Robert C.Y.Robert Wu Torbjörn Lodén Fung Ming-chuCITY UNIVERSITY Kailath omas Mu-ming Poo Peter DISTINGUISHED Burke Li-jun Wan LECTURE SERIES Yi-long Huang Roger Cashmore Arden L. K. Kasturirangan Wang Sidney Honkapohja Seppo Lee Kai-fu Bement Jr. Liu Chao-shiuan Enge Yip Smith Rogers He Rong Thomas Mason Colin Blakemore Ada Yonath Clarke R. David David D. Ho Pan Zi-qiang
Ouyang Ziyuan Martha C. Roger Wets Wang Anyi Office of the Vice-President (Research and Technology) Nussbaum Crabtree Loren W. Chao Han Liu Frank Shu Dennis Lo (852) 3442-9049 Gleiter Herbert Liang Di-gang Gao Wen Wing Hung Wong (852) 3442-0322 Yuan Ming omas Wilhelmsson Stephen Ovid J. L. [email protected] Jeffrey Wadsworth Zhang Jie
Qicheng Zhang Forrest Tzeng www.cityu.edu.hk Maxime George Fu Gao Chen Michael Waterman Schwartz Chang Chia Juch Hesheng Chang Johnny Shen Chung-li Noriko Mizuta Chun-Yen Francesco Andrew Yao Wu Dong-yang Yu Kwang-chung Vossilla Hung Mien-chie
Year 2014 - 2016 By Office of the Vice-President (Research and Technology) President's Welcome Professor Way Kuo President and University Distinguished Professor
A university is not only a place to earn a degree and secure a future career. A globally recognised institute of higher education should be a seat of learning, too.
It should establish an environment in which The series has also come to characterise young people can learn to think about the overall direction that CityU has the world around them and where they adopted over the past few years. Our can search for answers to problems that Strategic Plan Making a Difference through affect them. The aim should be to broaden Excellence in Research and Professional students' minds and promote intercultural Education 2015-2020 pays particular and international understanding. attention to interdisciplinary approaches to addressing global challenges, strengthening That's why the City University Distinguished internationalisation and global partnerships, Lecture Series is such an important element and promoting knowledge transfer. These of the work that we pursue at City University key elements are reflected strongly in the of Hong Kong (CityU). The series offers lectures delivered under the auspices of CityU students, the wider campus community the series. and the general public space and time to interact with renowned speakers from I would like to invite you to join me in reviewing around the world and to learn about richly the past lectures recorded in this booklet in diverse topics, from the most recent scientific the expectation that you will be impressed breakthroughs and global business trends by the quality of our international speakers to philosophical explorations of the meaning and their visionary approaches to the topics of life. covered.
Thank you.
1 Message from the Vice-President
Professor Jian Lu Vice-President (Research and Technology)
I am delighted to present this newly The booklet also serves to complement the published City University Distinguished notable progress that CityU has made in Lecture Series booklet. It provides a valuable recent years in world rankings. The backdrop historical record of the world-class lectures to the series, and to each lecture delivered, is that have been delivered by renowned that CityU is making rapid progress towards scholars, Nobel Laureates and social a world-class university. According to recent leaders over the years at CityU. It makes for QS rankings, CityU is now ranked 55th in the fascinating reading as we travel back in time world, 7th in Asia and 4th among the world's to the richly varied talks that have been held. top 50 universities under 50 years of age in 2016. Indeed, the booklet is a fitting means of reflecting on CityU's achievements in recent So I hope you enjoy reading about the years. It encapsulates our strong international lectures, and that you have time to attend network fostering greater understanding, future talks in the series! building closer ties, creating a vibrant and Thank you. diverse learning environment, providing an intercultural learning experience, and nurturing our students' global vision.
2 SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
Professor Thomas Kailath Sir Colin Blakemore Hitachi America Professor of Engineering, Emeritus Professor of Neuroscience & Philosophy Stanford University School of Advanced Study, University of London Emeritus Professor of Neuroscience The Process of University of Oxford Making Breakthroughs in Engineering What's So Special 28 September 2016 About the Human Brain?
16 August 2016
Professor George Fu Gao Dr K. Kasturirangan Director of Institute of Microbiology President of National Academy of Sciences, India Chinese Academy of Sciences Chancellor of Vice-President of Beijing Institutes of Life Science Jawaharlal Nehru University Chinese Academy of Sciences Satish Dhawan Chair for Engineering Eminence of Deputy Director-General of Chinese Center for Indian National Academy of Engineering Disease Control and Prevention India in Transformation and Host jump: Vision for Science Flu, MERS-CoV, Ebola and Zika 20 May 2016 26 May 2016
3 Lecture can be reviewed at SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING http://www.cityu.edu.hk/vprt/cityu-dls/past-lectures.htm
Professor Chang Chun-Yen Professor Roger Cashmore National Endowed Chair Professor Chairman, UK Atomic Energy Authority President Emeritus National Chiao Tung University Sustainable Energy and a Sustainable Environment for the 21st Century: New Horizon of FinFETs with The Role of Nuclear Power Generation Internal Gate and Negative Capacitance 22 March 2016 3 May 2016
Professor David R. Clarke Professor Chen Hesheng Extended Tarr Family Professor of Materials Director of Beijing Electron-Positron John A. Paulson School of Collider National Laboratory Engineering and Applied Sciences Institute of High Energy Physics Harvard University Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Progress Towards High-Temperature China Spallation Neutron Source Thermoelectric Materials for Electric Power Generation 2 February 2016
17 March 2016
4 SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
Dr Wu Dong-yang Professor Hung Mien-chie 伍東揚博士 Vice President for Basic Research The University of Vice President of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Boeing Research & Technology (China) 波音 ( 中國 ) 研究與技術副總裁 Cancer, still "Cancer"? Flying High in the Sky: 癌不再是癌 Looking Back and Ahead 29 September 2015 奮翼藍天任翱翔 : 回顧與前瞻
15 October 2015
Professor Ziyuan Ouyang Professor Chao Han Liu 歐陽自遠教授 Academician of Academia Sinica Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences KT Li Distinguished Chair Professor 中國科學院院士 National Central University, Taiwan Member of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World From Global Change to Future Earth - 發展中國家科學院院士 Research for Global Sustainability Member of the International Academy of Astronautics 24 July 2015 國際宇航科學院院士
China's Dream in Lunar Exploration 中國的探月夢
24 September 2015
5 Lecture can be reviewed at SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING http://www.cityu.edu.hk/vprt/cityu-dls/past-lectures.htm
Professor Wang Enge Professor Wing Hung Wong 王恩哥教授 Stephen R. Pierce Family Goldman Sachs Professor in Science and Human Health Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Stanford University 中國科學院副院長 Chair Professor of Physics, Peking University 北京大學物理學院講席教授 Statistics and Sequencing Technology 22 June 2015 Ice Surface: Insights from Recent Study
26 June 2015
Professor Dennis Lo Professor Ada Yonath Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom Director, Kimmelman Center for Biomolecular Foreign Associate of Structure and Assembly the US National Academy of Sciences Weizmann Institute of Science King Faisal International Prize in Medicine (2014) Nobel Laureate in Chemistry (2009)
Non-invasive Prenatal and Cancer Tests: From Basic Science to Two Sides of the Same Coin Advanced Medicine 21 April 2015 27 April 2015
6 SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
Professor Li-jun Wan Professor Poo Mu-ming President, University of Paul Licht Distinguished Professor in Science and Technology of China Biology, U.C. Berkeley Professor, Institute of Chemistry Director of Institute of Neuroscience Chinese Academy of Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences
Electrochemistry in Neural Plasticity: Energy Conversion and Storage: From Synapse to Cognition Materials and Interfacial Structure 13 April 2015 21 April 2015
Professor Sidney Yip Professor Stephen Forrest Professor Emeritus Departments of Electrical Engineering and Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering Computer Science, Physics and Department of Materials and Engineering Materials Science and Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Nuclear Science and Technology Making Small Things Big in the World of in a Sustainable World Organic Electronics
3 March 2015 9 January 2015
7 Lecture can be reviewed at SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING http://www.cityu.edu.hk/vprt/cityu-dls/past-lectures.htm
Professor Gao Wen Professor Frank Shu Professor in Computer Science and Distinguished Research Fellow of Academia Sinica Electronic Engineering, Peking University Vice President of Reversing Climate Change: National Natural Science Foundation of China Using Carbon Technology to Challenges on Video Processing Offset Carbon Emission Techniques in Smart City Systems 3 December 2014 智慧城市系統中視頻處理技術的挑戰
23 December 2014
Professor David D. Ho Professor Roger Wets Scientific Director and CEO Distinguished Research Professor of Mathematics Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, US University of California, Davis
Novel Approaches to HIV Prevention Renewable Energy: New Challenges and Rewards 12 November 2014 28 October 2014
8 SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
Professor Andrew Yao Professor Pan Zi-qiang Dean of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Information 潘自強院士 Sciences at Tsinghua University Academician of Distinguished Professor-at-Large at the Chinese Academy of Engineering the Chinese University of Hong Kong 中國工程院院士
Quantum computing: The Development of Radiation Safety A Great Science in the Making 輻射安全的進展 27 October 2014 25 September 2014
Dr Thomas Mason Professor Michael Waterman Director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory University Professor at U.S. Department of Energy University of Southern California
Science Technology for Mathematical and Statistical Problems the Energy Challenge from DNA Sequencing
15 September 2014 8 September 2014
9 Lecture can be reviewed at SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING http://www.cityu.edu.hk/vprt/cityu-dls/past-lectures.htm
Professor Maxime Schwartz Professor Herbert Gleiter Former General Director of Institut Pasteur Senior Member and Institute Professor of the Institute of Nanotechnology Karlsruhe Institute of Technology The New Infectious Diseases: Where Do They Come From? Nanostructured Solids — 30 May 2014 From Nanoglasses to Quantum Transistors: The Door to a New Generation of Technologies?
14 May 2014
Professor Liang Di-gang 梁狄剛教授 Expert in Petroleum Exploration and Development 中國石油諮詢中心專家
Development and Prospects of Petroleum and Natural Gas in China 中國石油天然氣的發展與前景展望
5 March 2014
10 LIBERAL ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Dr Francesco Vossilla Professor Ovid J. L. Tzeng Member of the Accademia delle Chancellor of the University System of Taiwan Arti del Disegno di Firenze Distinguished Research Fellow and President of the Società di Studi Giuseppe Academician of Academia Sinica Castiglione-Lang Shining Language, Diversity, and Complexity: Giuseppe Castiglione Jesuit missionary A Neurobiological Approach to the and court painter in Beijing Three Ss (Speech, Sign Language, and Script) of Human Communication 25 May 2016 5 May 2016
Fung Ming-chu Professor Rogers Smith 馮明珠院長 Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science Director of the National Palace Museum University of Pennsylvania 國立故宮博物院院長 Beyond Sovereignty and Uniformity: Portrayals from a Brush Divine: Pursuing Moderation and Giuseppe Castiglione's Achievements, Pluralism in the 21st Century Art and Influence over Chinese Art 神筆丹青 — 郎世寧其人其藝及 14 December 2015 其在中國繪畫史上的地位
25 April 2016
11 Lecture can be reviewed at LIBERAL ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES http://www.cityu.edu.hk/vprt/cityu-dls/past-lectures.htm
Professor Yi-long Huang Colonel Johnny Shen Chung-li 黃一農教授 沈宗李教官 Academician, Academia Sinica Former member of Black Cat Squadron 中央研究院院士 前黑貓中隊隊員
Dream of the E-Red Chamber: Flying High in the Sky: Big Data Impact on Looking Back and Ahead Historical Research and Its Opportunities 奮翼藍天任翱翔 : 回顧與前瞻 紅樓 e 夢： 試論大數據對文史研究的衝擊與機遇 15 October 2015
27 October 2015
Professor Yu Kwang-chung Professor Peter Burke 余光中教授 Emeritus Professor of Cultural History Cambridge University Professor Emeritus, National Sun Yat-sen University 國立中山大學榮休教授 Conditions of Innovation: From Classical Literature to Can We Learn from History? Modern Poetry 26 November 2014 從古典文學到現代詩
9 April 2015
12 LIBERAL ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Professor Loren W. Crabtree Fung Ming-chu Emeritus Chancellor and 馮明珠院長 Distinguished Professor of History University of Tennessee Director of the National Palace Museum 國立故宮博物院院長 Echoes of 1914: Challeges and Changes — Does History Rhyme? Development of National Palace Museum 5 November 2014 over the last 50 Years 挑戰與應變 — 談國立故宮博物院近五十年來的變化
3 November 2014
Professor Yuan Ming Professor Wang Anyi 袁明教授 王安憶教授 Professor of the School of International Studies Vice-Chairman of Chinese Writers Association Peking University 中國作家協會副主席 北京大學國際關係學院教授 Professor, Fudan University Director of the Center for American Studies 復旦大學教授 Peking University 北京大學美國研究中心主任 The Multi-cultural World and Future of Chinese Culture The Multi-cultural World and 世界多元文化激盪交融與中國的未來 Future of Chinese Culture 世界多元文化激盪交融與中國的未來 9 October 2014 9 October 2014
13 Lecture can be reviewed at LIBERAL ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES http://www.cityu.edu.hk/vprt/cityu-dls/past-lectures.htm
Professor Zhang Qicheng Professor Zhang Jie 張其成教授 President of Shanghai Jiao Tong University Dean of the School of Chinese Classic Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Pathway Towards Excellence — 北京中醫藥大學國學院院長 Institutional Incentive System at Shanghai Jiao Tong University The Multi-cultural World and 制度激勵 — 大學變革的選擇 Future of Chinese Culture 世界多元文化激盪交融與中國的未來 11 September 2014
9 October 2014
Professor Arden L. Bement Jr. Professor Noriko Mizuta David A. Ross Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Chancellor of Nuclear Engineering, Chief Global Affairs Officer Josai University Educational Corporation Emeritus and Inaugural Director Emeritus Global Policy Research Institute Purdue University The Yamamba ( 山姥 ) s' Long Life: The Cultural Dynamics of The Roles of Higher Education in the Aging Society Innovation and Globalization 9 April 2014 24 April 2014
14 LIBERAL ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Dr Liu Chao-shiuan Professor Torbjörn Lodén 劉兆玄博士 Professor of Chinese Language and Culture at Stockholm University Chairman of the General Association of Chinese Culture Visiting Professor at City University of Hong Kong 中華文化總會會長 On the Social Dynamics of The Rule-by-Virtue Century — Philosophical Ideas: The Missing Element for Dai Zhen's Critique of Neo-Confucianism Sustainable Development 王道的世紀 — 永續發展 只欠東風 23 January 2014
7 March 2014
15 Lecture can be reviewed at LIBERAL ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES http://www.cityu.edu.hk/vprt/cityu-dls/past-lectures.htm
16 BUSINESS AND LAW
Professor Martha C. Nussbaum Dr Seppo Honkapohja Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Member of the Board, Bank of Finland Professor of Law and Ethics Member of Academia Europaea University of Chicago
Anger and Revolutionary Justice Persistent Slowdowns, Expectations and Macroeconomic Policy 29 August 2016 21 April 2016
Dr Jeffrey Wadsworth Dr Lee Kai-fu President and CEO Chairman and CEO of Innovation Works Battelle Memorial Institute Betting on China's Innovations Battelle — Past, Present and Future — A Perspective from Innovation Works
14 April 2016 3 December 2015
17 Lecture can be reviewed at BUSINESS AND LAW http://www.cityu.edu.hk/vprt/cityu-dls/past-lectures.htm
Justice He Rong Professor Thomas Wilhelmsson 賀榮大法官 Chancellor, University of Helsinki Vice President of the Supreme People's Court of the PRC Unfair Contract Terms — 中華人民共和國最高人民法院副院長 Variations and Harmonies
To Cultivate Chinese Legal Talents with 13 October 2015 International Outlook by Drawing on the Experience of Hong Kong Legal System 發揮香港法律優勢，共同培養國際化法律人才
25 November 2015
Dr Chang Chia Juch Mr Robert C.Y. Wu 張家祝博士 吳清友先生 Chairman of China Development Industrial Bank Founder and Chairman of Eslite Corporation 中華開發工業銀行董事長 誠品書店創辦人及董事長
The Key Issues of Economic and The Eslite Experience — Industrial Development in Taiwan A Personal Perspective 台灣經濟與產業發展課題 誠品經驗的生命分享
11 February 2015 24 September 2014
18 Robert C.Y.Robert Wu Torbjörn Lodén Fung Ming-chuCITY UNIVERSITY Kailath omas Mu-ming Poo Peter DISTINGUISHED Burke Li-jun Wan LECTURE SERIES Yi-long Huang Roger Cashmore Arden L. K. Kasturirangan Wang Sidney Honkapohja Seppo Lee Kai-fu Bement Jr. Liu Chao-shiuan Enge Yip Smith Rogers He Rong Thomas Mason Colin Blakemore Ada Yonath Clarke R. David David D. Ho Pan Zi-qiang
Ouyang Ziyuan Martha C. Roger Wets Wang Anyi Office of the Vice-President (Research and Technology) Nussbaum Crabtree Loren W. Chao Han Liu Frank Shu Dennis Lo (852) 3442-9049 Gleiter Herbert Liang Di-gang Gao Wen Wing Hung Wong (852) 3442-0322 Yuan Ming omas Wilhelmsson Stephen Ovid J. L. [email protected] Jeffrey Wadsworth Zhang Jie
Qicheng Zhang Forrest Tzeng www.cityu.edu.hk Maxime George Fu Gao Chen Michael Waterman Schwartz Chang Chia Juch Hesheng Chang Johnny Shen Chung-li Noriko Mizuta Chun-Yen Francesco Andrew Yao Wu Dong-yang Yu Kwang-chung Vossilla Hung Mien-chie
Year 2014 - 2016 By Office of the Vice-President (Research and Technology)