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Subject: Postgrad. Programme (AI,LP,NN,EC,etc.) of Hong Kong Poly. University
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 H O N G  K O N G  P O L Y T E C H N I C  U N I V E R S I T Y
                               
                     Postgraduate Studies
                    (M.Phil, PhD Programs)
                               
                              in
                               
                    Department of Computing
                               
                     Call For Applications
                     ---------------------



THE UNIVERSITY

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), previously known
as  Hong  Kong Polytechnic, was established by the  Hong  Kong
Government as a tertiary educational institution on August  1,
1972.   In terms of student numbers, the PolyU is now  by  far
the  largest tertiary educational  institution in  Hong  Kong,
offering  a  wide  range  of  courses  which  directly   meets
industrial, commercial and community needs.


POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES

The  Department  of  Computing at PolyU  has  been  active  in
applied  computing  research  and  activities  have  developed
rapidly  with  the  recent addition  of  a  number  of  highly
qualified  new  staff  who  brought  valuable  industrial  and
academic  experience to the department.  Through its expanding
range  of  consultancy  and applied research  activities,  the
department's  substantial  resources  are  being  directed  to
further  assist the development of Hong Kong.  The  Department
currently  offers  two  research  degree  programmes,  namely,
Master  of Philosophy (MPhil) and Doctor of Philosophy  (PhD),
and  has  major  research areas in but not restricted  to  the
following fields of study :

   Artificial Intelligence
   Computer communications and networking
   Computer Graphics, Multi-Media and virtual reality
   Database Systems
   Decision Support Systems
   Evolutionary Computation
   Information System Management
   Logic programming
   Object Oriented technologies
   Parallel and Distributed Systems
   Pattern Recognition and Machine Vision
   Neural Networks and Fuzzy Systems
   Software Engineering : Testing, Maintenance, and
                          Process Engineering


RESEARCH FACILITIES

High-end workstations with network access via the campus  FDDI
backbone   are   available  for  research   by   faculty   and
postgraduate students in the Department.  The departmental LAN
can   also  gain  access  to  all  the  University's   central
facilities,  such as the University Library and the  computing
resources of Information Technology Services.  Currently,  the
department  has  computing facilities including  numerous  SUN
SPARCs workstations, 1 NeXT workstation,  10 SGI workstations,
and Pentium PCs.   Other facilities include Unix/PC multimedia
equipments,  high  resolution color scanner,  various  virtual
reality equipments, etc.



FINANCIAL AID

Once admitted into our programs, the student will be paid a
stipend of approximatly 12,000 p.m. (US$1 = app. HK$7.7).


ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Applicants  for  admission to the research  programmes  should
have  a  Bachelor or Master degree in Computing or  a  related
discipline.


APPLICATION  AND  FURTHER INFORMATION

Applications and enquiries should be directed to :

 Ms. Daphne So
 Secretary, Departmental Research Committee
 Department of Computing
 Hong Kong Polytechnic University
 Hung Hom, Kowloon
 Hong Kong
 Phone: (HK) 2766-7302
 FAX: (HK) 2774-0842

or email to : csgrad@comp.hkp.hk or csgrad@comp.hkpu.edu.hk
