Nicolas Auguin 1 David Morales 1 Matthew Mckay 1 Romain Couillet 2 Détails. Donald C Chang : Adjunct Professor: bochang@ust.hk: Tom Cheung: Assistant Professor: tcheung@ust.hk: Toyotaka Ishibashi: Assistant Professor Signal Processing meets Immunology: Towards a Hepatitis C Vaccine via High-Dimensional Covariance EstimationSpeaker: Matthew McKay, Hari Harilela Associate Professor, Electronic and Computer Engineering Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) Abstract "Traffic scheduling and rate adaptation for IEEE 802.11n MIMO wireless networks," (RGC CERG HKUST 610307) Investigator: K. B. Letaief (Project Manager) and M. Hamdi: Funding: $369,600 Granted for 2008-2009 "Making Hong Kong a high-technology leader in wireless communications product innovations … HKUST SPD contains HKUST Research Outputs in all forms and hosts the HKUST Scholar Profiles. According to the HKUST, “Scientists have been drawing on previous data and knowledge of the SARS virus in search of a way to crack SARS-CoV-2.” HKUST professor Matthew MCKAY said: “While an effective SARS vaccine was never formally released, a lot of experiments had been done to identify SARS epitopes that can induce an immune response in humans. HKUST Professors' Breakthrough Research Work in Electronic Communications Win Prestige IEEE Awards . After obtaining his Master’s degree in 2011, he joined Professor Matthew McKay’s team to “work on the exciting interdisciplinary research area of computational immunology”. 2 L2S - Laboratoire des signaux et systèmes Abstract: Robust high dimensional covariance estimators are considered, comprising regularized (linear shrinkage) modifications of Maronna's classical M-estimators. Prof. Matthew McKay, Dr. Ahmed Abdul Quadeer, and Mr. Syed Faraz Ahmed, PhD student – recently identified a set of potential vaccine targets. “HKUST is wholeheartedly grateful to all donors and benefactors for their generosity and support, which add significantly to the University’s efforts to uphold academic excellence and recruit outstanding faculty while providing the flexibility needed in the pursuit of its goals. Matthew McKay, Assistant Professor of Electronic and Computer Engineering. According to the HKUST, “Scientists have been drawing on previous data and knowledge of the SARS virus in search of a way to crack SARS-CoV-2.” Address: Rm 6401, HKUST. Signed (in alphabetical order) by following professors from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology: Prof. Rashmi Adaval, Prof. Sunil Arya, Along with Matthew McKay (professor at HKUST), a (not too) sparse PCA method based on random matrix theory was also devised. Prof. Matthew McKay . The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Department of Computer Science and Engineering PhD Thesis Defence Title: "The Emotional Characteristics of Western Orchestral Instruments with Different Pitch and Dynamics" By Miss Hiu Ting CHAN Abstract: Recent research has shown that different musical instrument sounds have strong emotional characteristics. Some other HKUST professors will also speak at the Forum and learn more: https://wlf2020.wlaforum.com PhD students who are HKUST MPhil graduates and have completed PDEV 6770 or other professional development courses offered by the University before may be exempted from taking PDEV 6770, subject to prior approval of the School. Please like the 3 that works best for you! Credit: HKUST As genetic sequences of SARS-CoV-2, the cause of the novel pneumonia (COVID-19), are similar to those of the An estimated 36.7 million people worldwide were living with HIV in 2016, while around one million people died from Aids-related illnesses in that year alone, according to UNAids. The HKPFS provides a generous stipend and travel support to its awardees, in order to attract the best and brightest students from all around the world to pursue their PhD in Hong Kong. Our paper “Extreme eigenvalue distributions of Jacobi ensembles: New exact representations, asymptotics and finite size corrections”, with Laureano Moreno-Pozas and Matthew McKay (HKUST) just appeared in Nuclear Physics B. Title: Name: Phone: E-Mail: Room: Head/Professor: Prof: I Ming HSING: 2358 7131: kehsing@ust.hk: 4571: Chair Professor: Prof: Inchi HU : 2358 7734 Are you having hard time staying awake in your online class? Now, a team led by HKUST data scientists Prof. Matthew MCKAY and Dr. Ahmed Abdul QUADEER have identified a set of B cell and T cell epitopes derived from SARS – protein fragments that can trigger the immune response against SARS-CoV – that may similarly trigger an immune response against the novel coronavirus. Here are the most popular tips to help you stay awake! Matthew McKay, associate professor in HKUST’s department of electronic and computer engineering. Prof. Matthew MCKAY Elected 2021 IEEE Fellow 23/12/2020 Prof. Pascale Fung is recognized for her significant contributions toward statistical NLP, comparable corpora, and building intelligent systems that can understand and empathize with humans. The awardees were selected by the Research Award Committee which was chaired by Prof Joseph Lee, HKUST Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies. The beginning of 2020 has seen the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in mainland China, which has quickly spread to over 30 countries around the world, infecting over 80,000 people and causing over 2,600 deaths as of late February 2020. HKUST Sets Up Platform for Real-time Reporting of Vaccine Target Recommendations for COVID-19. 2011-07-08. “Among the SARS epitopes that can trigger an immune action, we found a small fraction which exists in both SARS and COVID-19, with their genetic sequences being exactly the same. Tel: (852) 2358 6811 Fax: (852) 2358 2201 Email: cei@ust.hk Download the Guide to CEI Services Connect with us thru Facebook [+] Speaker: Prof. Matthew McKay (HKUST) (June 12, 2020, 10:00am) Title : Computational approaches for guiding rational vaccine design: Case studies in HCV, HIV, and COVID-19 ( DataSci ) Abstract : This talk will describe how computational modelling and high-dimensional statistics can aid the rational design of vaccines. “With many highly-qualified nominees who are top scholars in their fields, the selection process had been competitive and rigorous. Center for Education Innovation. Prof Matthew McKay (third from right) with the Stephen O Rice Prize: When it comes to electronic communications, HKUST is right up there with the best of them. Led by data scientists Professor Matthew McKay and Dr Ahmed Abdul Quadeer, the team successfully identified a set of potential vaccine targets for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in late February. Division of Life Science. # HKUST Engineering academics Prof. Matthew McKay and Prof. Kai Chen are selected as Young Scientists to speak and join global scientific elite to explore frontiers of research in the 3rd World Laureates Forum. Matthew McKay (Project Manager) and K. B. Letaief: Funding: $400,000 Granted for 2008-2010 : 6. The method is restricted to data the sparsity of which is block-wise structure, but allows to identify in practice the correct number of blocks to be selected. 1 HKUST - Hong Kong University of Science and Technology .