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Overseas Exchanges for Hong Kong Post Doctoral
Researchers
Overseas Partnership Scheme for Post
Doctoral Researchers
The Research Grants Council (RGC) Chairman Professor Roland Chin remarked that
RGC has launched the Hong Kong-Scotland Post Doctoral Research Scheme. Up to ten awards,
with five for each side, will be available in 2012/2013. Hong Kong applicants must be
PhD graduates from UGC-funded institutions resided in Hong Kong, and employed by
UGC-funded
institutions. The scheme is a platform for local PhD graduates to acquire
substantial experience in teaching and
research in Scottish universities.
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Civil Society Development in China: The Pivotal Role of
Public Interest Lawyering
The project has generated three major
findings. First, the legal profession is a progressive force in building the rule of
law and limiting government power. While there are valid criticisms that Chinese legal
profession is profit-driven and cares little about issues beyond its narrow professional
interests, a sizable group of lawyers in China has demonstrated deep concerns for the rule
of law, human rights and political reform.
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Cross-Border Air Pollution Control: Legal and Policy Solutions
It is acknowledged that there are two sources
of air pollution in Hong Kong: local and external (Pearl River Delta), in which the latter
being the primary source. Hong Kong’s air pollution is a regional issue
rather than a local issue. The resolution of this issue is further
complicated by the fact that Hong Kong has a distinct legal system from the Mainland,
and the legislation governing air pollution control is different between Hong Kong and
the Mainland. The HKSAR Government has signed agreements with Guangdong Province
on reduction of air pollutants, but these agreements are not enforceable.
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State Channeling of Labor Conflict in China
This project examines the state channeling of labor protests in China. As a result of the
transition to market economy, labor disputes have risen sharply over the last
twenty-five years in China. While many such disputes are handled through established legal channels, large scale public protests have become
increasingly common, threatening social stability and sustainable economic
growth.
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Heterogeneous Transfer
Learning with Applications to Web Data Mining
In this information age, data are at the center of most of our daily activities. Imagine you
start your day and head off to work. Your car’s movement data are captured via GPS devices
and smart phones. When you visit the web and search for a specific product, your query
and clicking actions are recorded in a data store known as query log data. When you
take a picture using your camera, one or more image data are created. We are truly in the
age of the so-called Big Data, where the data flows in even larger volume, wider variety
and faster speed.
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Development of Highly Efficient Video Encoders Based on
Spatial-Temporal-View for Multiview Video Systems
Multiview video, recorded video sequences using multiple
cameras, has attracted much attention recently since it is capable of representing high
quality 3D world scene, and provides new visual enjoyments beyond 2D, such as 3D depth impression and interactive selection of arbitrary
viewpoint/direction within a certain range of distances. With these
features and the technological advancements in display technology, it would allow many new
visual media applications, such as photorealistic rendering of 3D scenes, free-viewpoint television
(FTV), 3D television (3DTV) broadcasting, and 3D games, to provide exciting
functions for users.
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Scalable Continuous Query Processing on Imprecise
Location Data
Recent advances in
positioning technologies (e.g., GPS, RFID, and cellular systems) have
led to a tremendous growth in the demand for location-based services. A large class
of these applications (e.g., transportation control systems) requires the long-standing,
continuous and real-time tracking of locations of numerous mobile objects (e.g., cellularphone
users). One common problem faced by these applications is that location data
are inherently uncertain, due to factors such as inaccurate sensing device measurements,
limited sensing rates, and network latency. Services that base their decisions on these data
must take this error information into account or else risk the degradation of their quality and
reliability. Another problem is the requirement that mobile objects constantly report their
locations places a heavy burden on both their battery life and the network bandwidth.
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What's New
Open Forum on Collaborative Research
Early Career Scheme (ECS)
General Research Fund (GRF)
Prestigious Fellowship Scheme for the Humanities and
Social Sciences Panel (HSSPFS)
Public Policy Research Funding Scheme (PPR)
Theme-based Research Scheme (TRS)
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