University of Hong Kong

This course examines a general introduction to the physical and physiological bases and principles of fMRI, MRI related safety issues, and design and analysis of fMRI experiments.

This course examines the difference valuation approaches and techniques to value any assets. It also looks at the asset management industry and various investment strategies.

This course examines the policy and regulatory implications of the latest developments in virtual reality, artificial intelligence, smart cities, the platform economy, and other areas. It looks at how policymakers in Hong Kong, the rest of China, and other parts of the world adapt to the digital era and the challenges they face in implementing public policy using big data and AI technologies.

This course examines various aspects of the relation between music and the mind and emotions, including how humans came to be musical; how people listen to, understand, and perform music; why we listen to and make music.

This course examines the structure, operations, and functions of the financial system. The course starts with an introduction to financial markets’ role in the economy and the determination of interest rates and valuation of cash flows. The course then discusses various financial markets including money markets, bond markets, mortgage markets, stock markets, and derivatives markets. Financial institutions will be discussed with an emphasis on their major functions and operations. 

This course examines deep learning. It covers the motivations and principles for building deep learning systems; how deep learning relates to the broader field of artificial intelligence; problems associated with domain specific data; recognition; image generation; reinforcement learning; language translation; computer vision; natural language processing; PyTorch; Tensorflow; and numerical optimization algorithms.

This course introduces the nature of sociological enquiry and the basic concepts used in sociological analysis. Many concepts are illustrated through film media. The course covers the influence of inheritance and environment on human social behavior, and focuses on key concepts used in the analysis of cultures, social structures, social processes, and social change. Topics include culture and deviance; class, status, and power; the social construction of gender; gender and sexuality in the media; identity and social action; the media and popular culture; politics and the state; education in modern societies; health and medicine; and, crime and deviance. Text: Haralambos, M. and Holborn, M., SOCIOLOGY: THEMES AND PERSPECTIVES. Assessment: tutorial participation (10%), field observation and presentation (10%), three one-page essays (20%), and a final exam (60%).