Dr Shannon Rutherford on environment and population health

What impact do human activities have on the environment and one’s health? Dr Shannon Rutherford, Deputy Director of the Centre for Environment and Population Health, Griffith University, has explored...

2014/09/30

[UIC Beacon] Prof Fang Kaitai recognised by world-renowned statistical group

The International Chinese Statistical Association (ICSA) presented the 2014 Distinguished Achievement Award to Prof Fang Kaitai of DST's Statistics Programme at its general member meeting in Boston in...

2014/09/01

CST students awarded at Intel Cup Electronic Design Contest

Students from the Computer Science and Technology Programme (CST) won Third Prize at the 2014 Intel Cup Undergraduate Electronic Design Contest - Embedded System Design Invitational Contest held in Shanghai this July. Supervised by Dr Zhou Haichuan, Assistant Professor of the Division of Science and Technology (DST), Deng Churan, Chen Jiahang and Lin Xuan submitted their project and competed against almost 170 teams from universities of mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, the US, Germany, Russia, Brazil, Mexico and many other countries.

2014/07/28

Prof Fred J Hickernell - Constructing trustworthy numerical algorithms

Prof Fred J Hickernell, Chair of the Department of Applied Mathematics at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, was invited to speak about numerical algorithms to a UIC audience on 20 June....

2014/06/24

Prof Sankar K Pal - Rough-fuzzy computing and granular mining

After a long and elaborate preparation, students from the Computer Science and Technology Programme (CST) of the Division of Science and Technology presented their research projects during the first exhibition on the evening of 23 October 2013. Programme Director Dr Weifeng Su explained in his opening speech that the exhibition clearly demonstrates how to gather and analyze information, formulate a strategy, and apply it. By incorporating 'fun and hip' applications it will make the programme more attractive and students will be more motivated. CST should continue to promote this kind of 'fun' culture and continue to merge it into its programme.

2014/06/20

[UIC Beacon] Undergraduate vitamin B12 research patented

Dr Karen Poon, Associate Dean of the Division of Science and Technology and two of her students have successfully patented a method of producing vitamin B12 from vegetarian food. The patent was...

2014/05/12

Dr. Karen Poon and Dr. Bo Lei included as Zhuhai High-Level Talents

Dr. Karen Poon (left) Dr. Bo Lei Dr. Karen POON (Associate Professor, Associate Dean of the Division of Science and Technology) and Dr. Bo LEI (Associate Professor, Programme Director of Food...

2014/04/30

DST students show prime research results at Poster Presentation

A 3D printer, a smart home monitoring system, and an analysis of spatial data on US air pollutants… these were but a few things on display when UIC students presented their best 58 research results...

2014/04/21