Bulletin No. 1, 2010

28  Chinese University Bulletin No. 1, 2010  Two Projects Made Areas of Excellence T he University Grants Committee announced the funding results of the fifth round of its Areas of Excellence (AoE) Scheme in September 2009. A total of 28 proposals were received and five outstanding projects were selected as AoEs, two led by CUHK researchers. Together they will receive funding of over HK$103 million over an eight-year period. ‘Institute of Network Coding’ led by Prof. Yeung Wai-ho Raymond, Professor of Information Engineering, received funding of over HK$ 80 million. ‘The Historical Anthropology of Chinese Society’ led by Prof. David Faure, Professor of History, acquired over HK$23 million.