After serving at Hong Kong Baptist University for 19 years Professor Fred J. Hickernell will be leaving Hong Kong in early 2005. Since 1985 Prof. Hickernell has worked to advance Hong Kong Baptist University and to develop applied mathematics and statistics in Hong Kong. His research has contributed to a better understanding of numerical evaluation of multiple integrals and the design of experiments. Prof. Hickernell has mentored many students and organized several international conferences to promote the interchange of academic ideas between scholars in Hong Kong, the Chinese mainland and overseas. This one-day workshop will bring together experts in applied mathematics and statistics to discuss recent research.

Thursday, 16 December, 2004

SCM 012, Jockey Club School of Chinese Medicine Building, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong.

08:30 AM Reception and Registration 09:00 AM Opening Ceremony Prof. C. F. Ng, President, Hong Kong Baptist University Prof. Rick W. K. Wong, Dean, Science Faculty, Hong Kong Baptist University Prof. K. T. Fang, Head, Department of Mathematics, Hong Kong Baptist University 09:20 AM Group Photo Morning Invited Talks Session 1: Prof. Tao Tang (Chair) 09:30 AM Frederick Ho, Census and Statistics Department, Hong Kong Opportunities and Challenges at the turn of the Century - An Official Statistician's Perspective [pdf] 10:00 AM Henryk Wozniakowski, Columbia University and University of Warsaw Tractability of Multivariate Linear Problems for Weighted Spaces of Functions [pdf] 10:30 AM Wai-Keung Li, The University of Hong Kong Diagnostic Checking Time Series Model with Conditional Heteroscedasticity Estimated by the LAD Approach [pdf] 11:00 AM Coffee Break Session 2: Dr. Chong-Sze Tong (Chair) 11:15 AM Roderick Wong, City University of Hong Kong Asymptotics and Riemann-Hilbert Problems [pdf] 11:45 AM Kai-Tai Fang, Hong Kong Baptist University Discrepancy in Experimental Designs [pdf] 12:15 AM Felipe Cucker, City University of Hong Kong On Level-2 Condition Numbers [pdf] 12:45 PM Lunch (at Renfrew Seafood Restaurant, 34 Renfrew Road, 3/F David Lam Building) Afternoon Invited Talks Session 3: Dr. C. B. Lam (Chair) 02:00 PM Raymond Chan, The Chinese University of Hong Kong A Memory Reduction Method in Pricing American Options [pdf] 02:30 PM Chaoping Xing, National University of Singapore Quantum Codes and a Construction [pdf] 03:00 PM Cunsheng Ding, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Perfect Nonlinear Functions and their Applications [pdf] 03:30 PM Coffee Break Session 4: Dr. Sung-Nok Chiu (Chair) 03:45 PM Michael Kwok-Po Ng, The University of Hong Kong Qualified-Bound-Pricing Methods for Combinatorial Contract Auctions [pdf] 04:15 PM Inchi Hu, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Bayesian Analysis of Multivariate Gaussian Mixtures with an Unknown Number of Components [pdf] 04:45 PM Kok-Lay Teo, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Control Parametrization Enhancing Transform to Optimal Control Problems [pdf] 05:15 PM Speech by Prof. Fred J. Hickernell Evening Program at Maxim's Palace, Level 8, New Town Plaza, Shatin 06:00 PM Reception 06:30 PM Dinner

The workshop was organized by Hong Kong Baptist University, Department of Mathematics, and Hong Kong Baptist University, Statistics Research and Consultancy Centre (SRCC) Please contact our RA, Kenny Yeung for any further information.