Distinguished Chinese Visiting Scholars Scheme 2005

Four lectures / seminars were organized by the Faculty under the PolyU Distinguished Chinese Visiting Scholars Scheme 2005. Details of the lectures and seminars are as follows:

Public Lecture on "Quantum Cryptography - The Next Generation Cryptography", 27 October 2005
	Professor Guo Guangcan, Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Professor at the University of Science and Technology of China, introduced the principle of quantum cryptography and reviewed recent developments in the investigations on the fiber quantum cryptology in this public lecture.

Seminar on "Quantum Computation - Recent Progress", 28 October 2005
	Professor Guo Guangcan, Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Professor at the University of Science and Technology of China, reviewed the principles of quantum computation, discussed the physical realizations of quantum computation, and reported on recent progress in his research group in this seminar.

Research Seminar on "Trajectory Based Stability-preserving Dimension-reduction Methodology for Analysing Nonlinear Dynamics", 25 October 2005
	Professor Xue Yusheng, Chief Engineer of Nanjing Automation Research Institute and Member of Chinese Academy of Engineering, presented the theory and applications of a new unified approach to analyse stability of nonlinear dynamic systems. The presentation focused on the development of models based on power system examples to observe the application to large power system solution.

Open Lecture on "Defence Framework Against Power System Blackouts", 28 October 2005

Professor Xue Yusheng, Chief Engineer of Nanjing Automation Research Institute and Member of Chinese Academy of Engineering, discussed on the experiences, new requirements and prospects of security defence schemes for large electric power systems. A wide area measurement based defence scheme, named as Wide Area Monitoring Analysis Protection Control was proposed to guard against cascading blackouts.