Overview
The United Nations General Assembly 68th Session proclaimed 2015 as the International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies. Light has been playing a vital role in our daily lives. It has revolutionized cross-cutting disciplines from communication to medicine. As a pre-celebration of the Year of Light, IAS
Visiting Professors Marvin Cohen and Yuen-Ron Shen (both from University
of California at Berkeley) will review the essential role of optical characterization in understanding the properties of materials. Several local experts will also talk about new advances in light based science and technology.
Organizer
| Che Ting Chan | | Department of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
(Executive Director of HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study) |
Co-sponsor
Department of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and
Technology
Selected
snapshots
(From left to right) Prof Aaron H P Ho, Prof Che Ting Chan, Prof Yuen-Ron Shen, Prof Marvin Cohen, Prof Kok Wai Cheah, Prof Michael M T Loy and Prof Michael Altman gather for a group photo.
Prof Marvin Cohen
Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley
(Visiting Professor of HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study)
Prof Yuen-Ron ShenDepartment of Physics, University of California at Berkeley
(Visiting Professor of HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study)
Prof Kok Wai Cheah Department of Physics, Hong Kong
Baptist University
Prof Aaron H P HoDepartment of Electronic Engineering,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Prof Michael M T Loy Department of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
(Affiliate Member of HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study)
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