Title:	The information sciences research in Asia: challenges, opportunities and visions
Date:	February 27, 2007 (Tuesday)
Time:	4:45 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Venue:	Room 1009, 10/F, William M. W. Mong Engineering Building (or Engineering Building II) The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T.
Panel Members:	Professor Tony Lee, Information Engineering Department, CUHK Professor Xu Lei, Computer Science & Engineering Department, CUHK Professor Andrew Yao, Tsinghua University, University Professor at Large in CUHK
Moderator:	Professor P.C. Ching, EE Department and PVC of CUHK

ABSTRACT:

For the past ten years, we have witnessed a tremendous push of academic research on Information Sciences in Asia. As a matter of fact, IS is one of the major strategic investments in CUHK.

Yet, there are many challenges and questions, for example:

a) Money alone is not sufficient to build a reputable research programme, what is the right culture that we need to create?

b) How should we classify and quantify outstanding research ?

c) What are the cultural differences between top tier universities, like MIT and UC. Berkeley, as compare with universities in Asia?

d) How can we enhance academic achievement and yet accommodate academic freedom?

e) Do we need industrial support to build a reputable academic programme?

f) What is the right measure? Conference vs. journal, SCI vs. citation, collaborative research (with a long list on authorship) vs. few and selective publications, .....?

g) Is there any cultural difference between the East and the West on doing IS research?

h) What is our wish list and challenges if we want to build a top- tier programme?

We welcome colleagues and students to attend, as well as to participate in the Q&A session.

Enquiries: Miss Temmy So at tel 2609 8444

For more information, please refer to http://www.cse.cuhk.edu.hk/seminar