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Dr. Lau first learned computer science in 1976, at Acadia. Ten years later, he received a PhD in computer science from Waterloo. His PhD research was on a concept related to process naming and structuring in distributed OS. Dr. Lau joined the Department of Computer Science, The University of Hong Kong as a lecturer in 1987. His research in OS continued, which led to the formation of the Systems Research Group (SRG) in the department. The group's motto is to develop real software on real hardware to solve real problems. Over the years, the group has graduated over 40 MPhil/PhD students. He was appointed and started serving as the head of the department in 2000 (until 2005). More ... | More in Chinese ...
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My recent picture (24/8/05); and
this one (16/6/06), taken where I had a lot of fun.
Lau Siu Lun Jimmy at 5 months (29/12/07)
I am the director of the HKU MSc(CS) program.