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Professor Guo Lei of the Chinese Academy of Sciences explored the use of sophisticated algorithms in understanding flocking behaviour in the latest CityU Distinguished Lecture.
Global and regional developments in the world of nanotechnology were the focus of a distinguished lecture by Professor Bai Chunli, President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Honorary Doctor of CityU.
Former Chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation Dr Chiang Pin-kung discussed summits, trade and economic prospects between Taiwan, the mainland and Hong Kong at a City University Distinguished Lecture on 12 November.
At a CityU Distinguished Lecture on 8 Nov, Professor Huang Chin-shing reflected on his study of Confucianism as a religion with a focus on the Confucian temple as a holy ground.
CityU receives HK$ 20 million funding to develop the high-speed wireless data transceiver system, with a transmission rate almost 50 times faster than the Wi-Fi system.
Swire Coca-Cola Hong Kong Ltd recently made a HK$100,000 donation to CityU's Smart Asset Management (SAM) Laboratory, in support of its unique equipment fault diagnosis and prognosis system—Smart Asset Maintenance System.
Associate Professor in the Department of Biology and Chemistry, has developed a system to test Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Dr Cheng is employing zebrafish embryos to identify herbs that can induce or inhibit the formation of new blood vessels. The project, “Screening Agents for Angiogenic Modulating Activities Using Teleosts Embryos”, has been granted HK$2.5 million under the Innovation and Technology Support Programme of Hong Kong’s Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF).
An international symposium promoting the exchange of ideas on the economic, political social and cultural developments arising from the changing relations between China and Southeast Asia was held at CityU March 24-25. "China and Southeast Asia: Challenges, opportunities and the reconstruction of Southeast Asian Chinese ethnic capital" was co-organized by CityU's Southeast Asia Research Centre (SEARC) and the Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSAS) at Xiamen University.
The future is already knocking on our door in the guise of nanotechnology, and Mr Shimon Peres has the vision to open that door. "Today's Advancements — Tomorrow's Future, The Role of Economic, Technological and Scientific Development in Today's World" was the title of a lecture by Mr Shimon Peres, Israel's Former Prime Minister and Nobel Peace Laureate, delivered at City University of Hong Kong, the morning of 5 March. He also toured the University's laboratories.