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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 / School of Science Joint Lecture
Symmetry in Mathematics and Physics
Prof. Igor FRENKEL
March 29, 2023
3:00 - 4:30pm
Kaisa Group Lecture Theater (IAS LT), Lo Ka Chung Building, Lee Shau Kee Campus, HKUST
IAS Distinguished Lecture
Statistics in the Data Science Era
March 31, 2023
3:00 - 4:30pm
Kaisa Group Lecture Theater (IAS LT), Lo Ka Chung Building, Lee Shau Kee Campus, HKUST
IAS / School of Science Joint Lecture
Computational Principles of Auditory Cortex
March 31, 2023
4:00 - 5:30pm
Padma and Hari Harilela Lecture Theater (LT-C), HKUST
IAS Program on Chinese Creative Writing
李睿珺科大電影週—《隱入塵煙》電影放映及映後談
April 03, 2023
7:00 - 10:30pm
香港科技大學逸夫演藝中心禮堂
IAS Program on Chinese Creative Writing
文學的移交—中國新生代小說家系列講座:從女性出發,經由性,向著人性
April 04, 2023
3:00 - 4:30pm
香港科技大學李兆基校園盧家驄薈萃樓佳兆業集團演講廳(高研院演講廳)
IAS Program on Chinese Creative Writing
李睿珺科大電影週—《告訴他們,我乘白鶴去了》電影放映
April 04, 2023
7:00 - 9:00pm
香港科技大學逸夫演藝中心禮堂
IAS Distinguished Lecture
Chemogenetic and Optogenetic Technologies for Probing Molecular and Cellular Networks
April 06, 2023
3:30 - 4:30pm
Kaisa Group Lecture Theater (IAS LT), Lo Ka Chung Building, Lee Shau Kee Campus, HKUST
IAS Program on Chinese Creative Writing
李睿珺科大電影週—《家在水草豐茂的地方》電影放映及映後談
April 06, 2023
7:00 - 10:30pm
香港科技大學 李兆基校園 盧家驄薈萃樓 佳兆業集團演講廳(高研院演講廳)
HKUST Music Alive!
Sergei Rachmaninoff 150th Anniversary Concert
April 12, 2023
7:30 - 9:00pm
HKUST Shaw Auditorium
HKUST Red Bird Visiting Scholars Lecture Series
Revolutionizing Video Streaming with AI-Enhanced Compression Techniques
April 14, 2023
11:00am - 12:00pm
IAS 2042, 2/F Lo Ka Chung Building Lee Shau Kee Campus, HKUST
IAS Program on Chinese Creative Writing
文學的移交—中國新生代小說家系列講座:以文學之舟漂流於時代
April 18, 2023
3:00 - 4:30pm
Online via Zoom
IAS Program on Chinese Creative Writing
文學的移交—中國新生代小說家系列講座:坐耗蒼茫想,全憑瑣屑謀
April 25, 2023
3:00 - 4:30pm
Online via Zoom

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

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
January 19, 2021
Prof. George SMOOT Chairs the 2021 Hang Lung Mathematics Awards Steering Committee

“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

“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

“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

“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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