Online JSI workshops offered in 1st Semester (Nov 14, 2020, Sat)
Online JSI workshops offered in 2nd semester (Mar 13, 2021, Sat)
Online JSI workshops offered in summer semester (July 10, 2021, Sat)
Artificial Intelligence Biological Sciences Chemistry Earth Sciences
Mathematics Physics Statistics and Actuarial Science
JSI0080 Teacher: Dr Rachel LUI, Faculty of Science Machines can simulate human intelligence, think like human as well as mimic their actions. Can machines be creative? In this workshop, we will investigate whether machines can engage in creative activities through painting a picture and composing a song using Artificial Intelligence. | ||
JSI0081 Teacher: Dr Rachel LUI, Faculty of Science Conversational Artificial Intelligence enables machines to understand human voice or text input in a natural way. In this workshop, we will create our own Turing Test and examine it with an AI Chatbot. |
 JSI0002 Teacher: Dr Clive LO, School of Biological Sciences Genetically modified (GM) plants are successful examples of agricultural biotechnology. In this workshop, students will learn the concepts of GM plant production and debate their benefits and risks based on scientific arguments. They will also gain hands-on experience on the use of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to detect gene modifications in plant materials. | ||
JSI0027 Teacher: Dr Jetty LEE & Dr Thomas Lam, School of Biological Sciences How do you decide which package of meat and meat products to buy in a supermarket? You probably use your senses to determine the quality of meat. Attributes of meat quality include colour, juiciness, texture and flavour. In this workshop, students will learn how to apply instrumental analysis to assess the quality of meat through colour and texture. Students also will learn to compare how ‘real’ sausage differ in quality from commercial ones by making the sausage and evaluating the flavour, texture and colour. | ||
 JSI0056 Teacher: Dr Lu ZHANG, School of Biological Sciences Are you healthy or not? A balanced diet and exercise are important combination for a healthy body. With the increase of western diet such as burgers, pizzas and a variety of fast food, the health status of youth is declining and becoming a global problem. In this workshop, students will learn the use of simple physiological assessments to identify their health status. Students can self-check if they have healthy hearts or strong bones. From these measurements, students will learn to interpret and improve their health status. | ||
JSI0071 Teacher: Dr Gary CHAN, School of Biological Sciences Sister chromatid exchanges (SCEs) is the reciprocal exchange of genetic material between two identical sister chromatids. SCEs are produced when cells repair DNA damage. The frequency of SCE is highly elevated in cancer cells and cells derived from individuals with Bloom syndrome. In this workshop, students will conduct experiment to detect SCE in normal and Bloom syndrome cell lines. |
Chemistry | ||
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 JSI0047 Teacher: Dr Edmond LEUNG, Faculty of Science Everything has to be made of some matter. Why is a particular matter or material used to make something functional? Why do different types of materials behave differently? In this workshop, students will explore the multidisciplinary field of materials science. Through hands-on activities, students will learn more about the structure-property relationships of materials and scientific methods to characterise materials. | ||
JSI0072 Teacher: Dr Ivan Chu, Department of Chemistry The explosive growth of protemics parallels the advent of innovative techniques, such as electrospray ionisation (ESI) and matrix-assisted laser desorption / ionisation (MALDI) in mass spectrometry, culminating in the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry being awarded to Professor John fenn and Mr Koichi Tanaka. In this workshop, the concepts of biological mass spectrometry in peptide sequencing and ultimately protein identification will be discussed. | ||
JSI0079 Teacher: Dr Geogre AKOM, Faculty of Science Understanding science is relevant not only to those pursuing careers in science fields because it enables us to understand how the natural world is organized, how it changes and how it interacts with the human-designed world. In this activity, we will examine a common compound (chemical) and try to understand how the science behind a reaction (behaviour) of this compound can be applied to affect our lives in a dramatic way. | ||
JSI0085 Teacher: Dr Ying LI, Department of Chemistry RNA is involved in many aspects of cellular functions and has become one of the rising targets for disease treatment. To assistant downstream analysis, being able to isolate RNA from cells of interest is the crucial first step. This workshop will help the students to know more about RNA and achieve a vivid impression about RNA isolation and basic characterization. | ||
JSI0086 Teacher: Dr Zhongxing HUANG, Department of Chemistry While your left and right hands are of mirror image to each other, natural amino acids and sugars, two classes of building blocks that make up life, are exclusively left-handed and right-handed, respectively. This workshop will guide you through possible origins of this phenomenon in the universe and its significance in modern industries. |
Earth Sciences | ||
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 JSI0083 Teacher: Dr Haz CHEUNG, Department of Earth Sciences Although Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated and busy cities in the world, almost 70% is covered by unspoilt countryside, consisting of stunning landscapes of jagged mountains, rugged rock forms, vastness coastlines, and many different specular landscapes. In this JSI talk, students will learn through virtual field trips via Zoom about the geology and landscape of Hong Kong. Remarks: Virtual field trip will be conducted via Zoom. |
Mathematics | ||
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JSI0064 Teacher: Dr Alex SHUM, Faculty of Science Calculus is a subject that many students have to take (and dread!) in secondary school, but why we learn it is rarely ever discussed. From radio waves to modelling how diseases spread, calculus has significantly affected scientific understanding and applications throughout our recent history. We’ll take a look at understanding some calculus concepts from a basic level and discuss why it has been crucial in the development of humankind. Remarks: Students without prior calculus knowledge can also join the workshop | ||
 JSI0075 Teacher: Dr Haiyu ZHANG, Department of Mathematics Probability plays an important role in our daily life. You may think that you will not perform probability problems, but actually you use probability to make decision nearly every day- to plan around the weather. In this workshop, we will discuss several interesting probability problems in our daily life. | ||
 JSI0076 Teacher: Dr Yat Ming CHAN, Department of Mathematics The workshop is designed to introduce students to the concept of a group through the study of the mathematics behind the idea of symmetry and rearrangement of objects. Hands-on activities and interactive session will be arranged as a means to facilitate the understanding of the mathematical concepts. | ||
 JSI0077 Teacher: Professor Wenan ZANG, Department of Mathematics The famous four-color conjecture made by Guthrie in 1852 states that every plane map can be colored using four colors so that no two adjacent regions have the same color. In this talk we shall give you a brief introduction to his conjecture and a computer-assisted proof obtained by Appel and Haken in 1976. | ||
JSI0084 Teacher: Dr Benjamin KANE, Department of Mathematics In this workshop, we will learn some knowledge about the mathematical background behind sending secret messages. What is a one-way function? How can it be easy to send a scrambled message but hard to read it? We will learn a bit about "clock arithmetic" and something called "elliptic curves". There will be demonstrations on how to use these to encode messages. |
Physics | ||
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 JSI0032 Teacher: Dr Timothy WOTHERSPOON, Faculty of Science This workshop will explore uses of magnets around us from simple motors in our household appliances to maglev trains and roller coaster launch systems. Topics include magnetic attraction and repulsion, electromagnets, magnetic induction, motional EMF, and the Hall effect. | ||
JSI0057 Teachers: Dr Yanjun TU, Department of Physics This workshop aims at introducing the pleasure of nuclear and high energy physics from fundamental science (origin of elements in universe) to practical application (environmental radiation detection). | ||
JSI0059 Teacher: Dr Shizhong ZHANG, Department of Physics This workshop will showcase a few extraordinary macroscopic phenomena of quantum origin, in particular the effects associated with superfluidity and superconductivity. | ||
JSI0078 Teacher: Dr David YU, Faculty of Science Have you ever wondered how did astronomers discover various astrophysical objects on the sky using a telescope? In this workshop, we will explore the physical principles behind a small astronomical telescope. Demonstration of assembling a 2-inch telescope for solar observation if weather permits. | ||
JSI0082 Teacher: Dr Timothy WOTHERSPOON, Faculty of Science Early astronomers imagined the Earth as the unmoving, fixed center of the Universe. This may seem silly to modern people, but the long-standing popularity of this model is due to its tremendous success despite its simplicity. We will use a smartphone app simulating the Armillary Sphere, a practical device based on the two-sphere model to explore its usefulness. |
Statistics and Actuarial Science | ||
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 JSI0024 Teacher: Dr Wentao LI, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science This workshop will introduce and explain some basic concepts of probability and statistics and their applications using some simple interesting examples. Examples are:
The workshop will be with illustrated through some experiments and games. |