Calendar of Events for April 1997

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Calendar of Events for April 97

21 March 97 - 20 May 97 Library Exhibition

TITLE: Recent Works by Jerzy Lesko

TIME: Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 11:00 pm Saturday 9:00 am - 7:00 pm Sunday 1:00 pm - 9:00 pm VENUE: University Library Gallery

ORGANISER: Library

INFO: Ms Alice Ho, Tel: 2358-6707

22 Mar 97 - 11 Apr 97

WebWise<>ArtsSites - Multimedia Arts from Germany and Britain TIME: 1-5pm (Mon-Fri), 10am-6pm (Sat, Sun & Public

Holidays)

VENUE: University Exposition Hall

ORGANISER: A joint presentation of the HKUST Center for the Arts, the Goethe-Institut Hong Kong, the British Council and the Transmedia/VideoFest Berlin

INFO: 2358 6149 (HKUST), 2802 0088 (Goethe-Insitut) OTHER PARTICULARS: Opening Reception: 21 Mar 96(Fri) at 6pm

University Exposition Hall, Art Talk: 22 Mar 97(Sat) at 2:30pm University Exposition Hall

1 April 97 (Tuesday) (1) *Physics Seminar

TITLE: Resonant Quantum Tunneling of Magnetization in Molecular Magnets -- Mn12-Acetate

SPEAKER: Dr Xixiang Zhang, Department de Fisica Fonamental, University de Barcelona

TIME: 3:00 - 4:00 pm

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

INFO: Helen Chan, x-7502

AUDIENCE: Internal and the Physics Departments of other institutions (2) Seminar on Pure Mathematics

TITLE: Zeros finding and complex dynamics

SPEAKER: Professor Cheng-Ming Lee, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

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VENUE: Rm 4483 (Lift 25-26) ORGANISER: Department of Mathematics INFO: Ms Janette Cho, Tel: 2358 7440

2 April 97 (Wednesday) (1) *Physics Seminar

TITLE: Equilibrium vs Non-Equilibrium Surface Diffusion Measurements

SPEAKER: Prof Michael C Tringides, Department of Physics & Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University

TIME: 10:00 - 11:00 am VENUE: Rm 2404 (Lift 17-18) ORGANISER: Department of Physics

INFO: Ms Chelsia Tam, Tel: 2358-7500

AUDIENCE: Internal and the Physics Departments of other institutions (2) Joint Statistics Seminar

TITLE: Option Pricing under Conditionally Fat-Tailed Distributions with an Analysis of Volatility Smile SPEAKER: Dr. Jin-Chuan Duan

TIME: 4:00 - 5:00 pm VENUE: Rm 5564 (Lift 27-28)

ORGANISER: Dept of Information & Systems Mangement (MO) INFO: Mianna Cheung, Tel: 2358-7733

(3) Lecture Series on Carbohydrates and Biotechnology

TITLE: Synthesis of Oligosaccharides: Problems and Solutions SPEAKER: Professor J.J. Krpinsky, Visiting Professor, Department

of Chemistry, HKUST and Professor, Department of Medical Genetics and Microbiology, Acting Director, Molecular Medicine Research Centre, University of Toronto, Canada

TIME: 5:00 - 6:00 pm

VENUE: Chen Kuan Cheng Forum (LT H) ORGANISER: Department of Chemistry

INFO: Patsy, Tel: 2358 7390

3 April 97 (Thursday) (1) *Physics Seminar

TITLE: Disorder, Electron-Electron Interactions, and the Cooper Channel

SPEAKER: Dr Wenhao Wu, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University

TIME: 10:30 - 11:30 am VENUE: Rm 3308 (Lift 17-18)

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ORGANISER: Dept of Physics

INFO: Helen Chan, Tel: 2358-7502

AUDIENCE: Internal and the Physics Departments of other institutions (2) Social Science Seminar

TITLE: Amahs, In-laws, and Infants: A Study of Working Couples and their Domestic Helpers in Hong Kong SPEAKER: Dr Julian M Groves

TIME: 1:00 - 2:30 pm VENUE: Rm 3362 (Lift 13-15) ORGANISER: Division of Social Science INFO: Carol Chan, Tel: 2358-7812 (3) *Physics Seminar

TITLE: Semiconductor Microcavity Part 1

SPEAKER: Prof Hou Zhi Zheng, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences

TIME: 3:00 - 4:00 pm

VENUE: Rm 3308 (Lifts 17-18) ORGANISER: Department of Physics

AUDIENCE: Internal and the Physics Departments of other institutions (4) Chemistry Seminar

TITLE: Linear-Scaling Quantum Mechanical Method and Applications: Macromolecules in Solution

SPEAKER: Dr. Weitao Yang

TIME: 5:00 pm

VENUE: Rm 2302 (Lift 17-18) ORGANISER: Department of Chemistry INFO: Patsy, Tel: 2358-7390

(5) Ping Chong's Experience in Experimental Multimedia Theater in the US

TIME: 6 pm

VENUE: Lecture Theater E

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

LANGUAGE: The program will be conducted in English and Cantonese. INFO: May Yung, Tel: 2358 6148

(6) Screening Program on Pina Bausch TITLE: Bluebird (108 mins)

TIME: 7:30pm

VENUE: Lee Wing Tat Lecture Theater (LTD)

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

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(7) Edward Lam Talkshow

TIME: 8 pm

INFO: May Yung, Tel: 2358 6148

4 April 97 (Friday)

(1) Marketing Seminar

TITLE: Competing Coupon Promotions -- A Zero-Sum Game? SPEAKER: Dr Jeongwen Chiang

TIME: 12:00 - 1:30 pm VENUE: Rm 4379 (Lift 17-18) ORGANISER: Department of Marketing INFO: Terry Law, Tel: 2358-7700 (2) *Physics Seminar

TITLE: Semiconductor Microcavity Part 2

SPEAKER: Prof Hou Zhi Zheng, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences

TIME: 3:00 - 4:00 pm

VENUE: Rm 2304 (Lifts 17-18) ORGANISER: Department of Physics

AUDIENCE: Internal and the Physics Departments of other institutions (3) Computer Science Seminar

TOPIC: "New Development of Object Recognition" SPEAKER: Prof. Patrick Wang, IAPR-Fellow & Professor of

Computer Science, Northeastern University, U.S.A. TIME: 3:00 - 4:00 pm

VENUE: Rm 3301 (Lift 17-18) ORGANISER: Dept of Computer Science INFO: Lily Chan, Tel: 2358 7008 (4) Seminar on Pure Mathematics

TITLE: Meromorphic Solutions of Complex Differential Equations

SPEAKER: Prof. Xin-hou Hua, Nanjing University, China TIME: 3:00 - 4:00 pm

VENUE: Rm 4483 (Lifts 25-26) ORGANISER: Department of Mathematics INFO: Ms Janette Cho, Tel: 2358 7440

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HKUST/RTHK Radio Program 'UST Technology File' (Re-run) TITLE: Neurodegenerative Diseases

SPEAKER: Dr Nancy Ip, Dept of Biology TIME: 8:00 - 8:30 pm

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

INFO: Dr Steven Kong, 2358-6303

7 April 97 (Monday)

(1) Humanities Seminar

TITLE: Paintings of the Four Famous Views by Xie Shi-chen and the Vogue of Travel in the Sixteenth Century

SPEAKER: Flora Li-tsui Fu, Associate Professor, Taiwan Central University

TIME: 2:00 pm

VENUE: Rm 3362 (Lift 13-15) ORGANISER: Division of Humanities INFO: Teresa, Tel: 2358-7800 (2) Computer Seminar

TITLE: "Symbolic Model Checking for Large Software Requirements"

SPEAKER: William Chan, Department of Computer Science, University of Washington, U.S.A.

TIME: 3:00 - 4:00 pm VENUE: Lecture Theatre E

ORGANISER: Dept of Computer Science INFO: Lily, Tel: 2358 7008 (3) *Physics Seminar

TITLE: Physics of Nanostructures in Information Technology SPEAKER: Prof K Venkat Rao, Department of Condensed Matter

Physics, The Royal Institute of Technology TIME: 4:00 - 5:00 pm

VENUE: Rm 1401 (Lift 25-26) ORGANISER: Department of Physics

AUDIENCE: Internal and the Physics Departments of other institutions (4) Seminar in Applied Mathematics

TITLE: Recent work of liquid drops

SPEAKER: Prof. Harvey Segur, University of Colorado, Boulder & HKUST

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ORGANISER: Department of Mathematics INFO: Ms Janette Cho, Tel: 2358 7440 (5) Chemistry Seminar

TITLE: "Pulsed Field Gradient NMR of Polymers in Aqueous and Carbon Dioxide Systems"

SPEAKER: Dr. Kewei Zhang, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, U.S.A.

TIME: 5:00 pm

INFO: Patsy, Tel: 2358-7390 (6) "Century of Cinema" Screening Program

TITLE: The Cinema on the Road DIRECTOR: Jang Sun-Woo (Korea)

TIME: 7:30 pm

VENUE: Lam Woo Lecture Theater(LTB)

LANGUAGE: English, no subtitles INFO: May Yung, Tel: 2358 6148

8 April 97 (Tuesday)

East Meets West Concert Series: TITLE: Voices and Piano:

Zhang Hao (mezzo-soprano) Lam Ho Chi (baryton) Ariele Dumazet (piano)

TIME: 1:00pm

VENUE: University Exposition Hall

9 April 97 (Wednesday) (1) Humanities Seminar

TITLE: Reflections on Lu Xun's "Yecao"

SPEAKER: Professor Susanne Welgelin-Schwiedrzik, Head, Institute of Chinese Studies, University of Heidelberg

TIME: 10:30 am

VENUE: Rm 3362 (Lifts 13-15) ORGANISER: Division of Humanities LANGUAGE: English and Putonghua

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INFO: Teresa, Tel: 2358-7800 (2) Joint AEMF & MECH Seminar

TITLE: Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy for In Situ Characterization of Metallic Basis Materials in Various Environments

SPEAKER: Prof Chang-Jian Lin, Professor of Xiamen University, Visiting Scholar at HKUST

ORGANISER: Advanced Engineering Materials Facility & Mechanical Engineering Department

INFO: Grace Tsang, Tel: 2358-8671

(3) Lecture Series on Carbohydrates and Biotechnology

TITLE: Glycosidic Bond Formation in Oligosaccharide Synthesis: Fiction and Facts

SPEAKER: Professor J.J. Krpinsky, Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry, HKUST and Professor, Department of Medical Genetics and Microbiology, Acting Director, Molecular Medicine Research Centre, University of Toronto, Canada

TIME: 5:00 - 6:00 pm

INFO: Patsy, Tel: 2358 7390

10 April 97 (Thursday)

(1) *Safety Training Class COURSE CODE: DC03

COURSE TITLE: Fire Safety and Fire-fighting Equipment SPEAKER: Mr S T Ho

TIME: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm VENUE: Rm 5565 (Lift 27-28) DEADLINE FOR REG: 3 Apr 97

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

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ORGANISER: Safety & Environment Protection Office LANGUAGE: Cantonese

INFO: Ms Liu (e-mail : eollliu) (2) Seminar on Scientific Computation

TITLE: The Articial Boundary Conditions for Incompressible Viscous Flows in Channels

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SPEAKER: Prof. Houde HAN, Department of Applied Mathematics, Tsinghua, University, Beijing

TIME: 4:00 - 5:00 pm VENUE: Rm 3494 (Lift 25-26) ORGANISER: Department of Mathematics INFO: Ms Janette Cho, Tel: 2358 7440 (3) Humanities Talk

TITLE: Academic and Intellectual Climate of Beijing in the 90s SPEAKER: Dr. Wang Hui, Research Fellow, Institute of Literature,

Chinese Academy of Social Science

TIME: 4:00 pm

VENUE: Rm 3362 (Lift 13-15) LANGUAGE: Putonghua

INFO: Teresa, Tel: 2358-7800 (4) *PG Student Seminar

TITLE: "Chemistry of Nitric Oxide Synthase" SPEAKER: Mr. Dongming CHEN

TIME: 5:00 p.m.

VENUE: Room 2404 (Lift 17-18) ORGANISER: Department of Chemistry INFO: Patsy, Tel: 2358-7390 (5) Screening Program on Pina Bausch

TITLE: The Dress Rehearsal (88 mins) Directed by Werner Schroeter

TIME: 7:30pm

10 - 20 April 97

Technology Exhibition

TITLE: Tomorrow's Technology Today

VENUE: Atrum

ORGANISER: Office of Public Affairs

11 April 97 (Friday) (1) Marketing Seminar

TITLE: Asymmetric Post-Promotion Effects SPEAKER: Dr Luc Wathieu

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ORGANISER: Department of Marketing INFO: Terry Law, Tel: 2358-7700 (2) Humanities Talk

TITLE: Mount Huang Imagery As Cultural Icon: Huangshan Paintings of Shitao (1642-1707) and His Huizhou Patrons in Early Qing Yangzhou

SPEAKER: Weikuen TANG, PhD Candidate, University of California, Berkeley

TIME: 2:00 pm

VENUE: Rm 3362 (Lifts 13-15) ORGANISER: Division of Humanities INFO: Teresa, Tel: 2358-7800 (3) Distinguished Lectures in Engineering

TITLE: Reliable Computation from Unreliable Computers SPEAKER: Professor Manuel Blum, Visiting Research Professor of

CS, City University of Hong Kong, & Arthur J. Chick Professor of EECS, U.C. Berkeley, USA

TIME: 4:30 pm

VENUE: Lecture Theatre C ORGANISER: School of Engineering

INFO: Maggie, Tel: 2358-6969, Fax: 2358-1458 (4) Chemistry Seminar

TITLE: On the Proper Selection of Computational Methods SPEAKER: Professor Chin-hui Yu, Department of Chemistry,

National Tsinghua University, Taiwan

TIME: 5:00 pm

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

INFO: Patsy, Tel: 2358-7390

13 April 97 (Sunday)

HKUST/RTHK Radio Program 'UST Technology File' (Re-run) TITLE: Structural Design of Tall Buildings

SPEAKER: Dr Chun Man Chan, Dept of Civil and Structural Engineering

TIME: 8:00 - 8:30 pm

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

INFO: Dr Steven Kong, 2358-6303

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(1) *Physics Seminar

TITLE: Growth and Electronic Properties of 10-nm Scale Quantum Wires

SPEAKER: Prof H Sakaki, Department of Physics/Industrial Science, University of Tokyo

TIME: 2:00 - 3:00 pm VENUE: Rm 4480 (Lift 25-26) ORGANISER: Department of Physics

AUDIENCE: Internal and the Physics Departments of other institutions (2) *Physics Seminar

TITLE: Modeling of Resonant Tunneling Diodes for Devices and Circuit Design

SPEAKERS: Dr Joel Schulman, Japan and Hughes Research Laboratories, University of Tokyo

TIME: 3:00 - 4:00 pm VENUE: Rm 4480 (Lift 25-26) ORGANISER: Department of Physics INFO: Ms Chelsia Tam, x-7500

AUDIENCE: Internal and the Physics Departments of other institutions (3) Computer Science Seminar

TOPIC: "Optical (WDM) Networks"

SPEAKER: Prof. Biswanath Mukherjee, Department of Computer Science, University of California, Davis, U.S.A. TIME: 3:00 - 4:00 pm

VENUE: Lecture Theatre E

ORGANISER: Dept of Computer Science INFO: Lily Chan, Tel: 2358 7008 (4) "Century of Cinema" Screening Program

TITLE: Cinema of Tears

DIRECTOR: Nelson Pereira Dos Santos (Latin America)

TIME: 7:30 pm

LANGUAGE: English subtitles

14-15 April 97

TITLE: Workshop on High Speed Multimedia Networking TIME: Monday 9:00 am - 5:10 pm

Tuesday 9:30 am - 4:05 pm VENUE: Exposition Hall

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Students HK$250 Others HK$600

(Free admission for all UST staff and students to the workshop sessions only, prior registration is required) ORGANISER: Dept of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Cable

& Wireless, U.K

INFO: Dr Danny Tsang, Tel: 2358-7045, Fax: 2358-1485, email: [email protected]

(1) Social Science Seminar

TITLE: Temporary Migration and Regional Development SPEAKER: Dr. Ma Zhongdong

TIME: 1:30 - 3:00 pm VENUE: Rm 3362 (Lift 13-15) ORGANISER: Division of Social Science INFO: Carol Chan, Tel: 2358-7812 (2) Computer Science Seminar

TOPIC: "Monte Carlo Arithmetic"

SPEAKER: Prof. Stott Parker, Computer Science Department, University of California, Los Angeles, U.S.A. TIME: 3:00 - 4:00pm

VENUE: Room 3301 (Lift 17-18) ORGANISER: Dept of Computer Science INFO: Lily Chan, Tel: 2358 7008 (3) *Physics Seminar

TITLE: Spatially-Extended Dynamical Systems: General Remarks and Some Striking Features

SPEAKERS: Dr Hugues Chate, Service de Physique de l'Etat Condense, CEA - Centre d'Etudes de Saclay TIME: 3:00 - 4:00 pm

AUDIENCE: Internal and the Physics Departments of other institutions (4) Chemistry Seminar

TITLE: Perfluorocarbon Fluids in Synthetic Chemistry

SPEAKER: Dr Dong-Wei Zhu, Research Specialist Fluorochemical Process and Technology Center 3M Specialty Materials Division

TIME: 5:00 pm

VENUE: Rm 2302 (Lift 17-18) ORGANISER: Dept of Chemistry INFO: Patsy, Tel: 2358-7390

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16 April 97 (Wednesday) (1) Joint Seminar

TOPIC: The Split and Merge (SAM) Protocol for Interactive Video-on-Demand Systems"

SPEAKER: Professor Victor O.K. Li, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, U.S.A. TIME: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

VENUE: Rm 2407 (Lift 17-18)

ORGANISER: Dept of Computer Science & Dept of Electrical Engineering

INFO: Lily, Tel: 2358 7008 (2) Marketing Seminar

TITLE: Product Perishability and Multistore Shopping SPEAKER: Professor Charles Weinberg, Visiting Professor of

Marketing, HKUST, Alumni Professor of Marketing, UBC

TIME: 2:00 - 3:30 pm VENUE: Rm 4379 (Lift 17-18) ORGANISER: Department of Marketing INFO: Terry Law, Tel: 2358-7700 (3) Joint Statistics Seminar

TITLE: Bayesian Cluster Analysis and Density Estimation SPEAKER: Professor Lawrence J. Brunner, Department of Statistics,

University of Toronto, Canada TIME: 4:00 - 5:00 pm

VENUE: Rm 5564 (Lift 27-28)

ORGANISER: Dept of Information & Systems Management (MO) & Dept of Mathematics

INFO: Pancy Wong, Tel: 2358 7723 (4) Mathematics Colloquium

TITLE: Virasoro algebra, Korteweg-de Vries equation, and log(d/dx)

SPEAKER: Prof. Bris A. Khesin, Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto

TIME: 4:30 - 5:30 pm VENUE: Rm 3494 (Lift 25-26) ORGANISER: Department of Mathematics INFO: Ms Janette Cho, Tel: 2358 7440 (5) Lecture Series on Carbohydrates and Biotechnology

TITLE: Polymer-supported Synthesis of Oligosaccharides: Single Compounds and Combinatorial Libraries

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SPEAKER: Professor J.J. Krpinsky, Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry, HKUST and Professor, Department of Medical Genetics and Microbiology, Acting Director, Molecular Medicine Research Centre, University of Toronto, Canada

TIME: 5:00 - 6:00 pm

INFO: Patsy, Tel: 2358 7390 (6) UST Quartet-in-Residence

TITLE: Open Rehearsal by the Hong Kong String Quartet

TIME: 6pm

VENUE: Music Lounge, University Center

(1) *Electrical & Electronic Engineering Seminar

TITLE: Self-Adjusted Analog Integrated Circuits SPEAKER: Dr. Jose E. da Franca

TIME: 11:00 - 12:00 noon VENUE: Rm 4480 (Lift 25-26)

ORGANISER: Dept. of Electrical & Electronic Engineering INFO: Dr. Howard Luong, Tel: 2358 8514

(2) Computer Science Seminar

TOPIC: "Surface Design via Deformation of Periodically Swept Surfaces"

SPEAKER: Dr. Tai Chiew-Lan, Dept. of Information Systems & Computer Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore

TIME: 11:00am - 12 noon VENUE: Rm 3412 (Lift 17-18) ORGANISER: Dept of Computer Science INFO: Lily Chan, Tel: 2358 7008 (3) Screening Program on Pina Bausch

TITLE: Theater in Trance (91 mins) DIRECTOR: Rainer W Fassbinder

TIME: 7:30pm

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18 April 97 (Friday) (1) AEMF Workshop

TITLE: Workshop on Manufacture of Advanced Composite Materials and Structures Using Autoclaving Process TIME: 9:00 am - 5:30 pm

VENUE: Rm 7332, (Lift 13-15)

FEE: HK$500 (includes coffees, lunch, notes and hands-on training), Student Rate: HK$200 (includes coffees, notes, and hands-on training)

ORGANISER: Advanced Engineering Materials Facility

INFO: Ms. Grace Tsang, Tel: 2358-8671, Fax: 2335-9298, email: catcm

TITLE: "What Price For Fairness? A Bargaining Study" SPEAKER: Dr Rami Zwick

TIME: 12:00 - 1:30 pm VENUE: Rm 4379 (Lifts 17-18) ORGANISER: Dept of Marketing

INRO: Miss K Y Lee, Tel: 2358-7711 (3) *State of the University Report

SPEAKER: President Chia-Wei Woo TIME: 4:00 p.m.

VENUE: Citibank Lecture Theatre (A) ORGANISER: Office of Public Affairs

INFO: Dr Steven Kong, Tel: 2358-6303, email: PASTEVEN (4) *Physics Seminar

TITLE: The Nucleus in Extremis - from Super-deformation to Quark-gluon Soup

SPEAKER: Prof George C Morrison, School of Physics and Space Research, The University of Brimingham

TIME: 4:00 - 5:00 pm VENUE: Rm 3008 (Lift 3) ORGANISER: Department of Physics

AUDIENCE: Internal and the Physics Departments of other institutions

21 April 97 (Monday)

(1) Social Science Seminar

TITLE: "Xinjiang and the Chinese state in the 1990s" SPEAKER: Professor Colin Mackerras, Head of Modern Asian

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TIME: 1:30 - 3:00p.m. VENUE: Rm 3362 (Lift 13-15) ORGANISER: Division of Social Science INFO: Carol Chan, Tel: 2358-7812 (2) Computer Science Seminar

TOPIC: "Topological Reasoning in Two Dimensions"

SPEAKER: Prof. Christos H. Papadimitriou, McKay Professor of Computer Science, Dept. of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.

TIME: 3:00 - 4:00 pm VENUE: Lecture Theatre E

ORGANISER: Dept of Computer Science INFO: Lily Chan, Tel: 2358 7008 (3) Distinguished Chemistry Seminar

TITLE: High-Speed High-Throughput DNA Sequencing Technology

SPEAKER: Professor Edward S. Yeung, Department of Chemistry, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Iowa State University of Science and Technology

TIME: 5:00 pm

VENUE: Cheng Kuan Chen Forum (LT H) ORGANISER: Department of Chemistry

INFO: Patsy Ng, Tel: 2358-7390 (4) "Century of Cinema" Screening Program

TITLE: Cinema of Unease

DIRECTOR: Same Neil (New Zealand)

TIME: 7:30 pm

LANGUAGE: English, no subtitles INFO: May Yung, Tel: 2358 6148

23 April 97 (Wednesday)

(1) *Physics Seminar/ PhD Thesis Seminar

TITLE: Quantum Magnetotransport For Electric and Magnetic, Modulated Systems

SPEAKER: Mr. Qin Wei Shi, Department of Physics, HKUST TIME: 3:00 - 4:00 pm

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(2) UST Quartet-in-Residence

TITLE: April Concert by the Hong Kong String Quartet

TIME: 8:00 pm

VENUE: Multi-purpose Hall, University Center

(1) Seminar on Scientific Computation

TITLE: Arc Length Method in Nonlinear Problems and Bifurcation

SPEAKER: Prof. Jike Wu, Department of Mechanics and Engineering science, Peking University & HKUST

TIME: 4:00 - 5:00 pm

VENUE: Rm 3494, (Lift 25-26) ORGANISER: Department of Mathematics INFO: Ms Janette Cho, Tel: 2358 7440 (2) Mathematics Colloquium

TITLE: Holomorphic sphere, Flop and string theory

SPEAKER: Prof. RUAN Yongbin, University of Illinois at Madison TIME: 4:30 - 5:30p.m.

VENUE: Rm 4483 (Lift 25-26) ORGANISER: Department of Mathematics INFO: Ms Janette Cho, Tel: 2358 7440 (3) Chemistry Seminar

TITLE: Modelling 1,2-Alkyl Rearrangements in Vitamin B-12 SPEAKER: Dr. Kin-Shing Chan, Department of Chemistry, The

Chinese University of Hong Kong

TIME: 5:00 pm

VENUE: Room 2302, (Lift 17-18) ORGANISER: Department of Chemistry INFO: Patsy Ng, Tel: 2358-7390

25 April 97 (Friday)

(1) *Safety Training Class COURSE CODE: MC04 COURSE TITLE: Laser Safety SPEAKER: Mr John Rosen TIME: 10:00 - 11:30 am VENUE: Rm 2405 (Lift 17-18)

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DEADLINE FOR REG: 18 Apr 1997

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

ORGANISER: Safety & Envoronmental Protection Office INFO: Ms Liu (e-mail : eollliu)

TITLE: The Dynamic Effects of Advertising and Promotions on Brand Choice and Purchase Quantity

SPEAKER: Dr Kamel Jedidi TIME: 12:00 - 1:30 pm VENUE: Rm 4379 (Lift 17-18) ORGANISER: Department of Marketing INFO: Terry Law, Tel: 2358-7700 (3) *Physics Seminar

TITLE: Metal To Insulator Transition In Short Period Si/SiGe Superlattices

SPEAKER: Prof Guenther Bauer ,Johannes Kepler Universitaet, Institut fuer Halbleiterphysik

TIME: 4:00 - 5:00 pm VENUE: Rm 3008 (Lift 3) ORGANISER: Department of Physics

AUDIENCE: Internal and the Physics Departments of other institutions

25 April 97 - 12 May 97 T-shirt Exhibition

TIME: 1-5pm (Mon-Fri), 10am-6pm (Sat & Sun) VENUE: University Exposition Hall, HKUST

ORGANISER: A co-presentation of the HKUST Center for the Arts and HKUST Women's Group

INFO: Jeddy, Tel: 2358 6149

OTHER PARTICULARS: Opening Reception: 25 Apr 97 (Fri) at 4:30pm University Exposition Hall

28 April 97 (Monday)

(1) *Safety Training Class COURSE CODE: DC10

COURSE TITLE: Employee Safety Orientation SPEAKER: Mr S T Ho

TIME: 10:30 - 11:30 am VENUE: Rm 2406 (Lift 17-18)

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DEADLINE FOR REG: 21 Apr 97

ORGANISER: Safety & Envoronmental Protection Office INFO: Ms Liu (e-mail : eollliu)

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LANGUAGE: Cantonese (2) Computer Science Seminar

TOPIC: "Exploiting Application-Network Interactivity for IP-over-ATM"

SPEAKER: Kam Lee, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, U.S.A. TIME: 3:00 - 4:00 pm

VENUE: Lecture Theatre E

ORGANISER: Dept of Computer Science INFO: Lily Chan, Tel: 2358 7008 (3) Seminar in Analysis

TITLE: Three layered solutions and other related problems in Multi-phase transition

SPEAKER: Prof. Changfeng Gui, Department of Mathematics, University of British Columbia, Canada

TIME: 4:00 - 5:00 pm

VENUE: Rm 4483, (Lift 25-26) ORGANISER: Department of Mathematics INFO: Ms Janette Cho, Tel: 2358 7440 (4) Chemistry Seminar

TITLE: Vibrational Reorganization Energies and Photophysics of Metal to Ligand Transitions in Several Organic

Compounds

SPEAKER: Dr. David Lee Philips, Department of Chemistry, University of Hong Kong

TIME: 5:00 pm

INFO: Patsy Ng, Tel: 2358-7390 (5) Special lectures on Hurricane

TITLE: The Hurricane: A Challenge for Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

SPEAKER: Prof. Michael T. Montomery, Colorado State University, U.S.A.

TIME: 5:00 - 6:00 pm

VENUE: Rm 4480, (Lift 25-26) ORGANISER: Department of Mathematics

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INFO: Ms Janette Cho, Tel: 2358 7440 (6) "Century of Cinema" Screening Program

TITLE: Scandinavian Cinema DIRECTOR: Stig Bjorkman (Sweden)

TIME: 7:30 pm

LANGUAGE: English subtitles

(1) *Safety Training Class COURSE CODE: MC03

COURSE TITLE: Hazardous Waste Management SPEAKER: Dr Swearengen

TIME: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm VENUE: Rm 3412 (Lift 17-18) DEADLINE FOR REG: 22 Apr 97

ORGANISER: Safety & Environmental Protection Office INFO: Ms Liu (e-mail : eollliu)

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(2) Special lectures on Hurricane

TITLE: Current Research Thrusts on Hurricane Studies

SPEAKER: Prof. Michael T. Montomery, Colorado State University, U.S.A.

TIME: 3:30 - 4:30 pm

VENUE: Rm 4480, (Lift 25-26) ORGANISER: Department of Mathematics INFO: Ms Janette Cho, Tel: 2358 7440 (3) Chemistry Seminar

TITLE: DNA Analysis using Fluorescence and Biosensor Techniques

SPEAKER: Dr. Mengsu Yang, Department of Biology & Chemistry City University of Hong Kong

TIME: 5:00 pm

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(4) 1996/97 Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fund Visiting Professorship Scheme Public Lecture

TITLE: Solving Equations in Entegers: Diophantine Analysis and Transcendence Theory

SPEAKER: Prof Alan Baker, FRS, Fields Medallist, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, Professor of Pure Mathematics, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

TIME: 6:00 - 7:00 pm

VENUE: Lam Woo Lecture Theatre (LT B) ORGANISER: Department of Mathematics INFO: Ms Odissa Wong, Tel: 2358-7440

30 April 97 (Wednesday) (1) Joint Statistics Seminar

TITLE: Model Selection For the CAR(p) Process SPEAKER: Dr. Gopal K. Basak

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

(2) Humanities Seminar

TITLE: The Esthetics of Buddhism in Hongloumeng SPEAKER: Professor Anthony C Yu, Carl Darling Buck

Distinguished Service Professor in the Humanities, The University of Chicago

TIME: 4:30 pm

VENUE: Rm 3362 (Lift 13-15) ORGANISER: Division of Humanities INFO: Teresa, Tel: 2358-7800 (3) Mathematics Colloquium

TITLE: Mathematical Models of Electrophoresis

SPEAKER: Prof. M.Yu. Zhukov, Rostov University, Russia TIME: 4:30 - 5:30 pm

VENUE: Rm 3494 (Lift 25-26) ORGANISER: Department of Mathematics INFO: Ms Janette Cho, Tel: 2358 7440 (4) Series of Education of Love by Edward Lam

TITLE: Program 2: Sex, Love and Appreciation of Arts

TIME: 7:00pm

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