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Professor Yau Shing-tung

Date:

9 Jan 2015

Time:

4:30p.m.

Venue:

Lecture Theatre B6, Ho Tim Building, CUHK

Speaker(s):

Professor Yau Shing-tung

Biography of Speaker:

Professor Yau is Distinguished Professor-at-Large and Director of the Institute of Mathematical Science (IMS) at CUHK, as well as William Casper Graustein Professor of Mathematics at Harvard University. He initiated the establishment of IMS at CUHK, where he served as Director to lead researches, while at the same time contribute to teaching and coaching postgraduates. He is the first Chinese scholar to have attained two highest honours in the mathematics arena – the Fields Medal and the Wolf Prize in Mathematics. While the Fields Medal, the equivalent of the Nobel Prize for mathematics, is presented to young scholars aged below 40, the Wolf Prize recognizes lifelong contributions in a discipline.

Admission:

Please register to attend the event at http://bit.do/styau2015

Enquiries:

3943 1993 / sfo@cuhk.edu.hk

Synopsis of Lecture:

[This lecture will be conducted in Cantonese]