Newsletter No. 17

No.17 Apr, 1991 CUHK Newsletter Professorial Appointments Professor of Systems Engineering Prof. Vincent Lum has been appointed as professor of systems engineering from 25th March 1991. Prof. Lum graduated from the University of Toronto, Canada in 1960. He furthered his studies in the USA and obtained his MS degree in electrical engineering from the University of Washington in 1961 ， and his Ph.D. degree from the University of Illinois in 1966. Prof. Lum joined IBM in 1962, first as associate engineer, and then as research worker. From 1973 to 1985 ， he served as project manager of various procedure automation and information management projects in the company. Prior to joining this university, he was professor of computer science in the Naval Postgraduate School, USA for six years. Aged 57 ， Prof. Lum is married, with two sons and a daughter. Professorial Inaugural Lecture Prof. George Fan, professor of information engineering, will deliver his inaugural lecture entitled 'Information, Communication and Computers' in Lecture Theatre 6’ Lady Shaw Building on 19th April at 5.00 p.m. All are welcome. Lecture by Wei Lun Visiting Professor Prof. Wang Yuan, president of the Chinese Mathematical Society, has been invited to visit the University as Wei Lun Visiting Professor and to give a public lecture entitled ‘Mathematics in China — present situation and development' on Saturday, 27th April at 11.15 a.m. in Lecture Theatre 6 ， Lady Shaw Building. The lecture is sponsored by the Wei Lun Foundation Ltd. and will be conducted in Putonghua. All are welcome. VC's Cup Tournament 1990-91 The Organizing Committee of the 1990-91 VC's Cup Staff Sports Tournament announces that this year's tournament will take place on Sunday, 21st April at the University Sports Centre. There will be three sports events: soccer, basketball, and tennis. Heats, semi-finals and finals will all be held on the same day. As in the past, six teams will participate in the various events and staff members interested in taking part in the competitions should contact their respective team captains as soon as possible. Captains of the six participating teams are: Tel Ext Yellow Team ( Administrative units, . Department of Extramural Studies, Office of International Studies Programmes and Information Management Unit) Soccer Mr. S. S. Tam (Personnel) 2269 Tennis Mr. Gordon Kui (IMU) 2745 -2749 Basketball Mr. Hardy Tsoi (SRRSH) 2820 White Team (Faculty of Arts, Institute of Chinese Studies, and Chinese Language Centre) Soccer Mr. Philip Fung (French) 2661 Tennis Dr. W. H. Lee (Japanese) 2523 Basketball Dr. Thomas Luk (English) 2803 Green Team (Faculty of Business Administration) Soccer Mr. Danny Cheng (O & M) 2772 Tennis Dr. Japhet Law (OSM) 2093 Basketball Dr. Robert Terpstra (Finance) 2792 Red Team (Faculty of Medicine and University Health Service) Soccer Dr. John Yeung 2864 (Pharmacology) Tennis Dr. Michael Tarn 2878 (Physiology) Basketball Mr. Warman Cheng (MDL) 2887 Purple Team (Faculty of Science and Computer Services Centre) Soccer Dr. Michael Chang (IE) 2970 Tennis Mr. Thomas Tsui (CSC) 2745 - 2749 Basketball Mr. C. H. Cheng (CSC) 2745 - 2749 Blue Team (Faculty of Social Science, School of Education, and non-professional staff of PE Unit) Soccer Dr. J. J. Lee (Social Work) 2559 Tennis Dr. Y. Leung (Geography) 2473 Basketball Mr. Mark Sheldon (GPA) 2709/2605 The tentative schedule for the day is as follows: 9.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m. Heats 2.00 - 3.30 p.m. Semi-finals and finals for soccer and tennis 2.30 - 3.30 p.m. Basketball semi-finals 3.30 - 4.30 p.m. Basketball final 4.30 - 5.00 p.m. Prize-presentation All are welcome. 7