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Ocga-01A-A008.Pdf Home Search by - name - expertise The 21st century will bring forth a phenomenal transformation of the socio-economic Message from structure of humankind. We will witness the full bloom of the knowledge-based society VPRD in which science and technology will be recognized as the engine of economic growth. Research Report Research and development will gain increased prominence among human endeavors. 2006-07 Through research and development, new knowledge will be generated, disseminated Schools and utilized to benefit society at a pace previously unimagined. Science Engineering A research university is distinguished by the quality and accomplishments of its Business & faculty, staff and students. It is also characterized by the leadership it demonstrates in Management Humanities & transferring the fruits of research to impact society. HKUST, since its inception in 1991, has strived to excel and to attain world-class Social Science standing in its chosen fields of pursuit. Departments Language Center While the University has encouraged its members to pursue any field of intellectual curiosity and challenge, it has also focused on a number of specific fields to establish core areas of impact and excellence. These include: advanced materials and manufacturing, Update Your Profile biotechnology, e-commerce, environment, executive education, infrastructure, IC electronic packaging design, internet and information technology, logistics, microelectronics and microsystems, molecular neuroscience, nano technology, social survey studies, South China research, traditional Chinese medicine, transportation, and wireless communications. This publication highlights the research activities of HKUST faculty members. It is the University's objective to engage in the forefront of global research as well as in specific areas of relevance to Hong Kong. We hope this publication will serve as a useful reference to benchmark our progress toward this goal. Professor Tony R EASTHAM Acting Vice-President for Research and Development The 21st century will bring forth a phenomenal transformation of the socio-economic structure of humankind. We will witness the full bloom of the knowledge-based society in which science and technology will be recognized as the engine of economic growth. Research and development will gain increased prominence among human endeavors. Through research and development, new knowledge will be generated, disseminated and utilized to benefit society at a pace previously unimagined. A research university is distinguished by the quality and accomplishments of its faculty, staff and students. It is also characterized by the leadership it demonstrates in transferring the fruits of research to impact society. HKUST, since its inception in 1991, has strived to excel and to attain world-class standing in its chosen fields of pursuit. While the University has encouraged its members to pursue any field of intellectual curiosity and challenge, it has also focused on a number of specific fields to establish core areas of impact and excellence. These include: advanced materials and manufacturing, biotechnology, e-commerce, environment, executive education, infrastructure, IC electronic packaging design, internet and information technology, logistics, microelectronics and microsystems, molecular neuroscience, nano technology, social survey studies, South China research, traditional Chinese medicine, transportation, and wireless communications. This publication highlights the research activities of HKUST faculty members. It is the University's objective to engage in the forefront of global research as well as in specific areas of relevance to Hong Kong. We hope this publication will serve as a useful reference to benchmark our progress toward this goal. Professor Tony R EASTHAM Acting Vice-President for Research and Development Home Frame contained PDF file, click here to view Search by - name - expertise Message from VPRD Research Report 2006-07 Schools Science Engineering Business & Management Humanities & Social Science Departments Language Center Update Your Profile Report One - Overview THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY REPORT ON RESEARCH ACTIVITIES, 2006-07 to RESEARCH GRANTS COUNCIL RGC REPORT 1: OVERVIEW 1. YEAR IN REVIEW HKUST has matured as a research-intensive university. One way of justifying and illustrating this statement is by reference to the following global rankings of universities in the international media. WORLD RANKINGS FOR HKUST 2005 2006 Source * University 43 58 THES - 60 NW Technology 23 17 THES Science 68 69 THES Bioscience - 61 THES Social Science 58 52 THES Arts & Humanities 89 - THES MBA 44 47 FT 82 37 EIU EMBA 2 3 FT * EIU Economist Intelligence Unit (UK) NW Newsweek (US) FT Financial Times (UK) THES Times Higher Education Supplement (UK) In the past two years, HKUST has been ranked in the top 100 universities in the world in all its fields of intellectual endeavor, i.e., in science, bioscience, engineering (or technology), business and management, and humanities and social science. Most notably, in 2006, HKUST was ranked: 1 Report One - Overview - # 3 EMBA program in the world - #17 in the world for technology R&D reputation Another, more local, indicator is provided by the recently completed Research Assessment Exercise (RAE). The bar chart below compares the results for RAE 99 and RAE 06. While the margins have been reduced significantly in 2006 as the research capabilities and performance of all tertiary institutions in Hong Kong has improved, HKUST retains the highest overall research index. RESEARCH ASSESSMENT EXERCISE, 1999 & 2006 (%) 100 86.95 87.12 85.47 75.66 75.24 76.35 75 62.62 1999 50 2006 30.49 25 0 CityU HKBU LU CUHK HKIEd PolyU HKUST HKU Our research mission, drawn from the 1987 Ordinance by which HKUST was established, remains to focus on human resource development with an emphasis on postgraduate education, to maintain excellence across our chosen fields of endeavor, and to make a contribution to the economic and social development of Hong Kong. Our strategy is to attract the best faculty and students, to expect and reward their best performance in research, to assist in economic and social development through service, technology diffusion/transfer to regional industry, and to stimulate entrepreneurship. Scholarship, research and its development and application are central to the mission and strategy of HKUST. The selection of research highlights presented below covers the spectrum from the most basic research to commercialization and business development. They demonstrate that HKUST is building on its achievements as a world-class research university with regional benefits and impact. 2 Report One - Overview HKUST has achieved much. It has helped to redefine the academic and R&D culture of Hong Kong. It has grown from a vision to become a dynamo for change, a force and catalyst in Hong Kong’s transition to a knowledge-based society. And it has found recognition on the world stage of research universities in just sixteen short years. Basic/ Fundamental Research & Scholarship HKUST researchers continue to make substantial contributions at the forefront of their disciplines, resulting in a host of publications in leading disciplinary jounals. • Prof Nancy Ip's research team has recently unraveled the essential role of cyclin- dependent kinase 5 in the regulation of synapse development through modulating receptor tyrosine kinase signaling and functions. These findings have important implications in understanding the precise mechanisms by which synapses, connections between neurons, are fine tuned to facilitate learning and memory. • Prof Hannah H. Xue’s research group has achieved another breakthrough in discovering that variations in the schizophrenia-related gene are related to positive selection, and that people with a relatively less mutated form of the related gene may be more susceptible to schizophrenia. This latest discovery also represents the first-ever discovery that positive selection is associated with genes related to mental disorders. • Profs D. C. Chang and K. Q. Luo have developed a new class of molecular biosensors that can detect enzyme (caspase) activation in a single living cell based on the FRET (fluorescence resonance energy transfer) method. These sensors not only enable one to study the molecular mechanisms of programmed cell death in vivo, they also provide a powerful tool for rapid screening of new drugs. • Prof B. F. Chen has obtained the classification of irreducible integral flows and irreducible integral tensions for signed graphs. He has also found an interpretation for the Tutte polynomials at positive integers. • Profs Peter Chen and Guochang Zhang developed a model to explain why firms with multiple business segments may have incentives to shift earnings from one segment to another to influence market valuation. The shifting of earnings, however, causes information asymmetry about segmental performance and leads to market misvaluation. Thus divestment restores valuation accuracy. This prediction is supported by their empirical finding that the stock market reacts positively to divestment announcements, after controlling for increased expectations about future operating performance. • Faculty members in Humanities have published the following texts: - Leonard K K Chan, Ming Neo-Classicist on Tang Poetry (Beijing: Peking University Press, 2007) - Leonard K K Chan, Obsession with China (Shanghai Bookstore Publishing House, 2007) - Kim-chong Chong,
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