Calendar of Events for May 2002

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[evdate 2002-05-31] Events from 1 May 2002 to 31 May 2002 13 Mar 2002 - 30 May 2002 Exhibition TITLE: 西部風情 - 晉守賢攝影展 Splendors of the West - Photographs by Jin Shouxian SPEAKER: Nil TIME: Mon-Fri: 8am-11pm, Sat: 9am-7pm, Sun: 1-9pm VENUE: University Library, Ping Yuan and Kinmay W Tang Gallery ORGANISER: Library ENQUIRY: Ms Alice Ho, Library, tel : 2358 6707 AUDIENCE: All are welcome FEE: Nil REMARKS: Preview and reception at 4:30 pm on 12 March 2002

30 Apr 2002 - 2 May 2002 English Language Training (Tue & Thu) TITLE: Effective English Writing Skills for Technical Support Staff SPEAKER: 1. Mrs Diane FEAST

2. Mr Patrick MEGAN TIME: Group 1: 10am-12noon; Group 2: 2-4pm VENUE: Room 3027 (via lift 1), PTC, HKUST ORGANISER: Personnel Office ENQUIRY: Miss Jolie CHEUNG, tel:2358 6593 LANGUAGE: English HYPERLINK: http www.ab.ust.hk/po/shtm/stnd.html AUDIENCE: Internal - staff only (by enrolment) REMARKS: The workshop will be held during the period from 9 April 2002 to 9 May 2002

2 May 2002 (Thursday) Drama Performance TITLE: 《人之初夜》- By The Student Drama Club of HKUSTSU 《人之初夜》- 演出：科大學生會劇社

TIME: 7-8pm 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 6 are not admitted. FEE: Free admission.

Physics Seminar TITLE: Theory of Spin Systems with Orbital Degeneracy SPEAKER: Dr Shun-Qing Shen, Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong TIME: 3-4pm VENUE: Room 2406, (via lifts 17-18), HKUST ORGANISER: Department of Physics ENQUIRY: Miss Louiza Law, tel: 2358 7506 LANGUAGE: English HYPERLINK: http physics.ust.hk AUDIENCE: internal and physics departments of other institutions FEE: nil

3 May 2002 (Friday) Spring 2002 Do-It-Yourself Workshop Series TITLE: Adding motion with animation and video SPEAKER: Instructional Development Team (CELT) TIME: 10am-12:30pm VENUE: Rm 3005 (via lift 4) ORGANISER: Center for Enhanced Learning & Teaching ENQUIRY: ctadmin@ust.hk LANGUAGE: English AUDIENCE: For Internal Only.

ACCOUNTING RESEARCH SEMINAR 2001/2002 - 16 TITLE: Do Preannouncement Form and Track Record Affect Analysts' Reactions to Earnings Preannouncement Strategies?

SPEAKER: Professor Hun-Tong Tan, Nanyang Technological University TIME: 3-5pm VENUE: Room 3315 (via lifts 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

CCS Film Series: Screenings & Discussions TITLE: Edward Yang's YiYi; 一一 (導演：楊德昌)SPEAKER: Fung Kaming (film critic; member of the Hong Kong Film Critics Association) TIME: 6pm VENUE: Chen Kuan Cheng Forum (LT H) ORGANISER: Center for Cultural Studies, DHSS ENQUIRY: Yip Man-Fung, tel: 2358 8025 LANGUAGE: In Putongha with English subtitles. Discussion in English. HYPERLINK: http www.ust.hk/~webccshs/intro.htm AUDIENCE: All are welcome. FEE: Free.

Seminar on Applied Mathematics TITLE: Existence and behaviour of solutions to Landau-Lifshitz equation SPEAKER: Prof. Jian ZHAI, Zhejiang University and IMS, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

TIME: 3-4pm VENUE: Room 3311, Academic Building, (via lifts 17-18), HKUST ORGANISER: Department of Mathematics and Centre for Scientific Computation ENQUIRY: Ms. Janette Cho, tel: 2358 7440 LANGUAGE: English

4 May 2002 (Saturday) Forum TITLE: Environmental Forum TIME: 9am-12:30pm VENUE: UC Multi-purpose Hall ORGANISER: Office of the President ENQUIRY: Ms Magdalena Leung, tel: 2358 6112 or Ms Ada Chan, tel: 2358 6113 LANGUAGE: English AUDIENCE: Internal event

6 May 2002 (Monday) Social Science Dinner Seminar Series on China Rising: The Emergence of A Great Power

TITLE: How A Strong China Can Be Good For Asia And The World? SPEAKER: Prof. Chu Shulong, Professor and Director, Institute of Strategic Studies, Tsinghua University

TIME: 5-5:30pm (Cocktails - cash bar) 5:30-6:30pm (Lecture) 6:30-7:15pm (Dinner) 7:15-7:45pm (Question & Answer session)

VENUE: UC Bistro, University Center, HKUST ORGANISER: Division of Social Science ENQUIRY: Peggy, tel: 2358 7822 LANGUAGE: English AUDIENCE: open to public FEE: HK$80 per each dinner set REMARKS: If you plan to attend, please contact Miss Peggy Chan of our Social Science Division for reservation. (tel: 2358-7822 / email: sopeggy@ust.hk)

CS Seminar TITLE: Digital Entertainment Technologies SPEAKER: Dr. Ya-Qin ZHANG, Managing Director, Microsoft Research Asia TIME: 4-5pm VENUE: Leung Yat Sing Lecture Theater (LT F), via lifts 25-26, HKUST ORGANISER: Department of Computer Science ENQUIRY: tel: 2358 7008 LANGUAGE: English

Civil Engineering Seminar TITLE: From Nanostructure to Infrastructure: A Perspective on Advanced Infrastructure Materials Research & Development

SPEAKER: Professor Victor C. Li, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

TIME: 2-3pm VENUE: Cheung On Tak Lecture Theater (LT E) ORGANISER: Department of Civil Engineering ENQUIRY: Rebecca Yau, tel: 2358 7164 LANGUAGE: English HYPERLINK: http www.ce.ust.hk/event_view.asp AUDIENCE: All are welcome

7 May 2002 - 9 May 2002 English Language Training (Tue & Thu) TITLE: Effective English Writing Skills for Technical Support Staff SPEAKER: 1. Mrs Diane FEAST

2. Mr Patrick MEGAN TIME: Group 1: 10am-12noon; Group 2: 2-4pm VENUE: Room 3027 (via lift 1), PTC, HKUST ORGANISER: Personnel Office ENQUIRY: Miss Jolie CHEUNG, tel:2358 6593 LANGUAGE: English HYPERLINK: http www.ab.ust.hk/po/shtm/stnd.html AUDIENCE: Internal - staff only (by enrolment) REMARKS: The workshop will be held during the period from 9 April 2002 to 9 May 2002

7 May 2002 (Tuesday) Guitar Recital TITLE: Muse Guitar Quartet Recital 妙思結他四重奏 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 6 are not admitted. FEE: Free admission. REMARKS: Performers: Stephen Chau, Sonia Law, Kimmy Kwong & Stephen Li

Lie Groups Seminar TITLE: Alesker's Resolution of the McMullen Conjecture: an Application of Degenerate Principal Series to Integral Geometry

SPEAKER: Prof. Roger Howe, Yale University TIME: 4-5pm VENUE: Room 3412, Academic Building, (via lifts 17-18), HKUST ORGANISER: Department of Mathematics ENQUIRY: Ms. Janette Cho, tel: 2358 7440 LANGUAGE: English

8 May 2002 (Wednesday) 33rd School Colloquium and 29th School Board Meeting TITLE: From Genechip to Lab-on-a-chip SPEAKER: Prof. I-Ming Hsing, Biotechnology Research Institute TIME: 3pm VENUE: Cheung On Tak Lecture Theater (LT E) ORGANISER: Office of the Dean of Science and Biotechnology Research Institute ENQUIRY: Rosita Shek, tel: 2358 7261 LANGUAGE: English HYPERLINK: http science.ust.hk/new/index.html) REMARKS: Light refreshment will be served at 4pm outside LT E.

社 會 科 學 部 學 術 講 座 TITLE: 中 國 社 會 變 遷 中 的 宗 教 問 題 SPEAKER: 高 文 新 教 授， 吉 林 大 學 哲 學 社 會學 院 TIME: 中 午 十 二 時 正 VENUE: 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

10 May 2002 (Friday) MPhil Thesis Seminar TITLE: Field-induced Phenomena in Colloidal Suspensions SPEAKER: Mr Yabing QI, Department of Physics, HKUST TIME: 10-11am VENUE: Room 4480 (via lifts 25-26), Academic Building, HKUST ORGANISER: Department of Physics ENQUIRY: Miss Jacma Said, tel: 23587501 LANGUAGE: English HYPERLINK: http physics.ust.hk/whatisnew/YB_Qi.htm AUDIENCE: Internal departments and the Physics Departments of other institutions

Marketing Seminar TITLE: The Cultural, Social and Emotional Influences on Risk Taking Behavior SPEAKER: Ms Candy Fong, PhD Candidate, Department of Marketing, HKUST TIME: 12noon-1:30pm VENUE: Room 4379 (via lifts 17-18) ORGANISER: Department of Marketing ENQUIRY: Ms Terry Law, tel: 2358 7700 LANGUAGE: English HYPERLINK: http www.bm.ust.hk/~mark/

Mathematics Colloquium TITLE: The proof of a conjecture of Fejes T\:o SPEAKER: Prof. W.Y. Hsiang , Department of Mathematics, HKUST TIME: 4-5pm VENUE: Room 1401, Academic Building (via lifts 25-26), HKUST ORGANISER: Department of Mathematics ENQUIRY: Ms. Janette Cho, tel: 2358 7440 LANGUAGE: English

Seminar on Geometry/Topology TITLE: Diagrammatic Calculus SPEAKER: Dr. Vinay Kathotia, Department of Mathematics, HKUST TIME: 3-4pm VENUE: Room 4480, Academic Buillding, via lifts 25-26, HKUST ORGANISER: Department of Mathematics ENQUIRY: Ms. Janette Cho, tel: 2358 7440 LANGUAGE: English

13 May 2002 (Monday) Social Science Seminar TITLE: The United States, Japan and the Noncombatant in Twentieth Century Wars in Asia: Reflections on Responsibility, Reparations and Reconciliation

SPEAKER: Mark Selden, Professor, Department of Sociology, Binghamton University; Professorial Associate, East Asia Program, Cornell University

TIME: 12noon VENUE: Room 3362 (via lifts 13-15) ORGANISER: Division of Social Science ENQUIRY: Peggy, tel: 2358 7822 LANGUAGE: English AUDIENCE: open to public FEE: N/A

CS Seminar TITLE: Multi-modal Medical Image Registration based on the Expected Joint Intensity Distribution

SPEAKER: Dr. Albert C.S. Chung, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology

TIME: 4-5pm VENUE: Leung Yat Sing Lecture Theater (LT F), near lifts 25-26, HKUST ORGANISER: Department of Computer Science ENQUIRY: tel: 2358 7008 LANGUAGE: English

14 May 2002 (Tuesday) Cello and Piano Recital TITLE: Cello and Piano Recital 大提琴及鋼琴演奏會 TIME: 7:30-8:30pm VENUE: Exposition Hall, HKUST ORGANISER: Center for the Arts ENQUIRY: Ms Jeddy Mok, tel: 2358 6149 HYPERLINK: http www.ust.hk/cfa AUDIENCE: Children under 6 are not admitted. FEE: Admitted by admission voucher only - Interested parties, please come to the Center for the Arts (Exposition Hall's counter) to fetch the tickets on 3-14 May 02 (Mon-Fri:10am-12:30pm, 2:15pm-4:30pm; Sat:10am-12pm). Each one can fetch maximum 2 tickets.

REMARKS: Cellist: Christine Walevska; Pianist: Choi Sown-le

16 May 2002 (Thursday) Violin Recital TITLE: No Strings Attached- Music for Solo Violin 小提琴獨奏會 TIME: 7:00-8:15pm VENUE: Exposition Hall, HKUST ORGANISER: Center for the Arts ENQUIRY: Ms Jeddy Mok, tel: 2358 6149 HYPERLINK: http www.ust.hk/cfa AUDIENCE: Children under 6 are not admitted. FEE: Free admission. REMARKS: Performer: Bettina Sitte

Civil Engineering Seminar TITLE: Are We Approaching The Limits of Limit Equilibrium Analyses? SPEAKER: Prof Delwyn G. Fredlund TIME: 4:30-5:30pm VENUE: Room 3574 (via lifts 27-28) ORGANISER: Department of Civil Engineering ENQUIRY: Rebecca Yau, tel: 2358 7164 LANGUAGE: English HYPERLINK: http www.ce.ust.hk/event_view.asp AUDIENCE: All are welcome!!

20 May 2002 (Monday) Seminar TITLE: Studies of Novel Photosensitive Materials SPEAKER: Prof. Charles Kutal, University of Georgia TIME: 4pm-5pm VENUE: Chow Tak Sin Lecture Theater (LT G) ORGANISER: Department of Chemical Engineering ENQUIRY: Mr. Mok, tel: 2358 7130 LANGUAGE: English

21 May 2002 (Tuesday) Social Science MPhil Thesis Seminar TITLE: Effects of Cultural Priming on Cooperation in Prisoner's Dilemma among Bicultural Individuals

SPEAKER: Ms Wong Yin Mei, Rosanna TIME: 10am-12noon VENUE: Room 3362 (via lifts 13-15) ORGANISER: Division of Social Science ENQUIRY: Ms Wendy Tsang, tel: 2358 7811 LANGUAGE: English AUDIENCE: internal event FEE: N/A

22 May 2002 (Wednesday) 民族主義論壇之二：中國民族性格 由國家到個人 TITLE: 中國民族性格 由國家到個人 SPEAKER: 孫隆基(曼菲斯州立大學歷史系教授)TIME: 4:30-6:30pm VENUE: 香港科技大學陳冠貞論壇(LT-H) ORGANISER: 香港科技大學文化研究中心 ENQUIRY: 葉曼丰, tel: 2358-8025 LANGUAGE: Putonghua HYPERLINK: http www.ust.hk/~webccshs/intro.htm AUDIENCE: All are welcome. FEE: Free admission.

23 May 2002 (Thursday) Joint Statistics Seminar TITLE: Extracting $\pi\ From the Dow Jones Index SPEAKER: Dr. Terence Tai-Leung Chong, Department of Economics, Chinese University of Hong Kong

TIME: 4-5pm VENUE: Room 3311, (via lifts 17-18) ORGANISER: Department of Information & Systems Management ENQUIRY: ISMT Dept., tel: 2358 7733 LANGUAGE: English

24 May 2002 (Friday) Physics Seminar TITLE: Magnetic Interlayer Coupling and Quantum Well States in Magnetic Nanostructures SPEAKER: Prof Z Q Qiu, Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley, USA TIME: 4-5pm VENUE: Room 1505, (via lifts 25-26), HKUST ORGANISER: Department of Physics ENQUIRY: Miss Louiza Law, tel: 2358 7506 LANGUAGE: English HYPERLINK: http physics.ust.hk AUDIENCE: internal and physics departments of other institutions FEE: nil

Marketing Seminar TITLE: Competing with Experience Goods SPEAKER: Prof Miguel Villas-Boas, Professor of Business Administration, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley

TIME: 12noon-1:30pm VENUE: Room 4379 (via lifts 17-18) ORGANISER: Department of Marketing ENQUIRY: Ms Terry Law, tel: 2358 7700 LANGUAGE: English HYPERLINK: http www.bm.ust.hk/~mark/

26 May 2002 (Sunday) Joint Seminar TITLE: Research and Application of Steel Energy Absorbing Elements for Seismic Resistant Building Structures

SPEAKER: Professor Keh-Chyuan Tsai, Professor of Civil Engineering, Taiwan University, Division Head, National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering (NCREE)

TIME: 11am-12noon VENUE: Rm 2306 (via lifts 17-18) Chia-Wei Woo Academic Concourse, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

ORGANISER: Department of Civil Engineering, NTU Alumni Association (Civil & Geology) in Hong Kong

ENQUIRY: Ms Rebecca Yau, tel: 2358 7164 LANGUAGE: English HYPERLINK: http www.ce.ust.hk/event_view.asp AUDIENCE: All are welcome!!

27 May 2002 - 28 May 2002 Science Advisory Committee Meeting TITLE: Science Advisory Committeee Meeting ORGANISER: School of Science ENQUIRY: Rosita Shek, tel: 2358 7261 LANGUAGE: English

27 May 2002 (Monday) Marketing Seminar TITLE: Humor and Persuasion: Programmatic Research with a Funny Twist SPEAKER: Prof Cutis P. Haughtvedt, Associate Professor of Marketing, Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University

TIME: 12noon-1:30pm VENUE: Room 4379 (via lifts 17-18) ORGANISER: Department of Marketing ENQUIRY: Ms Terry Law, tel: 2358 7700 LANGUAGE: English HYPERLINK: http www.bm.ust.hk/~mark/

29 May 2002 (Wednesday) HKUST Forum on the Future Development of Hong Kong TITLE: Session 1: Positioning Hong Kong: Pearl River Delta & Beyond SPEAKER: 1. Mr Jeffery Lam, Deputy Cahirman, Federation of Hong KOng Industries; Mr C D Tam, CEO, Hong KOng Science & Technology Parks Corporation; Prof Mitchell Tseng, Director, Advanced Manufacturing Institute, HKUST

2. Mrs Selina Chow, Chairman, Hong KOng Tourism Board; Mr S C Liu, Managing Director, Pearl River-Hang Cheong Real Estate Consultant; Mr Roger Luk, Managing Director & Deputy Chief Executive, Hang Seng Bank

3. Mr Michael Tien, Chairman, The G2000 Group; Prof Raymond Cheung, Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, HKUST; Mr JOhn Mullen, COO-Asia Pacific, DHL Worldwide Express

4. Mr Sin-Por Shiu, Executive Director, One Country Two Systems Research Institute; Mr Cliff Sun, Chairman, Hong Kong Exporters' Association; Mr C C Tung, Chairman and CEO, Orient Overseas (International) Ltd

5. Mr Philip Chok, Deputy Secretary for Education and Manpower, HKSAR; Prof Francis Lui, Director, Center for Economic Development, HKUST

6. Mr P O Mak, Senior Vice President-Human Resources, Asia Pacific, CE Capital Asia Pacific; Mr Andrew Tsui, Senior Client Partner, Korn/Ferry International

TIME: 9:15-11am Panel 1: Manufacturing; 11:15am-1pm Panel 2: Services; 2:15-4pm Panel 3: Infrastructure and Logistics; 4:15-6pm Panel 4: Job and Human Resources

VENUE: Room 201, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre ORGANISER: Office of the Vice-President for Research & Development, School of the Dean of Engineering, School of the Dean of Business & Management, Office of the Vice-President for Academic Affairs, Office of University Development & Public Affairs

ENQUIRY: Eva Law, tel: 2358 6173 or Hester Chau, tel: 2358 6314 LANGUAGE: Cantonese or English HYPERLINK: http www.ust.hk/HKUST_Forum AUDIENCE: By registration FEE: $450 REMARKS: Simultaneous Interpreter Service will be provided

30 May 2002 (Thursday) Social Science Faculty Seminar TITLE: Transnational Human Capital: The Political Economy of Overseas and Returnee Chinese Scholars

SPEAKER: Prof. David Zweig, Division of Social Science, HKUST TIME: 12noon VENUE: HSS conference room, 3362 (via Lifts 13-15) ORGANISER: Division of Social Science ENQUIRY: Peggy, tel: 2358 7822 LANGUAGE: English AUDIENCE: open to public FEE: N/A

31 May 2002 (Friday) Workshop on Problem-based & Case-based Cooperative Learning TITLE: Workshop on Problem-based & Case-based Cooperative Learning SPEAKER: Prof Karl Smith, Morse-Alumni Distinguished Prof of Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota

TIME: 10am-12:30pm VENUE: Rm 3027 (Lift 1) ORGANISER: Center for Enhanced Learning & Teaching ENQUIRY: ctadmin@ust.hk LANGUAGE: English AUDIENCE: For internal only.