Thesis Defense
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
PHD in Individual Interdisci Prog - Understanding, Improving, and Implementing Federated Learning on Heterogeneous Data
HKUSTGZ, E1, 2F, Room 201 Zoom Meeting https://hkust-gz-edu-cn.zoom.us/j/94913954108?pwd=gGbaFdxk2igFwVaaSFiaaQKkVkHoea.1 Meeting ID: 949 1395 4108 Passcode: iott, HKUST
2 July 2025
MPhil in Electronic & Comp Engg - Enhancing Privacy and Efficiency in Federated Learning: Quantization and Low-Rank Adaptation Approaches
Room 2408 (Lifts 17-18), 2/F Academic Building, HKUST
2 July 2025
PHD in Electronic & Comp Engg - Can I trust AI? Benchmarking Large Language Models
Room 5501 (Lifts 25-26), 5/F Academic Building, HKUST
2 July 2025
PHD in Nano Science & Technology - Generation and Applications of “Collective Photonic Nanojets”
Room 4472 (Lifts 25-26), 4/F Academic Building, HKUST
30 June 2025
MPhil in Marketing - Bonding with AI: Investigating the Love Relationships between Human and AI Companions
Room 4047, Lee Shau Kee Business Building, HKUST
30 June 2025



