Guest Lecture
Besides lectures and tutorials, we also organize guest talks for EPYMT students.
In 2018 summer, we organized the following talks:
1. Guest Lecture on 15 July 2019
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| Speaker |
Mr. Ma Ka Wai
Tottenham Acquisition I Limited |
| Date | 15 July 2019 (Mon) |
| Time |
2:30pm - 4:00pm |
| Venue | LT8, Yasumoto International Academic Park (YIA),
The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
2. Guest Lecture on 25 July 2019
| Topic | A glimpse of mirror symmetry |
| Speaker | Dr. SUEN Yat Hin
Institute of Basic Science |
| Date | 25 July 2019 (Thu) |
| Time | 2:30pm - 4:00pm |
| Venue | LT7, Yasumoto International Academic Park (YIA),
The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Abstract | Mirror symmetry is a mysterious phenomenon discovered by string theorists. In this talk, I will talk about the history of mirror symmetry and its impact on mathematics. |
| Language | Cantonese |
3. Guest Lecture on 26 July 2019
| Topic | Solving Environmental Retrieval Problems via Mathematical Modeling, Satellite Informatics and Statistical Derivation |
| Speaker | Dr. MAK Wai Leung |
| Date | 26 July 2019 (Fri) |
| Time | 2:30pm - 4:00pm |
| Venue | LT7, Yasumoto International Academic Park (YIA),
The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Abstract | Combating with environmental pollution problems and reducing human exposure to airborne chemicals are important global missions.
Existing monitoring network for pollutant measurements are currently too sparse, thus may not effectively capture and detect spatial changes occurred in places with mixed land use patterns. In this talk, we will discuss several environmental retrieval problems by combining different mathematical approaches, including the use of satellite remote sensing for tropospheric NO2 retrieval within China, combination of statistical regression algorithms and modeling techniques in ground NO2 retrieval, as well as the development of a real-time and urban air quality modeling system for analyzing and forecasting air quality in Hong Kong, down to individual street level. A recently developed app, PRAISE-HK will be introduced at the end of this talk
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| Language |
Cantonese |
4. Guest Lecture on 8 August 2019
| Topic | The Ricci flow and Poincare conjecture |
| Speaker | Dr. LEE Man Chun
University of British Columbia |
| Date | 8 August 2019 (Thu) |
| Time |
2:30pm - 4:00pm |
| Venue | LT9, Yasumoto International Academic Park (YIA),
The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Abstract |
In geometry, we are often interested to understand how rigid the sphere is. In 1904, Poincare predicted that a three manifold has to be a sphere if it is closed and simply connected. In this talk, we will talk about the solution by Perelman using the Hamiltonˇ¦s Ricci flow, an analytic tool in Geometric analysis which connects the geometry and analysis. |
| Language | Cantonese |
5. Guest Lecture on 12 August 2019
| Topic |
A tour from combinatorial design theory to finite geometry |
| Speaker | Dr. Alice Man Wa Hui
BNU-HKBU United International College |
| Date | 12 August 2019 (Mon) |
| Time |
2:30pm - 4:00pm |
| Venue | LT7, Yasumoto International Academic Park (YIA),
The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Abstract |
Combinatorial design theory concerns question about whether it is possible to arrange elements of a finite set into subsets so that certain properties are satisfied. It has deep interactions with geometry with a finite number of points. In this lecture, we will start with block designs in design theory, and its applications in statistics. Then we will focus on a particular class of block designs called finite projective planes. We will learn how to construct those planes, and explore some interesting features of the planes, such as difference sets. |
| Language |
Putonghua and English
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6. Guest Lecture on 13 August 2019
| Topic | Algebraic
Topology: An introduction to
Fundamental group |
| Speaker | Dr. MA Man Shun
Rutgers University |
| Date | 13 August 2019 (Tue) |
| Time |
2:30pm - 4:00pm |
| Venue | LT9, Yasumoto International Academic Park (YIA),
The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Abstract |
In this talk, we give a brief introduction to topology and introduce the fundamental group. We will compute the fundamental groups of several spaces. If time allowed, we will also introduce the higher homotopy group, which is an analogue of the fundamental group in higher dimensions.
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| Language |
Cantonese
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All are welcome. No registration and payment is required. First come first served.
In 2018 summer, we also held four guest talks. Many students enjoyed the talks and raised further mathematics questions.
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