| Research
Areas for MPhil/PhD Studies
The University offers research degree studies
in a wide range of research areas including the following:
For more information on pursuing
a research degree in the above areas or in other areas offered
at the University,
please contact the relevant coordinators. |
| Administrative
and Policy Sciences 行政與政策科學 |
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The field of Administrative and Policy Sciences
(APS) has established excellence at an internationally competitive
level in the University.
APS researchers work in the areas of governance,
public and social policy, personal and social services, public
management, applied ethics, and regional/international studies.
Established expertise, much of it at the cutting edge of the field,
lies in a range of applied policy areas and themes: labor, health
care, education, transport, public finance, personnel management,
government/political reforms, central-local relations, civil society,
community and social development, gender, family, youth and aging,
ethnicity and criminal justice. This research work is empirically
embedded in the local and regional contexts (Hong Kong and Greater
China, East and Southeast Asia) and theoretically informed, involving
vigorous collaboration with some of the best researchers from the
region, Australia, UK and the United States.
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| Advanced
Manufacturing Technology and Management 先進製造科技及管理 |
The Department
of Manufacturing Engineering and Engineering Management aspires
to provide infrastructural support to the growing manufacturing
industries in the Asia-Pacific region by supplying highly skilled
professionals, research facilities and technical support to all
aspect of modern manufacturing processes. As the type of products
as well as the manufacturing processes continue to shift and
move into high technology sectors, MEEM is changing and expanding
its research portfolio to meet the current and future needs.
The advanced manufacturing technology and
management area focuses mainly on the following: advanced surface
coating; advanced material processing; condition monitoring and
fault diagnosis; optical sensing and nano-metrology; non-destructive
testing; quality inspection; compensatory control of machine
tools; design for manufacture and assembly; advanced robotics
and automation; machine vision; RFID technology; mechatronics;
tribology and wear; CAD/CAM application; embedded systems; rapid
prototyping and reverse engineering design; virtual manufacturing;
quality and reliability management; AHP applications; conflict
management; environmental management and green manufacturing;
ergonomics and human factors; experiential and activity-based
learning in industrial engineering; factory performance analysis;
global manufacturing and product development; occupational health
and safety management; organizational learning in manufacturing;
production modeling and scheduling methodologies; project management;
re-structuring of Hong Kong manufacturing industries; and smart
engineering asset management.
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| Applied
Mathematics 應用數學 |
The applied mathematics area
focuses mainly on the following: asymptotics and perturbation methods;
complexity theory; control and system theory; dynamical system;
fluid mechanics; granular materials; learning theory; mathematical
finance; modeling of new materials; nonlinear elasticity; linear
and nonlinear waves; numerical analysis; partial differential equations;
scientific computation; plate and shell theory; stochastic analysis;
and wave propagation.
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| Built
Environment 建築環境 |
Wind, water, fire, earthquake,
disasters and collapses; building maintenance, construction, machineries,
energy, day lighting, indoor air quality, health and safety; construction
management, disputes, economy, contracts, law and regulations;
building structures and construction materials; town planning,
regional air quality, computational fluid dynamics; Tunneling,
foundations, slopes and geotechnics; intelligent and green buildings,
indoor air quality; mechanics, nano-mechanics and simulation; bridges,
roads and rail; transportation, evacuation, GPS, GIS; design, computer
drafting, electronic submission; housing and real estates, finance
and management.
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| Chinese
and Comparative Law 中國法與比較法 |
The Chinese and comparative
law area focuses mainly on the following: comparative law theory
and practice, constitutional and administrative law, human rights,
socio-legal studies, economic analysis of law, civil and commercial
law, foreign investment and trade law, cross-border legal issues,
banking law, international law, arbitration and alternative dispute
resolution, law of torts, law of contract, environmental and
planning law, criminal law and criminal justice, professional
legal studies.
A
vigorous and cooperative research culture provides a platform
for creation, exchange, discussion and debate of ideas and
perspectives on Chinese and comparative law. The focus is on
both theoretical and practical aspects of legal research and
emphasizes studies in global issues from a Chinese and Asian
perspective and with an interdisciplinary focus. Research output
is disseminated in Greater China and overseas.
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| Computer
Science and Digital Media
計算機科學及數碼媒體 |
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The
Department of Computer Science (CS) has established and maintained
an excellent record in publishing original research results and
developing high quality applied research deliverables in the
last few years. In addition, the Department also works together
with the School of Creative Media (SCM) since certain research
interests are developed and overlapped to an extent.
The computer science and digital media area focuses
mainly on the following: (1) Multimedia Technology, Pattern Recognition,
Video and Image Computing: Image, Video and 3D Model Retrieval;
Statistical Deformable Models; Intelligent Systems, Video Encoding;
(2) Distributed Mobile Computing and Wireless Networking: Distributed
Algorithms; P2P Systems; Computer Communications; Internetworking;
Network Protocols; Mobile Computing; Wireless Networks; Wireless
Sensor Networks; WDM Optical Networks; Network Security; (3) Applied
Algorithms: Bioinformatics; Computational Geometry; Data and Internet
Security; Equilibrium Algorithms; Scheduling; (4) Artificial Intelligence
and Knowledge and Data Management: AI Search; Optimization; Evolutionary
Computing; Constraint Programming; Machine Learning; Text Mining;
Information Retrieval; Semantic Object Modeling; (Web) Data Mining
and Warehousing; Mobile/Multimedia Data Indexing and Caching; XML
and Interoperability; Workflow and Web Services; (5) Systems, Software
Engineering and Internet Applications: Embedded System; Parallel
Architecture; Real-time Systems; Software Engineering; E-commerce;
E-learning; Innovative Technology for Education; (6) Digital Media:
Ambient Intelligence; Digital Sound Applications; Electronic Art;
Art/Multimodal Interface; Interactive Media; and (7) Critical Media
Arts: History/Theory of New Media; Film/Animation/Game Studies.
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| E-Business
and Internet Marketing 電子商務與網絡營銷 |
This area deals
mainly with business models, processes and systems enabled by Web-based
technologies. It is concerned essentially with marketing, management
and socio-technical issues surrounding the application of web-based
technologies in business and organizations for improving efficiency,
effectiveness, and competitiveness. This area is composed of three
inter-related sub-domains: (1) Internet Business Systems (e.g.
customer relation management systems, enterprise resource planning
systems); (2) Enterprise Collaboration (e.g. virtual communities,
inter-organizational systems); and (3) Electronic Commerce (e.g.
online shop, Internet marketing). Internet marketing in particular
deals with the processes of growing and promoting businesses using
online media, and tackles issues such as search engine marketing
and interactive advertising. Special attention is placed on E-Business
and Internet marketing issues in the Greater China region where
potential for research and applications are enormous.
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| Electronic
Engineering 電子工程 |
The
electronic engineering area focuses mainly on the following: (1)
Communication Engineering: Wireless communications; Computational
electromagnetics; Antennas; Radio frequency circuits and systems;
Optical communications; Digital communications; Signal processing;
Information and Coding; (2) Electronic Devices and Systems: Microwave
and millimeter-wave materials, devices, components and systems;
Integrated optics; Optical fiber devices and sensors; Semiconductor
devices; Microelectronics; Advanced electronics manufacturing technology;
Power electronics; (3) Intelligent Systems: Machine learning; Neural
Networks; Evolutionary computing; Computer vision; Pattern recognition;
Bioinformatics; Automatic control; Robotics; Chaos control; Complex
networks; (4) Multimedia Technology: Image and video processing;
Speech and audio processing; Computer graphics; Digital right management;
and (5) Computer Networks and Systems: Broadband networks; Network
protocols; Network security and cryptographic algorithms; Wireless
networks; Teletraffic engineering; Computer architecture; Embedded
systems.
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| Environmental
Science 環境科學 |
Environmental
science is the application of biology, chemistry, mathematics and
physics to the studies of the atmospheric, terrestrial and aquatic
environments. Our research areas in environmental sciences include
a diversity of topics: marine ecology and conservation, with a
strong focus on coastal and mangrove ecosystems; renewable energy,
energy storage and management, energy efficiency and conservation,
environmental physiology; ecotoxicology; environmental biotechnology;
environmental chemistry; environmental physics; environmental monitoring;
environmental measurement; remediation technologies; environmental
impact and risk assessment; green chemistry, climate change, air
pollution, green materials/manufacturing, chemical biology and
sustainable development. Many of these studies are multidisciplinary
and directed towards the development of government policies to
support environmental and especially marine conservation.
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| International
Economics, Corporate Governance, Accounting and Finance 國際經濟
,企業管治, 會計及金融 |
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This area of research spans
over some major fields in economics, corporate governance, accounting
and finance. For International Economics, it covers a wide scope
of issues and topics, ranging from free trade vs. protectionism
to human and physical capital mobility; from WTO to exchange
rates; from FDI to migration; from intellectual property protection
to regional development and growth, just to name a few. As for
Corporate Governance, Accounting and Finance, the research focuses
on the corporate landscape issues in Hong Kong, the Chinese Mainland
and other Asian Pacific countries. Using capital market data,
the research more specifically examines the interrelationships
between corporate governance, financial disclosure and reporting,
ownership structure and corporate performance, family firms,
legal and regulatory environment and accounting quality, earnings
quality, compensation and earnings management, economic consequences
of accounting choices, audit pricing, auditor switch, audit opinion,
auditor reputation and specialization, the impact of accounting
information on securities markets, international dimensions of
accounting and financial management, international comparison
of accounting and auditing practices, dividend and debt policies.
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| Knowledge
and Innovation Management 知識與創新管理 |
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The focus of this area is on the management of
innovation and knowledge for business decision making and organizational
competitiveness, particularly in the Asian context. Research issues
in this area are complex and cross-functional, calling for an interdisciplinary
research approach. The research area spreads across the disciplines
of information systems, management, management sciences, marketing
and economics. Examples of specific problem areas researchers in
this group address include (among others) knowledge-based logistics
and transportation management; knowledge/information systems design,
adoption and security; methodologies and models for transforming
data into information/knowledge aiding management decisions; product
innovation management and strategy; impact of knowledge and innovation
management; and the human, economic and marketing aspects of knowledge
and innovation. Research in this area often involves a cross-cultural
perspective.
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| Linguistics
and Communication 語言學及傳播學 |
Research
in the area of Linguistics and Communication encompasses three
Departments – Chinese, Translation and Linguistics; English; and
Media and Communication. Research fields in linguistics include
such applications of linguistics and language technology as machine
translation, corpus linguistics, computational linguistics, speech
analysis, language and law, computer assisted language learning
and forensic phonetics, as well as studies in syntax, semantics,
pragmatics, terminology, sociolinguistics, discourse analysis,
first and second language acquisition, translation and interpretation,
Chinese and English for creative and professional purposes (with
particular focus on such areas as business, law, medicine, cultural
industries and education), computer-mediated discourse, the English
language and intercultural communication, world Englishes and English
as a second language. The area also includes the fields of comparative
cultural studies, comparative literature and cultural and heritage
management. Research fields in media and communication studies
include the structures, processes, content and effects of various
modes of media communication in relation to their larger political
economic, technological and cultural contexts – for example, adoption
and use of the Internet, global news and comparative journalism,
political economy of communication, determinants of news selection,
online games and social capital, media and social change, media
globalization, inter-cultural communication, computer-mediated
communication and cyberspace piracy and regulation.
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| Materials
Science and Engineering 材料科學及工程 |
The
materials science and engineering area focuses mainly on the following:
diamond and superhard thin films; nanotechnology: nanowires, nanoribbons,
nanotubes, nanocoatings, nano metal oxide particles and nanocomposites,
development of devices based on nanomaterials; phase transformation
of advanced material systems; display technology: organic light
emitting materials and devices; materials modeling and computational
tools; surface structure determination; semiconductor heterostructures
and devices; electrical ceramics: ferro-, piezo- and pyro-electric
materials and thin films; optical coatings; electron microscopy
and advanced materials characterization techniques; plasma surface
modification of materials; biomaterials; microelectronic materials;
electrical packaging materials; lead-free solder alloys; stainless
steels; aluminium sheet metal processing; amorphous alloys; shape
memory and smart materials; biomedical materials; battery materials;
plastic materials; fibre composites; metal matrix composites; corrosion,
impact, creep, fatigue and high strain rate deformation of materials;
temperature sensors for hostile environments; fracture mechanics;
finite element stress analysis; and expert systems in materials
design.
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| Research
Degree Coordinators |
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Name
of Coordinator |
Tel.
No. |
Fax
No. |
E-mail |
| College
of Business |
| Department
of Accountancy |
Dr
KIM Chansog Francis |
3442-7962
(Direct line)/
3442-7760
(General enquiry line)
|
3442-0349 |
acckim@cityu.edu.hk |
| Department
of Economics and Finance |
Dr
Jun CAI
|
2788-7975/
2788-8808
|
2788-8842
|
efgstudy@cityu.edu.hk |
| Department
of Information Systems |
Prof
Douglas VOGEL |
2788-7560 |
2788-8694 |
isdoug@cityu.edu.hk |
| Department
of Management |
Prof
Kwok LEUNG
(September - December 2008) |
2788-7969
|
2788-9085
|
mgkleung@cityu.edu.hk |
| Department
of Management Sciences |
Dr
Kelvin YAU |
2788-8585 |
2788-8560 |
mskyau@cityu.edu.hk |
| Department
of Marketing |
Dr
Daniel DING |
2788-8667 |
2788-9146 |
mkding@cityu.edu.hk |
| College
of Humanities and Social Sciences |
Department
of Asian and International Studies
|
Dr
Catherine CHIU |
3442-6300 |
2788-8092 |
catherine.chiu@cityu.edu.hk |
| Department
of Applied Social Studies |
Prof
CHENG Sheung Tak |
2788-8745
|
2788-8960
|
tak.cheng@cityu.edu.hk |
| Department
of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics |
Dr
Alex FANG |
3442-8793 |
3442-0358 |
acfang@cityu.edu.hk |
Department
of English |
Dr
Alice Y W CHAN |
2788-9752
|
2788-8894
|
enalice@cityu.edu.hk |
| Department
of Media and Communication |
Prof Jonathan ZHU |
3442-8677 |
3442-0228 |
com@cityu.edu.hk |
| Department
of Public and Social Administration |
Prof
GONG Ting
For enquiries, please contact Mr Davis Lau |
2784-4667 |
2788-8926 |
davislau2@cityu.edu.hk |
| College
of Science and Engineering |
| Department
of Biology and Chemistry |
Dr
Kenneth LO |
2788-7231 |
2788-7406 |
bhkenlo@cityu.edu.hk |
| Department
of Building and Construction |
Dr
Richard K K YUEN |
2788-7621 |
2788-7612 |
bckkyuen@cityu.edu.hk |
| Department
of Computer Science |
Dr
Sam KWONG |
2788-8580 |
2788-8614 |
csadm@cityu.edu.hk |
| Department
of Electronic Engineering |
Dr
Derek PAO |
2788-8607 |
2788-7791 |
postgrad@ee.cityu.edu.hk |
| Department
of Manufacturing Engineering and Engineering Management |
Dr.
KAMINENI Pitcheswara Rao |
2788-8409 |
2788-8423 |
mekprao@cityu.edu.hk |
| Department
of Mathematics |
Prof
Y Y LU |
2788-7436 |
2788-8561 |
mayylu@math.cityu.edu.hk |
| Department
of Physics and Materials Science |
Dr
K S CHAN |
2788-7814 |
2788-7830 |
apkschan@cityu.edu.hk |
| School
of Creative Media |
| |
Dr
Steve FORE |
2788-8156 |
2788-7165 |
smfore@cityu.edu.hk |
| School
of Energy and Environment |
| |
Dr
ZHOU Wen |
2788-7816
|
2319-5927
|
wenzhou@cityu.edu.hk |
| School
of Law |
| |
Dr
Frank HE |
2788-7202 |
2788-7530 |
lwxin@cityu.edu.hk |
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