HKUST Annual Report 2004 - 2005 - page 35

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Calendar of Events
A delegation from Shanghai Jiao Tong
University, led by President Prof Xie
Shengwu, visited HKUST.
The Moving Picture Experts Group
(MPEG) met for the first time in Hong
Kong at HKUST. The group's 71st meeting
saw more than 300 video and audio spe-
cialists from academia and industry
gather on campus to define and refine
the latest encoding standards.
January
Prof Chen Xi, Chairman of the University
Council, Tsinghua University, headed a
delegation to HKUST.
February
Members of the Russian Academy of
Engineering visited HKUST during the
Academy's Sixth International Scientific
Forum, held for the first time in Hong
Kong.
The Department of Industrial Engineering
and Engineering Management (IEEM)
celebrated the 10th anniversary of the
successful IEEM-Stanford Joint Global
Manufacturing Program, which brings
together HKUST and Stanford University
students to work on solutions to an indus-
try-related problem.
Prof Chen Zhu, Vice-President of the
Chinese Academy of Sciences, visited
campus.
March
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HKUST and the Education and
Manpower Bureau launched Hong
Kong's first IT Enhancement Program to
promote engineering among gifted sec-
ondary students. The program's two
courses, the IT Enrichment Project and
Basic Programming Enrichment, provide
an introduction to IT-related research
and training in a world-class research uni-
versity for students from Form 4 to Form 7.
The HKUST IEMBA Building opened in
Ping'le County, Guilin. The primary school
building was constructed with money
raised by alumni of the University's first
International Executive MBA program.
A roving exhibition highlighting HKUST's
recent achievements appeared in differ-
ent districts of Hong Kong.
The official opening of the world's first
motion simulator to reproduce wind-
induced motion of skyscrapers took
place at HKUST's CLP Power Wind/Wave
Tunnel Facility. The motion simulator was
designed and developed by HKUST
engineers.
Academic excellence was honored at a
ceremony celebrating the achievements
of some 180 undergraduates commend-
ed on the Dean's List at least twice in
three consecutive semesters.
April
The School of Engineering held a reunion
dinner bringing together faculty, alumni
and industrial advisors to celebrate the
THES ranking, which saw the School
named among the world's top 20 univer-
sities in engineering and IT.
May
The first RoboCupJunior Hong Kong con-
test, co-organized by the Department of
Computer Science, was held at HKUST.
89 teams representing 45 secondary
schools participated in the contest,
designed to challenge students' robot
programming skills.
A delegation from Arizona State
University, led by President Michael Crow,
visited HKUST.
June
2005