Driving a Commitment to Excellence
The HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) is committed to providing a platform for catalytic interaction among the world's foremost scientists and scholars to pursue enduring knowledge. It spearheads both fundamental and applied research relevant to the region's socio-economic development.
Latest Events
Programs & Conferences
Lectures and Other Activities
HKUST Red Bird Visiting Scholars Lecture Series
From Descriptive to Predictive: Universality and Language Models in Cancer Genomics
IAS / School of Science Joint Lecture
Molecular Basis of Wnt Biogenesis, Secretion and Ligand Specific Signaling
HKUST Red Bird Visiting Scholars Lecture Series
Spatially Guided Multi-omic Analysis of Brain Tumors
IAS Program on Particle Theory
Magnetic Structure Around the Galactic Center Black Hole Sagittarius A*
IAS Distinguished Lecture
Adipose Tissue Cellular Heterogeneity and Interorgan Crosstalk: Impact on Diabetes and Cancer
Facts & Figures
Creating Innovations and Inspiring the Community
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Postdoctoral researchers & Visiting Scholars have joined the IAS community since IAS' inception
1700+
International events conducted since the IAS Inaugural Lecture in 2006
40+
Projects received support by General Research Fund (GRF) over the past 5 years
Latest News & Media
September 29, 2022
IAS Sin Wai Kin Professor of Chinese Culture YAN Lianke Has Been Awarded the 6th Lee Hochul Literary Prize for Peace for His Great Contribution and Significance in Literature
“This is my third time coming to the Gordon Research Conferences held at the IAS. Collaborations often happen after people return to their home institutions and continue the discussion and exchange of ideas.”
Prof. Patrick Lee
William & Emma Rogers Professor of Physics; IAS Senior Visiting Fellow
“The IAS offers me much more support than I could ask for and has a diverse student body. The Institute values the importance of literature and creative arts.”
Prof. YAN Lianke
IAS Sin Wai Kin Professor of Chinese Culture
“The programs and workshops organized by the IAS provide a good platform for bringing theorists, experimentalists and accelebrator physicists together to interact.”
Prof. LUK Kam-Biu
Interim Director of IAS; IAS Paul C W Chu Professor
“Our goal is to offer students hands-on experience in music and the arts, to help them understand what it means to be a creative artist.”
Prof. Bright SHENG
IAS Helmut & Anna Pao Sohmen Professor-at-Large
