Gift from much-cherished benefactor endorses HKIAS mission
The HK$15 million gift from the late Dr Chung Sze-yuen, GBM, JP (1917–2018) will be used to establish the Sze-Yuen Chung Fund in support of the Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Study (HKIAS).
Professor Yuntian Zhu
Professor Yuntian Zhu, a distinguished professor of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at North Carolina State University, was appointed as HKIAS Visiting Fellow in August 2019.
Viscoelastic Modeling for Structural Analysis
By Professor Jean Salençon, published in May 2019
Professor Hesheng Chen
Professor Hesheng Chen, one of the most influential physicists in China, was appointed as HKIAS Senior Fellow in June 2019.
Professor Mau-Chung Frank Chang
Professor Mau-Chung Frank Chang, a renowned electrical engineering scientist and Academician of National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, was appointed as HKIAS Senior Fellow in August 2019.
Professor Benoît Perthame
Professor Benoît Perthame, the world’s leading applied mathematicians and international authority on nonlinear partial equations, was appointed as HKIAS Senior Fellow in August 2019.
HKIAS Senior Fellow Professor Sir Colin Blakemore delivered an opening keynote speech at the 12th QS WorldClass conference
(From left) Professor Sir Colin Blakemore; Professor Li Duan, Acting Dean of the School of Data Science; Professor Dirk Pfeiffer; Dr Kevin Downing; Professor Julie Li; Professor Michael Reichel, Dean of Jockey Club College of Veterin
