Professor Kwok Yip Szeto obtained his PhD degree (1985) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  He joined the Physics Department of HKUST in 1991.   

Professor Szeto's main research interests include bioinformatics: DNA sequence analysis; evolution of complex systems: artificial life, soap froth, genetic algorithm, growth phenomenon, and econophysics; geometric analysis of structures: quasicrystal, amorphous and frustrated structures; magnetism: XY model, frustration mediated superconductivity, and spin relaxation. 

Awards:

Fellow of Asian Pacific Center of Theoretical Physics since 1998; Visitor at the Institute of Advanced Studies, Princeton, New Jersey, USA, and at the Isaac Newton Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge, England.

Supervision (1991-2005)

7 postdoctoral fellows; 20 graduate students (3 from Bioengineering program)

Recent Grants

Between 1991-2000:  CERG grant:3, DAG grant:3, AF Grant:1

After 2000: 

   CERG Grant: 2000; 2001; 2002; 2003; 2006; 2007

   DAG Grant: 2004,2005     

   CIDHHS Grant: 2004 

Papers published: 118

Previous Relevant Research Work:

(.) since joining UST in 1991

Papers published: 118 (88)

No. of journal articles published: 59 (36)

No. of publications in Books, Refereed Proccedings, LNCS and LNAI: 59 (52)

Area of Publications:

(I) Cellular Patterns, Topology, Quasicrystals (30);Magnetism (15);

(II) Artificial Life (11); Bioinformatics (3);

(III) Econophysics and Financial Engineering(16)

(IV)  Genetic Algorithm, Neural Network and Cryptography (24)

(V)  Others(14):  Frustrated Spin Systems, Superconductivity, Spin-Gravity, Muon Spin Relaxation, Polymer, Optics and Education