Extending the Applicability of the Glassy State of Matter

(Left) Prof. Jacob Huang, Executive Director of HKIAS and Chair Professor of Department of Materials Science and Engineering, presented a souvenir to (right) Prof. A.

Disconnection, Random Interlacements, and the Gaussian Free Field

(Right) Dr. Pierre Nolin, moderator of the lecture and Associate Professor of Department of Mathematics at CityU, presented the souvenir to (left) Prof.

A Mathematical Model of National Sustainability: Where the World is Heading

Renowned engineering scientist Professor Yannis A. Phillis, presented a distinguished lecture titled “A Mathematical Model of National Sustainability: Where the World is Heading” for the 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.

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.

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).