Calendar 2006–07

364 Part 4 • Research Units and University Extensions Established in August 2000, the Centre of Scientific Analysis for Ancient Artifacts is created to link modern scientific methodology to archaeology and art, and to forge collaboration with research institutes in China and overseas. The Yeung Shui Sang Laboratory for Thermoluminescence (TL) of Ancient Ceramics was established at the Chinese University in 1986 with a generous donation from Mr. Yeung Wing-tak. The lab began to offer its service of TL dating of ceramics to the public in 1987. It has subsequently been reorganized as a part of the Centre for Scientific Analysis of Ancient Artifacts. Centre for Scientific Modelling and Computation Tel.: 2609 6343/6344 Fax.: 2603 5057 E-mail: chemistry@cuhk.edu.hk The centre provides cluster-based high performance computational facilities for the atomistic simulation of molecular structure and reactivity, new materials, and biomolecules and so on. It promotes interdisciplinary collaboration among scientists in chemistry, physics, and biology to develop new methods and applications for molecular modelling. Centre for Sign Linguistics and Deaf Studies Tel.: 3163 4178 Fax.: 3163 4179 E-mail: cslds@arts.cuhk.edu.hk The Centre for Sign Linguistics and Deaf Studies was established in 2003 to develop interdisciplinary research on sign language. To support postgraduate and undergraduate research at the university, the centre has been constructing databases on deaf children acquiring Hong Kong Sign Language, native Hong Kong Sign Language, and Asian sign languages. The centre is also coordinating local as well as regional deaf training in sign linguistics for the purpose of assisting the deaf people in compiling dictionaries of their own sign languages. Locally, the centre has been collaborating with the Education and Manpower Bureau in implementing sign language in deaf education research. Centre for Studies of Humanistic Buddhism Tel.: 2609 6707 Fax.: 3163 4132 E-mail: cshb@cuhk.edu.hk Website: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/crs/cshb In April 2005, the Chinese University and Foguang Shan Foundation for Buddhist Culture and Education agreed to establish the Centre for Studies of Humanistic Buddhism in the Department of Cultural and Religious Studies of the University. Major activities of the centre include: • Promoting academics studies of Buddhism: The foci of research include Buddhism and Chinese society, Buddhism and contemporary ethical and cultural issues, and comparative studies and dialogues between Buddhism and other religions;