Driving a Commitment to Excellence

The HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) is committed to providing a platform for catalytic interaction among the world's foremost scientists and scholars to pursue enduring knowledge. It spearheads both fundamental and applied research relevant to the region's socio-economic development.

Latest Events

Programs & Conferences
Event Series
Lectures and Other Activities
IAS Distinguished Lecture
Exploring Epigenomes and Epitranscriptomes with Mass Spectrometry
June 16, 2023
3:00 - 4:30pm
Kaisa Group Lecture Theater (IAS LT), Lo Ka Chung Building, Lee Shau Kee Campus, HKUST
IAS Program on Particle Theory
Nonlocal Quantum Gravity in Particle Physics, Black Holes, and Cosmology
June 19, 2023
2:00 - 3:00pm
IAS4042, 4/F, Lo Ka Chung Building, Lee Shau Kee Campus, HKUST
IAS Distinguished Lecture
Theoretical Neuroscience in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Prof. WANG Xiao-Jing
June 23, 2023
3:00 - 4:30pm
Kaisa Group Lecture Theater (IAS LT), Lo Ka Chung Building, Lee Shau Kee Campus, HKUST
IAS Program on Particle Theory
Towards Provably Efficient Quantum Algorithms for Large-scale Machine-learning Models
June 29, 2023
2:00 - 3:00pm
IAS4042, 4/F, Lo Ka Chung Building, Lee Shau Kee Campus, HKUST
IAS / School of Science Joint Lecture
Regeneration of the Mouse and Human Vestibular System — A Balancing Act
June 29, 2023
3:00 - 4:30pm
Kaisa Group Lecture Theater (IAS LT), Lo Ka Chung Building, Lee Shau Kee Campus, HKUST
IAS / School of Engineering Joint Lecture
Machine Learning for Emotion Prediction, Ideology Detection and Polarization Analysis Using COVID-19 Tweets
July 07, 2023
4:30 - 5:30pm
Mr and Mrs Lee Siu Lun Lecture Theater (LT-K), HKUST

Facts & Figures

Creating Innovations and Inspiring the Community
250+
Postdoctoral researchers & Visiting Scholars have joined the IAS community since IAS' inception
1500+
International events conducted since the IAS Inaugural Lecture in 2006
40+
Projects received support by General Research Fund (GRF) over the past 5 years

Latest News & Media

May 02, 2023
IAS Members Elected to U.S. National Academy of Sciences
September 29, 2022
IAS Sin Wai Kin Professor of Chinese Culture YAN Lianke Has Been Awarded the 6th Lee Hochul Literary Prize for Peace for His Great Contribution and Significance in Literature
September 15, 2022
Prof. Tom DANIEL Appointed CEO of the Washington Research Foundation
March 15, 2022
IAS Members to Receive Honorary Doctorates from the University of Helsinki
May 10, 2021
Prof. Evelyn HU Receives the 2021 IEEE/RSE James Clerk Maxwell Medal

“The programs and workshops organized by the IAS provide a good platform for bringing theorists, experimentalists and accelebrator physicists together to interact.”

Prof. LUK Kam-Biu
IAS Paul C W Chu Professor

“The IAS offers me much more support than I could ask for and has a diverse student body. The Institute values the importance of literature and creative arts.”

Prof. YAN Lianke
IAS Sin Wai Kin Professor of Chinese Culture

“Our goal is to offer students hands-on experience in music and the arts, to help them understand what it means to be a creative artist.”

Prof. Bright SHENG
IAS Helmut & Anna Pao Sohmen Professor-at-Large

“This is my third time coming to the Gordon Research Conferences held at the IAS. Collaborations often happen after people return to their home institutions and continue the discussion and exchange of ideas.”

Prof. Patrick Lee
William & Emma Rogers Professor of Physics; IAS Senior Visiting Fellow

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