Academic Affairs Newsletter, No. 5/96

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[evdate 1996-09-12] To : All staff members of Academic Affairs Branch For internal circulation by IDLPs

Academic Affairs Newsletter (Issue No. 5/96 12 September 1996) [This newsletter is also posted on the Electronic Noticeboard of the University computer network and can be accessed for viewing from the folder: "AA-News

Simplified Faculty Titles JQ 'and Implementation Guidelines The University introduced its current internal promotion system upon Senate's endorsement (in February 1994) and Council's approval (in March 1994) on a new range of academic ranks and titles.

With experience gained since then, we intend to formulate appropriate implementation guidelines on appointment, promotion, and substantiation so that faculty members can have a clearer understanding on how their careers may advance at HKUST.

Main features proposed 0 faculty titles will be simplified to become a three-rank title of: Assistant Professor Associate Professor Professor 0 substantiation and promotion to Associate Professor will be coupled and decided in a single academic review 0 salary scale of Associate Professor will be from Bll to B15 and from Al to A7 l internally, Associate Professors on B-scale will be known as Associate Professor(B) and those on A- scale salary will be known as Associate Professor(A); a "promotion" review is required for Associate Professors to advance from the B- scale to A-scale salary l there will not be any new Reader appointments l salary scale of Professor will be from A5 to A10 and "professorial minimum" or above; a promotion review is required for Associate Professor to advance to Professor on A-scale salary and similarly, a "promotion" review is required for Professor on A-scale salary to advance to salary on "professorial minimum" or above 0 there will be no quota for the advancement of Assistant Professors to Associate Professors(B), or for Associate Professors(A) to Professors(A- scale) Details of these proposals are in the paper on the "Implementation Guidelines" which has been circulated to all faculty members. Forum The guidelines were drawn up based on several rounds of meetings and discussions involving the President, myself, the four Deans, AVP-AAs, and the Chairman of UASC. A faculty forum will be held on Saturday morning of 14 September from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in Lam Woo Lecture Theatre (LTB). Please come to the forum if you have any questions on the document. Implementation We intend to implement the guidelines as soon as Senate's advice on the administration to implement the proposals (9 October 1996) and Council's agreement (end of October) have been sought. Application deadline for substantiation review To implement the guideline that substantiation and promotion to Associate Professor(B) is to be determined in a single review, the University deadline for substantiation application previously announced in the No.4/96 issue of this newsletter will be deferred by a month to 7 November 7996 so that faculty members who intend to apply for substantiation can have more time in preparing any necessary additional documentation for promotion. Shain-Dow Kung Vice-President for Academic !LJ Affair September 1996 Academic Affairs Office, HKUST I

Issue No. S/96 12 September 1996 Acudemic A.&it-s Nek,sletter Between 1 July 1996 and 31 August 1996, the UASC had reviewed 8 senior appointments, 1 academic review case, and 2 cases for qualification to serve on substantiation review committees. Prof. Roland CHIN has been appointed Head of Computer Science, concurrent with his appointment as Professor of Computer Science, with effect from 1 July 1996. Professor Chin received both his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Before he joined HKUST in March 1993, he was Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and Visiting Professor at HKUST. He was the Acting Head of the Department of Computer Science since January 1996. He has served on a number of impoflant University committees. His research interests include image processing, machine vision, digital signal processing, pattern recognition, and related applications. Prof. Michael M. LOY has been reappointed Associate Dean of Science for the period from 1 September 1996 to 31 August 1997. Prof. Ming L. YU has been appointed Director of Materials Characterisation and Preparation Centre, concurrent with his appointment as Professor of Physics, from 1 October 1996 to 30 September 1997. The following faculty members have been appointed by the Dean of Engineering, in consultation with VP- AA, to serve on the reconstituted Search Committee for the Headship of Electrical and Electronic Engineering: Chairman: Professor Ming LIOU, Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Members: Professor Xiren CAO, Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Dr. Zexiang LI, Associate Professor Electronic Engineering Professor Michael LOY Professor of Physics Dr. Chi-Ying TSUI, Assistant Professor Electronic Engineering in Electrical and in Electrical and Professor PO-Lock YUE, Head and Professor of Chemical Engineering From 1 July 1996 to 31 August 1996, the University had extended 39 academic appointment offers. As of 31 August 1996, 25 appointees accepted, 2 declined, and 12 had not replied. School of Science (3) Department of Mathematics Professor Shiu Yuen CHENG, Head and Professor, PhD Univ of California, Berkeley [A brief introduction on Professor Cheng can be found in Academic Affairs Newsletter Issue No.4/96] Dr. Kun XU, Lecturer, PhD Columbia Univ Department of Physics Professor Ming L. YU, Professor, PhD California lnstifute of Technology School of Engineering (5) Department of Chemical Engineering Dr. King Lun YEUNG, Assistant Professor, PhD Univ of Notre Dame Department of Civil and Structural Engineering Dr. Hong K. LO, Assistant Professor, PhD Ohio State Univ Professor Yeou-Koung TUNG, Professor, PhD Univ of Texas at Austin Department of Computer Science Dr. Fangzhen LIN, Assistant Professor, PhD Stanford Univ 2 Academic Affairs Office, HKUST

Department of lndus trial Engineering and Engineering Dr. Weitao YANG, Vis Associate Professor, PhD Univ of North

Management Carolina Dr. Raymond Ka-Man CHEUNG, Assistant Professor, PhD Prince ton Univ uoint appointment of industrial Engineering & Engineering Management and Civil & Structural Engineering] School of Business and Management (9) Department of Accounting Professor Gary C. BIDDLE, Head and Professor, PhD Univ of Chicago [A brief introduction on Professor Biddle can be found in Academic Affairs Newsletter Issue No. 4/96] Dr. Sabrina Y.S. KWAN, Assistant Professor, PhD London Business School Dr. Suil PAE, Assistant Professor, PhD Univ of British Co/urn bia Department of Economics Dr. David COOK, Assistant Professor, PhD Univ of Wisconsin, Madison Dr. Yi WEN, Assistant Professor, PhD Univ of lowa Departnient of Finance Dr. Jin-Chuan DUAN, Associate Professor, PhD Univ of Wisconsin, Madison Dr. Chuan Yang HWANG, Associate Professor, PhD Univ of California, Los Angeles Department of bformation and Systems Management Dr. Bruce A. REINIG, Assistant Professor, PhD Univ of Arizona Department of Marketing Dr. Jaideep SENGUPTA, Assistant Professor, PhD Univ of California, Los Angeles School of Humanities and Social Science(2) Division of Social Science Dr. Robert G. FERGUSON, Assistant Professor, PhD Univ of Minnesota Dr. David ZWEIG, Associate Professor, PhD Univ of Michigan School of Science (5) Department of Chemistry Professor Chi Kwong CHANG, Vis Professor, PhD Univ of California, San Diego Department of Mathematics Professor Wu-yi HSIANG, Vis Professor, PhD Princeton Univ Department of Physics Dr. Supapan SERAPHIN, Vis Associate Professor, PhD Arizona State Univ fioint appointment of Physics and Chemistry] Professor Ruibao TAO, Vis Professor, PhD Fudan Univ School of Engineering (5) Department of Chemical Engineering Dr. David Shan-Hill WONG, Vis Reader, PhD Univof De/aware Department of Civil and Structural Engineering Dr. Ali JAAFARI, Vis Associate Professor, PhD Univ of Surrey Dr. Akira MITA, Vis Associate Professor, PhD Univ of California, San Diego Department of Computer Science Professor Su-Shing CHEN, Vis Professor, PhD Univ of Mary/and Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Professor Ruqi HAN, Vis Scholar, Graduate Beijing Univ School of Business and Management (17) Department of Accounting Dr. Kevin C.W. CHEN, Vis Associate Professor, PhD Univ of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Mr. Jerry X. LU, Temporary Assistant Lecturer, MA Univ of Toledo Miss Wendy Shuk Wan WONG, Vis Scholar, LLM Univ of London Department of Economics Dr. Emily T. CREMERS, Vis Assistant Professor, PhD Univ of Minnesota Dr. Huagang (Hugh) LI, Vis Assistant Professor, PhD Univ of California, Los Angeles Professor John Graham RILEY, Vis Professor, PhD M/T Dr. Guofu TAN, Vis Associate Professor, PhD California institute of Technology Dr. Wei ZHANG, Vis Assistant Professor, PhD Univ of Pittsburgh Academic Affairs Office, HKUST 3

hue No. 51'96 12 September 1996 Acudemic A.&h Newsletter Department of Information and Systems Management Professor Viatcheslav V. SAZONOV, Vis Professor, PhD Graduate School of the Steklov Mathematical Institute Dr. Kishore SENGUPTA, Vis Scholar, PhD Case Western Reserve Univ Mr. Mike Ka Pui SO, Vis Assistant Lecturer, Bsc Univ of Hong Kong Professor Christopher S. TANG, Vis Professor, PhD Yale Univ Dr. Zehai ZHOU, Vis Assistant Professor, PhD Univ of Arizona Department of Management of Organisa tions Professor Glenn R. CARROLL, Vis Professor, PhD Stanford Univ Dr. Geoffrey WARING, Vis Assistant Professor, PhD Univ of California, Los Angeles Dr. Elizabeth J. WELDON, Vis Associate Professor, PhD Ohio State Univ Department of Marketing Dr. Jeongwen CHIANG, Vis Assistant Professor, PhD Univ of Minnesota Note: From time to time, short-term visitors are appointed by the University to help keeping the academic community updated on current developments in the academic arena and maintain a constant flow of talents. This small pool of visitors is at about 10% of our faculty strength. The following faculty members have been granted substantiation and appointment on superannuation terms: Dr. Tai-Kai NG, Associate Professor in Physics Dr. Wing-Yim TAM, Lecturer in Physics Congratulations to the following faculty members who have been appointed to a higher academic rank by open competition: Dr. Yue-Kuen KWOK, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics Dr. Jing-Song HUANG, Associate Professor in Mathematics Dr. Tai-Kai NG, Associate Professor in Physics Dr. Shuming NG, Associate Professor in Information and Systems Management Dr. Kenneth S. LAW, Associate Professor in Management of Organisations Congratulations to the following faculty members who have been promoted in title with effect from 1 July 1996: Internal promotion to the title of Professor; Professor Xiren CAO, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Internal promotion to the title of Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor: Dr. Xiao-Yuan LI, Department of Chemistry Dr. Khaled BEN LETAIEF, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Congratulations to Professor Ping Cheng, Head and Professor of Mechanical Engineering, who has been selected by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) to be the recipient of the 1996 Heat Transfer Memorial Award in the Science category. This is considered to be the most prestigious award given annually by ASME to recognise an individual who has made outstanding research contributions in the field of heat transfer. The University Administrative Committee has recently endorsed the implementation of the guidelines on the "Report of Consulting Activities". According to the guidelines, faculty members are requested to submit a report at the beginning of each semester on consulting activities engaged in the past 6 months and any planned consulting activities known at the time of reporting. The reporting system was implemented with effect from Fall 1996. A copy of the guidelines together with the 'report form' for Fall 1996 has been sent to all faculty members via the Department/Division Heads. Please complete and return the report to your Department Head on or before 21 September 1996, who will collate and send your report to the VP-AA Office via the Dean. 4 Academic Affairs Office, HKUST