The Department is going to organize the “Celebration of Physics” – the 4th PHY Annual Symposium for PHY students via Zoom on Wednesday, June 1st, 2022.
The Annual PHY Symposium “Celebration of Physics” aims to provide a platform for our students and faculties to celebrate their achievements in the past academic year. This annual event has become an essential and integral part of our department’s tradition.
During this event, we will have poster sessions for both undergraduate and postgraduate students so that they can present the most exciting results from their own research projects.
Apart from the online poster sessions, we have prepared a strong scientific program this year featuring four talks from our own faculty members and three talks from external speakers. This year’s external speakers include Prof. Kui Jin from Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dr. Beatrice Soh from Institute of Materials Research & Engineering, Singapore, and Prof. Marlan Scully (Keynote speaker) from Texas A&M University, United States. Their talks cover a wide range of topics, including polymer physics of DNA, superconductivity, and quantum optics. In particular, the title of the Keynote talk is Of Bose condensates, squeezed light, and black holes. It will be delivered by Prof. Marlan Scully, who is a world-renowned physicist recognized for his lifetime leadership in groundbreaking research on quantum physics and optics. We believe that this year’s scientific program will provide our students with a rare opportunity to interact with some of the best scientists in the world. Please refer to the details of the program below.
We strongly encourage all students and faculty members to attend this event. See you all on Wednesday, 1 June 2022!
| Date: | 1 June 2022 (Wednesday) |
| Time: | 9:15 am - 3:45 pm |
| Venue: | Online via Zoom |
Program Rundown
| 09:15 – 09:30 | Welcoming Remarks Chair: Prof. Xun-Li Wang Speaker: Prof. Michael Yang [Vice-President (Research & Technology)] |
Keynote Talk
Chair: Prof. Xun-Li Wang
| 09:30 – 10:30 | Of Bose condensates, squeezed light, and black holes Speaker: Prof. Marlan Scully (Distinguished Professor, Texas A&M University) Introduction by Dr. Zhedong Zhang |
Student Awards
| 10:30 – 10:45 | Announcement of FYP Awards Dr. Xiao Li (Assistant Professor, City University of Hong Kong) |
| Announcement of Poster Awards Dr. Liang Dai (Assistant Professor, City University of Hong Kong) |
Research Talks Session (I)
Chair: Dr. Danfeng Li
| 10:45 – 11:20 | Scaling of the strange-metal scattering in high-Tc superconductors Speaker: Prof. Kui Jin (Professor, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences) |
| 11:20 – 11:45 | Observation of dispersive excitons in 1D metallic TaSe3 Speaker: Dr. Junzhang Ma (Assistant Professor, City University of Hong Kong) |
| 11:45 – 12:10 | Stereoelectronic switching in single molecule junctions Speaker: Dr. Haixing Li (Assistant Professor, City University of Hong Kong) |
Research Talks Session (II)
Chair: Dr. Io Chun Hoi
| 14:00 – 14:35 | Polymer physics of topologically complex DNA Speaker: Prof. Beatrice Soh (Research Scientist, Institute of Materials Research & Engineering, Singapore) |
| 14:35 – 15:00 | An entropy perspective on neural networks’ loss functions Speaker: Dr. Ge Zhang (Assistant Professor, City University of Hong Kong) |
| 15:00 – 15:25 | Quantum criticality in unconventional superconductors Speaker: Dr. Bastien Michon (Assistant Professor, City University of Hong Kong) |
Departmental Service Award
| 15:30 – 15:45 | Announcement of Departmental Service Award Speaker: Prof. Xun-Li Wang (Head of Department; Chair Professor of Physics) |
Programme Details
Please click here for the programme details.
Poster Session
We invited submissions from three groups of students:
- UG students, including those completing their Final Year Projects and those undertaking the PHY Research Attachment Scheme in 2021/22;
- MSc students;
- PhD students
All posters submitted to the Symposium will be eligible to compete for the Best Poster Awards in each category.
Please click here to view the posters^.
^The posters display webpage requires CityU credentials to view, as it may contain unpublished research data.
Online Registration
This event is open to the public. Please follow this link to register for the Zoom Webinar: https://bit.ly/3wbQhgw.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the event.
Enquiry
For enquiries, please contact the PHY General Office at 3442-7831 or via email phy.go@cityu.edu.hk.
26 May 2022