Thesis Defense
PHD in Social Science - Three Essays on the Intersection of Development Economics, Environmental Economics and Political Economy
Room 4472 (Lift 25-26), 4/F Academic Building, HKUST
8 July 2025
PHD in Computer Science & Engg - Enhancing Multimodal Large Language Models: From Multimodal Alignment, Fine-Grained Perception to Robust Reasoning
Room 5501 (Lifts 25-26), 5/F Academic Building, HKUST
8 July 2025
MPhil in Electronic & Comp Engg - A Reinforcement Learning Framework for Safe and Personalized Insulin Dosing Control in Type 1 Diabetes
Room 2408 (Lifts 17-18), 2/F Academic Building, HKUST
7 July 2025
MPhil in Life Science - Epigenetic reprogramming induced by Acetyl-CoA and SAM depletion is an evolutionarily-ancient path to malignant growth
Room 5506 (Lifts 25-26), 5/F Academic Building, HKUST
7 July 2025
PHD in Electronic & Comp Engg - Multi-robot Online Coverage Path Planning
Room 2408 (Lifts 17-18), 2/F Academic Building, HKUST
7 July 2025
PHD in Computer Science & Engg - Towards Efficient and Effective Inference for Large-Scale Models
Room 5501 (Lifts 25-26), 5/F Academic Building, HKUST
7 July 2025
PHD in Civil Engineering - Low-Carbon Cementitious Strategies for Hazardous Waste Immobilization: From Material Innovation to Mechanistic Understanding
Organized by Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Room 3574 (Lifts 27-28), 3/F Academic Building, HKUST
7 July 2025
MPhil in Computer Science & Engg - Multimodal Large Language Model for Medical Report Generation
Room 5501 (Lifts 25-26), 5/F Academic Building, HKUST
4 July 2025
PHD in Physics - Dipolar gases in two dimensions: From dipolar superfluid to self-organized supersolid
Room 4472 (Lifts 25-26), 4/F Academic Building, HKUST
4 July 2025
PHD in Industrial Engg & Deci Ana - Three Essays on Household Finance
Room 5554 [Lifts 27-28], 5/F Academic Building, HKUST
4 July 2025
MPhil in Mathematics - On the Conifold Point in Topological String Theory
Room 2463 (Lifts 25-26), 2/F Academic Building, HKUST
4 July 2025
PHD in Chem & Biomolecular Engg - Designing Lipid Nanoparticles for mRNA Delivery to Immune Cells
Room 5560 (Lifts 27-28), HKUST
4 July 2025
PHD in Electronic & Comp Engg - Device Modeling and Variation-aware Design for Electronics Photonics Integrated Circuits
Room 2408 (Lifts 17-18), 2/F Academic Building, HKUST
4 July 2025
MPhil in Social Science - Sticky Gender Roles in Caregiving and Education Investment in Next Generation: Evidence from Grandparental Health Shocks in China
Room 3401 (Lift 2, 17-18), 3/F Academic Building, HKUST
3 July 2025
PHD in Physics - Emergent Mechanics of Living Materials: From Protein Condensates to Living Cells
Room 4472 (Lifts 25-26), 4/F Academic Building, HKUST
3 July 2025
PHD in Electronic & Comp Engg - Why do Machines Make up Stuff? Hallucination in LLMs
Room 2408 (Lifts 17-18), 2/F Academic Building, HKUST
3 July 2025
PHD in Computer Science & Engg - Smart Sensing in Pulmonary Disease Management
Room 3494 (Lifts 25-26), 3/F Academic Building, HKUST
3 July 2025
PHD in Integrative Sys & Design - Advanced BIPV Window System Design for a Better Overall Energy Performance and Human-centered Indoor Comfort
Room 4472,(lift 25-26), 4/F Academic Building, HKUST
2 July 2025
MPhil in Envrl Sci, Policy & Mgmt - Extreme Heat Risks on the Mental Well-being of Older Adults Fast-Urbanising China
Room 4472 (Lifts 25-26), 4/F Academic Building, HKUST
2 July 2025
PHD in Electronic & Comp Engg - Cross-Phase FPGA Design Automation Centered on High-Level Synthesis
Room 2408 (Lifts 17-18), 2/F Academic Building, HKUST
2 July 2025



