Previous Seminar
2003
"18 December 2003 - Public Seminar Series on Biometrics - Knowledge-Based Clustering and
Neural Lo
gic Processing in Granular Computing"
"15-16 December 2003 - International Advanced Workshop on
Virtual Geographic Environments and Geocollaboration"
"5 December 2003 - Public Seminar Series on Biometrics - Biometrics: Security and
privacy?"
"3 December 2003 - Public Seminar Series on Biometrics - Biometric Authentication: Some
New Resear
ch Directions"
"28 November 2003 - Public Seminar Series on Biometrics - Biometrics for Human
Identification"
"21 November 2003 - Public Seminar Series on Biometrics - Data Mining and Computational
Intelligen
ce"
"7 November 2003 - From POTS to PANS - The Wireless Networking Perspective"
"23 October 2003 - Dealing with IT Auditors and Implementing Audit and
Security Recommendations"
"7 October 2003 - International Symposium on LBS Symposium"
"10 September 2003 - Research in Biomedical and Multimedia Information Technology"
"16 August 2003 - Special Industry Forum"
"10 July 2003 - Intellectual Property Rights with Emphasis on Patents"
"17 June 2003 - Physical Security - What it's all about?"
"20 March 2003 - Penetration Testing: Ethical Hacking"
"12 March 2003 - Human Motion: Tracking and recognition of actions and interactions"
"8 March 2003 - Computer Forensics in the eyes of a lawyer"
2002
Architectures, Protocols and Management of Wireless Networks
Field Experience Sharing on e-Banking Fraud Cases
Usability Project Management
A
System Theoretical Approach to 3G/4G MIMI-ISI Wireless Communications
Software Quality Improvement through Usability
Implementation Issues and Paradigms of Visual KDD Systems
2001
Knowledge and Technology Transfer (A personal experience and perspective)
Dynamic
Resource Allocation & Intelligent Video Networking
Using
Simplicity to Control Complexity
Computing Curricula 2001: CC2001 Ironman Workshop
SABRE:
Software Architecture Based Requirements Engineering (half day workshop)
Half
and full day courses on "Advanced Audio Processing", "Pervasive and Mobile Commerce" and
"Quality of Service Support in Internet and Web Servers"
Seminar
on Cyber Crime and Net Laws
Open
Component Expo 2001: Component Based Development Methodology for the E-Commerce
Era
2000
Seminar on
ebXML
Hong Kong
Web Society: Oracle Business Components for JAVA Solutions
Hong Kong
Web Society: Developing, Managing and Implementing Effective E-Commerce
Solutions
Speech
Recognition: A One-Day Short Course
1999
Software Quality Assurance in Hong Kong
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Title: Software Quality Assurance
in Hong Kong
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Speakers and Agenda:
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Roy Ko (HKPC) "Evolution of
SQA in Hong Kong"
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Paul Pang (ITSD) "SQA Initiatives
in the Government"
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John Goh (HKPC) "The Hong Kong
SQA Model"
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Alex Au-Yeung (Softwork Limited) "Using
the HK SQA Model in the context of small and medium enterprise"
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Time: Nov 19,
1999, from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
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Venue: LT 16, City University,
Kowloon Tong.
From Computing
with Numbers to Computing with Words--From Manipulation of Measurements to Manipulation of
Perceptions [ pdf | MS Word | Postscript ]
Streaming
Voice and Video Over the Internet with Transformation-Based Error Concealment Photos
Seminar
on the First Report of the Chief Executive's Commission on Innovation and
Technology
Neuro-Fuzzy Unsupervised Feature Evaluation
Architectures, Protocols and Management of Wireless Networks
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Prof. Victor C.M. Leung
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| Time:
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Thursday 12th December 2002, 6:30-8:00pm
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| Venue: |
Room PQ703, Department of Computing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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| Programme
Abstract: |
Please see link below.
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| More
details: |
Hyperlink |
Field Experience Sharing on e-Banking Fraud Cases
| Speaker:
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Mr. Pierre Noel, CEO of TruSecure Asia Pacific
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| Time:
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Thursday 19th December 2002, 6:30-8:30pm
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| Organizer: |
Hong Kong Computer Society
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| Supporting Organizations: |
IEEE Computer Society / ISACA / PISA / PolyU
Computing Studies Department / PolyU Alumni
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| Venue: |
TU107, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon
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| Fee: |
Free for HKCS member, HK$45 for PolyU staff/student and IEEE member,
HK$90 for others.
All attended audience will be entitled a FREE
magazine - "Information Security".
Refreshment provided.
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| Seats: |
80
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| More
details: |
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Usability Project Management
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Dr. Daniel Chan - President, Innovation and Technology Association
Mr. Daniel Szuc - Usability Consultant, Apogee Communications Ltd.
Mr. Ken Ngai - Sales Engineer, Macromedia Hong Kong Ltd.
Mr. Jonathan Wan - Project Manager, OgilvyInteractive WorldWide Hong Kong Ltd.
Mr. Andrew James Low - Senior Technical Consultant, 724 Solutions Corp.
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| Time:
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Thursday 11th July 2002, 6:00-8:30pm
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| Venue: |
TU101, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon
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| Programme
Abstract: |
Please see link below.
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| More
details: |
Hyperlink
Information of Usability Club |
A System Theoretical Approach to 3G/4G MIMI-ISI Wireless Communications
| Speaker:
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Prof. S.Y. Kung, Department of Electronic and Information Engineering,
Hong Kong Polytechnic Univesity
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| Time:
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Friday 19th July 2002, 6:30-8:00pm
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| Venue: |
Room CD634, Department of Electronic and Information Engineering,
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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| Programme
Abstract: |
Please see link below.
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| More
details: |
Hyperlink |
Software Quality Improvment through Usability
| Organizer:
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British
Computer Society (Hong Kong Section)
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| Co-organizer:
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Department
of Computing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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| Time:
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Saturday 27th April 2002, 2:30-4:30pm
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| Venue: |
Department of Computing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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| Programme
Abstract and Schedule: |
Please see link below.
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| More
details: |
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Implementation Issues and Paradigms of Visual KDD Systems
| Speaker:
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Prof. Nick J. Cercone, Professor and Past Chair, Dept. of Computer
Science, University of Waterloo, Canada
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| Time:
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Monday 25th February 2002, 6:30-8:00pm
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| Venue: |
Room PQ703, Department of Computing,
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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| Programme
Abstract: |
Please see link below.
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| More
details: |
Hyperlink |
Knowledge and Technology Transfer (A personal experience and
perspective)
| Speaker:
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Prof. Andrew Wong
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| Time:
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28th September 2001, 6:30-8:00pm
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| Venue: |
Room PQ703, Department of Computing,
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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| Programme
Abstract: |
Please see link below.
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| More
details: |
Hyperlink |
Dynamic Resource Allocation & Intelligent Video Networking
| Speaker:
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Prof. S.Y. Kung
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| Time:
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29th June 2001, 6:30-7:30pm
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| Venue: |
Room CD634, Department of Electronic Engineering and Information
Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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| Programme
Abstract: |
Please see link below.
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| More
details: |
Hyperlink |
Using Simplicity to Control Complexity
| Speaker:
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Prof. Lui SHA
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| Time:
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22nd June 2001, 6-7pm
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| Venue: |
Room B5413, City University of Hong Kong
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| Programme
Abstract: |
Please see link below.
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| More
details: |
Hyperlink |
Computing Curricula 2001: CC2001 Ironman Workshop
| Organiser
and Agenda: |
IEEE Hong Kong Section Computer Chapter and
The Department of Computer and Information Systems, The
University of Hong Kong
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| Time:
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11th April 2001, 2-5pm
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| Venue: |
Lecture Theatre B, Chow Yei Ching Building, The University of Hong Kong
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| Programme
Abstract: |
Please see link below.
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| More
details: |
Hyperlink |
SABRE: Software Architecture Based Requirements
Engineering (half day workshop)
| Organiser
and Agenda: |
IEEE Hong Kong Section Computer Chapter
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| Time:
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10th April 2001, 9 am to 12 noon
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| Venue: |
Rm. R503, Graduate House, The University of Hong Kong
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| Programme
Abstract: |
Please see link below.
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| More
details: |
Hyperlink |
Half and full day courses on "Advanced Audio Processing", "Pervasive and
Mobile Commerce" and "Quality of Service Support in Internet and Web
Servers"
| Organiser
and Agenda: |
2001 International Symposium on
Intelligent Multimedia, Video & Speech Processing
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| Time:
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2nd May 2001
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| Venue: |
Kowloon Shangri-La, Hong Kong
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| Programme
Abstract: |
Please see link below.
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| More
details: |
Tutorials menu of Hyperlink |
Seminar on Cyber Crime and Net Laws
| Organiser
and Agenda: |
HK Security Bureau
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| Time:
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17th February 2001, 2:30-5:30pm
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| Venue: |
Chiang Chen Studio Theatre, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung
Hom
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| Programme
Abstract: |
Please see link below.
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| More
details: |
Hyperlink |
Seminar on ebXML
| Speakers
and Agenda: |
Jacques Mercey (Keynote speech, VP R&D MEGA International)
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| Time:
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11th Nov 2000, 9-5pm
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| Venue: |
Rm. A109, Institute of Vocational Eduction (Tsing Yi),
20 Tsing Yi Rd, Tsing Yi, NT.
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| Programme
Abstract: |
Please see link below.
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| More
details: |
Hyperlink |
Seminar on Component-based Development Methodology
| Organiser
and Agenda: |
Open Component Foundation, Centre for Innovation and
Technology,
The Chinese University of HK
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| Time:
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27-28 February 2001 (9:30am-5:30pm)
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| Venue: |
Room 602-604 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Wanchai
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| Programme
Abstract: |
Please see link below.
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| More
details: |
Hyperlink |
Seminar on ebXML
| Speakers
and Agenda: |
Jacques Mercey (Keynote speech, VP R&D MEGA International)
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| Time:
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11th Nov 2000, 9-5pm
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| Venue: |
Rm. A109, Institute of Vocational Eduction (Tsing Yi),
20 Tsing Yi Rd, Tsing Yi, NT.
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| Programme
Abstract: |
Please see link below.
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| More
details: |
Hyperlink |
Seminar: Oracle Business Components for JAVA
Solutions
| Speakers
and Agenda: |
Mr. Vince Wan (Senior Consultant, Oracle Systems HK)
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| Time:
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25th August 2000, 6-8pm (reception with refreshments starts at 6pm)
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| Venue: |
Rm. A0416, Open Unviversity of Hong Kong, Ho Man Tin,
Kowloon.
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| Programme
Abstract: |
Supporting standard EJB and COBRA deployment architecture, Oracle
Business Components for Java simplifies the development, delivery and
customization of Java business application for the enterprise. Oracle
Business Components is an application component framework providing
developers a set of intelligent software building-blocks to manage all
of the common facilities required to:
- Productively author and test business logic in components which
automatically integrate with databases,
- Flexibly reuse business logic through multiple SQL-based views
of data, supporting different application tasks,
- Efficiently access and update the views from Servlets,
JavaServer Pages (JSPs), and Thin-Java Swing clients
- Easily customize application functionality in layers without
requiring modification of the delivered application.
By eliminating the substantial coding and testing work related to common
"application plumbing" facilities, Oracle Business Components lets
application developers focus full-time on implementing business
solutions. The benefits of using this framework are immediate and
time-to-market.
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| More
details: |
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Seminar: Developing, Managing and Implementing Effective E-Commerce
Solutions
| Speakers
and Agenda: |
Morris TSO
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| Time:
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28th July 2000, 6-8pm (reception with refreshments starts at 6pm)
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| Venue: |
Rm. A0411, Open Unviversity of Hong Kong, Ho Man Tin,
Kowloon.
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| Programme
Abstract: |
E-commerce solutions are not only technical solutions, but also include
business solutions, and both are important. Technical skills are
required to build up the computing platform and interface to facilitate
transactions through various electronic networks. User-friendliness,
security, speed of data transmission, stability, flexibility, and
scalability are the main factors for consideration. The choice between
Microsoft NT, Linux/Unix or a combination of them as the operating
platform, and the choice between Java, ASP or Perl to design the
interface, both require intelligent decisions from the technical people.
On the other hand, business knowledge is required to set up policies and
procedures for the smooth execution of the transactions and assure the
compliance of related laws and regulations. Various system flows,
particularly for the goods or money transfer, need to be clearly defined
to avoid any loss of merchandizes or cash during delivery or settlement.
A good combination of the technical and business skills can provide
excellent solutions to e-commerce practitioners.
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| More
details: |
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Technical Talk: Speech Recognition: A One-Day Short Course
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and Agenda: |
1.
Guest Speaker Prof. Ah Chung TSOI (University of Wollongong)
2. Dr. Y.H. Chan (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
3. Dr. M.W. Mak (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
4. Dr. Z.R. Chi (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
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| Time:
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24 June 2000 (Sat.), 9:00am - 6:00pm
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| Venue: |
Rm. CD634, Department of Electronic and Information Engineering,
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
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| Programme
Highlights: |
The advancement in speech recognition technology in the past decade has
resulted in a wide range of new speech enabled applications. For
example, high quality,
speaker-independent continuous speech dictation systems are now
available at an affordable cost. Another emerging application is the
interactive voice response
systems in which a caller can interact with a computer and retrieve
information using natural language dialogs. However, there are still a
number of issues needed to
be resolved before speech recognition can be used more widely. A major
impediment would be the degradation of speech recognition systems
operating under
adverse conditions. Another major impediment would be the difficulties
of using speech trained in one domain and operated in another domain.
In Part I of this course, we will give an executive overview of the
issues involved in speech recognition. The resolution of these issues
will lead to practical marketable
devices that could revolutionalise human computer interface of the
future. Then in Part II, more in-depth materials will be given to enable
research engineers and
research scientists to understand some of the current literature.
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| More
details: |
Hyperlink |
Technical Talk: Software Quality Assurance in Hong Kong
| Speakers
and Agenda: |
1.
Roy Ko (HKPC) "Evolution of SQA in Hong Kong"
2. Paul Pang (ITSD) "SQA Initiatives in the
Government"
3. John Goh (HKPC) "The Hong Kong SQA Model"
4. Alex Au-Yeung "Using the HK SQA Model in
the context of (Softwork Limited) small and medium
enterprise" |
| Time:
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Nov
19, 1999, from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. |
| Venue: |
LT
16, City University, Kowloon Tong. |
| Programme
Highlights: |
The
recent high-tech initiative in Hong Kong has resulted
in many streams of IT development. Software Quality
Assurance (SQA), like many IT disciplines which aim
at increasing the productivity of the core business,
focuses on a framework to ensure the effectiveness of
software development and that the values of the end-product
are delivered to the end users. To understand
how SQA has been developing and shaping out in HK, we
have invited local experts from various fields to
talk about the past, present and future of SQA in HK.
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| More
details: |
MS Word docuement |
From
Computing with Numbers to Computing with Words--From
Manipulation of Measurements to Manipulation of Perceptions
| Speaker: |
Professor
Lotfi A. Zadeh, Dept. of EECS, UC Berkeley |
| Date: |
15 October
1999 (Friday) |
| Time: |
Time: 6:30 p.m.
- 7:45 p.m. (Refreshments will be served at 6:15 p.m.) |
| Venue: |
Lecture
Theatre 1, Level 4, Academic Building, City
University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon
Tong, Hong Kong |
| Abstract: |
Computing, in
its usual use, is centered on manipulation of numbers
and symbols. In contrast, computing with words, or CW
for short, is a methodology in which the objects of
computation are words and propositions drawn from a
natural language, e.g., small, large, far, heavy, not
very likely, the price of gas is low and declining,
Berkeley is near San Francisco, it is very unlikely
that there will be a significant increase in the
price of oil in the near future, etc.
Computing with words is inspired by the remarkable
human ability to perform a wide variety of physical
and mental tasks without any measurements and any
computations. Familiar examples of such tasks are
parking a car, driving in heavy traffic, playing golf,
riding a bicycle, understanding speeches and
summarizing a story. Underlying this remarkable
ability is the brain's crucial ability to manipulate
perceptions perceptions of distance, size,
weight, color, speed, direction, force, numbers,
truth, likelihood and other characteristics of
physical and mental objects. Manipulation of
perceptions plays a key role in human recognition,
decision and execution processes. As a methodology,
computing with words provides a foundation for a
computational theory of perceptions a theory
which may have an important bearing on how humans
make and machines might make rational
decisions in an environment of imprecision,
uncertainty and partial truth.
A basic difference between perceptions and
measurements is that, in general, measurements are
crisp whereas perceptions are fuzzy. One of the
fundamental aims of science has been and continues to
be that of progressing from perceptions to
measurements. Pursuit of this aim has led to
brilliant successes. We have sent men to the moon; we
can build computers that are capable of performing
billions of computations per second; we have
constructed telescopes that can explore the far
reaches of the universe; and we can date the age of
rocks that are millions of years old. But alongside
the brilliant successes stand conspicuous
underachievements and outright failures. We cannot
build robots which can move with the agility of
animals or humans; we cannot automate driving in
heavy traffic; we cannot translate from one language
to another at the level of a human interpreter; we
cannot create programs which can summarize nontrivial
stories; our ability to model the behavior of
economic systems leaves much to be desired; and we
cannot build machines that can compete with children
in the performance of a wide variety of physical and
cognitive tasks.
It may be argued that underlying the
underachievements and failures is the unavailability
of a methodology for reasoning and computing with
perceptions rather than measurements. An outline of
such a methodology -- referred to as a computational
theory of perceptions (CTP) -- is presented in this
talk.
The computational theory of perceptions, or CTP for
short, is based on the methodology of computing with
words (CW). In CTP, words play the roles of labels of
perceptions and, more generally, perceptions are
expressed as propositions in a natural language. CW-based
techniques are employed to translate propositions
expressed in a natural language into what is called
the Generalized Constraint Language (GCL). In this
language, the meaning of a proposition is expressed
as a generalized constraint, X isr R, where X is the
constrained variable, R is the constraining relation
and isr is a variable copula in which r is a variable
whose value defines the way in which R constrains X.
Among the basic types of constraints are:
possibilistic, veristic, probabilistic, random set,
Pawlak set, fuzzy graph and usuality. The wide
variety of constraints in GCL makes GCL a much more
expressive language than the language of predicate
logic.
In CW, the initial and terminal data sets, IDS and
TDS, are assumed to consist of propositions expressed
in a natural language. These propositions are
translated, respectively, into antecedent and
consequent constraints. The consequent constraints
are derived from the antecedent constraints through
the use of rules of constraint propagation. The
principal constraint propagation rule is the
generalized extension principle. The derived
constraints are re-translated into a natural language,
yielding the terminal data set (TDS). The rules of
constraint propagation in CW coincide with the rules
of inference in fuzzy logic. A basic problem in CW is
that of explicitation of X, R and r in a generalized
constraint, X isr R, which represents the meaning of
a proposition, p, in a natural language.
There are two major imperatives for computing with
words. First, computing with words is a necessity
when the available information is too imprecise to
justify the use of numbers; and second, when there is
a tolerance for imprecision which can be exploited to
achieve tractability, robustness, low solution cost
and better rapport with reality. Exploitation of the
tolerance for imprecision is an issue of central
importance in CW.
At this juncture, the computational theory of
perceptions -- which is based on CW -- is in its
initial stages of development. In time, it may come
to play an important role in the conception, design
and utilization of information/intelligent systems.
The role model for CW and CTP is the human mind. |
| Biographical
Notes: |
LOTFI A. ZADEH
is a Professor in the Graduate School, Computer
Science Division, Department of EECS, University of
California, Berkeley. In addition, he is serving as
the Director of BISC (Berkeley Initiative in Soft
Computing).
Lotfi Zadeh is an alumnus of the University of
Teheran, MIT and Columbia University. He held
visiting appointments at the Institute for Advanced
Study, Princeton, NJ; MIT; IBM Research Laboratory,
San Jose, CA; SRI International, Menlo Park, CA; and
the Center for the Study of Language and Information,
Stanford University. His earlier work was concerned
in the main with systems analysis, decision analysis
and information systems. His current research is
focused on fuzzy logic, computing with words and soft
computing, which is a coalition of fuzzy logic,
neurocomputing, evolutionary computing, probabilistic
computing and parts of machine learning. The guiding
principle of soft computing is that, in general,
better solutions can be obtained by employing the
constituent methodologies of soft computing in
combination rather than in stand-alone mode.
Lotfi Zadeh is a Fellow of the IEEE, AAAS, ACM and
AAAI. He is a member of the National Academy of
Engineering and a Foreign Member of the Russian
Academy of Natural Sciences. He is a recipient of the
IEEE Education Medal, the IEEE Richard W. Hamming
Medal, the IEEE Medal of Honor, the ASME Rufus
Oldenburger Medal, the B. Bolzano Medal of the Czech
Academy of Sciences, the Kampe de Feriet Medal, the
AACC Richard E. Bellman Central Heritage Award, the
Grigore Moisil Prize, the Honda Prize, the Okawa
Prize, the AIM Information Science Award, the IEEE-SMC
J. P. Wohl Career Achievement Award, the SOFT
Scientific Contribution Memorial Award of the Japan
Society for Fuzzy Theory, and other awards and
honorary doctorates. He has published extensively on
a wide variety of subjects relating to the conception,
design and analysis of information/intelligent
systems, and is serving on the editorial boards of
over fifty journals.
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| Enquiry
: |
Dr. Zheru Chi
Tel: 2766 6219 Fax: 2362 8439 Email: enzheru@polyu.edu.hk
Dr. M.W. Mak Tel: 2766 6257 Fax: 2362 8439 Email:
enmwmak@polyu.edu.hk
Dr. Ken C.K.Law Tel: 2788 8618 Fax: 2788 8614 Email:
cskckl@cityu.edu.hk |
Streaming Voice and Video Over the Internet with
Transformation-Based Error Concealment
| Organization: |
IEEE (Hong
Kong) Computer Chapter and Department of Computer
Science, City University of Hong Kong |
| Speaker: |
Prof. Benjamin
Wan-Sang Wah
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Chinese University of
Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
and
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
and the Coordinated Science Laboratory
University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA |
| Date: |
17 May 1999 (Monday) |
| Time: |
6:00 p.m. - 7:00
p.m. (Refreshments will be served at 5:45 p.m.) |
| Venue: |
Lecture
Theatre 11, Level 4, Academic Building, City
University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon
Tong, Hong Kong |
| Abstract: |
In this
presentation, we identify the loss behavior
encountered in transmitting real-time voice and video
data over the Internet and propose a new loss-concealment
scheme to improve its received quality. The
current Internet is not very suitable for
transmitting real-time data because its underlying
protocols and routers were not designed to guarantee
reliable and timely delivery. To overcome severe
degradation in voice and video quality caused by the
loss of consecutive packets, an existing method,
based on interleaving of adjacent samples and
recovery at the destination by interpolation, can be
applied to reconstruct approximately the missing
samples. Using interleaving and linear
interpolation, we propose a new nonredundant
reconstruction algorithm using a transformation-based
reconstruction method. Its basic idea is to for
the sender to transform the input voice/video stream,
according to the reconstruction method used at the
receiver and the predicted loss behavior, before
sending the data packets. The transformation is
done in such a way that helps the receiver better
recover missing samples using simple averaging of the
samples received. We show that our method is
computationally efficient and can be extended to
different interleaving factors to address different
loss behavior and different interpolation-based
reconstruction methods. Finally, we show the
performance improvement of our new method using real-time
transmissions to six Internet sites over a 24-hour
period. |
| Biographical
Notes: |
Benjamin W.
Wah received his Ph.D. degree in computer science
from the University of California, Berkeley, CA, in
1979. He is currently the Robert T. Chien
Professor of Engineering and a Professor in the
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
the Coordinated Science Laboratory, and the Beckman
Institute of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
Urbana, IL. During 1998-99, he serves as a
Professor of Computer Science and Engineering,
Chinese University of Hong Kong. Previously, he
had served on the faculty of Purdue University (1979-85),
as a Program Director at the National Science
Foundation (1988-89), as Fujitsu Visiting Chair
Professor of Intelligence Engineering, University of
Tokyo (1992), and McKay Visiting Professor of
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
University of California, Berkeley (1994). In
1989, he was awarded a University Scholar of the
University of Illinois, and in 1998, he received the
IEEE Computer Society Technical Achievement Award. Wah was the Editor-in-Chief
of the IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data
Engineering between 1993-1996, and is the Honorary
Editor-in-Chief of Knowledge and Information Systems.
He currently serves on the editorial boards of
Information Sciences, International Journal on
Artificial Intelligence Tools, and Journal of VLSI
Signal Processing. He had chaired a number of
international conferences and is currently serving as
the International Program Committee Chair of the IFIP
World Congress in 2000. He had served in the IEEE
Computer Society in various capacities and is
currently the elected First Vice President for
Publications. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and
the Society for Design and Process Science.
Wah's current
research interests are in the areas of nonlinear
search and optimization, knowledge engineering,
multimedia signal processing, and parallel and
distributed processing. His work on nonlinear search
addresses large-scale problems in engineering
applications, in particular, the design of efficient
algorithms in signal processing. The algorithms
designed are applied in multimedia signal processing
of real-time voice and image data sent over the
Internet. A third effort involves the design of
parallel vector-pipelined architectures in VLSI to
support signal processing.
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| Enquiry
: |
Dr. Ken Law at
Tel: 27888618 or E-mail: cskckl@cityu.edu.hk |
Neuro-Fuzzy
Unsupervised Feature Evaluation
| Organization: |
Department of
Computing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and
IEEE Hong Kong Section Computer Chapter |
| Speaker: |
Prof. Sankar K.
Pal, Distinguished Scientist and Founding Head,
Machine Intelligence Unit, The Indian Statistical
Institute, Calcutta |
| Date: |
5 May, 1999 (Wednesday) |
| Time: |
2:30 pm - 3:30
pm |
| Venue: |
Room PQ703 |
| Abstract: |
A way of
formulating a neuro-fuzzy approach for both feature
selection and extraction is described. The basic
principle involves connectionist minimization of a
fuzzy feature evaluation index under unsupervised
training. The evaluation index incorporates
membership functions denoting the degree of
similarity between two patterns in both the original
and transformed spaces. Similarity is measured using
weighted distance to make the modelling of clusters
more appropriate. For feature extraction, the
transformed space is obtained by a set of linear
transformation on the original space. Different
layered networks are designed accordingly. The
connectionist minimization, in the case of feature
selection, results in a set of optimal weighting co-efficients
in terms of network parameters representing
individual importance. On the other hand, for feature
extraction, it determines a set of optimum
transformed features by projecting n-dimensional
original space directly to n'-dimensional (n'< n)
transformed space, along with their relative
importance. Results demonstrating the effectiveness
of the algorithms, along with comparisons, are
provided for various real life data. The talk ends
with concluding remarks and scope for further
research. |
| Biographical
Notes: |
Sankar K. Pal
is a Distinguished Scientist, and Founding Head of
the Machine Intelligence Unit, at the Indian
Statistical Institute, Calcutta. He obtained a Ph.D.
in Radio Physics and Electronics in 1979 from the
University of Calcutta and a. Ph.D. in Electrical
Engineering along with DIC from Imperial College,
University of London in 1982. He worked at the
University of California, Berkeley and the University
of Maryland, College Park, during 1986-87 as a
Fulbright Fellow, and at the NASA Johnson Space
Centre, Houston, Texas during 1990-92 and in 1994 as
an NRC-NASA Guest Investigator. He is a Distinguished
Visitor of IEEE Computer Society (USA) for the Asia
Pacific Region during 1997-99. Prof. Pal is a Fellow
of the IEEE, USA, The Third World Academy of Sciences
(TWAS), Italy, Indian National Science Academy,
Indian Academy of Sciences, National Academy of
Sciences, India, and the Indian National Academy of
Engineering. His has been regularly contributing in
the areas of Pattern Recognition, Image Processing,
Soft Computing, Neural Nets, Genetic Algorithms, and
Fuzzy Sets & Systems. He is a co-author of the
book 'Fuzzy Mathematical Approach to Pattern
Recognition', John Wiley (Halsted), N.Y., 1986 and a
co-editor of three books 'Fuzzy Models for Pattern
Recognition', IEEE Press, N.Y., 1992, 'Genetic
Algorithms for Pattern Recognition', CRC Press, Boca
Raton, 1996, and 'Rough Fuzzy Hybridization : A New
Trend in Decision Making', Springer Verlag, Singapore,
1999. He has received several prizes/ awards in India
and USA including the 1990 S. S. Bhatnagar Prize (which
is the most coveted award for a scientist in India)
in Engineering Sciences, 1993 Jawaharlal Nehru
Fellowship, NASA Tech Brief Award in 1993, 1994 IEEE
Trans. Neural Networks outstanding paper Award, and
1998 Om Bhasin Foundation Award for Science &
Technology. Prof. Pal is an Associate Editor, IEEE
Trans. Neural Networks, Pattern Recognition Letters,
Neurocomputing, Fuzzy Sets and Systems, Applied
Intelligence, Information Sciences, and Int. J. K now
Executive Advisory Editorial Board, IEEE Trans. Fuzzy
Systems and Int. J. Approximate Reasoning. |
| Enquiry
: |
Dr. Gilbert
Young (Tel. 2766-7295, email : csyoung@comp.polyu.edu.hk) |
Seminar on the First Report of the Chief Executive's
Commission on Innovation and Technology
| Speaker: |
Professor Tien
Chang-Lin, Chairman of the Chief Executive's
Commission on Innovation and Technology |
| Date: |
16 January
1999 (Saturday) |
| Time: |
2:30 pm - 4:30
pm |
| Venue: |
Chiang Chen
Studio Theatre, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
Hung Hom, Kowloon |
Registration Form (MS Word format, 1 page)
International Advanced Workshop on Virtual Geographic Environments and
Geocollaboration
| Time:
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15-16 December, 2003
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| Venue: |
Cho Yiu Conference Hall, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
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| Organizers: |
Joint Laboratory for Geoinformation Science (JLGIS) of Chinese Academy of
Sciences & The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR.
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| Supporting Organizations: |
KC Wong Education Foundation,
Sze Cheong Investment Co. Ltd.,
Hong Kong Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (HKSPRS),
The International Association of Chinese Professionals in Geographic
Information Science (CPGIS),
IEEE Hong Kong Section Computer Chapter
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| Fee:
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HK$800 per person, HK$400 for student (20% discount for IEEE members)
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Knowledge-Based Clustering and Neural Logic Processing in Granular Computing
| Speaker:
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Prof. Witold Pedrycz, IEEE Fellow, Professor and Chair, Deptartment of Electrical and Computer
Engineering, University of Alberta
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| Time:
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18 December, 2003 (Thursday), 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
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| Venue: |
Room N002, G/F, Shirley Chan Building, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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| Supporting Organizations: |
Department of Computing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, IEEE HK
Computer Chapter, HK Biometrics Authentication Society
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| Fee:
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All are welcome. (Free of charge)
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Biometrics: Security and privacy?
| Speaker:
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Prof. Ruud M. Bolle, IEEE Fellow, Member IBM Academy, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
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| Time:
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5 December, 2003 (Friday), 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
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| Venue: |
Room N001, G/F, Shirley Chan Building, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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| Supporting Organizations: |
Department of Computing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, IEEE HK
Computer Chapter, HK Biometrics Authentication Society
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| Fee:
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Abstract: |
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Biometric Authentication: Some New Research Directions
| Speaker:
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Prof. Anil K. Jain, IEEE Fellow, University Distinguished Professor
Deptartment of Computer Science and Engineering, Michigan State University
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| Time:
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3 December, 2003 (Wednesday), 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
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| Venue: |
Room FJ302, 3/F, Chan Tai Ho Building, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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| Supporting Organizations: |
Department of Computing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, IEEE HK
Computer Chapter, HK Biometrics Authentication Society
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| Fee:
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Abstract: |
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Biometrics for Human Identification
| Speaker:
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Prof. Bir Bhanu, IEEE Fellow, Director of Center for Research in
Intelligent Systems, University of California, Riverside
|
| Time:
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28 November, 2003 (Friday), 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
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| Venue: |
Room PQ305, 3/F, Mong Man Wai Building, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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| Supporting Organizations: |
Department of Computing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, IEEE HK
Computer Chapter, HK Biometrics Authentication Society
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| Fee:
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All are welcome. (Free of charge)
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Abstract: |
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Data Mining and Computational Intelligence
| Speaker:
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Prof. Abe Kandel, IEEE Fellow, Distinguished Research Professor and
Chairman, Deptartment of Computer Science and Engineering, University of South
Florida
|
| Time:
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21 November, 2003 (Friday), 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
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| Venue: |
Room PQ303, 3/F, Mong Man Wai Building, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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| Supporting Organizations: |
Department of Computing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, IEEE HK
Computer Chapter, HK Biometrics Authentication Society
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| Fee:
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All are welcome. (Free of charge)
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Abstract: |
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From POTS to PANS - The Wireless Networking Perspective
| Speaker:
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Prof. Victor C. M. Leung, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of British Columbia
|
| Time:
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7 November, 2003 (Friday), 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
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| Venue: |
Room PQ703, Department of Computing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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| Supporting Organizations: |
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, IEEE HK Computer Chapter
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| Fee:
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IEEE member (Free of charge)
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Dealing with IT Auditors and Implementing Audit and Security
Recommendations
| Speaker:
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Mr. Derek Jackson, Sr. Consultant, Security and Audit Solutions
|
| Time:
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23 October 2003, 6:30pm - 8:00pm (1.5 hours)
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| Venue: |
Room PQ703, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hunghom, Kowloon
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| Supporting Organizations: |
Hong Kong Computer Society, ISSG, IEEE HK Computer Chapter
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| Fee:
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HKCS member (Free of charge), IEEE / HKSA / IPSA members (HK$45), PolyU Student and Alumni (HK$45), Non-member (HK$90)
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Abstract: |
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International Symposium on Location-Based Systems (LBS Symposium)
| Speaker:
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Mr. Anthony Wong, Commissioner, Innovation and Technology Commission as Keynote Speaker, LBS Speakers from Hong Kong, China and Europe
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| Time:
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7 October 2003, 9:00am - 5:15pm
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| Venue: |
Rm. 301, New Wing, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Wanchai, Hong Kong
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| Supporting Organizations: |
Innovation and Technology Commission (ITC), Information Technology Service Department (ITSD), Office of the Telecommunication Association (OFTA), Hong Kong Information Technology Federation (HKITF), Hong Kong Logistics Association (HKLA), IEEE Hong Kong Computer Chapter, Information and Software Industry Association (ISIA), Intelligent Transportation Systems - Hong Kong (ITS-HK), The British Computing Association (BCS) - Hong Kong Section, The Institution of Electrical Engineers Hong Kong (IEEHK)
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| Fee:
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HK$400 per person, HK$200 per person (for members of Organizer, Co-organizer and Supporting Organization)
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| Programme
Abstract: |
The International Symposium on Location-Based Systems aims to provide a
forum for academics, mobile network operators, equipment vendors and
application developers in different countries to share knowledge,
experience and market trends in location positioning technologies and
location-based applications. Target Audience: Application developers, network operators, device manufacturers,infrastructure vendors, government officials, engineers, manufacturers, academics, financial specialists, who are involved in business and technical development of location-based services
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Research in Biomedical and Multimedia Information Technology
| Speaker:
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Prof. David Dagan Feng, FIEEE, Chair Professor of Information Technology, The Hong Kong
Polytechnic University
|
| Time:
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10 September 2003, 6:30pm - 7:45pm (1.25 hours)
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| Venue: |
Room CD634, Dept of Electronic and Information Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hunghom, Kowloon
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| Supporting Organizations: |
IEEE HK Signal Processing Chapter, Dept of Electronic and Information Engineering, HK
Polytechnic University, IFAC-TC-BIOMED, IEEE HK Computer Chapter
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| Fee:
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FREE admission, ALL are Welcome.
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Special Industry Forum: Information Security Practices for Banks and Financial Institutions
| Speaker:
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Mr. Michael Chan, Head of Compliance - Hong Kong and Greater China, DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited,
Mr. Li Shu Pui, Head-Banking Development Dept, Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA),
Mr. Anthony Fung, Chief Inspector, Operation, Technology Crime Division, Commercial Crime Bureau, The Hong Kong Police,
Mr. Andy Lake, Secretary, Hong Kong Internet Service Providers Association (HKISPA),
Mr. Roy Ko, Centre Manager, Hong Kong Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Centre (HKCERT/CC)
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| Time:
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16th August 2003, 2:30 pm - 5:30 pm (Registration starts at 2:00pm)
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| Venue: |
Ernst & Young Training Centre, 4/F, Hutchison House, 10 Harcourt Road, Central, Hong Kong
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| Supporting Organizations: |
Information Systems Audit and Control Association (Hong Kong Chapter)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Computer Chapter)
International Professional Security Association (Hong Kong)
Hong Kong Internet Services Provider Association
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| Fee:
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IEEE member $400, non-member HK$500
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| Programme
Abstract: |
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Intellectual Property Rights with Emphasis on Patents
| Speaker:
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Hans Lee, Associate, Patents Section, Intellectual Property Department,
DEACONS.
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| Time:
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10 July 2003, 6:30pm - 8:00pm (1.5 hours)
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| Venue: |
Room M001, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hunghom, Kowloon
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| Supporting Organizations: |
IEEE HK Engineering Management Chapter, IEEE HK Consumer Electronics
Chapter, Hong Kong Productivity Council
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| Fee:
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FREE admission, ALL are Welcome.
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Abstract: |
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Physical Security - What it's all about?
| Speaker:
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Ms Penny Fung, CFE CBCP MIISec
Immediate Past Chairperson of International Professional Security Association (Hong Kong)
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| Time:
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17 June 2003, 6:30pm - 8:00pm (1.5 hours), Registration starts at 6:00pm
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| Venue: |
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, PQ306, Hunghom, Kowloon
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| Supporting Organizations: |
ISSG, Hong Kong Computer Society, ISACA, IEEE HK Computer Chapter
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| Seats:
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100 (Registration on a first-come-first-served basis)
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| Fee:
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HKCS member (FREE), Member of Supporting Organization (HK$45), Non-member (HK$90)
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| Programme
Abstract: |
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Penetration Testing: Ethical Hacking
| Speaker:
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George G. McBride, Senior Manager, Global Risk Assessment & Penetration
Testing, Lucent Security
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| Time:
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20th March 2003 (Thursday), 6:30pm - 8:00pm (1.5 hours), Registration
starts at 6:00pm
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| Venue: |
SCOPE, Seminar room 1, City University of Hong Kong
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| Supporting Organizations: |
ISSG, Hong Kong Computer Society, ISACA, IEEE HK Computer Chapter
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| Seats:
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60
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| Fee:
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FOC for HKCS member, $45 for IEEE / ISACA / HKSA member / $90 non-member
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| Programme
Abstract: |
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Computer Forensics in the eyes of a lawyer
| Speaker:
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Mr. David Leung, Senior Government Counsel of the Department of Justice
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| Time:
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8 March 2003 (Saturday), 2:00pm - 5:00pm
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| Venue: |
Peat Marwick Professional Training Centre, 5/F, Tai Yau Building,
181 Johnston Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong
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| Supporting Organizations: |
Jointly organized by HKCS-ISSG and ISACA, supported by IEEE Computer Society
and Hong Kong Society of Accountants
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| Seats:
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60
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| Fee:
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$300 for HKCS / ISACA member, $350 for IEEE / HKSA member / $400 non member
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| Programme
Abstract: |
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Human Motion: Tracking and recognition of actions and interactions
| Speaker:
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Prof. J. K. Aggarwal
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| Time:
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12 March 2003 (Wednesday), 6:00 - 7:00pm (Refreshment served at 5:30pm outside LT-3)
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| Venue: |
LT-3, Level 4, Academic Building, City University of Hong Kong
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| Supporting Organizations: |
IEEE Computer Chapter, CityU and the Hong Kong Society for Multimedia and Image Computing
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| Programme
Abstract: |
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