Department Past News

Mr. Frederick W. H. Ho, former Commissioner for Census and Statistics (Hong Kong: 1992-2005), will deliver a Public Lecture on Finance, Operational Research and Statistics on 28 March 2008. (photo) [posted 01/08]
Dr. Wai Yan Cheng, Equity Structuring, Asia, will deliver a Public Lecture on Finance, Operational Research and Statistics on 14 March 2008. (photo) [posted 01/08]
Dr. Alena Solcova, Department of Mathematics of Czech Technical University, Prague, will deliver a Public Lecture on Mathematics on 22 February 2008. (photo) [posted 01/08]
In the 8th National Conference on Computational Mathematics held in Sichuan University from October 9-13, 2007, 30 postgraduate students participated in the Postgraduate Student Paper competition. Our PhD students HU Guanghui is one of the three first prize winners and WANG Heyu is one of the three second prize winners. [posted 12/07]
In The 3rd East Asia SIAM Conference held in Xiamen University from November 2-5, 2007, our PhD student HUANG Yumei received the second prize in the EASIAM Student Paper Prize competition. [posted 12/07]
Prof. L. Zhu has been recently elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association. This honor goes to the internationally recognized statisticians. Prof. L. Zhu is also a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS). Congratulations! [posted 9/07]
Wu Tongtong, who was one of our first few mainland scholarship students (studied in our department from 1999-2002), recently finished her study at UCLA and will become a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of Maryland, College Park, in Fall 2007. [posted 9/07]
Sun Pak Kiu recently finished his PhD study and will become Instructor I in Department of Mathematics at the City University of Hong Kong. [posted 9/07]
Dr. S. L. Fung and Dr. K. I. Liu will join the Department in Fall 2007 as Lecturer. [posted 9/07]
International Workshop on Numerical Analysis and Computational Methods for Functional Differential and Integral Equations will be held at our University from December 3-6, 2007. [posted 9/07]
Prof. Nirmal Bose, IEEE Fellow will visit the Department as a Visiting Professor from December 17 - December 22, 2007. He will deliver a Distinguished CMIV Lecture on Multidimensional Systems on December 20, 2007. [posted 9/07]
Prof. Daqian Li, Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Fellow of the Third World Academy of Sciences and Foreign Member of the French Academy of Science will be visiting the Department as a Visiting Professor from November 15 - December 14, 2007. He will deliver a Distinguished Applied Mathematics Lecture in the Joint Research Institute for Applied Mathematics (JRIAM) on December 7, 2007. [posted 9/07]
Workshop on Solution Methods for Saddle Point Systems will be held at our University on October 31, 2007. [posted 4/07]
Summer course will be held at our University from July 30-August 3, 2007. [posted 1/07]
Mathcamp 2007 will be held at our University from July 3-5, 2007. [posted 1/07]
Hong Kong Baptist University received a donation of 10 million Hong Kong dollars from Wofoo Foundation Limited on November 16 2005 in support of the University's development. Among the donation, 1.5 million will be donated to our Department and the Peking University-HKBU Joint Research Institute for Applied Mathematics. [posted 1/07]
Prof. L. Z. Liao, Dr. W. C. Shiu, Prof. T. Tang and Dr. C. S. Tong have been awarded research grants by Hong Kong Research Grant Council (RGC) — congratulations! [posted 1/07]
Dr. L. Ling and Dr. H. Peng will join the Department in Fall 2006 as Assistant Professors. [posted 1/07]
Dr. W. H. Chan will join the Department in Fall 2006 as an Senior Lecturer. [posted 1/07]
Prof. L. X. Zhu awarded the Visiting Professorship at Institute of Applied Mathematics, Academy of Mathematics and System Sciences, Beijing and the Honorary Directorship of Institute of Mathematics at Anhui University, China. [posted 1/07]
Prof. T. Tang is selected as an Cheung Kong Chair Professor under a joint program of Chinese Ministry of Education and Li Ka Shing Foundation of Hong Kong. [posted 1/07]
RGC Postgraduate Students Conference on Computer Imaging & Vision (RGCPGC07) will be held at our University from June 12-14, 2007. [posted 4/07]
2005-2006 Scholarship Recipient List. [posted 1/07]
At the 50th Anniversary Thanksgiving Service, held on February 28, 2006, Dr C.S. Tong, received the President's Award for Outstanding Performance in recognition of his service to the University from Prof C.F. Ng, President and Vice-chancellor. He was one of eighteen teaching staff presented with the President's Award in 2006. This was in fact the second President's Award for Dr. C. S. Tong, he also received a President's Award for Outstanding Performance in Teaching in 2001. [posted 1/07]
At the same Thanksgiving Service, three Mathematics Department Colleagues received the Long Service Award from the Chairman of the Council and the Court, Mr. Moses M.C. Cheng. The recipients were Dr. C.-I Chu. (30 Years), Ms. Claudia M.Y. Chui (25 Years), and Dr. W. M. Xue (15 Years). Members from all sectors of the HKBU community also commemorated the 50th Anniversary of the University. [posted 1/07]
A Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program, "United States-Hong Kong REU in Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing with Applications in Applied Science and Engineering," was held in Hong Kong Baptist University in summer 2006. [posted 10/06]
Workshop on Linear Algebra with Applications (LAA06) will be held at our University on 10 November 2006. [posted 10/06]
Summer Camp 2006 [posted 10/06]
Message from the Department Head, Professor T. Tang [posted 7/06]
Professor Hermann Brunner, University Research Professor of Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, is visiting the Department in Spring semester, 2006. [posted 7/06]
The second conference of Young scholars on Probability and Statistics held in Tianjin, China from 13-16, May 2006. It is jointly organized by Chinese Society of Probability and Statistics and S.S. Chern Institute of Mathematics and School of Mathematics at Nankai University. Professor Lixing Zhu is one of the two plenary speakers as a representative of Statistics. [posted 6/06]
The 2nd International Conference on Structured Matrices (ICSM 2006) held at our University from June 8-11, 2006. [posted 6/06]
2006 International Conference on Statistics held in Beijing from June 10-11, 2006. [posted 6/06]
Professors Lixing Zhu and Michael Ng have recently joined the department — welcome! [posted 9/05]
Prof. Peter Lam, Prof. Lizhi Liao and Prof. Xiaonan Wu have been promoted to professorship starting from July, 2005 — congratulations! [posted 9/05]
Dr. S. N. Chiu, Prof. Peter Lam, Prof. Michael Ng and Prof. Lixing Zhu have been awarded research grants by Hong Kong Research Grant Council (RGC) — congratulations! [posted 9/05]
Our undergraduate students receive graduate fellowships: Ms. XIANG Ming has recently joined the University of North Carolina, USA and Ms. KANG Jing joined the University of Warwick, UK [posted 9/05]
Prof. Tao Tang has been recently awarded a Distinguished Visiting Professorship by the Academy of Mathematical and System Sciences (AMSS), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). [posted 9/05]
Prof. Lixing Zhu has been recently invited to serve as an associate editor of Statistics Sinica — the official journal of International Chinese Statistical Association. [posted 9/05]
Prof. Michael Ng has been recently invited to serve as an associate editor of SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing — one of the highest respected journals in scientific computing. [posted 9/05]
Prof. Lixing Zhu is selected as an Chiang Kong Chair Professor under a joint program of Chinese Ministry of Education and Li Ka Shing Foundation of Hong Kong. [posted 9/05]
Prof. Steve Wenbin Liu, Chair Professor in Mathematics from University of Kent's Business School, will visit the Department in 2005-06 academic year. [posted 9/05]
The 2nd International Conference on Scientific Computing and Partial Differential Equations & The First East Asia SIAM Symposium (SCPDE05) held at our University from December 12-16, 2005. (poster) [posted 9/05]