dean, School of Information, University of Michigan
TIME: 11:00 am - 12:00 noon
ORGANISER: Department of Information & Systems Management
ENQUIRY: For further inquiries, please contact ISMT Dept at 2358-7723 LANGUAGE: English
REMARKS: ALL INTERESTED ARE WELCOME! Social Science Seminar
TITLE: The Global Restructuring of Labor Movements, Past and Present SPEAKER: Professor Beverly J. Silver, Associate Professor, Department of
Sociology, The Johns Hopkins University TIME: 12:00noon - 1:30p.m.
VENUE: Room 3362, HSS conference room (Lift 13-15) ORGANISER: Division of Social Science
ENQUIRY: Peggy Chan, Tel:2358 7822 LANGUAGE: English
AUDIENCE: open to public FEE: free of charge 22 May 2001 - 26 Jun 2001 Lie Theory Seminar
TITLE: Distribution of CM-Points on Quaternion Shimura Varieties SPEAKER: Prof. Shou-Wu Zhang, Department of Mathematics, Columbia
University & HKUST TIME: 4:30p.m.-5:30p.m.
VENUE: Room 3494 (near Lift 25 & 26) ORGANISER: Department of Mathematics
ENQUIRY: Ms. Janette Cho/Dr. Xiaoping Xu, tel: 2358 7440/2358 7431 LANGUAGE: English
REMARKS: The event will be held on every Tuesday during the above period. 23 May 2001 (Wednesday)
Problem-based Learning (PBL)
TITLE: Assessment and evaluation
SPEAKER: Dr David Johnston, Director, Hong Kong Center for Problem-based Learning
TIME: 10:00am - 12:30pm VENUE: Rm 3027 (via Lift 1)
ORGANISER: Center for Enhanced Learning & Teaching ENQUIRY: Gloria Lo, email: [email protected]
LANGUAGE: English 23 May 2001 - 8 Jun 2001
法國五月攝影展 Le French May Photo Exhibition
TITLE: 法國五月「法國工業 千禧頌曲」攝影展 Le French May Photo Exhibition:
VENUE: 香港賽馬會大堂 The Hong Kong Jockey Club Atrium ORGANISER: Office of University Development and Public Affairs ENQUIRY: Mandy Cheung, tel: 2358 6110, email: [email protected] LANGUAGE: English
AUDIENCE: All are welcome
REMARKS: Co-presented by: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Consulate-General of France
23 May 2001 (Wednesday)
法國五月攝影展開幕典禮 Opening Ceremony of Le French May Photo Exhibition TITLE: 法國五月攝影展開幕典禮 Opening Ceremony of Le French May
Photo Exhibition TIME: 11:30 am
VENUE: 香港賽馬會大堂 The Hong Kong Jockey Club Atrium ORGANISER: Office of University Development and Public Affairs ENQUIRY: Mandy Cheung, tel: 2358 6110, email: [email protected] LANGUAGE: English
AUDIENCE: All are welcome
FEE: N/A
REMARKS: Co-presented by: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Consulate-General of France
Social Science Seminar
TITLE: Getting and Gaining: Social Capital, its Sources and Profits, and Challenges for Theoretical Generalization of Contextualized Processes
SPEAKER: Professor Bonnie H. Erickson, Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Toronto
TIME: 12:00noon - 1:30p.m.
VENUE: Room 3362, HSS conference room (Lift 13-15) ORGANISER: Division of Social Science
ENQUIRY: Peggy Chan, tel:2358 7822 LANGUAGE: English
AUDIENCE: open to public FEE: free of charge Seminar in Pure Mathematics
TITLE: Characteristic Structure
SPEAKER: Dr. Guo-Wu Meng, Dept. of Mathematics, HKUST TIME: 4:30p.m.-5:30p.m.
VENUE: Room 3494 (near Lift 25 & 26) ORGANISER: Department of Mathematics ENQUIRY: Ms. Janette Cho, tel: 2358 7440 LANGUAGE: English
CS Seminar
TITLE: Knowledge and Technology Transfer: A personal experience and perspective
SPEAKER: Professor Andrew K.C. Wong, Systems Design
Engineering,University of Waterloo, Visiting PAMI Chair, Computing Department, Hong Kong Polytechnic University TIME: 3-4pm
VENUE: Room 1402, Academic Concourse (near lift nos. 25/26), HKUST ORGANISER: Department of Computer Science
ENQUIRY: Lily Chan, tel: 2358 7008 LANGUAGE: English
The HKUST Atmospheric Research Team Seminar Series
TITLE: Determination of a wide range of VOC using cryogenic GC/MS and evaluation of their stability in Summa canisters
SPEAKER: Dr. Y.C. Wong, Government Laboratory TIME: 4:00 - 5:00 pm
VENUE: Conference Room 3616, Appled Technology Center (near lift 29 & 30)
ORGANISER: Institute for Environment and Sustainable Development ENQUIRY: Amy Lau, tel: 2358 6927
LANGUAGE: English
AUDIENCE: Open for public FEE: Free of charge 24 May 2001 (Thursday) MPhil Thesis Presentation
TITLE: Overseas Chinese Remittance Institution and Network - A Case Study of the Eu Yan Sang Enterprise (1914-1941)
SPEAKER: Ms Chu Fung-ting, Esther TIME: 4:00 p.m.
VENUE: Room 3362 (Lifts 13-15) ORGANISER: Division of Humanities
ENQUIRY: Miss Teresa Wong, Tel.: 2358 7800 LANGUAGE: Cantonese
Social Science Seminar
TITLE: How shall Affect be Described? Cross-cultural Evidence for a Circumplex Model
SPEAKER: Dr. Michelle YIK, Assistant Professor, School of Business, University of Hong Kong
TIME: 12:00noon - 1:30p.m.
VENUE: HSS conference room, 3362 (Lift 13-15) ORGANISER: Division of Social Science
ENQUIRY: Peggy Chan, Tel: 2358 7822 LANGUAGE: English
AUDIENCE: internal event FEE: free of charge 28 May 2001 (Monday)
Seminar on Copyright in higher education
TITLE: Copyright in higher education: legal issues in preparing course contents
SPEAKER: Mr Stephen Richard Selby, Director of Intellectual Property Dept of SARHK
TIME: 2:15pm - 3:30pm
VENUE: Rm 7332 or Rm 7336D (depends on the no. of participants) ORGANISER: Center for Enhanced Learning & Teaching
ENQUIRY: Gloria Lo, email: [email protected] LANGUAGE: English
AUDIENCE: For internal only. Social Science Seminar
TITLE: Modelling Culture in Mind
SPEAKER: Dr. Ho-ying FU, Post-doctoral Fellow, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
TIME: 12:00noon - 1:30p.m.
VENUE: HSS conference room, 3362 (Lift 13-15) ORGANISER: Division of Social Science
ENQUIRY: Peggy Chan, Tel: 2358 7822 LANGUAGE: English
AUDIENCE: internal event FEE: free of charge Humanities Lecture
TITLE: Chinese Culture, War and Peace
SPEAKER: Professor Julia Ching, University of Toronto TIME: 4:15 - 6:00 p.m.
VENUE: Room 3362 (Lifts 13-15) ORGANISER: Division of Humanities
ENQUIRY: Professor Charles Chan, tel.: 2358 7765 LANGUAGE: English
AUDIENCE: Internal Event 29 May 2001 (Tuesday)
Humanities Lecture
TITLE: Humanities in the Digital Era
SPEAKER: Professor Chen Ping Yuan, Peking University TIME: 2:30 p.m.
VENUE: Room 3362 (Lifts 13-15) ORGANISER: Division of Humanities
ENQUIRY: Miss Teresa Wong, tel.: 2358 7800 LANGUAGE: Putonghua
AUDIENCE: Internal Event 30 May 2001 (Wednesday) Civil Engineering Seminar
TITLE: What Does Temperament Have to do with Civil Engineering? SPEAKER: Prof Delwyn G. Fredlund
TIME: 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
VENUE: Chen Kuan Cheng Forum (LT H) ORGANISER: Department of Civil Engineering ENQUIRY: Rebecca Yau, Tel: 2358 7164 LANGUAGE: English
HYPERLINK: http://cesu2.ce.ust.hk/~csego/ae.htm AUDIENCE: All are welcome!!
Seminar by Professor Oded Shenkar, The Ohio State University TITLE: Cultural Distance Revisited: Towards a More Rigorous
SPEAKER: Professor Oded Shenkar, The Ohio State University TIME: 12:00 noon to 1:30 p.m.
VENUE: Conference Room 2397 (Lifts 17-18)
ORGANISER: Department of Management of Organisations ENQUIRY: Merita Chiu, tel: 2358 7752
LANGUAGE: English
AUDIENCE: All interested are welcome. FEE: Free of charge.
Seminar on Statistics
TITLE: Estimate a Poisson Intensity When Dead Time Exists SPEAKER: Prof. He Shuyuan, Peking University
TIME: 11:00a.m.-12:00noon
VENUE: Room 1401 (near Lift 25 & 26) ORGANISER: Department of Mathematics ENQUIRY: Ms. Janette Cho, tel: 2358 7440 LANGUAGE: English
31 May 2001 (Thursday)
Seminar on Scientific Computation
TITLE: The Stability and Dynamics of Spikes for the Gierer-Meinhardt Model
SPEAKER: Prof. Michael Ward, University of British Columbia, Canada TIME: 4:30p.m.-5:30p.m.
ORGANISER: Department of Mathematics and Center for Scientific Computation ENQUIRY: Ms. Janette Cho, tel: 2358 7440
LANGUAGE: English Mathematics Colloquium
TITLE: Harmonic Analysis for PDEs
SPEAKER: Prof. Lihe Wang, University of Iowa TIME: 3:00p.m.-4:00p.m.
VENUE: Room 1504 (near Lift 25 & 26) ORGANISER: Department of Mathematics ENQUIRY: Ms. Janette Cho, tel: 2358 7440 LANGUAGE: English
Seminar on Statistics
TITLE: On Large Deviations for Heavy-tailed Random Sums
SPEAKER: Prof. Chun SU, University of Science and Technology of China TIME: 2:00p.m.-3:00p.m.
VENUE: Room 1401 (near Lift 25 & 26) ORGANISER: Department of Mathematics ENQUIRY: Ms. Janette Cho, tel: 2358 7440 LANGUAGE: Putonghua
25th School Colloquium & 27th Science School Board Meeting
SPEAKER: Prof. Yundong Wu, Department of Chemistry TIME: 3:00pm
VENUE: Chen Kuan Cheng Forum (LT H)
ORGANISER: Office of the Dean of Science, Department of Chemistry ENQUIRY: Rosita Shek, tel: 2358 7261
LANGUAGE: English
HYPERLINK: http://www.science.school.ust.hk/colloquium/ AUDIENCE: All are welcome
REMARKS: Light refreshment will be served at 4:15pm outside LT H. The HKUST Atmospheric Research Team Seminar Series
TITLE: Study on Characteristics of Fine Particles in the Cities of China SPEAKER: Dr. Min Hu, Associate Professor, Center for Environmental
Sciences, Peking University TIME: 11:00 - 12:00 am
VENUE: ATC Conference Room 3616
ORGANISER: Institute for Environment and Sustainable Development (IESD) ENQUIRY: Amy LAU, tel: 2358-6927
LANGUAGE: English
AUDIENCE: All staff and open to public FEE: free of charge
