Academic Affairs Newsletter, No. 2/97

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[evdate 1997-03-15] To : All staff members of Academic Affairs Branch For internal circulation by IDLPs

Academic Affairs Newsletter (Issue No. 2/97 15 March 1997) [This newsletter is also posted on the Electronic Notice board of the University computer network and can be accessed for

viewing from the folder: "AA-News Academic Ranks and (2) Substantiation and promotion to Associate Professor are coupled and will be decided in a single review process. (Implementation and review timetables for this process have been announced in my memo of 25 October 1996.) Titles I am pleased to announce that the Standing Committee of the University Council has approved, on 28 February 1997, the Senate endorsed academic ranks and titles proposal to be effective immediately after Council's approval. The approved new structure is as follows: Title Salarv Range Assistant Lecturer* Assistant Professor Associate Professor Professor 61 - 64 B5-B15 Bll -B15/Al -A7 A5 -AlO" l The Me of Assistant Lecturer is an entry and ffansifional grade for candidates soon to obtain their docforal degrees. # or higher than A 70, see note (5) below. This structure replaces, with effect from 28 February 1997, the previous system approved by Council in November 1993. Details of the newly approved system are in the Senate endorsed paper which has been circulated previously. An electronic copy of the Senate paper is attached with the newsletter on the Electronic Bulletin Board. Please go to folder AA-News for viewing if you are interested. Main features of the new scheme are highlighted below. (1) Faculty titles are simplified. The nomenclature of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor will be adopted as the official appointment titles. However, the use of Lecturer and Senior Lecturer title (as appropriate) is possible upon request to the University by individual faculty members. (3) Internally, Associate Professors on B-scale salary (Bl 1 to B15) will be known as Associate Professor(B) and those on A-scale salary (Al - A7) will be known as Associate Professor(A). A review is required for advancement from the B- scale to A-scale salary. Associate Professors(B) on reaching B13 or above will be eligible to apply for the review. External letters are not required for this review but may often be sought to strengthen the case if deemed necessary by the review committees or administrators at the various review levels. The review criteria follow the guidelines as stated in Appendix 3 of the Senate endorsed paper. (4) A promotion review is required for Associate Professor to advance to Professor. Associate Professors(A) on reaching A5 or above will be eligible to apply for the promotion review. External letters are required for this review. Review criteria follow the existing criteria for appointment to the professor rank. (5) With effect from the approval date of the new structure, only very distinguished professors will be appointed at a salary higher than AlO. It is expected that the percentage of faculty appointed in this category will be relatively very small, and will gradually be reduced to 5% in the steady-state to make available more places on the A-scale for younger faculty. The University is in the process of establishing guidelines and review procedures for such appointments. (6) Current Readers will retain their title until promotion to Professor. There will not be any new Reader appointments. Academic Affairs Office, HKUST (continued on P.2) 1

Issue No. 2197 15 March 1997 Amdernic Affirirs Newsletter Implementation New appointments Starting from 28 February 1997, all new academic appointments will be made according to the approved new structure. Apart from the adoption of the simplified titles and the corresponding new salary structure, the appointment procedures follow the existing University Guidelines and Procedures for Academic Appointments (APlO.0). Promotion reviews Substantiation and promotion review for Assistant Professor has been implemented and announced in my memo circulated to all Assistant Professors on 23 October 1996. This newsletter announces the schedule for promotion to the other titles which will be implemented starting from spring this year. Same as the Substantiation and Promotion Review for Assistant Professor, promotion reviews for the other titles will be conducted twice a year and applications for review will be received in two batches: one in spring and one in fall. The following are the review timetables for spring and the coming fall in 1997. Spring Promotion Review Timetable, 1997 Date 15 March 1997 15 April 1997 1 July 1997 1 September 1 997 1 October 1997 1 November 1997 Before end of December 1997 1 January 1998 Event Notice to faculty of the spring review timetable by this newsletter Deadline for receiving applications for promotion Completion of review at the Department level Completion of review at the School level Completion of review at the University level Recommendation/decision by VP-AA or the President as appropriate Announcement of results Effective date of promotion, if approved Note: In a normal spring review timetable, we shall send notice on 7 January and the deadline for receiving applications shall be 1 March. Since Council has only approved the new system on 28 February 1997, the timetable for the spring 1997 review has to be compressed a little bit. Fall Promotion Review Timetable, 1997 Date 1 July 1997 1 October 1997 1 March 1998 1 April 1998 1 May 1998 1 June 1998 Before end of June 1998 1 July 1998 Event Notice to faculty of the fall review timetable Deadline for receiving applications for promotion Completion of review at the Department level Completion of review at the School level Completion of review at the University level Recommendation/decision by VP-AA or the President as appropriate Announcement of results Effective date of promotion, if approved Associate Professors or above are expected to be substantiated before they are eligible for promotion reviews. The substantiation review can be combined with the promotion review when appropriate. The promotion (and substantiation if appropriate) review procedures will follow the existing relevant policies and guidelines for academic reviews and substantiation. Faculty members are advised to study the new system carefully and to consult their department head or dean as appropriate to check if they are eligible, and to consider if they to wish apply for promotion. Application, together with the relevant documents, shall be sent to the Department Head who will initiate the review according to the University guidelines. Shain-Dow Kung March 1997 2 Academic Affairs Office, HKUST

-Academic A@irs Newsletter Issue No. 2/97 15 Murch 1997 From 1 January 1997 to 28 February 1997, the UASC had reviewed 10 senior appointments, 1 substantiation case, and 2 cases for qualification to serve on substantiation review committees. Prof. Dennis P. H. HSIEH has been appointed Head of Biology, concurrent with his appointment as Professor of Biology, with effect from 21 February 1997. Prof. Hsieh received his Sc.D. degree in Biochemical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Before he joined HKUST, Prof. Hsieh was Professor at the Deparfment of Environmental Toxicology at the University of California, Davis, where he had been the chair of the department from 1983 to 1988. He was also our Visiting Professor at the Depatiment of Biology last year. Prof. Hsieh is a world-renowned researcher in the field of Toxicology and has published numerous research articles, reviews and book chapters. Dr. Angelina Chun-Chu YEE has been appointed Associate Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Science, concurrent with her appointment as Associate Professor in the Division of Humanities, from 1 March 1997 to 28 February 1998. From 1 January 1997 to 28 February 1997 the University had extended 40 academic appointment offers. As of 28 February 1997, 29 appointees accepted and 11 had not replied. School of Science (1) Department of Biology Dr. Nikolaus J. SUCHER Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Free University of Berlin School of Engineering (3) Department of Computer Science Dr. Dimitris PAPADIAS Assistant Professor, Ph.D. University of Athens Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Ms. Pascale FUNG Assistant Lecturer, Ph.D. candidate Columbia University Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management Dr. Hong CHEN Associate Professor, Ph.D. Stanford University School of Business and Management (3) Department of Finance Dr. Chu ZHANG Assistant Professor, Ph.D. University of Chicago Department of Information and Systems Management Dr. Samuel WONG Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Stanford University Department of Management of Organizations Dr. Jiatalo LI Assistant Professor, Ph.D. University of Texas at Da//as School of Humanities and Social Science (1) Division of Humanities Dr. Yiu-Ming FUNG Associate Professor, Ph.D. Chinese University of Hong Kong School of Science (9) Department of Biology Dr. Gregor HODGSON Vis Assistant Professor, Ph.D. University of Hawaii Department of Chemistry Dr. John Zeng Hui ZHANG Vis Associate Professor, Ph.D. University of Houston Department of Mathematics Prof. Peter Wai-Kwong LI Vis Professor, Ph.D. University of California at Berkeley Prof. Harvey SEGUR Vis Professor, Ph.D. University of California at Berkeley Prof. Marko TADIC Vis Professor, Ph.D. University of Zagreb Prof. Victor YUDOVICH Vis Professor, Ph.D. Moscow University Dr. Minggao GU Vis Associate Professor, Ph.D. Columbia University Department of Physics Prof. J.B. KETTERSON Vis Professor, Ph.D. University of Chicago Academic Affairs Office, HKUST 3

Prof. Houzhi ZHENG Vis Professor, Ph.D. Tsinghua University School of Engineering (6) Department of Chemical Engineering Prof. John BARFORD Vis Professor, Ph.D. University of New South Wales Department of Civil and Structural Engineering Prof. Wai-Keung TSO Vis Professor, Ph.D. California Institute of Technology Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Prof. Charles G. SODINI Vis Professor, Ph.D. University of California at Berkeley Prof. Simon M. SZE Vis Professor, Ph.D. Stanford University Dr. Zhi DING Vis Associate Professor, Ph.D. Cornell University Dr. Jian-Qiang HU Vis Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Harvard University School of Business and Management (13) Depatfmen t of Accoun ting Mr. Jiliang YANG Vis Scholar, MBA University of Alaska Department of Economics Prof. Larry G. EPSTEIN Vis Professor, Ph.D. University of British Columbia Prof. Ake G. BLOMQVIST Vis Scholar, Ph.D. Princeton University Department of ln formation and Sys terns Management Prof. Robert BLANNING Vis Professor, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania Dr. Lawrence J. BRUNNER Vis Associate Professor, Ph.D. State University of New York Dr. Milton MUELLER Vis Scholar, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania Dr. Jack TEH Vis Assistant Professor, Ph.D. University of Nebraska-Lincoln Mr. Paul Jen-Hwa HU Vis Assistant Lecturer, Ph.D. candidate University of Arizona Department of Management of Organizations Prof. George T. MILKOVICH Vis Professor, Ph.D. University of Minnesota Prof. William Hodges MOBLEY Vis Professor, Ph.D. University of Mary/and Issue No. 2/97 15 March 1997 Academic Affuirs Newsletter Prof. Orlando BEHLING Vis Scholar, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Marketing Dr. Gita Venkataramani JOHAR Vis Associate Professor, Ph.D. New York University Mr. Darren W. DAHL Temporary Assistant Lecturer, Ph.D. candidate University of British Columbia School of Humanities and Social Science (3) Division of Humanities Dr. In Chee HWANG Vis Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Chinese University of Hong Kong Division of Social Science Dr. Herbert GOTTWEIS Vis Associate Professor, Ph.D. University of Vienna Ms. Maris GILLETTE Vis Assistant Lecturer, Ph.D. candidate Harvard University 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 70% of our faculty strength. The following faculty members have been appointed by the Dean of Science, in consultation with VP-AA, to serve on the Search Committee for the Headship of Chemistry: Chairman: Professor Jeffrey WONG, Professor of Biochemistry Members: Professor Paul CHANG, Professor of Civil and Structural Engineering Dr. Wei-Min DAI, Assistant Professor of Chemistry Professor Hiroyuki HIRAOKA, Acting Head and Professor of Chemistry Dr. Reinhard RENNEBERG, Reader of Chemistry and Chemistry Engineering Professor Ming-Lun YU Professor of Physics 4 Academic Affairs Office, HKUST