Hong Kong Mathematical Society

Hong Kong Mathematical Society Annual General Meeting 2012

tammy — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:30:18 +0000

The AGM is going to be held on 5 May 2012, at 2:00-6:30pm, at The University of Hong Kong. The program below is for your reference.

Program

2011-12 HKMS Best Thesis Award Call for Submission

tammy — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:02:10 +0000

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The purpose of Hong Kong Mathematical Society Best Thesis Award is to recognize outstanding PhD or MPhil theses in the fields of mathematics and statistics. All submissions will go through a formal evaluation process by a panel of established scholars of the Society.

Submissions will be judged on the following criteria:

Significance of results
Originality of work
Clarity of presentation
Quality of writing

Eligible of the Award are postgraduate students who have obtained or will obtain their PhD or MPhil degrees in the fields of mathematics or statistics from any local university. Their Principal supervisors must be regular faculty staff of any local university to be eligible to nominate his/her students. The theses should be submitted to the respective universities between 1 February 2010 and 31 January 2012.

Potential candidates are required to submit:

a curriculum vitae with a list of his/her publications (no more than two pages)
a full thesis written in English
a letter of nomination from his/her Principal supervisor that:
1. verifies his/her eligibility for the Award
2. describes and evaluates the thesis’ contribution to the literature and the student’s role in the scholarship

Each recipient of the Best Thesis Award will receive an official certificate and a cash prize. Up to three awards will be made avaliable each year.

Application Deadline:
Submissions must be received no later than 10 April, 2012 to be considered for the Award. All theses must be submitted, in soft copy, to <xmyuan@hkbu.edu.hk>.

HKMS Texts in General Education (Volume 2)

tammy — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 02:44:54 +0000

Title:	Manage Your Money without Formulas

Author:	LEEVAN LING
	(Hong Kong Baptist University)

ETH Zurich researcher wins “Asia’s Nobel Prize”

tammy — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 02:57:50 +0000

Demetrios Christodoulou, a mathematician and physicist at ETH Zurich, wins the illustrious “Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences”. The award of “Asia’s Nobel Prize” honours Christodoulou’s contributions to differential geometry and to the general theory of relativity. His prize is worth USD 500,000.

Links:

http://www.ethlife.ethz.ch/archive_articles/110608_Shaw_Prize_fm/index_EN

http://www.shawprize.org/en/shaw.php?tmp=3&twoid=90

Hong Kong Mathematical Society Annual General Meeting 2011

candy — Thu, 12 May 2011 01:51:28 +0000

The AGM is going to be held this Saturday, 14 May 2011, at 2:00-6:10pm, at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. On this meeting, we will have several prestigious speakers include the Fields medalist, Prof. Stephen Smale. The program below is for your reference.

Program