Newsletter No. 461

461 • 19.8.2015 5 第三屆計量金融學術會議 The Third Asian Quantitative Finance Conference 金融工程中心與系統工程與工程管理學系於7月6至8日合辦第三屆計量金融學術會議。常 務副校長華雲生教授、金融工程中心主任李端教授，以及計量金融學術會議委員會主席陳 南教授在開幕典禮中致辭，歡迎百位與會者。 是次年度會議的目的，是介紹計量金融的最新發展，促進亞洲對於此領域的研究，並造就 亞洲和其他地區的研究人員彼此交流合作。 本屆會議分六場主題演講、四十八場專題演講，以及學生論文比賽。許多在本領域的著名學 者參加會議，並討論後金融危機時代中各類充滿挑戰的計量金融課題，包括系統性風險建 模、高頻交易、投資者行為金融、模型的不確定性和財務風險的測量。 Jointly organized by the Centre for Financial Engineering (CFE) and the Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management, the Third Asian Quantitative Finance Conference (AQFC) was held from 6 to 8 July. Prof. Benjamin W. Wah, Provost, Prof. Duan Li, director of the CFE and Prof. Nan Chen, chair of Programme Committee, AQFC, welcomed around 100 participants from academia and industry. This series of annual conferences aims to feature the latest developments in the field of quantitative finance and promote its research in Asia. It provides a platform for interaction and cooperation among researchers within Asia and elsewhere. The conference consisted of six keynote speeches, 48 technical presentations and a student paper competition. Many leading scholars in the area came to the event to discuss a variety of topics of current interests in quantitative finance in the post-crisis era, such as systemic risk modeling, high-frequent trading, investor behaviour and finance, model uncertainty, and financial risk measurements. 趣味英語拼音比賽 ‘Fun with Phonics’ Competition 由教育學院優化英語教學研究中心舉辦的趣味英語拼音比賽，是2014至15年度優質教育 基金小學英國語文網絡計劃（由香港特區政府優質教育基金資助）的重點活動。此活動的 目的是透過具趣味及創意的方式，讓小一至小三學生多練習英語拼音，從而增加學習興趣， 提升英語水平。是次活動收到超過一千三百份創意寫作的作品，當中二十一份獲挑選進入 5月8日舉行的總決賽。 活動當天，由中心總監麥陳淑賢教授（ 右三 ）致歡迎辭揭開序幕，繼而由比賽評判白蕊博士 （ 右二 ）和Stuart Mead先生（ 左三 ）致辭。除了由兩位評判選出三甲作品，在場所有參加者 及觀眾亦投票選出「我最喜歡的參賽作品」獎項。 ‘Fun with Phonics’, a competition organized by the Centre for Enhancing English Learning and Teaching (CEELT) of the Faculty of Education, is one of the most significant events of the project entitled ‘Quality Education Fund Thematic Network (QTN) on English Language (Primary) 2014–15’ (sponsored by the Quality Education Fund of the HKSAR Government). Aimed at enabling primary one to three students to practice onsets and rimes in a fun and creative way and to enhance their interest and proficiency in English language, the event attracted more than 1,300 entries of creative writing. Twenty-one pieces were entered into the final round at the event on 8 May. The competition began with a welcoming speech from Prof. Barley Mak ( 3rd right ), director of CEELT, followed by Dr. Barry Bai ( 2nd right ) and Mr. Stuart Mead ( 3rd left ) as the judges of the competition. In addition to the three conventional awards that were determined by the two judges, ‘The entries I like most’ was voted by all attendees during the event. 裘槎暑期課程 Croucher Summer Course 生命科學學院細胞器生物合成及功能研究中心和細胞及發育生物學研究中心於6月15至 19日舉行第二屆裘槎暑期課程(CSC)細胞及發育生物學研究。裘槎基金會主席David Foster先生及理學院院長黃乃正教授於開幕禮致辭。 裘槎暑期課程是一個五天住宿課程，目標是教育及啟發來自香港及中國內地的可造之材。 參加的研究生及初級研究員有機會向優秀的科學家學習，拓展人際網路，參與互動討論，並 獲得在實驗室實習的經驗。活動舉行期間，他們亦跟受邀請的講者溝通及自由討論。 這次活動共有六位世界著名的科學家參與，分別是來自美國加州大學柏克萊分校的 David Drubin 教授（CSC副主席）及 James Hurley 教授、美國史丹福大學的 Dominique Bergmann教授、美國國家聽障和溝通障礙機構的Dor Wu教授、美國加州理工學院的Elliot Meyerowitz教授及芬蘭赫爾辛基大學的Pekka Lappalainen教授。 RGC-AoE Centre for Organelle Biogenesis and Function and Centre of Cell and Developmental Biology of School of Life Sciences successfully organized the second Croucher Summer Course (CSC) on Cell and Developmental Biology Research from 15 to 19 June. Mr. David Foster, director of the Courcher Foundation, and Prof. Henry N. C. Wong, Dean of Science, gave speeches at the opening ceremony. Croucher Summer Course is a five-day residential summer course, which sets out to educate and inspire a group of very promising postgraduate students and early career researchers from Hong Kong and the wider region. Participants have the opportunity to learn from outstanding scientists, network with peers, participate in engaging and interactive discussions and gain practical experience in the laboratory. During the event, they also had effective communication and open discussion with the invited speakers. Six world renowned scientists took part in this event, they were Prof. David Drubin (associate director of the CSC) and Prof. James Hurley from University of California at Berkeley, USA, Prof. Dominique Bergmann from Stanford University, USA, Prof. Doris Wu from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, USA, Prof. Elliot Meyerowitz from California Institute of Technology, USA, and Prof. Pekka Lappalainen from University of Helsinki, Finland.