Annual Report 2003–04

- P r o f . Yau Shing Tung, professor of mathematics, has been appointed distinguished professor-at-large of the University for three years from 1st October 2003. He is also a recipient of the State Council's 2003 International Scientific and Technology Cooperation Award. - P r o f . Wei Juncheng of the Mathematics Department was ranked 48 among mathematicians worldwide based on number of citations from 1993-2003. • T h e Mathematics Department received a donation of HK$15 million from Shun Hing Education and Charity Fund Ltd. and a matching grant of HK$15 million from the UGC for the establishment of the William M.W. Mong Endowed Chair. • T w o self-financed programmes were introduced in 2003-4: a two- year part-time M.Sc. programme in risk management science and a diploma programme in bonesetting offered respectively by the Statistics Department and the School of Chinese Medicine. - 數 學 系 魏 軍 城敎 授位 列一九 九三至二零 零三年 世 界數 學家論文引用次數最髙的第四十八位。 •數學系獲信興敎育及慈善基金捐贈一千五百萬元和大學敎 育資助委員會的等額撥款，設立蒙民偉講座敎授席。 •學院新開辦兩個自資課程：統計學系的兩年兼讀制風險管 理科學理學碩士課程和中醫學院的中醫骨傷學文憑課程。 信興敎育及慈善基金捐贈一千五百萬元與數學系 A donation of HK$15 million from Shun Hing Education and Charity Fund Ltd. 楊綱凱敎授（左）致送紀念品與朱棣文敎授 Prof. Kenneth Young (left) presenting a souvenir to Prof. Steven Chu 學術發展 A c a d em ic Development 37