Past

The School of Computing and Data Science (https://www.cds.hku.hk/) was established by the University of Hong Kong on 1 July 2024, comprising the Department of Computer Science and Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science.

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Past Seminars and Events
November 11, 2020	Title: Plaque Unveiling for HKU-SCF FinTech Academy and FinTech Scholarships Award Presentation Ceremony Time: 11:30am Venue: HKU Foundation Chamber Speaker(s): ----- Remark(s):
November 03, 2020	Title: HKU FinTech Day 2020 Time: 04:30pm Venue: Zoom Speaker(s): Various Remark(s): HKU FinTech Day 2020 3 and 4 November 2020 (Tuesday and Wednesday) 4:30 - 6:00 PM Hong Kong Time via Zoom The fourth annual HKU FinTech Day will be held this year in a virtual format in conjunction with Hong Kong FinTech Week 2020. The event will bring together renowned academics and key industry players to discuss cutting-edge research at the intersection of science, technology, and entrepreneurship. Speakers and Panelists: Musheer Ahmed, FinStep Asia Douglas Arner, The University of Hong Kong Henri Arslanian, PwC Hong Kong Janos Barberis, HKU, CFTE and SuperCharger Stephanie Biedermann, The University of Hong Kong Terrance Cheung, Next Insurtech Limited Betty Guo, Brain Investing Limited Bowie Lau, MaGESpire David S. Lee, The University of Hong Kong Chen Lin, The University of Hong Kong Alesandro Di Lullo, HKU, CFTE and SuperCharger Aditya Mehta, Bamboo Network Kevin Ng, Fundergo Laurence Tang, The University of Hong Kong Huy Nguyen Trieu, Centre for Finance, Technology and Entrepreneurship (CFTE) Julia Walker, Refinitiv SM Yiu, The University of Hong Kong Please see the attached programme for details. If you have not yet registered to attend, please save your place from HERE. Zoom information will be provided to registrants prior to the event. For enquiries: Flora Leung at fkleung@hku.hk
November 02, 2020	Title: FinTech Academic Research in University Time: 06:30pm Venue: CBC Lecture Room & Zoom Speaker(s): Professor S.M. Yiu, Associate Head at Department of Computer Science, HKU Remark(s):
October 29, 2020	Title: QICI/QISS virtual seminar: Testing gravitational decoherence through the heating of a mechanical resonator Time: 10:00pm Venue: Online Speaker(s): Anna Pearson with Natalia Ares, University of Oxford Remark(s):
October 22, 2020	Title: IFTA Award Winners HKU Campus Sharing [Zoom Webinar] Time: 05:00pm Venue: Online Speaker(s): Various Remark(s):
October 08, 2020	Title: QICI/QISS virtual seminar: Missing the Point in Noncommutative Geometry Time: 10:00pm Venue: Online Speaker(s): Nick Huggett, U of Illinois, Chicago with Tushar Menon and Fedele Lizzi Remark(s): Title: IFTA Award Winners HKU Campus Sharing [Zoom Webinar] Time: 05:00pm Venue: Online Speaker(s): Various Remark(s):
October 01, 2020	Title: QICI/QISS virtual seminar: Two birds with one stone: discreteness, the cosmological constant problem, and the Hawking information puzzle Time: 10:30pm Venue: Online Speaker(s): Alejandro Perez, Centre de Physique, Theorique de Luminy Remark(s):
September 14, 2020	Title: HKU-ASTRI Work-Study Scheme Memorandum of Understanding Signing Ceremony Time: 02:30pm Venue: Lecture Theatre C, LG1/F, Chow Yei Ching Building, The University of Hong Kong Speaker(s): ----- Remark(s):
September 11, 2020	Title: QICI online seminar: Noncommuting conserved quantities in quantum many-body thermalization Time: 10:00pm Venue: Online Speaker(s): Dr. Nicole Yunger Halpern, Harvard University Remark(s): Date: Sept 11, 2020 (Friday) Time: 10:00 pm (HK Time) (GMT+8) Join Zoom Meeting https://hku.zoom.us/j/95512510759?pwd=cUZ1Z3BjY0ZBV0lDYzdoaGpHVlpkQT09 Meeting ID: 955 1251 0759 Password: 373431 Speaker: Dr. Nicole Yunger Halpern, Harvard University Abstract: In statistical mechanics, a small system exchanges conserved quantities— heat, particles, electric charge, etc.—with a bath. The small system may thermalize to the canonical ensemble, the grand canonical ensemble, etc. The conserved quantities are represented by operators usually assumed to commute with each other. But noncommutation distinguishes quantum physics from classical. What if the operators fail to commute? I will argue, using quantum-information-theoretic thermodynamics, that the small system thermalizes to near a “non-Abelian thermal state.” I will present a protocol for realizing this state experimentally, supported with numerical simulations of a spin chain. The protocol is suited to ultracold atoms, trapped ions, quantum dots, and more. This work introduces a nonclassical phenomenon—noncommutation of conserved quantities—into a decades-old thermodynamics problem. About the Speaker Dr. Nicole Yunger Halpern currently is an ITAMP Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard. She completed her Ph.D. in 2018, under John Preskill's supervision at Caltech. Her dissertation won the Ilya Prigogine Prize for a thermodynamics Ph.D. thesis. She earned her Master's degree from the Perimeter Scholars International (PSI) program of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, working with Rob Spekkens and Markus P. Müller. Before that, she was at Dartmouth College from where she earned her Bachelor's degree and graduated as a co-valedictorian of her class. All are welcome!