Calendar of Events for June 1999

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[evdate 1999-06-30] Events in June 1999

23 Apr 1999 - 5 Jul 1999

Exhibition TITLE: 水色印象-蔣智南水彩作品展 Impressions of Light and Shadow : An Exhibition of Watercolors by Zhinan Jiang TIME: Library opening hours VENUE: University Library Gallery ORGANISER:Library ENQUIRY: Ms Alice Ho, HKUST Library, Tel: 2358 6707 AUDIENCE: All are welcome FEE: Nil REMARKS: Opening Reception on 22 April 1999 at 4:30 p.m.

3 Jun 1999 (Thursday)

Physics Colloquium TITLE: Mesoscopic Physics from Atoms to Spacetimes: an Angle on Interdisciplinary Research SPEAKER: Prof Bei-Lok Hu, Department of Physics, University of Maryland, USA; Department of Pyhsics, HKUST TIME: 3:00 - 4:00 pm VENUE: Chow Tak Sin Lecture Theatre (LT G) ORGANISER:Department of Physics ENQUIRY: Miss Louiza Law, Tel: 2358 7506 LANGUAGE: English AUDIENCE: Internal and Physics departments of other institutes FEE: Nil

4 Jun 1999 (Friday)

Marketing Seminar TITLE: Coordination and Learning in Large Group Market Entry Games SPEAKER: Professor Amnon Rapoport, Visiting Professor, Department of Marketng, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology TIME: 12:00 - 1:30 pm VENUE: Room 4379 (Lifts 17-18) ORGANISER:Department of Marketing ENQUIRY: Terry Law, Tel:2358 7700 LANGUAGE: English

7 Jun 1999 - 8 Jun 1999

IESD Workshop TITLE: International Workshop on the In Situ, Real-Time and Remote Sensing of Coastal Water Quality TIME: 9:00am - 5:30pm VENUE: Room 7332, Lifts 13-15 ORGANISER:Institute for Environment & Sustainable Development ENQUIRY: Dr Ming Fang, Tel 2358 6924 LANGUAGE: English REMARKS: By invitation

7 Jun 1999 (Monday)

Social Science Dinner Seminar Series TITLE: China, Japan and U.S. Relations following the East Asian Crisis SPEAKER: Prof Ezra Vogel, Harvard University TIME: 5:30 pm (Cocktails - cash bar), 6:00 pm (Lecture), 7:00 pm (Dinner - HKD80 per set), 8:00 pm (Question & Answer session) VENUE: UC Bistro, University Center, HKUST ORGANISER:Division of Social Science ENQUIRY: Dr David Zweig, Tel: 2358 7832 LANGUAGE: English AUDIENCE: Internal event FEE: This seminar series is free of charge, only HKD80 is required to pay if you attend the dinner after the lecture. REMARKS: For reservation, please send email to Peggy Chan of Social Science Division by 4 June 1999 (email: sopeggy@ust.hk). Thanks.

10 Jun 1999 (Thursday)

HLTC Seminar TITLE: Human vs Machine: A Case Study in Base Noun Phrase Chunking SPEAKER: Grace Ngai, Dept. of Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University TIME: 3:00-4:30pm VENUE: Lecture Theatre H (Chen Kuan Cheng Forum), Academic Concourse, Phase II (near lift nos. 27/28), HKUST ORGANISER:Department of Computer Science ENQUIRY: tel: 2358 7008 LANGUAGE: English

Physics Colloquium TITLE: What's Magic about Metallic Thin Film Growth? SPEAKER: Dr Zhenyu Zhang, Solid State Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA TIME: 3:00 pm- 4:00 pm VENUE: Room 1402, HKUST ORGANISER:Department of Physics ENQUIRY: Miss Louiza Law, Tel: 2358 7506 LANGUAGE: English AUDIENCE: Internal and Physics Departments of other institutions FEE: Nil

13 Jun 1999 - 16 Jun 1999

Asia-Pacific Chemical Reaction Engineering Symposium 99 TITLE: Asia-Pacific Chemical Reaction Engineering Symposium 99 VENUE: Padma & Hari Harilela Lecture Theater (LT C), LT E & Leung Yat Sing Lecture Theater (LT F) ORGANISER:Department of Chemical Engineering ENQUIRY: Mr Mok, Tel: 2358 7130 LANGUAGE: English HYPERLINK:http www.ust.hk/~webceng FEE: USD300

14 Jun 1999 (Monday)

Joint Seminar TITLE: Accurate finite-element formulations of heating rate and skin friction on basis of conservation laws and their applications SPEAKER: Prof. Tong Bing-gang, Graduate School at Beijing, Department of Modern Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) TIME: 4:00p.m. VENUE: Room 2571 (near Lift no.28/28) Mech. Conference Room ORGANISER:Department of Mathematics, Department of Mechanical Engineering ENQUIRY: Prof. G.W.H. Hui, Tel:2358 7415 LANGUAGE: English

15 Jun 1999 (Tuesday)

Refresher Workshop on Customer Service Skills TITLE: Workshop on Customer Care Skills SPEAKER: Miss Jolie CHEUNG TIME: 9:30 am - 11:30 am VENUE: Room 3027, 3/F, ETC (via Lift No 1) ORGANISER:Personnel Office ENQUIRY: Miss Jolie CHEUNG, Tel: 2358 6593 LANGUAGE: Cantonese HYPERLINK:http www.ab.ust.hk/po/stnd.html AUDIENCE: Internal - staff only (by enrolment)

Seminar on Statistics TITLE: Graphical Methods for Assessing Logistic Regression Models SPEAKER: Dr Jing QIN, Department of Mathematics, University of Maryland, College Park TIME: 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm VENUE: Room 3494 (near Lifts 25 & 26) ORGANISER:Department of Mathematics ENQUIRY: Dr B Y Jing, Tel: 2358 7458 LANGUAGE: English

CS Seminar TITLE: Search Methods and Tools for Testing Formal Specifications SPEAKER: Dr Jian ZHANG, Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences TIME: 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm VENUE: Room 3412 (Phase I, via lift nos. 17/18), HKUST ORGANISER:Department of Computer Science ENQUIRY: Tel: 2358 7008 LANGUAGE: English

Physics Seminar TITLE: Time Reversal Symmetry and Parity Effects in Magnetic Particles SPEAKER: Professor Fucho Pu, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China TIME: 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm VENUE: Room 1401, HKUST ORGANISER:Department of Physics ENQUIRY: Miss Louiza Law, Tel: 2358 7506 LANGUAGE: English AUDIENCE: Internal and Physics Departments of other institutions FEE: Nil

16 Jun 1999 (Wednesday)

Physics Seminar TITLE: A New Photoinduced Phenomenon in Polymer SPEAKER: Professor Xin Sun, Department of Physics, Fudan University, China TIME: 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm VENUE: Room 4503, HKUST ORGANISER:Department of Physics ENQUIRY: Miss Louiza Law, Tel: 2358 7506 LANGUAGE: English AUDIENCE: Internal and Physics Departments of other institutions FEE: Nil

17 Jun 1999 (Thursday)

Physics Seminar TITLE: Simple Models of Protein Folding SPEAKER: Dr Chao Tang, Department of Physics, Hong Kong Baptist University TIME: 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm VENUE: Room 3598, HKUST ORGANISER:Department of Physics ENQUIRY: Miss Louiza Law, Tel: 2358 7506 LANGUAGE: English AUDIENCE: Internal and Physics Departments of other institutions FEE: Nil

21 Jun 1999 (Monday)

Physics Seminar TITLE: The Impact of Plasma-charging Damage on Ultra-thin Gate-oxide Scaling in Deep Sub-micron ULSI Technology SPEAKER: Dr Kin P Cheung, Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies, USA TIME: 4:00 - 5:00 pm VENUE: Rm 2302 ORGANISER:Department of Physics ENQUIRY: Miss Louiza Law, Tel: 2358 7506 LANGUAGE: English AUDIENCE: internal and Physics departments of other institutions FEE: Nil

Social Science Seminar TITLE: Urban Chinese Families: Puzzles of Change and Continuity SPEAKER: Dr Martin K Whyte, Department of Sociology, George Washington University TIME: 12:00 noon - 1:30 pm VENUE: Room 3362, Conference Room (near lifts 13-15) ORGANISER:Division of Social Science ENQUIRY: Dr David Zweig, Tel: 2358 7832 LANGUAGE: English AUDIENCE: Internal event

22 Jun 1999 (Tuesday)

Refresher Workshop on Customer Service Skills TITLE: Workshop on Customer Care Skills SPEAKER: Miss Jolie CHEUNG TIME: 9:30 am - 11:30 am VENUE: Room 3027, 3/F, ETC (via Lift No 1) ORGANISER:Personnel Office ENQUIRY: Miss Jolie CHEUNG, Tel: 2358 6593 LANGUAGE: Cantonese HYPERLINK:http www.ab.ust.hk/po/stnd.html AUDIENCE: Internal - staff only (by enorlment)

UST Quartet-in-Residence: Hong Kong String Quartet TITLE: June Concert TIME: 8:00 pm VENUE: HKUST Exposition Hall ORGANISER:Center for the Arts ENQUIRY: Ms Jeddy Mok, Tel: 2358 6149 LANGUAGE: English AUDIENCE: All are welcome FEE: Free of charge

HKTIIT Open House and IT Exhibition TITLE: Hongkong Telecom Institute of Information Technology Open House and IT Exhibition TIME: 10:00 am - 12:00 noon (ceremony); 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm (exhibition) VENUE: 7/F Foyer, Academic Building (Lifts 13-15) ORGANISER:Hongkong Telecom Institute of Information Technology ENQUIRY: Miss Josie Man, Tel: 2358 7038 LANGUAGE: English AUDIENCE: ALL are welcome

22 Jun 1999 - 25 Jun 1999

Conference on Second Language Teaching TITLE: Second Language Teaching: Reading, Writing and Discourse SPEAKER: 1. Prof Ann Johns, San Diego State University 2. Prof Kensaku Yoshida, Sophia University, Tokyo 3. Prof David Barton, University of Lancaster 4. Dr Mike Baynham, University of Technology, Sydney TIME: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm VENUE: Lecture Theaters, HKUST ORGANISER:Language Center, HKUST & Guangdong University of Foreign Studies ENQUIRY: Doris Lee, Tel: 2358 7870 LANGUAGE: English FEE: HK$500 (for 22-23 June)

23 Jun 1999 - 26 Jun 1999

Dialectology TITLE: The Sixth International Conference on the Min Dialects SPEAKER: 1. Prof Tsu-Lin Mei 2. Prof Bohui Zhan 3. Prof Benjamin T'sou 4. Prof Dah-an Ho TIME: 9:00 am - 6:00 pm VENUE: Chen Kuan Cheng Forum (LT H) ORGANISER:Office of the Dean of Humanities & Social Science, Chinese University of Hong Kong ENQUIRY: Ms Clara So, Tel: 2358 7777 LANGUAGE: English & Putonghua

24 Jun 1999 (Thursday)

Physics Seminar TITLE: Spin Interactions in Metallic Materials Containing Nano-scale Magnets SPEAKER: Dr Jian-Qing Wang, Advanced Materials Research Institute, University of New Orleans, USA TIME: 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm VENUE: Room 3598, HKUST ORGANISER:Department of Physics ENQUIRY: Miss Louiza Law, Tel: 2358 7506 LANGUAGE: English AUDIENCE: Internal and Physics Departments of other institutions FEE: Nil

HKUST Atmospheric Research Team Seminar Series TITLE: Using factor analysis and graphics to understand the sources of atmospheric aerosol SPEAKER: Prof Kenneth A Rahn, University of Rhode Island, USA TIME: 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm VENUE: Room 1003, HKUST (Lift 4) ORGANISER:Institute for Environment & Sustainable Development ENQUIRY: Carrie Chu, Tel: 2358 6924 LANGUAGE: English

28 Jun 1999 (Monday)

HKUST Atmospheric Research Team Seminar Series II TITLE: A new slant on the Hong Kong aerosol SPEAKER: Professor Kenneth A Rahn, University of Rhode Island, USA TIME: 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm VENUE: Room 1003, HKUST (Lift 4) ORGANISER:Institute for Environment & Sustainable Development ENQUIRY: Carrie Chu, Tel: 2358 6924 LANGUAGE: English

30 Jun 1999 (Wednesday)

CS Seminar TITLE: O-O, What's Happening to DB2 ? SPEAKER: Srinivasa Narayanan, IBM Almaden Research Center TIME: 11:15 am - 12:15 pm VENUE: Chen Kuan Cheng Forum (LT H), Academic Concourse (near lifts 27 & 28), HKUST ORGANISER:Department of Computer Science ENQUIRY: Tel: 2358 7008 LANGUAGE: English