2023

The 12th ICSA International Conference
Hosted by International Chinese Statistical Association and Department of Statistics, CUHK

Venue: Henry Cheng International Conference Center, Cheng Yu Tung Building, CUHK

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Poster

Role of Water in Catalysis
By ProfessorTAN Choon Hong (The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology)

Time: 4:30 p.m.
Venue: LT1, Lady Shaw Building, CUHK

Chiral Cation Catalysis
By Professor TAN Choon Hong (School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University)

Time: 3:30 p.m.
Venue: Rm 704, Mong Man Wai Building, CUHK

Multifunctional Quantum States in Kagome Lattices
By Professor Jun-Hyung CHO (Department of Phyiscs, Hanyang University, Korea)

Time: 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Venue: Rm C3, Lady Shaw Building, CUHK

The Link Between Galaxy Dynamics And Star Formation
By Professor Guang-Xing LI (South-Western Institute For Astronomy Research, Yunnan University, China)

Time: 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Venue: L2, Science Centre, CUHK

Topological Bandgaps for Light and Sound
By Dr. Haoran XUE (School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

Time: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Fundamentals of Topological Phases in Classical-Wave Systems
By Dr. Haoran XUE (School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Dynamics of Bose-Einstein Condensates in a Moving Optical Lattice
By Professor Qingze GUAN (Department of Physics and Astronomy, Washington State University, USA)

Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Venue: Rm 311, Science Centre, CUHK

Machine Learning and Accuracy of Density-Functional Theory
By Professor Guanhua CHEN (Hong Kong Quantum AI Lab, Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong)

Time: 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Venue: L2, Science Centre, CUHK

Engineering Next-generation Thermoelectrics for Sustainable Energy Applications
By Dr. Ady SUWARDI (Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), A*STAR, National University of Singapore)

Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Electronic and Thermal Transport Descriptors in Thermoelectrics
By Dr. Ady SUWARDI (Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), A*STAR, National University of Singapore)

Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Feathered Dinosaurs
By Prof. Xing XU (Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology & Paleoanthropology (IVPP), Beijing, China & Yunnan University, Kunming, China)

Time: 7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Venue: LT1A, Cheng Yu Tung Building, CUHK

From gliding ants to Andean hummingbirds: the evolution of animal flight performance
By Dr. Theodore Robert DUDLEY (University of California, Berkeley, USA)

Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 n.n.
Venue: CYT202, Cheng Yu Tung Building, CUHK

Ensemble Refinement with Cryo-EM Data
By Dr. Wai Shing TANG (Flatiron Research Fellow Center of Computational Mathematics (CCM) and Structural Molecular Biophysics group (SMBp) Flatiron Institute, USA)

Time: 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Boarding Soon: Climate Change Impacts on Severe Thunderstorm-Related Delays in Aviation
By Professor Jason Chun Yu WONG (Occidental College, Los Angeles, U.S.A., and Department of Geography and Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science, U.K.)

Time: 4:30 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room, 3/F, Mong Man Wai Building and ZOOM (Mixed-mode)

New Physics at the Forward Physics Facility (FPF)
By Professor Kingman CHEUNG (Department of Physics, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan)

Time: 3:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Venue: L5, Science Centre, CUHK

Multi-Material Nanoscale 3D Fabrication Based on Femtosecond Projection Technology
By Professor Shih-Chi CHEN (Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, CUHK)

Time: 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Venue: L2, Science Centre, CUHK

Binary Black Holes at High-Redshifts: New Discoveries to Be Made By the Next-Generation GW Detectors
By Dr. Ken Kwan Yeung NG (Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, USA)

Time: 3:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Venue: Room G25, Science Centre, CUHK

Search for Cosmic Parity Violation
By Professor Kin-Wang NG (Institute of Phyiscs, Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

Time: 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Venue: L2, Science Centre, CUHK

Recent Developments in Earthquake and Environmental Seismology
By Professor Zhigang PENG (School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, U.S.A.)

Time: 9:30 a.m.
Venue: Conference Room, 3/F, Mong Man Wai Building and ZOOM (Mixed-mode)

Structures and Dynamics of Topological Defects in Driven and Active Nematic Liquid Crystals
By Professor ZHANG Rui (The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology)

Time: 4:30 p.m.
Venue: LT1, Lady Shaw Building, CUHK

Axion Inflation, Primordial Black Holes, and Gravitational Waves
By Professor Kin-Wang NG (Institute of Phyiscs, Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

Time: 2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Venue: L4, Science Centre, CUHK

Stochastic Quantization of General Relativity: Multiplicative Noise and Time-Intermittency at the Event Horizon
By Professor Matteo LULLI (Department of Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, China)

Time: 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Venue: L2, Science Centre, CUHK

Characterization and Optimized Engineering of Bosonic Quantum Interfaces under Single-Mode Operational Constraints
By Mr. Pak-Tik FONG (Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University, Canada)

Time: 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Venue: Room G26, Science Centre, CUHK

In Situ Neutron Measurements in Materials Research
By Prof. Howard WANG (University of Maryland, College Park & Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory)

Time: 4:30 p.m.
Venue: LT1, Lady Shaw Building, CUHK

The Roles of Stellar Feedback and Radiation in Cosmological Galaxy Simulations
By Dr. Tsang Keung CHAN (Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Chicago, USA)

Time: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

How to Re-Create the Universe with Computers
By Dr. Tsang Keung CHAN (Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Chicago, USA)

Time: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

The Dynamic Nature of High-Pressure Ice VII and A Theory for Dynamic Phases behind It
By Professor Xin-Zheng LI (School of Physics, Peking University, China)

Time: 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: Room G25, Science Centre, CUHK

On a New Model of Black Hole: Page Curve and Information
By Professor Chong-Sun CHU (Department of Physics, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan)

Time: 1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Venue: Room G25, Science Centre, CUHK

Prediction of Tropical Cyclogenesis Based on Machine Learning Methods
By Mr. LOI Chi Lok (Department of Atmospheric Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taiwan)

Time: 11:30 a.m.
Venue: Conference Room, 3/F, Mong Man Wai Building and ZOOM (Mixed-mode)

Gravitational-Wave Astronomy
By Dr. Otto Akseli HANNUKSELA (Department of Physics, CUHK)

Time: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Synthesis and Biosensing Applications of Plasmonic Nanoparticles
By Professor Jwa-Min NAM (Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University)

Time: 2:00 p.m.
Venue: Room 158, Science Centre, CUHK

Gain by Strain: Donor-Acceptor Cyclopropanes to Access Carbo- and Heterocyclic Compounds
By Professor Dr. Daniel B. WERZ (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg Germany)

Time: 4:30 p.m.
Venue: LT1, Lady Shaw Building, CUHK

The Sub-Critical Illusion: Synthetic Zeeman Effect Observations from Galactic Zoom-In Simulations
By Mr. Zipeng HU (Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Australian National University, Australia)

Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

The Role of Climate Change on Tropical Cyclones Represented by High-Resolution Earth System Model Simulations
By Dr. Jung-Eun CHU (School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong)

Time: 12:00 n.n. - 12:30 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room, 3/F, Mong Man Wai Building and ZOOM (Mixed-mode)

A Better Future for the Next Generation: Carbon-Climate Feedback Research Based on Earth System Modelling
By Dr. Jin-Soo KIM (School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong)

Time: 11:30 a.m. - 12:00 n.n.
Venue: Conference Room, 3/F, Mong Man Wai Building and ZOOM (Mixed-mode)

Superconducting Diodes and Finite-Momentum Cooper Pairs
By Dr. Noah Fanqi YUAN (Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), China)

Time: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Average Symmetry-Protected Topological Phases
By Professor Chong WANG (Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Canada)

Time: 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: Room G25, Science Centre, CUHK

Intercalation Strategy for Material Synthesis, Application and Mechanism Study
By Dr. Zhiyuan ZENG (Department of Materials, Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong)

Time: 2:30 p.m.
Venue: Room 401, William M. W. Engineering Building, CUHK

A Brave Nu World
By Professor André Luiz Carvalho DE GOUVÊA (Department of Physics & Astronomy, Northwestern University, USA)

Time: 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Climate Change Impacts on Icy Mountain Landscapes and Infrastructure: The Case of High Mountain Asia
By Dr. Dongfeng LI (Department of Geography, National University of Singapore, Singapore)

Time: 10:00 a.m.

Supermartingale Shadow Couplings
By Professor Dominykas NORGILAS (Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan)

Time: 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.