The Division of Science and Technology (DST) held a lecture on “Propensity Score-based Spline Approach for Average Causal Effects” with guest speaker Professor Xingwei Tong on April 1, 2021. Prof. Tong illustrated the optimization model of causal inference based on the international causal inference, and delivered its application in precision medicine.Prof. Tong giving a lecture Prof. Tong is...
On 31st March 2021, the Institute of Statistics and Computational Intelligence of DST invited the AI scientist Dr. Wu Zhili to deliver a lecture on Face AI. In the talk, he analyzed the great opportunities and challenges of face AI.Dr. Wu ZhiliDr. Wu Zhili is an AI scientist and the founder of Shenzhen Yiyuan Intelligence Technology Co. Ltd. He studied at Tsinghua University and Hong Kong Bapt...
The lecture theatre was packed full of students and faculty members who were all eager to listen to the Division of Science and Technology (DST) distinguished guest Prof Tze Leung Lai on 4 December.Prof Tze Leung Lai is the Ray Lyman Wilbur Professor of Statistics and by courtesy, also of Biomedical Data Science, and Computational and Mathematical Engineering at Stanford University.Prof Lai rec...
Assistant Professor at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Dr Li Buyang, gave a lecture as part of the Institute of Mathematical Research (IMR) and the Division of Science and Technology (DST) lecture series. Dr Li’s lecture was titled ‘A convergent Evolving Finite Element Algorithm for Mean Curvature Flow of Closed Surfaces’.Dr Li Buyang explaining different equationsThe Dean of DST Pro...
The Division of Science and Technology (DST) welcomed two guest speakers on 5 December. The first speaker was Dr Wang Dan, who is an Assistant Professor of Finance at New York...
Delegates from Georgetown University visited Zhuhai to sign the Memorandum of Understanding with UIC on 14 November. The new agreement is valid until November 2023. The renewal improves the terms under which students receive scholarships.Dean of DST, Prof Stephen Chung (right) and Dr Robert Clarke sign an agreementThe delegates from Georgetown University were Dean of Research and Director of ...
On 12 September, Dr Qinghua Song, who is an Associate Director at Biostatistics Gilead, gave a talk at UIC titled, “Applications of Machine Learning Methods in Biomarker Analyses in Clinical Development”. This talk was organised by the UIC Statistics programme and was part of the Division of Science and Technology (DST) lecture series. Dr Song is the Associate Director at Biostatistics Gile...
On 28 June, UIC’s Applied Psychology programme (APSY) and Statistics (STAT) programme invited Prof Peter M. Bentler to come to UIC and organized a talk for him to give that was titled, “Regularized GLS and Monte Carlo Probability for Improved Structural Equation Model Evaluation”. Prof Bentler is an American psychologist, statistician, and distinguished professor at the University of Calif...