HKBU Leevan Ling homepage Department of Mathematics

Teaching Recognition & Educational Outreach:

External Examining:


Courses Taught:

Earlier Courses
  • 2025-2026: MATH7370 Research Methods; MATH4665 Special Topics in Applied Mathematics I
  • 2024-2025: MATH7370 Research Methods - Applied & Computational Mathematics
  • 2023-2024: MATH7370 Research Methods - Applied & Computational Mathematics; MATH4665 Special Topics in Applied Mathematics I
  • 2022-2023: MATH7370 Research Methods - Applied & Computational Mathematics; MATH4665 Special Topics in Applied Mathematics I
  • 2021-2022: MATH7370 Research Methods - Applied & Computational Mathematics; MATH4665 Special Topics in Applied Mathematics I
  • 2020-2021: MATH3427 Real Analysis; MATH7370 Research Methods - Applied & Computational Mathematics; MATH4665 Special Topics in Applied Mathematics I
  • 2019-2020: MATH3605 Numerical Methods II; MATH1005 Calculus I
  • 2018-2019: MATH2215 Mathematical Analysis; MATH2217 Advanced Calculus II
  • 2017-2018: MATH2215 Mathematical Analysis
  • 2016-2017: MATH2215 Mathematical Analysis
  • 2015-2016: MATH2215 Mathematical Analysis
  • 2014-2015: MATH2215 Mathematical Analysis; MATH2207 Linear Algebra
  • 2013-2014: MATH2215 Mathematical Analysis; MATH3830/7030 Numerical Linear Algebra
  • 2012-2013: MATH1005 Calculus; GCNU1007 Estimating the World
  • 2011-2012: MATH1140 Computational Mathematics
  • 2010-2011: MATH1120 Linear Algebra
  • 2009-2010: MATH1120 Linear Algebra
  • 2008-2009: MATH1120 Linear Algebra; MATH2150 Mathematical Analysis III; MATH1590 Calculus and Linear Algebra for Chemistry; MATH1550 Calculus and Linear Algebra
  • 2007-2008: MATH1120 Linear Algebra; MATH2150 Mathematical Analysis III; SCI3530 Numerical Methods for PDEs
  • 2006-2007: MATH1610 Mathematics in Today's Society; EDUC4460 Geometries in Perspective; MATH2150 Mathematical Analysis III; SCI3530 Numerical Methods for PDEs

Textbooks & General Education Curriculum Development:

  1. Mathematics of Fairness. Open Access
    S. N. Chiu, and Leevan Ling.
    Series: Hong Kong Mathematical Society Texts in General Education, Vol. 1, Pearson Education Asia, 2012.
  2. Manage Your Money without Formulas. Open Access
    Leevan Ling.
    Series: Hong Kong Mathematical Society Texts in General Education, Vol. 2, Pearson Education Asia, 2012.
  3. Discovering Hong Kong by SPSS. Open Access
    H. W. Chiu, and Leevan Ling.
    Series: Hong Kong Mathematical Society Texts in General Education, Vol. 3, Pearson Education Asia, 2012.
  4. Estimating the World. Open Access
    W. S. Don, and Leevan Ling.
    Series: Hong Kong Mathematical Society Texts in General Education, Vol. 4, Pearson Education Asia, 2012.
  5. Smart Decisions. Open Access
    W. C. Shiu, and Leevan Ling.
    Series: Hong Kong Mathematical Society Texts in General Education, Vol. 8, Pearson Education Asia, 2012.

HKMS Volumes

 This project is partially supported by a HKBU Teaching Development Grant (TDG/0809/DEC/01). 

Student Supervision:

M.Sc. Dissertations

2021-22

  • Ruixi CHEN: Using neural networks to predict remaining useful life
  • Jinze DU: Personal credit rank identification based on improving BP neural network
  • Jiyao LIU: Weight of evidence pre-processing in logistic regression
  • Chenli YU: Cluster analysis & compare the feasibility between random forest and Gaussian Naive Bayes in credit risk
  • Enwei ZHANG: Predicting stock price movement based on news
  • Qihao ZHAO: Property price prediction based on stacking ensemble model

2019-20

  • Yao JIANG: Research of stock price prediction based on LSTM model
  • Zheng ZHOU: Practical application of epidemic models for SARS and COVID-19 cases in Hong Kong
  • Qing LI: Verifying long short-term memory modles in stock markets
  • Shimin HE: Portfolio selection: Markowitz mean-variance model vs Black Litterman model
  • Xiaoshuang ZHANG: Hang Seng Index analysis using machine learning with MATLAB
  • Aiming LIN: Structuring FOF portfolios by PCA risk parity
  • Zihui YU: Measuring of value at risk on portfolios by bootstrapping and filtered historical simulation
  • Xinyu ZHOU: Using long short term memory model for time series forecasting in five stocks
  • Linxi XIE: Granger causality relationship between exchange rate and Shanghai stock exchange composite index during China-US trade war
  • Lin JIANG: Stock price forecasting with ARIMA-BILSTM combined model
  • Yinglei XIE: Analyzing Sino-US stock market using machine learning
  • Cuina WANG: Stock prediction research based on long short-term memory (LSTM) network

2018-19

  • Tsz Wai WONG: A study of artificial intelligence on neural network's application regarding finance fields and how it performs
  • Ailun WANG: Early financial crisis warning model construction based on BP neural network
  • Zimeng CHEN: Credit risk estimating of SMEs by using back propagation neural network based on SCF
  • Man Kwong FU: Neural network and decision tree in machine learning for algorithm tradings
  • Haichao LIU: Credit risk analysis in machine learning with MATLAB
  • Yanling YANG: Exchange rate forecasting with BP neural network

2017-18

  • Mengru LI: The performance of medium- & low-risk Mandatroy Provident Fund
  • Jiaxin LI: The Markowitz portfolio optimation based on real estate development plans
  • Wenhui SUN: Numerical variation of GARCH models on volatility
  • Peizhi LIU: Strategies for designing MPF-profolio
  • Miaodian LYU: Numerical verifaction of a porfolio selection algorithm based on order of expected returns
  • Zhishen ZOU: Fama French three factors model and portfolio strategy in Chinese stock market

2016-17

  • Rui XIE: Performance evaluation of ARCH/GARCH model when modeling various types of stock price and different modeling sample size
  • Siqi YANG: Forecast of daily closing stock price: Empirical analysis based on autoregressive integrated moving average models
  • Xiaoxu ZHANG: Building good-fitness model for stock market in Hong Kong based on wavelet analysis
  • Yawen ZHANG: Discussion of Brownian bridge construction and principal component analysis construction and their applications in Asian options
  • Zhanchao HUANG: Analysis of practical application of beta based on CAPM theories

2014-15

  • Ying CHEN: Kriging on implied volatility
  • Ting MAO: Using Kriging spatial interpolation for estimating how the residential price was affected by a neighborhood shopping mall in its different development stages
  • Rendan XU: Applications of kriging models on evaluating the prices of European call options

2013-14

  • Jiayi LU: Option pricing by Monte-Carlo methods
  • Dehui LUO: Parameter determination of fractional Black-Scholes models
  • Meilin WU: The Fractional Black-Scholes model with Lévy process and parameter estimation
  • Minhao XU: Fractional Black-Scholes Model
  • Yingjie ZHANG: Study of financial difference and Hurst parameter in fractional Black-Scholes formula
  • Chenxi ZHU: The Hurst parameter and option pricing with fractional Black-Scholes formula

2012-13

  • Shuojun HUANG: The risk management strategies using option and quanto option
  • Wei HUANG: Pros and Cons of various gold investment strategies
  • Jiaoyang LI: Modeling the recent downturn of gold price
  • Yanna MEI: A stochastic binomial tree for option pricing
  • Xiao TANG: Discussion on the Markov process, Morkov model and its applications
  • Xinjue WU: Evaluating Markov switching multifractal model
  • Yan YANG: Investment strategy based on market-value-included parameter
  • Chaojian ZENG: Markov chain analysis and forecast of stock trading volume
  • Zichen ZHANG: Relationships betwen reputation and price
  • ZHU Yiwen: MCMC method for determining parameter in GARCH model

2011-12

  • Yu-Peng YANG: Dependence structure and correlation analysis of financial index based on framework of copulas function modeling and its application for quantative trading
  • Jialing WANG: A dependence in Hong Kong and the United States stock market using copula approach

2010-11

  • Guangyuan ZHANG: Investment in silver - Things to watch for
  • Ran BI: Invest your life as early as possible
  • Jie LIU: Investment Portfolio - Is professional management necessary?
  • Yiling YUAN: Black Scholes pricing model applied in warrants
  • Xuan WANG: MARS - From horseracing to investment
  • Yiqun WANG: On designing a saving strategy

2009-10

  • Jianchen ZHU: A spectral method for space time fractional diffusion equation

2008-09

  • Yuxiang LU: Numerical verifications of techical analysis on MACD, ROC and RSI
  • Bin MA: Numerical verifications of the techical indicators applied in the Chinese Stock Market by using quantile regression
  • Ka-Ming TAM: The profitability of technical trading rules: a quantile regression analysis on the Hang Seng Index
  • Mingjun Wang: The influence of stock index change to a certain stock price change
  • Jingyuan WEI: Numerical verification on the relationship between Dow-Jones Industry Average Index and the Hang Seng Index
  • Zhenrui XIE: The Trace for the effectiveness of the indicators in Hong Kong Stock market
Final Year Projects (FYP)

2025-26

  • Jiahan XIA: Math of the 15-Minute Perfect Steak from Frozen: Defrost, Purify, & Brine in One Go

2023-24

  • Ho Ching LAI: Reinforcement Learning
  • Lok LUI: Finding an optimistic way to deal with queuing problems

2022-23

  • Kwok Ho Hody CHANG: Estimating tangent plane of 2-dimensional manifolds embedded in high dimensions

2021-22

  • Yuxue ZHANG: A comparison of passing speed and time between Traffic Light and Roundabout by simulation

2020-21

2019-20

  • Chun On CHAN: Trade foreign exchange using machine learning techniques
  • Yin Ming Isaiah WONG: Understanding algorithmic trading in mathematical ways
  • Wing Shan YAU: Optimization for traffic congestion among 3 crossing harbour tunnels
  • Lok Man CHOW: Classifying trading signals using machine learning

2018-19

  • Shuk Man TONG: Solving constrained least-squares problems with various approaches
  • Tsz Yam Jimmy KWOK: Understanding deep learning process in mathematical way

2017-18

  • Zechu FENG: Using Gaussian process for minimization

2016-17

  • Chingyi TSOI: Uniform points distribution on parametrized surfaces
  • Nag Man LUK: Methods for uniformly distributed points on the general surface

2015-16

  • Chi Man KU: Simulating wave equation on smooth surfaces by general finite difference
  • Wai Lam TANG: Simulating heat equation on smooth surfaces with fnitie difference method

2013-14

  • Duo CAO: Numerical simulations for two-dimensional space fractional heat equations
  • Ka Kit LIU: Optimal cross harbor tunnels fares by simulations
  • Chi Wing CHAN: Numerical evidence for improved MPF
  • Mei Ho CHOW: Cycle of poverty--From probability to Government policy
  • Wing Hung LEUNG: Numerical studies on income independent birthrates
  • Wan Man WONG: Simulating the effects of poverty line linked policies
  • Chun Yip YEUNG: Investigate public housing policy in Hong Kong and improve its productiveness

2012-13

  • Kam Yi CHUA: Babies who are born in Hong Kong by mainland women and fathers are not Hong Kong permanent residents
  • Chui Yi HO: Modeling the road for July 1st protests
  • Wai Lin LING: The effectiveness of the concessionary measure: “Ride 10 Get 1 Free” which MTR offered
  • Oi Laam WU: Which rule is better used to determine minimum wage
  • Chin Cheung YU: The myth of the property price indices-A mathematical study on the trend of property price in Hong Kong
  • Wai Fan YUEN: Child policy in Hong Kong

2011-12

  • Sing Lum CHAN: Perturbation bounds and effective condition numbers
  • Yang BAI: Weak solution of space-time fractional diffusion equation with spectral Galerkin method

2010-11

  • Ka Chun CHEUNG: Study of cubic interpolated propagation method
  • Lai Wa CHOW: Mathematics around us
  • Yan Lam LUK: Computational Math in Life

2009-10

  • Jianchen ZHU: A spectral method for space time fractional diffusion equation

2008-09

  • Chin Yin CHAN: Applicability of the method of fundamental solutions
  • Jia HE: On contradiction in effective condition numbers
  • Kwun Ying WONG: Advance in Meshless Method
NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates U.S.-HK

2008

  • Anna Meade
  • Jason Pearson

2007

  • Tyler Drombosky
  • Ashley Meyer

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