Six Decades As a Mathematician and Educator
On the 90th Birthday of Professor Yung-Chow Wong
數 學 教 研 六 十 年
賀 黃 用 諏 教 授 九 秩 華 誕
Preface
The Department of Mathematics of University of Hong Kong, with the joint sponsorship of the Hong Kong Mathematical Society, held a symposium on May 31, 2003 to celebrate the 90th birthday of a very senior mathematician and teacher, Professor Y.C. Wong. Professor Y.C. Wong is the main figure who helps to build up the HKU Department of Mathematics into what it is today. He served actively for near to three decades since 1948 until he officially retired in 1976 but continues to keep in close contact with the department as Emeritus Professor. Besides serving as the Head of Department in 1948-1973, he served as the Dean of Engineering in 1950-1953 , and the Pro-Vice-Chancellor in 1963-1966. Professor Wong is also much involved with the groundwork of the establishment of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and served in its Council from 1964 to 1991. He is the Founding President of the Southeast Asian Mathematical Society (established in 1972) and also the Honorary President of the Hong Kong Mathematical Society which he helped to establish in 1979. The Symposium turned out to be a very warm "family gathering" in which students, friends and colleagues of Professor Wong gave short presentations to embellish the theme of the Symposium from their various individual angles. The Symposium is a tribute to the long years of contribution and service of Professor Wong to the department, to the university, to the local community and to the discipline of mathematics.
Programme (designed for viewing using internet explorer, video presentations of more than 4 minutes are divided into smaller files; the bitrate of wmv is 128Kbps, if connection is not fast enough, please download first)
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Professor Lap-Chee Tsui Vice-Chancellor, HKU Opening Remarks |
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Professor Man-Keung Siu Head, Department of Mathematics, HKU Professor Y.C. Wong - Four decades as my mentor, colleague and friend
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| 10:00 |  |
Professor Yik-Hoi Au-Yeung Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Mathematics, HKU 黃用諏教授與矩陣論
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Professor Yum-Tong Siu Department of Mathematics, Havard University; C.V. Starr Professor, HKU Professor Y.C. Wong and the beginning of my rigorous mathematics eduction
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| 10:30 |
TEA BREAK & BIRTHDAY CAKE |
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| 11:15 |  |
Professor Kung-Fu Ng Department of Mathematics, CUHK 黃用諏教授－眾人之榜樣 |
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Professor Yau-Heng Wan Department of Mathematics, CUHK; General Secretary, HKMS 香港數學會展望 |
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Dr. Kai-Yuen Chan Honorary Research Associate, Department of Mathematics, HKU (Formerly Head in the Department of Mathematics, HKU) Reminiscences of my early years in the Department of Mathematics |
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Professor Ngai-Ying Wong Department of Curriculum and Instruction, CUHK 香港數學之成形與開展 － 黃教授用諏先生對數學教育之貢獻
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Medley of greetings (in video) from: Professor Kee-Yuen Lam Department of Mathematics, University of British Columbia Professor Tsit-Yuen Lam Department of Mathematics, University of California at Berkeley Professor Kin Lam Department of Finance and Decision Sciences, HKBU
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Professor Bit-Shun Tam Department of Mathematics, Tamkang University
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Professor Chi-Kwong Li Department of Mathematics, The College of William & Mary
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Professor Tin-Yau Tam Department of Mathematics, Auburn University
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Mr. Gilbert Chan Economic and Business Technology Cluster, Ontario Government (Formerly Technician in the Department of Mathematics, HKU)
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Professor Ngaiming Mok Chair, Department of Mathematics, HKU; Director of Institute of Mathematical Research, HKU Closing Remarks |
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