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26-Aug-2021
Congratulations to the following AMA faculty members and research staff whose projects are supported by the...
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02-Jul-2021
Congratulations to the following colleagues for receiving the RGC GRF in 2021-2022: Chen XJ, Ding Y, Guo X,...
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11-Jan-2021
Chair Professor Defeng Sun collaborates with Noah's Ark Lab for the development of an efficient industrial ...
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08-Jan-2021
Dr. Fridolin Ting is honored with the President’s Award for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching 2019/2020
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02-Dec-2020
A Positive and Asymptotic Preserving Filtered PN method for the Gray Radiative Transfer Equations
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24-Nov-2020
Emeritus Professor Liqun Qi named the Highly Cited Research 2020 by Clarivate Analytics
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06-Nov-2020
Prof. Sun is selected as one of the eight elected Inaugural Fellows of the China Society for Industrial and...
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22-Jun-2020
Media reports on AMA's new QEF project "Developing Active Learning Pedagogies and Mobile Applications in Se...
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Achievement
World leading research and top world rankingOur research in Mathematics and Statistics have achieved remarkable recognition since 2009. According to the Research Assessment Exercise 2020, 89% of AMA's research has achieved a 4- or 3- star rating i.e. 'world leading' or 'Internationally excellent' by international standards. In the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Ranking 2021, PolyU is listed the world top 100 in Statistics and Operational Research and 150 in Mathematics.
Moreover, AMA achieved a very satisfactory performance in the 2021/22 GRF/ECS Exercise as both the number of funded projects and success rate increased by 58.3% (from 12 to 19) and 13.29% (from 48% to 61.29%), respectively. The funding amount awarded to the Department also reaches a new high record and makes up 7.2% of the total grant amount allocated to PolyU in this exercise.
Number of AMA’s projects funded by GRF/ECS grants in the recent years:
Year |
2014-15 |
2015-16 |
2016-17 |
2017-18 |
2018-19 |
2019-20 |
2020-21 |
2021-22 |
No. of projects |
9 |
8 |
16 |
11 |
16 |
16 |
12 |
19 |
In addition to the GRF/ECS scheme, the Department has also received other grant sources in the past 5 years:
- Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF)
- Health and Medical Research Fund
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
- NSFC/RGC Joint Research Scheme
- AIDS Trust Fund
- Germany/Hong Kong Joint Research Scheme
- Industrial collaborating grant from Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.
- Industrial collaborating grant from Value Exchange International Limited
- ITF-University-Industry Collaboration Programme (UICP)
- PROCORE-France/Hong Kong Joint Research Scheme
Funded teaching project
On top of our research accomplishment, we are also proud of our effort in making significant advance in teaching. In summer 2017, our teaching team proposed a Teaching & Learning project titled “Developing Active Learning Pedagogies and Mobile Applications in University STEM Education” and won a funding from the University Grants Committee UGC Funding Scheme 2016-2019. The project involves three other local universities (Hong Kong Baptist University, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, The University of Hong Kong), while our teaching team plays the leading role. We are thrilled to win the Department’s first UGC Teaching and Learning funding, and will continue to strive for further improvement.
A New University Research Facility
In 2018, PolyU established a new University Research Facility in Big Data Analytics. AMA is tasked to manage the facility jointly with the Department of Computing. It will facilitate multidisciplinary research in big data.
Staff
Prof. Chen Xiaojun
- Prof. Chen is elected as 2021 Fellows of the Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics for her contributions to optimization, stochastic variational inequalities, and nonsmooth analysis. Please click here for details
- The President's Award for Excellent Performance and Achievements in Research and Scholarly Activities 2010/2011
- Semi-Plenary speaker of the 21st International Symposium on Mathematical Programming Berlin, 2012
Prof. Huang Jian
- The Highly Cited Researchers 2014-2018 by Clarivate Analytics (formerly the Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters) https://hcr.clarivate.com/
- Fellow of the American Statistical Association in 2009
Prof. Qi Li-qun
- The Highly Cited Researcher in the field of Mathematics 2018-2020 by Clarivate AnalyticsPlease click here for details
- The Top 15 among 27,033 authors in 'Control and Optimization' discipline according to Microsoft Academic Search, by H-Index
- ISI Most Highly Cited Mathematician in the period of 1981-2007
- The First Class Science and Technology Award of Chinese Operations Research Society in 2010
Prof. Sun Defeng
- Prof. Sun is selected as one of the eight elected Inaugural Fellows of the China Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (CSIAM). Please click here for details
- Prof. Sun is elected as 2020 Fellows of the Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics for his distinguished work and outstanding service to the community. Please click here for details
- Prof. Sun, together with his collaborator Prof Kim-Chuan Toh and their former PhD student Dr. Liuqin Yang, was awarded the triennial Beale--Orchard-Hays Prize for Excellence in Computational Mathematical Programming 2018 by the Mathematical Optimization Society. Please click here for details
Prof. Chan Cheong-ki
- The President's Award for Excellent Performance and Achievements in Services 2007/2008
Prof. Kwong Man-kam
- ISI Most Highly Cited Mathematician in the period of 1981-2007
Prof. Wong Heung
- Faculty Award for Outstanding Performance / Achievement in Teaching 2009/2010
- The prestigious statistical software Statistical Analysis System (SAS) announced in early 2010 to include the Wong and Li's ARCH test in one of its time series Procedures.
Prof. Yang Xiaoqi
- The President's Award for Excellent Performance/ Achievement in Research and Scholarly Activities 2017/2018
- The Faculty Award for Outstanding Performance in Research and Scholarly Activities (Individual) 2016/2017
Prof. Zhao Xing-qiu
- Winner of the 2014 Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Awards (Science and Technology) administrated by the Ministry of Education of China (MoE) - Natural Science Award (Second Class)
Dr. Chan Chi-kin
- Faculty Award for Outstanding Performance / Achievement in Teaching 2011/2012
Dr. He Dai-hai
- Dr. He and his co-authors receive the Second Prize for the 2019 Award for Outstanding Research Articles in Biosurveillance by The International Society for Disease Surveillance (ISDS). The award is for their article 'Modelling the large-scale yellow fever outbreak in Luanda, Angola, and the impact of vaccination'.
Drs. James Huang (right) and Li Xun (left)
- Members of the winning team of 2018 Outstanding Achievement Award in Scientific Research for Institution of Higher Education (Second Prize) administrated by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China.http://www.moe.gov.cn/srcsite/A16/s7062/201901/t20190124_367995.html
Dr. Qiao Zhong-hua
- Awardee of RGC Research Fellow 2020/21
- 2018 Hong Kong Mathematical Society Award for Young Scholars
- Winner of Early Career Award 2013/14 presented by the Research Grants Council
Dr. Raymond Sze
- Winners of the 2014 Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications (JMAA) Ames Awards
Dr. Wang Zhi-an
- 2019 Hong Kong Mathematical Society Award for Young Scholars
- Winners of the 2012 Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications (JMAA) Ames Awards in Pure and Applied mathematics
Dr. Pong Ting-kei
- Dr. T.K. Pong won the Early Career Award 2015/16 presented by the Research Grants Council. Dr. Pong is the only faculty member from PolyU who received the Award in 2015.
Dr. Yue Man-chung
- Winner of Early Career Award 2020/21 presented by the Research Grants Council
Dr. Zhou Zhi
- Winner of Early Career Award 2018/19 presented by the Research Grants Council
Dr. Fridolin Ting
- The President's Award for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching 2019/2020. Please click here for details
- Finalist for the "2020 UGC Teaching Award" by University Grants Committee. Please click here for UGC's video clip of the finalists of the 2020 UGC Teaching Award.
- The Faculty Award for Outstanding Performance/Achievement 2019/20 - Teaching (Individual Award)
- Winner of Trendsetter Award, The EdTech Awards 2020. Please click here for details
Dr. Fridolin Ting (team leader), Prof. Chan Cheong Ki, Dr. Zhang Hua and Dr. Raymond Sze
- The Faculty Award for Outstanding Performance on Teaching (team) 2016/2017. Please click here for details
Dr. Fridolin Ting (left) with the PALMS team at the Wharton-QS Reimagine Education Conference and Awards in London, England on 10 December 2019
Dr. Fridolin Ting and AMA PALMS project team
- Gold Award of Exemplary Teaching and Learning Award, eLearning Forum Asia 2020-2021 and Bronze Award in the 'Science of Learning' category, Reimagine Education Awards 2020-21. Please click here for details.
- Won 7 international educational awards recently as recognition for their contributions to innovations in STEM tertiary education. Please click here for details.
Dr. Zhang Hua
- The Faculty Award for Outstanding Performance/Achievement 2018/19 - Teaching (Individual Award)
Student
Miss ZHAO Xiaohan, student of BSc (Hons) in Investment Science
- FAST Outstanding Student Award 2020
Mr. FANG Chen, student of Minor programme in Applied Mathematics. Advisor: Dr. He Daihai
- Meritorious Winner of Mathematical Content in Modeling (MCM) 2019
Mr. Salihu Sabiu Musa, student of Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Mathematics. Supervisor: Dr. He Daihai
- Best Research Paper Presentation Award by the 20th World conference on Applied Science, Engineering and Technology 2019
Mr. XU Zhaoyu and WANG Anbo, students of Minor programme in Applied Mathematics. Advisor: Dr. Zhang Hua
- Meritorious Winner of Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling 2019
Mr. DONG Huan, Tony (on the right), Year 2 student of Investment Science
- Member of the Merit Team, HKICP Business Case Competition 2018
Alumni
Dr. Yang Lei, Alumnus
- 2018-2019 Hong Kong Mathematical Society Best Thesis Award
Miss Lee Ka Yi, Alumna of BSc (Hons) in Investment Science
- The 2019 Medal of Honour by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in recognition of her outstanding achievements in international squash competitions. Please click here for details.
- Winning team of Gold Medal in Women's Squash Team Event at the 2018 Asian Games. Photo on top: Ka Yi (left) and her teammates
- The PSA Women's Player of the Month Award for July 2015. Please click here for details.
- Champion of Contrex SquashChallenge Cup 2015. Please click here for details.
Mr. Erwin Li and Miss Shi Yu, Alumni of BSc (Hons) in Investment Science
- Winner of the first place award in the category of Mathematics and Physics in the first "Challenge Cup" of the Hong Kong University Students Extra-curriculum Technology Contest in June 2015. Please click here for details.
Mr. Erwin Li, Miss Shi Yu and Miss You Mengqiao, Alumni of BSc (Hons) in Investment Science
- The team received the best results among other Hong Kong students at the 31st Annual Mathematical Contest in Modeling in February 2015. For details, please click here.
Dean's List 2019/20
| BSc (Hons) in Investment Science | BSc (Hons) in Investment Science and Finance Analytics | BSc (Hons) in Data Science and Analytics |
| CHEUNG Hei Man | DONG Nanxi | CHAN Suet Kiu |
| DONG Huan | QIN Zhiyuan | |
| FANG Xiangeng | ||
| HO Tsz Kin | ||
| JIN Huilin | ||
| LIU Xiaohan | ||
| LUO Guangze | ||
| REN Zhihao | ||
| SHAN Jingran | ||
| WANG Kexin | ||
| WANG Yingnuo | ||
| YAN Wuyuxuan | ||
| ZHANG Xingyue | ||
| ZHANG Zhonghao | ||
| ZHAO Xiaohan |
| MSc in Applied Mathematics for Science and Technology | MSc in Operational Research and Risk Analysis |
| JI Xiaoxuan | JIN Minglu |
| LIANG Zhensheng | LI Mo |
| LYU Shanzheng | LI Qian |
| WANG Zhu | |
| YU Xinyang |
Graduates awarded with First Class Honours/Distinction 2019/2020
| BSc (Hons) in Investment Science | MSc in Applied Mathematics for Science and Technology | MSc in Operational Research and Risk Analysis |
| GAO Tang | GUAN Yue | JIN Minglu |
| LYU Jiangyu | GUO Zijia | LI Jinxin |
| REN Zhihao | JI Xiaoxuan | LI Mo |
| LIANG Zhensheng | LI Qian | |
| LYU Shanzheng | SIU Chun Hong | |
| MA Yifan | SUN Ziqian | |
| PEI Yuwen | TANG Fengyi | |
| WU Liuying | WANG Ying | |
| XU Chang | WANG Yue | |
| YU Xinghua | WANG Zhu | |
| ZHENG Yangzi | WU Zhenjie | |
| ZHOU Wenjun | XIA Zefang | |
| YOU Jia | ||
| YU Xinyang |
Dean's List and Graduates awarded with First Class Honours/Distinction 2018/2019
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