HKUST Annual Report 2004 - 2005 - page 28

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Learning from
the World's Best
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Over the year, lectures by a number of distinguished international scholars
gave HKUST students a chance to broaden their views on a range of issues of
global importance and reinforced the University's standing as a center of aca-
demic excellence.
Prof Shiing
Shen Chern
The late, globally
renowned, Chinese
mathematician. Prof
Chern was the winner
of the first Shaw Prize in
Mathematical
Sciences, an award
honoring scientists who
have made a distin-
guished contribution to
modern civilization. He
chose to give the inau-
gural Shaw Prize
Lecture at HKUST,
drawing an audience
of over 700.
Prof Paul J
Crutzen
Winner of the Nobel
Prize in Chemistry. Prof
Crutzen spoke on "The
Anthropocene: Its
Chemistry and
Climate", a challeng-
ing look at the increas-
ingly detrimental
impact of human
activity on the
ecosystem.
Prof Kenneth
Lieberthal
Eminent China scholar
and former Special
Assistant to the US
President on National
Security Affairs. Prof
Lieberthal's lecture, "Hu
in Command: Now
Come the Political and
Economic Challenges",
provided insight into
the domestic and
international issues fac-
ing China.
Prof Andrew
Chi-Chih Yao
Expert on quantum
computation and the
only Chinese recipient
of the ACM's A M
Turing Award, regard-
ed as the Nobel Prize
for computer science.
Prof Yao's talk, "An
Expedition into Modern
Cryptography", out-
lined the history of
cryptography and its
development in the
era of the internet and
wireless communica-
tions.
Prof Yau Shing-
Tung
World-renowned math-
ematician and winner
of the prestigious Fields
Medal. Prof Yau's lec-
ture, "The Path to
Learning", used
Chinese classical litera-
ture to illustrate how
culture can provide
inspiration for a posi-
tive outlook on learn-
ing and life.
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