Bulletin Spring‧Summer Autumn‧Winter 1999

Project Title CUHK Investigator(s) Funds Approved (HK$m) (2) The biological activities of elephant β -endorphin * A model of age-related macular degeneration: the role of lipofuscin in the degeneration of retinal pigment epithelium in Chinese eyes Prof. P.C.P. Ho 0.500 * A study of the determinants of bone mass in young women in Hong Kong (compared with New York) aimed at the reduction of osteoporosis and its complications in later life Dr. S.C. Ho Mr. S. Hsu Prof. R. Swaminathan 0.400 Electrical & Electronic Engineering * Dielectric resonator: a new component for microwave circuits and antennas Dr. K.M. Luk 0.900 * Two-dimensional integer cosine Transform chip set for image coding and image archiving system Dr. W.K . Cham Dr. O.C.S. Choy Dr. P.S. Chung 0.240 Computing Science, Information Technology & Mathematics * Development of the relative trace formula for any reductive group and its applications to harmonic analysis and algebraic geometry Dr. K.F. Lai 0.220 * A multi-processor workstation for real-time 3-D graphics applications Prof. T.C. Chen Mr. K.H. Lee Dr. K.S. Leung Dr. T.Y. Shin 0.900 * Floppy-disk drives with 'intelligence' enhancement Dr. F.F. Tsui Dr. W.K. Cham Dr. T. Lee 0.300 Total 10.74 R E S E A R CH - 7