Charlie Liu, an undergraduate in the Quantitative Social Analysis program at HKUST, created a platform for producing tabulations and visualizations with the CGED-Q Jinshenlu 1900-1912 Public Release. At the platform, users can explore the contents of the publicly released CGED-Q for the period 1900-1912 without having to download data and open it in a statistical…
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Reflections on incorporating quantitative training in undergraduate social science programs
On July 1, 2021, I will conclude my term as Program Director for the Quantitative Social Analysis (QSA) undergraduate program that I helped establish here at HKUST after I arrived in 2013. Building on a plan initiated by my colleagues Raymond Wong and Xiaogang Wu, and working with colleagues in Social Science, Math, and other…
Silhouettes and Shadows
I have created some galleries devoted to specific subjects. Recently one of my favorites has been silhouettes. Several years ago I became interested in taking pictures of silhouetted figures on train platforms, in the street, and elsewhere. More recently I have been focused on silhouetted or backlit plants and flowers. The original gallery with a…
Sunlit plants and trees on Hatton Road
A few months ago we took a walk from the Peak down to HKU in the late afternoon. I had some fun taking pictures of leaves and plants backlit by the sun. The original Hatton Road gallery is here.
Victoria Harbour, Avenue of Stars, and Star Ferry Terminal
I recently reorganized my photos of Victoria Harbour, the Avenue of Stars, and the Star Ferry Terminal to put them into separate galleries. The highlight is Victoria Harbour at Night, which mostly contains pictures I took from the Star Ferry Pier or the Avenue of Stars, looking across to Wan Chai, Admiralty and Central. Here…
Kowloon, seen from Jat’s Incline
A few weeks ago we were up on Fei Ngo Shan road, once before sunset and once after sunset. The day we were there before sunset it was hazy, but I ended up with some photos I liked. When we went up after sunset, I brought a tripod and we took pictures of Kowloon at…
2020 paper on exam degree holders mentioned in 2020年历史学研究发展报告
I was pleased to learn that my 2020 paper in 社会科学辑刊 on the careers of exam degree holders at the end of the Qing was mentioned in a year-end report on the development of the discipline of history in 2020 (2020年历史学研究发展报告) published at China Social Science News (中国社会科学网), which is the official media platform of…
New paper in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
I am a co-author on a paper titled “Interactive Visual Exploration of Longitudinal Historical Career Mobility Data” that just appeared in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics that introduces CareerLens, a visualization platform for exploring the careers of officials and their social networks in the China Government Employee Dataset-Qing. The lead author, Yifang Wang,…
Clear Water Bay and Sai Kung photo galleries
In the last month or so I’ve been adding or updating galleries featuring pictures from hikes in Clear Water Bay and Sai Kung. I decided to add a short guide to them here. All the links go straight to the galleries at my photography site. The Bamboo Tunnel near Pak Kong One of our favorite…
Bamboo Forest Tunnel at Pak Kong 北港竹林隧道
On a trail heading up from above Pak Kung to the Mau Ping rest area, there is a tunnel through a bamboo forest. It’s quite lovely, especially in good light. I like trying to take pictures of the sun through the trees.