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Seminar: The History of our Universe

ABSTRACT

Abrief description of the history of our universe at the colloquial level, from a specific perspective.

 

BIOGRAPHY

Prof. Sze-Hoi Henry Tye is a prominent Chinese-American theoretical physicist and cosmologist. He earned his PhD from MIT in 1974. Known for pioneering contributions to superstring theory, brane inflation, and early universe cosmology, he was Horace White Professor of Physics at Cornell University (2007–2013) and later joined HKUST as IAS Professor and founding Director of its Institute for Advanced Study (2011–2016).

Event Details
Speaker
Prof S. -H. Henry TYE
Horace White Professor of Physics, Emeritus, Cornell University
Professor Emeritus, HKUST

Date & Time
09 Dec 2025 @ 10:30 AM

Venue
G5-314, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building, CityUHK

Chair
Prof Yiming ZHONG
yiming.zhong@cityu.edu.hk