Research Areas

IMR - Research Areas

(1) Several Complex Variables and Complex Geometry
Convener: Prof. T.-W. Ng
External Member: Prof. Y.-T. Siu (Harvard University, Distinguished Professor of HKU until 2016)
Members: Prof. N. Mok, Prof. T.-W. Ng, Dr. Z. Hua

(2) Algebra and Number Theory
Convener: Prof. Y.-K. Lau
External Member: Prof. Winnie Li (Distinguished Professor of Pennsylvania State University)
Members: Prof. Y.-K. Lau, Dr. C.Y. Hui, Dr. B. Kane, Dr. X. Zhang, Prof. K.-M. Tsang (Honorary Professor)
(Prof. E. Zelmanov, Fields Medalist, was in this group until 2014 in the capacity of Distinguished Professor of HKU)

(3) Geometry and Lie Groups
Convener: Prof. J. Lu
Members: Prof. J. Lu, Prof. N. Mok, Dr. Z. Hua, Prof. W.-S. Cheung (Honorary Professor)

(4) Probability, Stochastics and Mathematical Finance
Convener: Prof. W.-K. Ching
Associate Member: Prof. J. Yao (Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, HKU)
Members: Prof. W.-K. Ching, Dr. Z. Zhang, Dr. S.-P. Yung (Honorary Associate Professor)

(5) Optimization, Computational Science and Information Theory
Convener: Prof. W. Zang
Associate Member: Prof. H-F. Chau (Department of Physics, HKU)
Members: Prof. G. Han, Prof. X. Yuan, Prof. W. Zang, Dr. Z. Qu, Dr. Z. Zhang

(6) Partial Differential Equations and Applications
Convener: Dr. T.-K. Wong
Associate Member: Prof. K.-W. Chow (Department of Mechanical Engineering, HKU)
External Member: Prof. Robert Conte (École normale supérieure de Cachan, France)
Members: Prof. T.-W. Ng, Dr. G. Li, Dr. T.-K. Wong, Dr. Z. Zhang, Prof. W.-S. Cheung (Honorary Professor), Dr. S.-P. Yung (Honorary Associate Professor)

(7) Random Matrix Theory
Convener: Prof. Y.-K. Lau
External Member: Prof. Jon Keating (Bristol University)
Associate Member: Prof. J. Yao (Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, HKU)
Members: Prof. Y.-K. Lau, Prof. T.-W. Ng