Jul
14

Mr. Tianhao  CHEN
PhD Thesis Examination
On the Architecture and Reasoning of Large Language Models
Rm 4503 (lift 25/26)
10:30am

Jul
14

Miss. Xinrui  HUANG
PhD Thesis Examination
Statistical and Computational Methods for Genetic and Cellular Omics Data Analysis
Rm 4503 (lift 25/26)
3:30pm

Jul
15

Mr. Jiacheng WU
MPhil Thesis Examination
Portfolio Optimization with Directional References and Market-State Conditioning in Crypto Markets
Room 4472 (lift 25-26)
2:00pm

Jul
15

Dr. Carlo  SCALI
Seminar on Probability
Branching random walk in random spatial environment
Room 4475 (lift 25/26)
2:00pm-3:00pm

Jul
16

Mr. Xin XU
PhD Thesis Examination
Towards Better Reasoning in Large Language Models
Rm 4472 (lift 25/26), 4/F Academic Building, HKUST
4:00pm

Jul
17

Mr. Kin Ting Ken  HUNG
PhD Thesis Examination
Applications of the Multilayer Level Set Method in Interface and Inverse Problems
Room 4502 (lift 25/26)
10:00am

Jul
17

Mr. Ka Lun LEUNG
MPhil Thesis Examination
A Structure-Preserving Method for the Traveltime Gradient of the Eikonal Equation
Room 4502 (lift 25/26)
2:00pm

Jul
22

Mr. Junwei MA
PhD Thesis Examination
1D Generalized Kepler Problems
Rm 5508 (lift 25/26), 5/F Academic Building, HKUST
2:00pm

Jul
29

Prof. Kailiang WU
Seminar on Applied Mathematics
Geometric Quasi-Linearization (GQL) and Structure-Preserving Analysis: From a General Framework to Unveiling Algebraic–Differential Relations in MHD
Room 5402 (lift 17/18)
4:00pm-5:00pm

Aug
3

Mr. Yang  HU
MPhil Thesis Examination
Construction of Higher Sheaf Theory
Room 4472 (lift 25/26)
3:00pm

Aug
10

Mr. Bingsong  GAO
MPhil Thesis Examination
Differential Private Empirical Risk Minimization by Gradient Descent
Room 5506 (lift 25/26)
3:00pm

Jul
8

Mr. Wenrui KONG
Seminar on Pure Mathematics
Curvature Estimates along Immortal Kähler-Ricci Flows
Room 2463 (lift 25/26)
4:00pm-5:00pm

Jul
7

Prof. Minjia SHI
Seminar on Pure Mathematics
Recent progress on the mass formula for linear codes with prescribed hull dimension
Zoom Meeting: https://hkust.zoom.us/j/92053464812?pwd=LGhQkwkoWuqQuzZ52lCgdqEH57Dxl6.1 Meeting ID: 920 5346 4812 Passcode: 053959
8:30am-9:30am

Jul
3

Dr. Qinxun  BAI
Seminar on Statistics and Data Science
Functional Critics Are Essential for Actor-Critic: From Off-Policy Stability to Efficient Exploration
Room 4502 (lift 25/26)
2:00pm-3:00pm

Jun
29

Dr. Tim Tsz-Kit LAU
Joint Seminar with IEDA
Symmetry-Compatible Principle for Optimizer Design: Embeddings, LM Heads, SwiGLU MLPs, and MoE Routers
Room 4502 (lift 25/26)
11:00am-12:00noon

Jun
23

Prof. Yulong LU
Seminar on Applied Mathematics
In-Context Learning in Scientific Computing
Room 4504 (lift 25/26)
10:00am-11:00am

Jun
22

Dr. Jiaxin  ZHOU
Seminar on Applied Mathematics
Local Robustness of Bound States in the Continuum through Scattering-Matrix Eigenvector Continuation
Room 4502 (lift 25/26)
4:00pm-5:00pm

Jun
22

Prof. Annie QU
Special Colloquium
Transferring Treatment Effects Across Heterogeneous Sites via Distributional Causal Inference
Room 4503 (lift 25/26)
3:00pm-4:00pm

Jun
18

Prof. Jiwei ZHAO
Seminar on Statistics
Harnessing AI-Predicted Data for Trustworthy Statistical Inference
Room 4502 (lift 25/26)
3:00pm

Jun
17

Prof. Shinsuke IWAO
Seminar on Pure Mathematics
Pushing TASEP and dual stable Grothendieck polynomials
Room 4475 (lift 25/26)
3:00pm-4:00pm

Jun
17

Prof. Yichen  ZHANG
Seminar on Statistics
The Statistical Limits of Information Sharing: Time-Series Forecasting and Optimization in Decentralized Systems
Room 4502 (lift 25/26)
11:00am-12:00noon

Jun
17

Prof. Kunlun  QI
Seminar on Applied Mathematics
Fast Fourier spectral method for kinetic equations: from particle to wave
Room 4475 (lift 25/26)
11:00am-12:00noon

Jun
17

Mr. Hangyu  LIN
PhD Thesis Examination
Towards Trustworthy Machine Learning: Alignment Tax of LLMs and False Discovery Rate Control
Room 4472 (lift 25/26)
10:30am

Jun
16

Miss. Yakun  LI
PhD Thesis Examination
Variational Modeling and Numerical Simulations of Active Thin Films and Evaporating Thin Films
Room 4472 (lift 25/26)
3:00pm

Jun
16

Dr. Satyaki  MUKHERJEE
Seminar on Applied Mathematics
Stability, Fluctuations, and Non-Chaos in Gaussian Mixture NPMLEs
Room 1409 (lift 25/26)
3:00pm-4:00pm

Jun
16

Prof. Jingmei QIU
Seminar on Applied Mathematics
Sampling-Based Adaptive Rank Integrators for Multi-scale Kinetic Models
Room 4504 (lift 25/26)
2:00pm-3:00pm

Jun
15

Prof. Bo LI
Seminar on Statistics
Spatial Changepoint Detection to Map the Impact of the Mount Pinatubo Eruption
Room 5560 (lift 27/28)
2:00pm-3:00pm

Jun
15

Prof. Xiaodong YAN
Seminar on Statistics
Agentic AI: Mathematical Framework, Statistical Theory, Optimization Algorithms, and Applications
Room 2463 (lift 25/26)
10:00am

Jun
12

Prof. Xiuyuan  CHENG
Departmental Colloquium
Intrinsic low-dimensional geometry in high-dimensional data: from adaptive Gaussian processes to manifold diffusion operators
Lecture Theatre F (lift 25/26)
3:00pm-4:00pm

Jun
12

Prof. Minwoo  CHAE
Seminar on Statistics
Nonparametric undirected graphical model selection using diffusion models
Room 4504 (lift 25/26)
2:00pm-3:00pm

Jun
12

Prof. Ji ZHU
Seminar on Statistics and Data Science
Efficient Embedding and Generative Modeling for Hypergraphs
Room 4504 (lift 25/26)
11:00am-12:00noon