Research Grants Council to present public lecture on "Digital Society: Cultural Preservation and Online Pricing"
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Pursuant to the Government's initiative to bolster STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) education at the primary and secondary school levels, as well as to step up efforts in identifying and nurturing local STEAM talent, the Research Grants Council (RGC) will organise a series of public lectures from October to November 2026. Various topics including cultural preservation with AI, online pricing, children education, artificial intelligence (AI), and universe exploration, etc, will be covered. Admission is free on a first-come, first-served basis. All are welcome.
The first lecture titled "Digital Society: Cultural Preservation and Online Pricing" will be held on October 4 (Sunday). The lecture will be conducted in Cantonese. Details are as follows:
Time: 3pm to 5pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre, G/F, Hong Kong Central Library
Live broadcast: YouTube channel of the Hong Kong Public Libraries (www.youtube.com/channel/UCJUipdvSACZjO1ldoO3YQBA)
Session 1: "Preserving Endangered Culture with AI"
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Can AI help us read old books and archives? This lecture, presented by Assistant Professor in the Division of Humanities at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Professor Michael Chung, will introduce a project that uses AI to recognise Manchu, an important language of Qing dynasty history that few people can read today. Through this example, the talk explains how AI can help preserve endangered scripts, make rare historical materials more accessible to the academia and the public, and bring the past closer to the public.
Session 2: "Online Prices"
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This lecture, presented by Assistant Professor in the Department of Decisions, Operations and Technology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong Professor Justin Leung, will share the analysis of an extensive set of high-frequency data from a major online shopping website in Hong Kong in order to understand how sellers set prices across a broad range of products. This lecture will discuss how sellers react to short-term, intra-week fluctuations in demand, and their response to the launch of consumption voucher initiatives, etc.
The RGC has been regularly organising public lectures since 2009, featuring various distinguished scholars as speakers. These lectures aim to promote research knowledge from Hong Kong's tertiary institutions and raise public awareness of the significance and value of local research work.
For enquiries, please call 2524 3987 or visit the University Grants Committee webpage (www.ugc.edu.hk/eng/rgc/about/events/lectures/lectures.html). Additionally, members of the public can register for the RGC's email subscription service at www.ugc.edu.hk/eng/rgc/about/subscribe to receive regular updates.
Ends/Friday, September 25, 2026
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