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Nobel Laureate Professor Claude Cohen-Tannoudji will give a lecture entitled “Manipulating Atoms with light: Achievements and Perspectives” on 1 March as part of the high-profile France - Hong Kong Distinguished Lecture Series.
Universities are becoming even more important because of today's knowledge-driven economy and enhanced competition throughout the world, according to Professor Patrick Dowling at CityU's Distinguished Lecture held on 17 February.
Professor Patrick Dowling, former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Surrey, UK, will give a talk entitled “The road to a first-class applied research university” on 17 February as part of the Distinguished Lecture Series organized by CityU.
If a group of management sciences professors at City University have their way, the Centa-City Index, a winner of CityU's prestigious Applied Research Excellence Awards in 2001, may become as widely accepted and creditable as the Hang Seng Index in measuring the territory's economic health.
Research and postgraduate education were the focus of CityU's ninth University Development Forum, held on 18 September. The open presentation gave four focus groups the opportunity to present their observations and members of staff the opportunity to provide feedback on the recommendations.
Science fiction writer Isaac Asimov, author of such futuristic works as I, Robot, would have been impressed. For here was a robot capable of crawling through cramped ventilation ducts for inspection and cleaning, a robotic petrol-filling station, a fearless robot that can scale the walls of high-rise buildings and clean windows, and a robotic muscle arm for nursing, just to name a few.