I. Technical Activities:
The Chapter held eight technical seminars, organized the Joint 1997 Asia Pacific Software Engineering Conference and International Computer Science Conference (APSEC & ICSC’97), co-sponsored the Asian Conference on Computer Vision 98 (ACCV’98), MIC’ 97, and ASP-DAC’99 , and organized three technical visits in 1997.
Seminars:
1. Jan. 3,
Steven Rudich
“The Science of Modern Cryptography”
2. Jan. 6, Prof.
Shi-Kuo Chang
“Fusion of Multimedia Information”
3. Mar. 25,
Prof. Tosiyasu L. Kunii
“The Science of Modern Cryptography”
4. Mar. 26,
Prof. Kwei-Jay Lin
“Building Real-Time Systems
using the Time-Driven Paradigm”
5. Apr. 10,
Prof. Kai Hwang (DVP)
“Multi-computer Cluster for
Distributed Multimedia Applications”
6. Nov. 13,
Prof. Clement Leung
“Database Infrastructure for Visual Information
Systems”
7. Nov. 17,
Prof. C. C. Cheng
“The Least is the Fastest: A Raw Text
Search Program for Word Learning”
8. Oct. 9, Prof.
Andrew K. C. Wong
“Intelligent Robots”
Technical Visits:
1. Apr. 12, Hong Kong Jockey Club
2. Oct. 25, Hong Kong Telecom (IMS)
3. Nov. 29, Hong Kong Jockey Club
Conferences:
1. Dec. 2-5, Joint 1997 APSEC’97 & ICSC’97
II. Society Activities
Student Scholarships:
The Chapter invited the computer related departments of the six universities in Hong Kong to nominate students to received the scholarships.
Conference Bursarships:
The Chapter sent out application forms to the computer related departments in the six universities. Two applications have been approved.