Mathematical Database Essay and Comic Competition — Prizing Ceremony

Mathematical Database Website Resource Competition — Details of Prizing Ceremony

Mathematical Database Website Resource Competition has been sucessfully held. If you want to review the talk “Poincare Conjecture” given by our honourable guest Prof. S.Y. Cheng and the comment on the submitted website resources given by Dr. K.Y. Li, please click the following links to download the video files, and open them in the Windows Media Player:

The video of the talk “Poincare Conjecture” by Professor S.Y. Cheng

The video of the comment on the submitted website resources given by Dr. K.Y. Li

1. Basic information

Date: 2 June 2007 (Sat) Time: 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm Venue: Chow Tak Sin Lecture Theatre (Lecture Theatre G, LTG), the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

2. Schedule

Registration
Welcoming Speech
Speech by our honorable guests
Mathematics talk by Professor Cheng Shiu-Yuen
Prize giving and presentation of souvenirs
Sharing session with our judges and display of prize winning essays

We are honoured to have Professor Cheng Shiu-Yuen, the Dean of School of Science of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Dr. Kin Y. Li of the Mathematics Department of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Professor M.K. Siu of the Department of Mathematics of the University of Hong Kong, Professor Thomas K.K. Au of the Mathematics Department of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Dr. K.L. Cheung of the Hong Kong Institute of Education, to be our judges. Prof. Cheng will be our honorable guest in the prizing ceremony too.

In the ceremony, Prof. Cheng will give a talk. Secondary school students should be able to understand the talk comfortably. There will also be a sharing session after the prizing ceremony, in which the audience can freely chat with our honorable guest on a wide range of topics. Some prize winning essays will also be displayed.

Public audience are welcome to this prizing ceremony.

3. Maps

The location of HKUST

Maps inside the buildings

4. Enquiry

Should there be any question concerning the prizing ceremony, please send us an email at mathdb@gmail.com.