Dean of Students' Tea Series
How to Achieve a Fruitful Journey in Postgraduate Studies
Distinguished Speaker: Prof. Ka-Veng Yuen
(Dean of Graduate School, Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering of UM)
It is our great pleasure to have Prof. Ka-Veng Yuen, Dean of Graduate School and Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering of University of Macau, as a distinguished speaker at the "Dean of Students' Tea" to share on "How to Achieve a Fruitful Journey in Postgraduate Studies".
Date & Time: 15 Oct 2019, Tuesday, 4:00 - 5:30 pm
Distinguished Speaker: Prof. Ka-Veng Yuen (Dean of Graduate School, Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering)
Venue: S3-G009 Activity Room, Postgraduate House
Language: Mandarin
Abstract: The speaker will start with a brief introduction in his education path and career. Then, he will share with the audience his own view on graduate studies. He will also present his view on research topic selection and other suggestions regarding graduate studies.
*Light refreshment will be provided.
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Introduction to Prof. Ka-Veng Yuen
Ka-Veng Yuen (Ph.D., California Institute of Technology)
Dean of Graduate School, University of Macau
Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Macau
Academic Leader in the State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City, University of Macau
(Visiting) Chair Professor, South China University of Technology
Personal website: http://www.cis.um.edu.mo/~kvyuen
Prof. Yuen is the Dean of Graduate School and Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) of the University of Macau. He was the Head of Department of CEE, Associate Dean (Academic Affairs), Associate Dean (Research and Graduate Studies) and interim Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology, and the Registrar of the University. He also served as the Chair of Staff Housing Committee, Information and Education Technology Committee and Scholarship Committee of the Senate, the Panel of Intellectual Property Rights, Member of the Administrative Committee of UMTEC Limited, Academic Advisor of Research & Development Administrative Office. In 2016 and 2017, he served as the spokesman of the first Joint Admission Examination for Four Higher Education Institutions in Macao.
In 2002, he received his PhD in civil engineering from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) after a study period of 2 years and 7 months. In 2010 and 2018, he became the first UM full professor promoted before the age of 35 and first UM Distinguished Professor promoted before 43, respectively. In 2012, he was elected in the National Science and Technology Award Panel Expert Bank and the National Science and Technology Programs Expert Bank of the Ministry of Science and Technology, People's Republic of China. His major awards include: Young Investigator Award, International Chinese Association on Computational Mechanics; QIAN Weichang programme scholar, K.C. Wong Education Foundation; Phi-Tau-Phi Honorary member and the Housner's Fellowship (Housner is known as "the Father of Earthquake of Engineering.")
Prof. Yuen's research expertise includes Bayesian inference, uncertainty quantification, system identification, structural health monitoring, reliability analysis and analysis of dynamical systems. His paper "Model selection using response measurements: Bayesian probabilistic approach" (coauthored with J.L. Beck) is one of the top 10 most cited papers among all papers published in the Journal of Engineering Mechanics (established since 1983) of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Furthermore, his single-author book "Bayesian methods for structural dynamics and civil engineering" (published by the top publisher John Wiley & Sons in 2010) has attracted great attention of Bayesian methods for structural dynamics. It has become a classical reading in this research field. |