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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20180111T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20180111T110000
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SUMMARY:A Conceptual Framework for Multi-sourced Event Management and Multi-dimensional Analysis
DESCRIPTION:Instructors/Speakers\nProf. Qing LI\nCity University of Hong Kong \nAbstract\nThe publicly available data such as the massive and dynamically updated news and social media data streams (a.k.a. big data) covers the various aspects of social activities\, personal views and expressions\, which points to the importance of understanding and discovering the knowledge patterns underlying the big data\, and the need of developing methodologies and techniques to discover real-world events from such big data\, to manage and to analyze the discovered events in an efficient and elegant way. In this talk we introduce techniques of discovering events from the multi-modal big data and building an event cube model to support event queries and analysis\, by addressing the tasks of data cleansing\, data fusion\, event detection and modeling. Preliminary experimental results on some of the tasks will be reported. We further explore and connect the important events discovered in a multimodal collection of inputs from various public sources\, uncover their co-occurrence and track down the spatial and temporal dependency to answer the challenging questions of “how” and “why”. A novel event cube (EC) model is devised to support various queries and analysis tasks of events; such events include those discovered by techniques of untargeted event detection (UED) and targeted event detection (TED) from multi-sourced data. More specifically\, based on essential event elements of 5W1H\, the EC model is developed to organize the discovered events from multiple dimensions\, and to operate on the events at various levels of granularity\, which facilitates analyzing and mining hidden/inherent relationships among the events effectively. \nBiography\nQing Li is a Professor at the Department of Computer Science\, and the Director of the Engineering Research Centre on Multimedia Software at the City University of Hong Kong\, where he joined as a faculty member since Sept 1998. He received his B.Eng. from Hunan University (Changsha)\, and M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Southern California (Los Angeles)\, all in computer science. His research interests include multi-modal data management\, conceptual data modeling\, social media and Web services\, and e-learning systems. He has authored/co-authored over 400 publications in these areas. He is actively involved in the research community and has served as an associate editor of a number of major technical journals including IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering (TKDE)\, ACM Transactions on Internet Technology (TOIT)\, Data and Knowledge Engineering (DKE)\, World Wide Web (WWW)\, and Journal of Web Engineering\, in addition to being a Conference and Program Chair/Co-Chair of numerous major international conferences. He also sits in the Steering Committees of DASFAA\, ER\, ACM RecSys\, IEEE U-MEDIA\, and ICWL. Prof. Li is a Fellow of IET (UK)\, a senior member of IEEE (US) and a distinguished member of CCF (China). \n 
URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/a-conceptual-framework-for-multi-sourced-event-management-and-multi-dimensional-analysis/
LOCATION:E11-4045 (University of Macau)
CATEGORIES:event_list,seminarslectures
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20180111T110000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20180111T120000
DTSTAMP:20260512T033050
CREATED:20180111T030001Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220927T043705Z
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SUMMARY:Smart Medicine: Medical Data Mining and Innovative Applications with Patient Monitoring and Whole-life Cycle Management
DESCRIPTION:Instructors/Speakers\nProf. Yanchun ZHANG\nVictoria University\, Austria\nFudan University\, China \nAbstract\nDue to the recent development or maturation of database\, data storage\, data capturing\, and sensor technologies\, huge medical and health data have been generated at hospitals and medical organizations at unprecedented speed. Those data are a very valuable resource for improving health delivery\, health care and decision making and better risk analysis and diagnosis. Health care and medical service is now becoming more data-intensive and evidence-based since electronic health records are used to track individuals’ and communities’ health information (particularly changes). These substantially motivate and advance the emergence and the progress of data-centric health data and knowledge management research and practice. \nIn this talk\, we will introduce several innovative data mining techniques and case studies to address the challenges encountered in e-health and medical big data. This includes techniques and development on medical data streams\, correlation analysis\, abnormally detection and risk predictions with patient monitoring and aging care applications. \nBiography\nYanchun Zhang is a Professor and Director of Centre for Applied Informatics at Victoria University since 2004. Dr Zhang obtained a PhD degree in Computer Science from The University of Queensland in 1991. His research interests include databases\, data mining\, web services and e-health. He has published over 300 research papers in international journals and conference proceedings including ACM Transactions on Computer and Human Interaction (TOCHI)\, IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering (TKDE)\, VLDBJ\, SIGMOD and ICDE conferences\, and a dozen of books and journal special issues in the related areas. Dr. Zhang is a founding editor and editor-in-chief of World Wide Web Journal (Springer) and Health Information Science and Systems Journal (Springer)\, and also the founding editor of Web Information Systems Engineering Book Series and Health Information Science Book Series. He is Chairman of International Web information Systems Engineering Society (WISE). He was a member of Australian Research Council’s College of Experts (2008-2010)\, and also serves as expert panel member at various international funding agencies such as National Natural Science Fund of China (NSFC)\, “National 1000 Talents Program” of China\, the Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Fund and National Natural Science Fund of China (NSFC). He is one of the National “Thousand Talents Program” Experts in China since 2010 (currently with Fudan University). \n 
URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/smart-medicine-medical-data-mining-and-innovative-applications-with-patient-monitoring-and-whole-life-cycle-management/
LOCATION:E11-4045 (University of Macau)
CATEGORIES:event_list,seminarslectures
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20180122T150000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20180122T160000
DTSTAMP:20260512T033050
CREATED:20180122T070047Z
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SUMMARY:Hybrid Methods Guide Structure Based Vaccine Design for Picornaviruses
DESCRIPTION:Instructors/Speakers\nDr. Abhay KOTECHA\nDivision of Structural Biology\nUniversity of Oxford \nAbstract\nThe physical properties of viral capsids are major determinants of vaccine efficacy for picornaviruses which impact on human and animal health. Current vaccines are produced from inactivated virus. Inactivation often reduces the stability of the virus capsid\, causing a problem for Foot and Mouth Disease Virus (FMDV) where certain serotypes fall apart into pentameric assemblies below pH 6.5 or at temperatures above 37°C\, destroying their effectiveness in eliciting a protective immune response. As a result\, vaccines require a cold chain for storage and animals need to be frequently immunised. Globally there are seven FMDV serotypes: O\, A\, Asia1\, C and SAT-1\, -2 and -3\, contributing to a dynamic pool of antigenic variation. We sought to rationally engineer FMDV capsids either as infectious copy virus or recombinant empty capsids with improved thermo-stability for improved vaccines. Here we used in-silico MD simulations\, molecular modelling\, free energy calculations\, X-ray crystallography\, Cryo-electron microscopy (CryoEM) and various biochemical/biophysical techniques to design and help characterise the improved capsids. For the most unstable FMDV serotypes (O and SAT2)\, panels of stabilising mutants were characterised. Promising candidates were then engineered and shown to confer increased thermo- and pH-stability. Thus\, in-silico predictions translate into marked stabilisation of both infectious and recombinant empty capsids. \nAn in-situ diffraction method was used to determine crystal structures to verify that no unanticipated structural changes have occurred as a consequence of the modifications made. Where it was difficult to obtain crystals/diffraction\, structures were determined by high-resolution CryoEM (with the best electron density maps reaching 2.7Å resolution). The structures of the wildtype and two of the stabilised mutants for three different serotypes of FMDV showed the mutations made predicted interactions and the antigenic surfaces remained unchanged. \nAnimal trials showed stabilised particles can generate improved neutralising response compared to the traditional vaccines. Similar approach applied to the polio virus successfully produced antigenic VLPs using the plant based expression system. CryoEM reconstruction of polio VLPs produced 3.6Å resolution maps and the structure analysis suggested the plant based polio particles are identical to the native virus. We have successfully used a structure based rational engineering approach to increase the stability of viral capsids without affecting the antigenicity and demonstrated the direct application of structural biology and structure based design that has the potential to lead directly to a new generation of efficacious vaccines that can provide hope that the disease can be brought under control. \nIn addition\, using CryoEM\, CryoET and Focus Ion Beam milling of the infected cells\, we are working towards understanding the picronavirus life cycle in molecular details. To this end\, using localised reconstruction\, we have determined the interaction between αvβ6 and two FMDV strains at high resolution. In the preferred mode of engagement the fully open form of the integrin\, hitherto unseen at high-resolution\, attaches to an extended GH loop via interactions with the RGD motif plus downstream hydrophobic residues. In addition\, an N-linked sugar of the integrin attaches to the previously identified HS binding site\, suggesting a functional role. Finally using Ion Beam milling\, we have begun to visualise and understand the formation of virus production factories inside the infected cells. In-situ high resolution structures will allow us to see the virus life cycle in its native state and also lead to potential new targets for next generation vaccine design. \nBiography\nAbhay Kotecha is a senior research associate at the Division of Structural Biology\, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine\, University of Oxford\, UK. Dr. Kotecha obtained his Bachelor’s degree with Honours in Cell and Molecular Biology from Oxford Brookes University\, Oxford in June 2008 and his DPhil in Clinical medicine from University of Oxford in March 2013. During his studies\, Dr. Kotecha worked in several world class laboratories and received many fellowships\, including EMBO summer research studentship to learn advanced electron microscopy techniques at the Electron Microscopy Core Facility\, EMBL\, Heidelberg\, Germany. BBSRC/STFC research fellowship to spend a year at Science and Technology Facilities Council\, Synchrotron light source\, Daresbury\, UK where he worked on membrane protein X-ray crystallography of light harvesting complexes. Undergraduate research studentship\, Imperial College\, London. Dr. Kotecha was awarded the prestigious Wellcome Trust DPhil studentship in structural biology at the University of Oxford and the Clarendon Fund Scholarship from Oxford University Press to study viruses in atomic details. His research interests are on structure based vaccine design for infectious viruses using X-ray crystallography and Cryo-Electron Microscopy. His work funded by The Wellcome Trust Translational Award and Gates Foundation aimed at developing stable synthetic vaccines. He has successfully developed novel empty particle vaccines for FMDV which is now being taken up by commercial partners for industrial production. This work has a very broad national and international impact and may also be applicable across a range of human and animal pathogens. Dr. Kotecha has published more than 20 papers in high impact journals most of which has received national and international media coverage. \nHe is now investigating the stabilised virus particles in cellular context to understand the virus receptor interaction\, disassembly of stabilised viruses and the genome release as well as the assembly of newly synthesised particles to generate new targets for next generation of vaccines. \n 
URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/hybrid-methods-guide-structure-based-vaccine-design-for-picornaviruses/
LOCATION:E12-G004
CATEGORIES:event_list,seminarslectures
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20180205T153000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20180205T173000
DTSTAMP:20260512T033050
CREATED:20180205T073058Z
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SUMMARY:Behaviours and related three-dimensional modelling of deep excavation\, tunneling and embedded track slab base in soft ground
DESCRIPTION:Instructors/Speakers\nProf. Benson Bin-Chen HSIUNG\nAssociate Professor\nNational Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology\nTaiwan \nAbstract\nIn the first part of the presentation\, behaviours of deep excavations in loose to medium dense sand and Jakarta clay which have not been explored before were examined and discussed and three- dimensional modelling of excavations were conducted associated with observational data to define certain key soil properties\, such as soil stiffness at various stress and strain level. Also by three- dimensional modelling\, plane strain ratio (PSR) chart which could assist to transfer displacements induced under plane strain condition to the one under three- dimensional condition was developed. Factors affecting PSR\, such as distance from the corner\, geometry of the excavation and ground conditions were reviewed. Further\, data about deformations caused by tunneling in loose to medium dense sand was collected and studied and it was found that the ground displacement is mainly caused by gap at shield tail and no consolidation settlement is seen. Through three- dimensional modelling\, vertical displacements in both transverse and longitudinal directions were simulated successfully. Influences from operation parameters\, such as face and backfill grouting pressure were evaluated and stress status and strain level during various construction stages were discussed too. The importance of nonlinearity and small strain characteristic of soils could be confirmed by these analyses also. Finally\, in terms of sustainable development\, a recycle material\, air- cooled furnace slags (ACFS) is used to replace granular materials as base of a special embedded track slab in soft ground. A series of lab/field tests and numerical analyses were thus delivered to validate properties and performance of ACFS base. \nBiography\nDr. Bin- Chen Benson Hsiung is from Taiwan and completed his 1st degree in Taiwan\, Master degree in University of Illinois\, Urbana- Champaign\, United States in 1996. After Dr. Hsiung graduated from US\, he came back to Taiwan and then joined an engineering consulting firm there as a geotechnical engineer for approximately 1 year before he went to University of Bristol to study for his PhD. Dr. Hsiung got his PhD at the end of 2001 and then moved to work for an international consulting firm\, Maunsell (now AECOM) for several large- scale infrastructure projects in both UK and Taiwan\, such as HS1\, Heathrow T5 and Taiwan High Speed Rail. Dr. Hsiung came back to Taiwan and joined Department of Civil Engineering\, National Kaohsiung of Applied Sciences (re-named as “National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology” after 1st of February\, 2018) as a full- time academic staff in August 2003. Dr Hsiung is a well- qualified British chartered civil engineer and also country representative in Taiwan of Institution of Civil Engineering. He was promoted to be associate professor in the university since 2010. From 2011 to 2015\, Dr. Hsiung was on leave for his replacement work in industry for 4 years\, mainly involved in promotion and operation of overseas projects\, such as Jakarta MRT in Indonesia also tenders for MRTs in other South and Southeast Asia countries. Dr. Hsiung’s main research interests are deep excavation\, TBM tunneling\, soil- structure interaction analysis and geotechnical monitoring etc.. Outside the university\, Dr. Hsiung currently takes several posts\, such as the secretary of Asian Technical Committee 6 “Urban GeoEngineering” under ISSMGE\, secretary of Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) Geotechnical Society and deputy secretary of conference committee of 16th Asian Regional Conference of ISSMGE which will be held in Taipei\, Taiwan on October 2019. Up to now he has published approximately 50 international journal and conference papers and supervised more than 30 PhD & MSc students in total. \n 
URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/behaviours-and-related-three-dimensional-modelling-of-deep-excavation-tunneling-and-embedded-track-slab-base-in-soft-ground/
LOCATION:E11-3033
CATEGORIES:cee_events,event_list,seminarslectures
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20180302T150000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20180302T160000
DTSTAMP:20260512T033050
CREATED:20180302T070045Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220927T043704Z
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SUMMARY:Theory and Applications of a family of numerical methods : Discrete Element Method
DESCRIPTION:Instructors/Speakers\nProf. Y.M. Cheng1\, and Dr. N Li2\n1:Associate Professor\, 2:PhD\nDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering\nThe Hong Kong Polytechnic University \nAbstract\nBased on the principle of molecular dynamics\, the American scholar Cundall proposed the discrete element method\, which is a discontinuous numerical simulation method for the analysis of geotechnical mechanics problems. The discrete element method is first proposed for the analysis of geotechnical mechanics\, and then it has developed rapidly and applied more and more widely. The discrete element method has a certain advantage in the analysis of discrete matter\, and has become an effective numerical simulation method to solve the problem of discontinuous medium in recent years. Today DEM is becoming widely accepted as an effective method of addressing engineering problems in granular and discontinuous materials\, especially in granular flows\, powder mechanics\, and rock mechanics. \nBiography\nDr. Cheng’s expertize includes numerical modeling of wide range of geotechnical engineering problems. In particular\, he has developed the software SLOPE 2000 and many other related software for slope stability analyses. Dr. Li is currently working on her PhD on application of DEM slope stability\, bearing capacity and lateral earth pressure. A brief introduction about Fundamental basis of Distinct Element Method- explicit and implicit formulation\, including types discrete element\, DDA\, NNM\, and some problems in numerical implementation will also be presented. Then\, a detailed discussion will be delivered on the actual operation: DEM model generation\, calibration(assign micro parameter)\, boundary condition of the model\, applications on slope stability\, bearing capacity and lateral earth pressure. \n 
URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/theory-and-applications-of-a-family-of-numerical-methods-discrete-element-method/
LOCATION:E11-1006
CATEGORIES:cee_events,event_list,seminarslectures
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20180315T143000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20180315T153000
DTSTAMP:20260512T033050
CREATED:20180315T063001Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220927T043704Z
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SUMMARY:Mechanical behaviors of track-bed materials at various inclusion (coarse-grain) contents
DESCRIPTION:Instructors/Speakers\nDr. Han-Lin WANG\nResearch Fellow\nCollege of Civil Engineering\, Hunan University \nAbstract\nFor the French conventional railway lines\, a layer\, namely interlayer\, was created in the substructure mainly by the interpenetration of ballast grains and subgrade soils. The in-situ investigation indicated that the content of coarse grains decreases over depth. In this presentation\, the mechanical behaviors of the unsaturated lower part interlayer soil were investigated at six volumetric inclusion contents fv (volumetric ratio of dry coarse grains to the whole sample) by carrying out monotonic and cyclic triaxial tests. The results reveal the existence of a characteristic fv-cha\, separating two zones of the variations of mechanical behaviors with different inclusion effects. To verify this observation\, X-ray microcomputed tomography (μCT) scans were conducted on as-compacted samples. The results obtained strongly support the existence of fv-cha: when fv ≤ fv-cha\, the matrix of fines constitutes the skeleton of the sample\, with inclusions floating in it. For this case\, the mechanical behaviors are dominated by the fines. By contrast\, when fv > fv-cha\, the inclusions dominate the skeleton of the sample\, thus mainly influencing the mechanical behaviors. \nBiography\nDr. Han-Lin Wang is now a research fellow of geotechnical engineering at Hunan University\, China. He got the BEng and Ph.D. degrees from Zhejiang University (2011) and (2017)\, respectively. In 2016\, he also worked as a joint Ph.D. candidate for one year at Ecole des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC)\, France. His research field focuses on TDR technology\, geosynthetic-reinforced pile-supported track-bed\, mechanical behaviors of track-bed materials and moisture migration in the track-bed. Depending on his research experiences\, he has authored 9 scientific journal papers\, including 3 papers under review. \n 
URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/mechanical-behaviors-of-track-bed-materials-at-various-inclusion-coarse-grain-contents/
LOCATION:E11-1006
CATEGORIES:cee_events,event_list,seminarslectures
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20180321T110000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20180321T120000
DTSTAMP:20260512T033050
CREATED:20180321T030056Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220927T043703Z
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SUMMARY:Anomalous diffusions and fractional order differential equations
DESCRIPTION:Instructors/Speakers\nProf. Zhen-Qing CHEN\nProfessor of Department of Mathematics\nUniversity of Washington\nU.S.A. \nAbstract\nAnomalous diffusion phenomenon has been observed in many natural systems\, from the signalling of biological cells\, to the foraging behaviour of animals\, to the travel times of contaminants in groundwater. In this talk\, I will first discuss the interplay between anomalous diffusions and differential equations of fractional order. I will then present some recent results in the study of these two topics\, including the counterpart of DeGiorgi-Nash-Moser-Aronson theory for non-local operators of fractional order. No prior knowledge in these two subjects is assumed. \nBiography\nProf. Zhen-Qing Chen received his PhD at Washington University St. Louis in 1992\, and has been a full professor at University of Washington since 2003. He has published more than 100 papers on international journals such as Annals of Probability\, Probability Theory and Related Fields and so on. Prof. Chen is mainly working on probability theory and stochastic analysis\, he is now fellow of IMS and AMS and associated editors of the journals: Annals of Probability\, Annals of Applied Probability\, Probability Theory and Related Field\, Stochastic Processes and Their Applications and so on. \n 
URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/anomalous-diffusions-and-fractional-order-differential-equations/
LOCATION:E11-1012
CATEGORIES:event_list,seminarslectures
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20180327T143000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20180327T153000
DTSTAMP:20260512T033050
CREATED:20180327T063024Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220927T043703Z
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SUMMARY:The role of wind-structure interaction in air ventilation and air pollution dispersion in urban environment
DESCRIPTION:Instructors/Speakers\nProf. Kenny KWOK\nProfessor\nSchool of Civil Engineering\nUniversity of Sydney\nAustralia \nAbstract\nThe recent economic development in Asia is driven by unprecedented growth in industrial and manufacturing activities. The growth in wealth also witnesses a rapid urbanisation and widespread construction of high-density high-rise commercial and residential buildings in major cities around the world. The air pollution generated by these activities are often poorly control and result in a decline of air quality which is exacerbated by vehicular and other undesirable emissions. This presentation examines the role of wind-structure interaction in air ventilation and air pollution dispersion in urban environment. The results of studies of the pedestrian level wind conditions and dispersion of haze fog and communicable disease around buildings are presented and discussed. \nBiography\nProfessor Kenny Kwok is currently a Professor of Engineering at The University of Sydney. He was previously Professor of Engineering at Western Sydney University (2008 to 2017)\, Professor of Civil Engineering at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (1998-2008) and Professor of Wind Engineering at The University of Sydney (1999-2002). Kenny is also Professor Emeritus in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology since 2008. His research interests include wind engineering\, structural dynamics\, vibration control\, human perception of motion\, and environmental fluid mechanics\, particularly with respect to the dynamic behaviour of tall buildings and flexible structures in strong winds. His research focuses on fundamental aspects of building aerodynamics and wind-structure-occupant-damper interactions\, and their practical applications to real life situations. He has published over 500 articles in journals\, book chapters\, invited and keynote papers\, and conference papers. He is a Life Member of the Australasian Wind Engineering Society\, a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers and Institution of Engineers\, Australia\, and a Scientific Advisor of the Hong Kong Observatory. \n 
URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/the-role-of-wind-structure-interaction-in-air-ventilation-and-air-pollution-dispersion-in-urban-environment/
LOCATION:E11-G015
CATEGORIES:cee_events,event_list,seminarslectures
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20180327T143000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20180327T160000
DTSTAMP:20260512T033050
CREATED:20180327T063001Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220927T043703Z
UID:6134-1522161000-1522166400@www.fst.um.edu.mo
SUMMARY:IEEE Blockchain: Building Trust TogetherIEEE 區塊鏈: 共建信任
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URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/ieee-blockchain-building-trust-together-ieee-%e5%8d%80%e5%a1%8a%e9%8f%88-%e5%85%b1%e5%bb%ba%e4%bf%a1%e4%bb%bb/
LOCATION:E4-G051\, Macau
CATEGORIES:event_list,seminarslectures
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20180425T150000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20180425T160000
DTSTAMP:20260512T033050
CREATED:20180425T070015Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220927T043702Z
UID:6125-1524668400-1524672000@www.fst.um.edu.mo
SUMMARY:The Application of Geographic Information System (GIS) in Smart City地理資訊系統在智慧城市的應用
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URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/the-application-of-geographic-information-system-gis-in-smart-city/
LOCATION:E11-G015
CATEGORIES:cee_events,event_list,seminarslectures
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20180427T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20180427T170000
DTSTAMP:20260512T033050
CREATED:20180427T080056Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220927T043702Z
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SUMMARY:Computational Hemodynamics – From the Medical Imaging and Computational Simulation Perspectives
DESCRIPTION:Instructors/Speakers\nProf. Kelvin Kian Loong WONG\nWestern Sydney University\nUniversity of Adelaide \nAbstract\nCardiac diseases remain a major cause of ill health and death in our society despite advancement in current clinical therapies. Due to the aging population and epidemic situation of obesity\, the increase in incidence of heart diseases spurs forth the market for therapeutic systems that are computationally based and dedicated to the treatment of cardiovascular diseases. The shift in computing and flow visualisation technology for cardiac diagnosis is reported. As such\, there will be an increasing demand for Computational Hemodynamic analysis technique to facilitate the prognosis and diagnosis of a failing heart. Hemodynamics parameters have the potential utility for clinical study of cardiac patients. The framework can be used to diagnose pre- and post- surgical treatments. In particular\, fluid mechanically flow quantification can be adequately documented from simulated cardiovascular flow for diagnosis of the heart\, cardiac flow analysis and medical imaging provides an alternative approach to characterize cardiac abnormalities. Future research will look at combining numerical simulations and various medical imaging devices or therapies\, and building a more concise report on physiological abnormalities. Computational Hemodynamics (CHD) is the computer simulation of blood flow in the cardiovascular system. The motion of blood flow can be modelled by using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and interaction with blood vessel structure can be studied by combination with the use of Finite Element Method (FEM). This is becoming an emerging research field that may lead to a renaissance of computer modelling techniques for many biomedical engineering applications. The biomedical engineering industry comprises the health\, pharmaceutical\, and medical research fields\, whereby interest is increasing in the use of CHD modelling for cardiac flow analysis\, effectiveness of stents\, and discovery of new phenomena related to physiological flows. \nBiography\nKelvin Kian Loong Wong was born in Singapore in 1976. Dr Kelvin Wong has more than 10 years of medical imaging\, computational hemodynamics and simulation modelling experience. He obtained a BEng (Hons\, 2001) in Mechanical and Production Engineering from Nanyang Technological University\, a MAIT (2003) in Applied Information Technology from The University of Sydney\, followed by a PhD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (2009) from The University of Adelaide. From 2006 to 2009\, he was doing research work on medical imaging and cardiac flow analysis. Since 2009 to now\, he was involved in computational fluid and solid dynamics. In 2013\, he began working on discrete element method with applications in nuclear reactor design\, first at Tsinghua University\, and later in biological systems at The University of Western Australia. Dr Wong was the originator of the spatial game moment concept\, in which multi-objective multi-constraint combinatorial optimisation problems can be treated as decision-making problems in the game theoretical sense\, and solved with high efficiency. In addition\, he is the first author of the book “Methods in Research and Development of Biomedical Devices”\, and a co-author of a second book “Computational Hemodynamics – Theory\, Modelling and Applications”. He has served as associate editors and as guest editors for journals in the area of biomedical engineering and science. Dr Kelvin Wong is currently a medical research lecturer at the School of Medicine\, Western Sydney University. He is also Adjunct Professor at University of Adelaide. His publications now span a diverse range of topics in the medical science and engineering field. Dr Wong’s research is supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China and many other grants. \n 
URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/computational-hemodynamics-from-the-medical-imaging-and-computational-simulation-perspectives/
LOCATION:E11-4045 (University of Macau)
CATEGORIES:event_list,seminarslectures
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20180504T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20180504T170000
DTSTAMP:20260512T033050
CREATED:20180504T080010Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220927T043702Z
UID:6115-1525449600-1525453200@www.fst.um.edu.mo
SUMMARY:People-Centered Big Data: opportunities and challenges in Asia
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/people-centered-big-data-opportunities-and-challenges-in-asia/
LOCATION:E11-4045
CATEGORIES:event_list,seminarslectures
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20180516T150000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20180516T160000
DTSTAMP:20260512T033050
CREATED:20180516T070008Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220927T043701Z
UID:6107-1526482800-1526486400@www.fst.um.edu.mo
SUMMARY:Data and Intelligent Software Architecture in Internet of Thing
DESCRIPTION:Instructors/Speakers\nProf. Zhiming LIU\nCentre for Research and Innovation in Software Engineering (RISE)\nSouthwest University\nChongqing\nChina \nAbstract\nCompared to the challenges in traditional ICT applications that engineers used to face\, software development for Internet of Things (IoT) and Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) is to design and integrate new components or subsystems\, new applications and front end services that depends on the infrastructures of existing systems. This has to deal with the complexity of ever evolving architectures digital components\, physical components\, together with sensors and smart devices controlled and coordinated by software. The software architecture in IoT consists interacting components and subsystems for data processing and analytics\, computation\, intelligent control\, and resource monitoring and management. These subsystems are developed with different programming paradigms and deployed on different platforms. In this talk we discuss challenges in development software in IoT/CPS and argue for the need of a semantic theory for the combination of different traditional software modelling and programming paradigms\, including those for structured programming\, object-oriented programming\, service oriented programming\, aspect-oriented\, AI (or knowledge-based engineering) and the emerging Big Data technologies. We show how a generic theory of architectural modelling and refinement could play a core role in this foundation for seamless combination of different models\, methods and tools for software development\, AI and Big Data\, as well as for system integration. \nBiography\nProf. Zhiming Liu is known for his work on real-time and fault-tolerant program design\, verification\, and schedulability analysis by transformations that established a theory of real-time and fault-tolerant refinement; probabilistic duration calculus for system dependability specification and analysis\, and his work on the rCOS formal method of model-driven design. The key bibliographic database lists over 130 of his peer reviewed publications in recognized outlets. These include papers published in the top journals on formal methods\, ACM Transactions on Programming Languages\, Formal Aspects of Computing\, Science of Computer Programming and Theoretical Computer Science\, as well as mainstream conferences. He received a 2nd prize in natural science of Science and Technology Award from Macao SAR in 2012 for his work on the rCOS method. He joined Southwest University in Chongqing (China) as a Chair Professor in January 2016\, and he is now leading to build the Centre for Research and Innovation in Software Engineering. Zhiming Liu received his PhD in 1991 from the University of Warwick (UK)\, and then worked there for three more years as a postdoc research fellow till 1994. After that\, he worked during 1994-2005 at the University of Leicester as lecturer. Between 2002 and 2013\, he worked for the United National University – International Institute for Software Technology (UNU-IIST\, Macau) as a research fellow and then senior research fellow. Then he worked from 2013 to 2015 at Birmingham City University as Professor of Software Engineering before he returned back China to take his current position. Zhiming Liu is a member of CCF\, a Fellow of British Computer Society\, and a senior member of ACM. He also a founder of the international conferences ICTAC\, SEFM\, FACS and SETTA. \n 
URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/data-and-intelligent-software-architecture-in-internet-of-thing/
LOCATION:E11-G015 (University of Macau)
CATEGORIES:event_list,seminarslectures
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20180604T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20180604T170000
DTSTAMP:20260512T033050
CREATED:20180604T080045Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220927T043701Z
UID:6102-1528128000-1528131600@www.fst.um.edu.mo
SUMMARY:Non-iterative Learning Methods
DESCRIPTION:Instructors/Speakers\nProf. Ponnuthurai Nagaratnam SUGANTHAN\nNanyang Technology Univeresity\nSingapore \nAbstract\nThis talk will first introduce the main non-iterative learning paradigms such as the randomization based feedforward neural networks (e.g. random vector functional link from 1994\, extreme learning machine from 2004)\, random forest\, and kernel ridge regression. Some of these non-iterative methods have closed form solutions enabling them to be trained extremely fast. The talk will highlight the similarities and differences among these methods developed over the last 25 years. The talk will also present benchmarking studies of these methods using classification and forecasting datasets. \nBiography\nProfessor Ponnuthurai Nagaratnam Suganthan (or P N Suganthan) received the B.A degree\, Postgraduate Certificate and M.A degree in Electrical and Information Engineering from the University of Cambridge\, UK in 1990\, 1992 and 1994\, respectively. After completing his PhD research in 1995\, he served as a pre-doctoral Research Assistant in the Dept of Electrical Engineering\, University of Sydney in 1995–96 and a lecturer in the Dept of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering\, University of Queensland in 1996–99. He moved to NTU in 1999. He is an Editorial Board Member of the Evolutionary Computation Journal\, MIT Press. He is an associate editor of the IEEE Trans on Cybernetics (2012 – )\, IEEE Trans on Evolutionary Computation (2005 -)\, Information Sciences (Elsevier) (2009 – )\, Pattern Recognition (Elsevier) (2001 – ) and Int. J. of Swarm Intelligence Research (2009 – ) Journals. He is a founding co-editor-in-chief of Swarm and Evolutionary Computation (2010 – )\, an SCI Indexed Elsevier Journal. His co-authored SaDE paper (published in April 2009) won the “IEEE Trans. on Evolutionary Computation outstanding paper award” in 2012. His former PhD student\, Dr Jane Jing Liang\, won the IEEE CIS Outstanding PhD dissertation award\, in 2014. His research interests include swarm and evolutionary algorithms\, pattern recognition\, big data\, deep learning and applications of swarm\, evolutionary & machine learning algorithms. He was selected as one of the highly cited researchers by Thomson Reuters in 2015\, 2016 \, and 2017 in computer science. He served as the General Chair of the IEEE SSCI 2013. He has been a member of the IEEE since 1990 and Fellow since 2015. He was an elected AdCom member of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (CIS) in 2014-2016. \n 
URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/non-iterative-learning-methods/
LOCATION:E11-4045 (University of Macau)
CATEGORIES:event_list,seminarslectures
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20180612T150000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20180612T160000
DTSTAMP:20260512T033050
CREATED:20180612T070033Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220927T043701Z
UID:6099-1528815600-1528819200@www.fst.um.edu.mo
SUMMARY:Anomaly Detection and Identification of Natural Data using Benford's Law
DESCRIPTION:Instructors/Speakers\nProf. Anthony T.S. HO\nUniversity of Surrey \nAbstract\nThis talk will present an overview of the theory and applications of Benford’s law for anomaly detection in natural data. Some examples will be highlighted including the detection of glare effect in images and classification of biometric images for privacy protection\, as well as security attacks related to network traffic data. Recent research based on this law has further shown that consistent anomaly patterns could be achieved for different network attacks\, leading to the potential identification/pattern recognition of various types of attacks. Moreover\, Benford’s law has also been successfully applied for the detection of Alzheimer’s Disease based on Electroencephalogram (EEG) data and this will be highlighted in the presentation. \nBiography\nProfessor Anthony T.S. Ho served as Head of Department of Computer Science\, University of Surrey from 2010 to 2015. He is also a Tianjin Distinguished Professor\, Guest Professors of Tianjin University of Science and Technology and of Wuhan University of Technology\, China. He was the recipient of the prestigious Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Innovation in Engineering Award under the Security category for his research and commercialization work on digital watermarking in 2006. Professor Ho obtained his BSc (Hons) in Physical Electronics from Northumbria University in 1979\, his MSc in Applied Optics from Imperial College London in 1980 and his PhD in Digital Image Processing from King’s College London\, University of London in 1983. After graduation\, he worked in technical management positions in industry for 11 years in the UK and Canada. From 1994 to 2005\, He was a Senior Lecturer and then Associate Professor at Nanyang Technological University (NTU)\, Singapore. He has published more than 150 articles in international journals and conference proceedings as well as 8 international patents granted related to watermarking and steganography. Professor Ho is Founding Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Information Security and Applications (JISA) and an Area Editor for Signal Processing: Image Communication\, both published by Elsevier. He was appointed as Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security (TIFS) for three years commencing January 2016\, He has also served as Associate Editor for IEEE Signal Processing Letters (SPL) (2014-2016)\, as well as an Associate Editor for EURASIP Journal of Image and Video Processing published by Springer. Professor Ho is a Fellow of Institution of Engineering and Technology (FIET)\, Fellow of Institute of Physics (FInstP) and Fellow of British Computer Society (FBCS). \n 
URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/anomaly-detection-and-identification-of-natural-data-using-benfords-law/
LOCATION:E11-4045 (University of Macau)
CATEGORIES:event_list,seminarslectures
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20180613T110000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20180613T120000
DTSTAMP:20260512T033050
CREATED:20180613T030034Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220927T043700Z
UID:6091-1528887600-1528891200@www.fst.um.edu.mo
SUMMARY:Nucleation\, growth\, and aggregation of environmentally-abundant nanoparticles: Mechanisms\, rates\, and applications
DESCRIPTION:Instructors/Speakers\nProf. Yandi HU\nAssistant Professor\nDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering\nUniversity of Houston\nTexas\nUSA \nAbstract\nIn natural and engineered systems\, nanoparticles can form in solution as homogeneous precipitation and on substrates (e.g.\, catalyst support\, rocks\, membranes\, equipment and facilities) as heterogeneous precipitation. Nanoparticle precipitation starts with nucleation with subsequent particle growth and/or aggregation. The homogeneous and heterogeneous nucleation\, growth and aggregation processes of nanoparticles affects the physicochemical properties of the nanoparticles (e.g.\, size\, composition\, structure\, and reactivity) and controls the fate and transport of aqueous contaminants. Also\, mineral scale formation affects the safety and efficiency of many subsurface operations (e.g.\, oil production\, geologic carbon sequestration\, managed aquifer recharge) and membrane water treatment processes. For example\, Fe(III) hydroxide nanoparticles\, which can sequestrate aqueous metal cations through structural incorporation\, surface adsorption\, and surface precipitation\, are an essential carrier for heavy metals in many natural and engineered aqueous environments. The heterogeneous nucleation and growth of BaSO4\, as a representative sparingly-soluble salt\, is a typical scale in oil reservoirs\, water treatment membranes\, and pipes. The formation and aggregation of lead phosphate controls the efficiency for lead-contaminated soil environments\, and the immobilization of particulate lead in pipe systems. The formation of calcium sulfate (e.g.\, gypsum) on membranes also affects the operation efficiency and life-time of membranes. \nDespite the importance\, the mechanisms and kinetics of nanoparticle nucleation\, growth\, and aggregation\, especially in the presence of substrates\, were not well understood due to the technical difficulty to probe the nanoscale interactions. Here using synchrotron-based grazing-incidence small angle X-ray scattering technique (GISAXS)\, homogeneous (in solution) and heterogeneous (on substrate) nucleation and growth of Fe hydroxide\, barium sulfate\, and lead phosphate were quantified for the first time. The interfacial interactions among aqueous ions\, substrate surfaces\, and nanoparticles were explored with quartz crystal microbalance dissipation (QCM-D) and dynamic light scattering (DLS)\, to understand the controlling mechanisms\, which were partly different for minerals that are covalently-bonded (e.g.\, Fe hydroxide)\, ionically-bonded (e.g.\, barium sulfate)\, and with mixed covalent and ionic bonding (e.g.\, lead phosphate). \nBiography\nProf. Yandi Hu obtained her Ph.D. in 2013 from Washington University in St. Louis\, and she is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at University of Houston. Utilization her expertise in geochemistry and nanochemistry\, her research has been focused on solving global clean water and energy shortages. Some specific interests include: surface and subsurface geochemical reactions related to safe and efficient operations of geologic CO2 sequestration\, radioactive waste immobilization\, and oil production; nucleation and growth of iron hydroxide nanoparticles and heavy metal immobilization\, lead phosphate nucleation and growth and lead immobilization in soil and lead pipes\, and controlling gypsum and hydroxyapatite formation for water and wastewater treatment. Research in her group has been supported by various funding agencies at U.S.\, including National Science Foundation (NSF)\, Department of Energy (DOE)\, and Texas Hazardous Waste Research Center (THWRC). Her group also received support from international funding agencies\, including Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) and Ministry of Transport of the People’s Republic of China. Prof. Yandi Hu is also a recipient of the Teaching Excellence Award from Cullen College of Engineering at University of Houston. \n 
URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/nucleation-growth-and-aggregation-of-environmentally-abundant-nanoparticles-mechanisms-rates-and-applications/
LOCATION:E11-1035 (University of Macau)
CATEGORIES:cee_events,event_list,seminarslectures
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20180619T113000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20180619T123000
DTSTAMP:20260512T033050
CREATED:20180619T033036Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220927T043700Z
UID:6085-1529407800-1529411400@www.fst.um.edu.mo
SUMMARY:A Conceptual Framework of Autonomy and Its Relation to Automation
DESCRIPTION:Instructors/Speakers\nProf. David Kaber\nNorth Carolina State University (NCSU) \nAbstract\nRecent research in intelligent systems has discussed the characteristics of autonomous systems. This same work has evaluated automated systems in terms of the understanding of autonomy. This situation has led to confusion of automation technology and autonomous agents. In this talk\, I will differentiate the concepts of automation and autonomy with a new framework of agents. The framework is complemented by observations on characteristics of automated vs. autonomous systems\, identification of error and failure modes\, and formulation of a matrix of design constraints dictating possible applications of each type of agent. I will also discuss levels of system automation along with types of autonomy. A definition of autonomy will be mutated throughout the talk to a form with utility for engineering. The main findings of this research are that demands of automated agents on the human-task-environment system should be absent from design of autonomous agents and design of automated systems is always automation-centric despite best efforts at human-centered approaches. In addition\, the key requirements for design of autonomy include: agent viability in a target context\, agent self-governance in goal formulation and fulfilment of roles\, and independence in defined tasks performance. \nBiography\nDavid Kaber is a Distinguished Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at North Carolina State University (NCSU) and an associate faculty member in the Biomedical Engineering and Psychology Departments. He is the Chair-elect for the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Florida. At NC State\, Kaber has served as Director of Research for the Ergonomics Center of North Carolina and a NIOSH-sponsored Occupational Safety and Ergonomics education and research program. His current research interests include modeling and analysis of workload in unmanned systems operations\, human performance and behavior in autonomous vehicle use\, and design principles for automation transparency in human-in-the-loop systems. Kaber received his PhD from Texas Tech University in 1996. He is a fellow of the Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineers and fellow of the Human Factors & Ergonomics Society. He is a certified safety professional and certified human factors professional. \n 
URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/a-conceptual-framework-of-autonomy-and-its-relation-to-automation/
LOCATION:E11-4045 (University of Macau)
CATEGORIES:event_list,seminarslectures
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20180621T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20180621T120000
DTSTAMP:20260512T033050
CREATED:20180621T020033Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220927T043700Z
UID:6077-1529575200-1529582400@www.fst.um.edu.mo
SUMMARY:Alibaba Cloud @ University of Macau  阿里雲@澳門大學
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/alibaba-cloud-university-of-macau/
LOCATION:E11-G015
CATEGORIES:event_list,seminarslectures
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20180623T150000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20180623T170000
DTSTAMP:20260512T033050
CREATED:20180623T070052Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220927T043659Z
UID:6067-1529766000-1529773200@www.fst.um.edu.mo
SUMMARY:Face stability of shield tunnel and deformation control盾構隧道開挖面穩定與變形控制
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/face-stability-of-shield-tunnel-and-deformation-control-300p-m-on-23-june-2018-saturday/
LOCATION:E11-G015
CATEGORIES:cee_events,event_list,seminarslectures
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20180625T110000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20180625T120000
DTSTAMP:20260512T033050
CREATED:20180625T030001Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220927T043659Z
UID:6058-1529924400-1529928000@www.fst.um.edu.mo
SUMMARY:Adaptive Boosting for Image Denoising: Beyond Low-Rank Representation and Sparse Coding
DESCRIPTION:Instructors/Speakers\nProf. Zixiang XIONG\nDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering\nTexas A&M University \nAbstract\nIn the past decade\, much progress has been made in image denoising due to the use of low-rank representation and sparse coding. In the meanwhile\, state-of-the-art algorithms also rely on an iteration step to boost the denoising performance. However\, the boosting step is fixed or non-adaptive. In this work\, we perform rank-1 based fixed-point analysis\, then\, guided by our analysis\, we develop the first adaptive boosting (AB) algorithm\, whose convergence is guaranteed. Preliminary results on the same image dataset show that AB uniformly outperforms existing denoising algorithms on every image and at each noise level\, with more gains at higher noise levels. \nBiography\nZixiang Xiong received his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1996. He is a professor in the ECE department of Texas A&M University. His main research interest lies in image/video processing\, networked multimedia\, and multi-user information theory. Dr. Xiong received an NSF Career Award in 1999\, an ARO Young Investigator Award in 2000\, and an ONR Young Investigator Award in 2001. He is co-recipient of the 2006 IEEE Signal Processing Magazine best paper award\, top 10% paper awards at the 2011 and 2015 IEEE Multimedia Signal Processing Workshops\, and an IBM best student paper award at the 2016 IEEE International Conference on Pattern Recognition. He was the Publications Chair of ICASSP 2007\, a Technical Program Committee Co-Chair of ITW 2007\, the Tutorial Chair of ISIT 2010\, the Awards Chair of Globecom 2014\, and a General Co-Chair of MMSP’17. He served as an Associate Editor for five IEEE Transactions. He is currently an associate editor for the IEEE Trans. on Multimedia. He has been a fellow of the IEEE since 2007. \n 
URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/adaptive-boosting-for-image-denoising-beyond-low-rank-representation-and-sparse-coding/
LOCATION:E11-4045 (University of Macau)
CATEGORIES:event_list,seminarslectures
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20180628T170000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20180628T180000
DTSTAMP:20260512T033050
CREATED:20180628T090026Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220927T043449Z
UID:6053-1530205200-1530208800@www.fst.um.edu.mo
SUMMARY:Multiphase Chemistry of Organic Aerosols in the Atmosphere
DESCRIPTION:Instructors/Speakers\nProf. Manabu SHIRAIWA\nAssistant Professor\nDepartment of Chemistry\nUniversity of California\nIrvine\, California\nUSA \nAbstract\nMultiphase chemical processes of oxidants and aerosol particles are of central importance in aerosol effects on outdoor and indoor air quality and public health. Kinetic multi-layer models for gas-particle interactions and multiphase chemistry have been developed that explicitly treat mass transport and chemical reaction of semi-volatile species partitioning between gas and condensed phases. These models have been applied to gas uptake and chemical aging of organic aerosols as well as formation and evolution of secondary organic aerosols. Secondary organic aerosols (SOA) are ubiquitous in the atmosphere. SOA can occur in amorphous solid or semi-solid phase states depending on chemical composition\, relative humidity (RH)\, and temperature. The phase state of SOA is important for their effects on climate and air quality\, but its global distribution is poorly characterized. Our analysis of SOA phase state builds on the molecular corridor approach\, which is a two-dimensional framework of volatility and molar mass of SOA components constrained by boundary lines of low and high molecular O:C ratio. We developed a method to estimate glass transition temperatures based on the molar mass and molecular O:C ratio of SOA components. We predict viscosity from the Tg-scaled Arrhenius plot of fragility as a function of the fragility parameter. Viscosity of toluene SOA was predicted using the elemental composition obtained by high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS)\, resulting in a good agreement with the measured viscosity. Further\, we used the global chemistry climate model EMAC with the organic aerosol module ORACLE to predict the phase state of atmospheric SOA. For the planetary boundary layer\, global simulations indicate that SOA are mostly liquid in tropical and polar air with high relative humidity\, semi-solid in the mid-latitudes\, and solid over dry lands. We find that in the middle and upper troposphere SOA should be mostly in a glassy solid phase state. Thus\, slow diffusion of water\, oxidants\, and organic molecules could kinetically limit gas-particle interactions of SOA in the free and upper troposphere\, promote ice nucleation and facilitate long-range transport of reactive and toxic organic pollutants embedded in SOA. \nBiography\nProf. Manabu Shiraiwa is Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the University of California\, Irvine. He has worked as group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry and as JSPS postdoc fellow at the California Institute of Technology. He received BS and MS at the University of Tokyo and PhD from the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry. He has published > 70 papers\, with a total citation of >3500 and an h-index of 30 in Web of Science. He is the awardee of the NSF CAREER Award of National Science Foundation (NSF)\, the Sheldon K. Friedlander Award of American Association for Aerosol Research (AAAR)\, the Paul-Crutzen Prize of German Chemical Society\, and the Otto-Hahn Medal of Max Planck Society. \n 
URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/multiphase-chemistry-of-organic-aerosols-in-the-atmosphere/
LOCATION:E11-1041
CATEGORIES:cee_events,event_list,seminarslectures
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180704
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180707
DTSTAMP:20260512T033050
CREATED:20180704T025352Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220927T043449Z
UID:5895-1530662400-1530921599@www.fst.um.edu.mo
SUMMARY:Wireless Technology Study Summer Camp 2018無線技術研習夏令營 2018
DESCRIPTION:
URL:/academics/summer-camp/summer-camp-2018/wireless-technology-study-summer-camp-2018/#new_tab
CATEGORIES:activities,event_list
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180716
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180720
DTSTAMP:20260512T033050
CREATED:20180716T025131Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220927T043448Z
UID:5891-1531699200-1532044799@www.fst.um.edu.mo
SUMMARY:Summer Camp of Mathematics and Big Data 2018數學與大數據夏令營 2018
DESCRIPTION:
URL:/academics/summer-camp/summer-camp-2018/mathematics-and-big-data-summer-camp-2018/#new_tab
CATEGORIES:activities,event_list
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180718
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180721
DTSTAMP:20260512T033050
CREATED:20180718T025004Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220927T043448Z
UID:5888-1531872000-1532131199@www.fst.um.edu.mo
SUMMARY:Civil Engineering Summer Camp 2018土木工程夏令營 2018
DESCRIPTION:
URL:/academics/summer-camp/summer-camp-2018/civil-engineering-summer-camp-2018/#new_tab
CATEGORIES:activities,cee_events,event_list
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180723
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180726
DTSTAMP:20260512T033050
CREATED:20180723T024352Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220927T043448Z
UID:5884-1532304000-1532563199@www.fst.um.edu.mo
SUMMARY:APWeb-WAIM 2018
DESCRIPTION:
URL:http://conferences.cis.umac.mo/apwebwaim2018/#new_tab
CATEGORIES:conferences,event_list
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Macau:20180723T150000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Macau:20180723T160000
DTSTAMP:20260512T033050
CREATED:20180723T070025Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220927T043447Z
UID:6048-1532358000-1532361600@www.fst.um.edu.mo
SUMMARY:Viscosity of erythritol-water particles as a function of water activity: an inter-comparison of techniques for particle viscosity measurements
DESCRIPTION:Instructors/Speakers\nDr. Yangxi CHU\nPostdoctoral Fellow\nSchool of Energy and Environment\nCity University of Hong Kong\nHong Kong\, China \nAbstract\nViscosity of secondary organic aerosol (SOA) particles is important because it influences the phase state\, hygroscopic growth and heterogeneous chemistry of SOA particles but remains poorly characterized. To investigate the effect of hydroxyl functional group on SOA viscosity\, in this work\, the viscosity of erythritol (i.e.\, 1\,2\,3\,4-butanetetrol) – water particles was measured as a function of water activity using the bead-mobility\, aerosol optical tweezer and rectangular fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (rFRAP) techniques. The viscosity of pure erythritol was determined by extrapolating the experimental data to zero water activity. By combining with literature data\, the increase in viscosity from the addition of one hydroxyl functional group to a linear C4 backbone was estimated. Furthermore\, experimental results show that multiple viscosity measurement techniques give viscosities in reasonable agreement if the experimental uncertainties are considered. \nBiography\nDr. Yangxi Chu is currently a postdoctoral fellow at School of Energy and Environment\, City University of Hong Kong. He received his PhD at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) in 2017 and BEng at University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in 2013. \n 
URL:https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/event/viscosity-of-erythritol-water-particles-as-a-function-of-water-activity-an-inter-comparison-of-techniques-for-particle-viscosity-measurements/
LOCATION:E11-1035
CATEGORIES:cee_events,event_list,seminarslectures
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180725
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180728
DTSTAMP:20260512T033050
CREATED:20180725T024214Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220927T043447Z
UID:5882-1532476800-1532735999@www.fst.um.edu.mo
SUMMARY:Transportation Technology Summer Camp 2018運輸技術夏令營 2018
DESCRIPTION:
URL:/academics/summer-camp/summer-camp-2018/transportation-technology-summer-camp-2018/#new_tab
CATEGORIES:activities,eme_events,event_list
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180726
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180728
DTSTAMP:20260512T033050
CREATED:20180726T021853Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220927T043447Z
UID:5877-1532563200-1532735999@www.fst.um.edu.mo
SUMMARY:Computer Vision and Artificial Intelligence Summer Camp 20182018計算機視覺與人工智能夏令營
DESCRIPTION:
URL:/academics/summer-camp/summer-camp-2018/computer-vision-and-artificial-intelligence-summer-camp-2018/#new_tab
CATEGORIES:activities,event_list
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180726
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180728
DTSTAMP:20260512T033050
CREATED:20180726T023157Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220927T043446Z
UID:5880-1532563200-1532735999@www.fst.um.edu.mo
SUMMARY:3D Reconstruction with Quadcopters Summer Camp 20182018四軸飛行器三維重建夏令營
DESCRIPTION:
URL:/academics/summer-camp/summer-camp-2018/3d-reconstruction-with-quadcopters-summer-camp-2018/#new_tab
CATEGORIES:activities,event_list
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180726
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180728
DTSTAMP:20260512T033050
CREATED:20180726T102107Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220927T043446Z
UID:5847-1532563200-1532735999@www.fst.um.edu.mo
SUMMARY:Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Summer Camp 2018機器人與人工智能夏令營 2018
DESCRIPTION:
URL:/academics/summer-camp/summer-camp-2018/robotics-and-artificial-intelligence-summer-camp-2018/#new_tab
CATEGORIES:activities,event_list
END:VEVENT
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