David Scott Kastan is the George M. Bodman Professor Emeritus of English at Yale University, having previously taught at Columbia University and at Dartmouth College. He has visited universities in China, Denmark, Egypt, England, Germany, and Hungary, among others, and has been the chief International Consultant for the CMRS, Zhejiang University since 2016.

We examine whether investment performance reflects educatable skill or innate ability. Linking China's national college entrance examination (CEE) records (1999-2003 cohorts) to ten years of detailed stock brokerage transactions (2014-2023), we find no significant effect of higher education or financial training on investor performance: elite college graduates and economics majors earn similar returns, Sharpe ratios, and risk profiles as their near-miss counterparts. In contrast, conditional on

Post-earnings announcement drift (PEAD) displays presidential cycles: it earns 4.1% per year during Democratic presidencies but its profitability increases significantly to 14.9% during Republican presidencies. Survey-based evidence also indicates substantial underreaction to earnings news when the US president is Republican. The tax component of firm earnings exhibits significantly higher volatility during Republican periods, likely reflecting higher tax policy uncertainty.

David Stern is Harry Starr Professor of Classical and Modern Hebrew and Jewish Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature at Harvard University. His fields of research and teaching are classical Hebrew literature, from the Rabbinic period through the medieval; and the history of the book in the West, and the Jewish book in particular.

Ardis Butterfield is Marie Borroff Professor of English and Professor of French and Music at Yale University. Her books include Poetry and Music in Medieval France (Cambridge UP, 2002) and The Familiar Enemy: Chaucer, Language and Nation in the Hundred Years War (Oxford UP, 2009).

In this talk. we will briefly review the history of cluster algebras and their links to many other subjects including Lie theory, discrete dynamical systems, quiver representations, Donaldson-Thomas theory, mirror symmetry and symplectic topology.

Seth Davis earned his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. He conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Warwick, UK, and later served as a postdoc and independent PI at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research (MPIPZ), Germany. He is currently a Professor and Head of the Department of Plant Biology at the University of York, UK. He also serves as an editor for journals such as Molecular Plant and Plant Cell & Environment.

Professor Peter Neumann is a world-renowned expert in bee health, based at the University of Bern's Institute of Bee Health in Switzerland. His research is dedicated to understanding the challenges facing honey bees and other pollinators, with a particular focus on parasites, pathogens, pesticides, and the complex factors behind colony losses. He is a member of European Scientific Academy since 2014.

For a Dynkin quiver Q, the triprojective (dg) algebra associated with Q is glued together from three copies of the corresponding preprojective (dg) algebra. The category of Gorenstein projective dg modules over the triprojective dg algebra is expected to categorify Goncharov-Shen's cluster variety of triples of flags of the type of Q and this is our main motivation for considering them.

Existing research on AI cultural biases predominantly focuses on Western models, overlooking critical gaps in non-Western models. We conduct a comparative analysis of AI models – ChatGPT (U.S. developed) and ErnieBot (China developed) – from different cultures to investigate how corresponding cultural biases manifest in their outputs.

Monitoring of chronic condition trajectories typically requires the patients’ physical presence in the clinic and regular thorough physical examination by clinical experts to assess symptom severity and the effect of interventions.

Dr. Henan Cheng is the executive director of the Center on Chinese Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. She has also been an adjunct professor in the Department of International and Transcultural Studies at Teachers College since 2012. Her primary research interests include international and comparative education, educational development and equity issues in China, especially issues related to education of ethnic minorities and children of migrants.

This lecture is designed to support international students navigating the challenges of adjusting to a new academic and cultural environment. It will introduce effective coping strategies and practical self-regulation techniques to promote mental well-being. Attendees will gain valuable insights to help them thrive during their transition and beyond.

Professor Michael L. Dustin is a world-leading immunologist and cell biologist whose pioneering work has transformed our understanding of T cell activation and immune cell communication. He developed fluorescence microscopy and introduced supported lipid bilayers as surrogate antigen-presenting cells, enabling quantitative visualization of receptor-ligand interactions and the dynamic architecture of immunological synapses.

Digital Healthcare Engineering (DHE) provides an innovative intelligent management framework to address challenges such as the ageing of ships and offshore engineering assets, operational and maintenance difficulties, and insufficient personnel support.

The integration of a variety of functional materials within thermal-drawn fibers has emerged as a versatile platform for the fabrication of advanced functional fiber electronics. This approach exploits the thermal drawing of a macroscopic preform, where functional materials or prefabricated devices are arranged at a prescribed position, yielding kilometers of fibers with a sophisticated architecture and complex functionalities in a very simple and scalable manner.

Wojciech Kopczuk is currently a professor in the Department of Economics and the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. He serves as the Editor-in-Chief (2017–present) of the Journal of Public Economics, a leading journal in the field of public economics, and as the Honorary President (2024–present) of the International Institute of Public Finance (IIPF).

This research explores innovative approaches to sustainability in the construction sector through the integration of recycled and advanced materials. Key areas include the reuse of industrial waste—such as sewage sludge, brick fragments, glass, plastic, marble cuttings, within concrete formulations and structural components.

Professor Che Ting CHAN, PhD, is the Interim Director of the HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study, the Daniel C K Yu Professor of Science, a Chair Professor of Physics, and the Director of the Joint Laboratory for Wave Functional Materials Research.

Professor Eva Olsson is a distinguished scholar at Chalmers University of Technology, a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and serves on the Nobel Committee for Physics, representing the pinnacle of scientific achievement in Sweden and beyond.