Thesis Defense

Designing Conversational Agents for High-Stakes Dialogue

PHD in Computer Science & Engg - From Fluency to Communicative Competence: Designing Conversational Agents for High-Stakes Dialogue

Room 5501 (Lifts 25-26), 5/F Academic Building, HKUST
10 August 2026
PHD in Life Science - Synergistic Roles of Peripheral GFAP and Soluble TREM2 in Alzheimer’s Pathophysiology

PHD in Life Science - Synergistic Roles of Peripheral GFAP and Soluble TREM2 in Alzheimer’s Pathophysiology

Room 5510 (Lifts 25-26), 5/F Academic Building, HKUST
10 August 2026
PHD in Chemistry - Unraveling the Evolutionary Landscape of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Conformational Dynamics via Large-Scale Molecular Dynamics Simulations

PHD in Chemistry - Unraveling the Evolutionary Landscape of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Conformational Dynamics via Large-Scale Molecular Dynamics Simulations

Room 2463 (Lifts 25-26), 2/F Academic Building, HKUST
10 August 2026
MPhil in Bioengineering - Development and Validation of a Decoy-Free Bayesian Approach for Spectral Library Searching in Proteomics

MPhil in Bioengineering - Development and Validation of a Decoy-Free Bayesian Approach for Spectral Library Searching in Proteomics

Room 3598 (Lifts 27-28), HKUST
10 August 2026
From the Classical to the Quantum Regime

PHD in Physics - Metasurfaces for Optical Computing and Holography: From the Classical to the Quantum Regime

Room 5510, (Lifts 25-26), 5/F Academic Building, HKUST
10 August 2026
PHD in Chem & Biomolecular Engg - Human cGAS Encodes a Unique Checkpoint Coupling Cellular Redox State to DNA Sensing and Signaling

PHD in Chem & Biomolecular Engg - Human cGAS Encodes a Unique Checkpoint Coupling Cellular Redox State to DNA Sensing and Signaling

Room 5562 (Lifts27-28), HKUST
10 August 2026
Datasets, Tools, and Applications for Ecosystem Monitoring

MPhil in Integrative Sys & Design - AI for Marine: Datasets, Tools, and Applications for Ecosystem Monitoring

Room 5501 (Lifts25-26), 5/F Academic Building, HKUST
7 August 2026
MPhil in Chem & Biomolecular Engg - Revalorization of Fats, Oils and Grease (FOG) Waste from Hong Kong Grease Traps via Nickel–Alumina-Catalyzed Steam Reforming for Hydrogen Production

MPhil in Chem & Biomolecular Engg - Revalorization of Fats, Oils and Grease (FOG) Waste from Hong Kong Grease Traps via Nickel–Alumina-Catalyzed Steam Reforming for Hydrogen Production

Room 5508 (Lifts 25-26), HKUST
7 August 2026
MPhil in Computer Science & Engg - Towards Meta-evaluation for LLM-as-a-judge in Web Development Quality

MPhil in Computer Science & Engg - Towards Meta-evaluation for LLM-as-a-judge in Web Development Quality

Room 3494 (Lifts 25-26), 3/F Academic Building, HKUST
7 August 2026
Complex Query Answering with Transformers

MPhil in Computer Science & Engg - Neural Query Engines for Knowledge Hypergraphs: Complex Query Answering with Transformers

Room 3494 (Lifts 25-26), 3/F Academic Building, HKUST
7 August 2026
PHD in Mathematics - Neural Network Methods for Nonparametric Regression

PHD in Mathematics - Neural Network Methods for Nonparametric Regression

Room 5510 (Lifts 25-26), 5/F Academic Building, HKUST
7 August 2026
MPhil in Economics - Repeated First-Price Procurement with Collusion and Corruption

MPhil in Economics - Repeated First-Price Procurement with Collusion and Corruption

Room 1026 Lee Shau Kee Business Building, HKUST
7 August 2026
MPhil in Chem & Biomolecular Engg - Synergistic Combination of EGFR-vIII-Targeted CAR-T Cells, Pembrolizumab and Metformin for Overcoming Immunological and Metabolic Resistance in Glioblastoma

MPhil in Chem & Biomolecular Engg - Synergistic Combination of EGFR-vIII-Targeted CAR-T Cells, Pembrolizumab and Metformin for Overcoming Immunological and Metabolic Resistance in Glioblastoma

Room 5560 (Lifts 27-28), HKUST
7 August 2026
MPhil in Chem & Biomolecular Engg - Electrochemical Performances of Single Atom-Doped Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Catalysts for Hydrogen Evolution

MPhil in Chem & Biomolecular Engg - Electrochemical Performances of Single Atom-Doped Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Catalysts for Hydrogen Evolution

Room 5560 (Lifts 27-28), HKUST
7 August 2026
MPhil in Chem & Biomolecular Engg - Growth of Twisted Bismuth Oxyiodide Moiré Superlattices with Tunable Thermal Conductivity

MPhil in Chem & Biomolecular Engg - Growth of Twisted Bismuth Oxyiodide Moiré Superlattices with Tunable Thermal Conductivity

Room 5560 (Lifts 27-28), HKUST
7 August 2026
PHD in Chemistry - Unlocking the Reactivity of Phosphine-Coordinated Rhenium(V) Carbyne Complexes

PHD in Chemistry - Unlocking the Reactivity of Phosphine-Coordinated Rhenium(V) Carbyne Complexes

Room 5506, 5/F (Lifts 25-26) Academic Building, HKUST
7 August 2026
MPhil in Life Science - Investigation of Compartmentalised Adaptive Synaptic Plasticity

MPhil in Life Science - Investigation of Compartmentalised Adaptive Synaptic Plasticity

Room 4504 (Lifts 25-26), 4/F Academic Building, HKUST
7 August 2026
MPhil in Life Science - Presynaptic Scrap and Build for Learning and Memory

MPhil in Life Science - Presynaptic Scrap and Build for Learning and Memory

Room 4504 (Lifts 25-26), 4/F Academic Building, HKUST
7 August 2026
MPhil in Marine Environmental Sci - DNA Methylation-Based Age Estimation for Cetaceans in Hong Kong waters Using Methylation-Sensitive High-Resolution Melting Analysis

MPhil in Marine Environmental Sci - DNA Methylation-Based Age Estimation for Cetaceans in Hong Kong waters Using Methylation-Sensitive High-Resolution Melting Analysis

Room 4475 (Lifts 25-26), 4/F Academic Building, HKUST
7 August 2026
PHD in Mathematics - The Spin Chain Models and q-Character Theory via Semi-infinite Cohomology

PHD in Mathematics - The Spin Chain Models and q-Character Theory via Semi-infinite Cohomology

Room 4472 (Lifts 25-26), 4/F Academic Building, HKUST
7 August 2026