Affiliation
Chao Kuang Piu College
Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering
Email
ytlau@um.edu.mo
Tel
+853 8822 9382
Office
Room G037
Chao Kuang Piu College
University of Macau, W21
Avenida da Universidade
Taipa, Macau, China
LAU Yun-Tung 劉潤東
College Master, Chao Kuang Piu College
Professor (By Courtesy), Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering
Academic Qualifications
- Ph.D., Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- M.S., Technology Management, University of Maryland University College
- B.S., Physics, Sun Yat-Sen University
Research Interests
- Software design and architecture
- Nonlinear science and chaos
- Plasma physics and solar physics
Working Experiences
July 2017 – present
College Master, Chao Kuang Piu College, University of Macau
1997 – 2017
Senior Software Scientist/Vice President of Technology, SAIC
1993 – 1996
Research Associate, University of Maryland/NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center
1991 – 1993
Research Associate, NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center
1988 – 1991
Research Associate, University of Maryland
2020 – Present
Macau Talents Development Committee
1998 – 2017
Education & Science Society (USA)
1998 – 2000
The Zigen Fund (USA)
Papers in Conference Proceedings
- Y.-T. Lau, M. King, W. J. Okon and D. Kye, “Architecture Modeling Approach for Net-Centric Enterprise Services,” International C2 Research & Technology Symposium, June 2005
- Y.-T. Lau, “A Linear Analysis For Edge-localized Mode Precursors,” IAEA Fourth H-mode Workshop, Princeton, NJ, USA, September 1995.
- Y.-T. Lau and R. Ramaty, “Trapping of Protons in Twisted Magnetic Loops,” Proceedings of the Workshop on High Energy Solar Phenomena, Waterville Valley, New Hampshire, 1993, eds. J.M. Ryan & W.T. Vestrand (AIP, New York, 1994), p. 71.
- Y.-T. Lau and J. M. Finn, “The Magnetic Field Structures of a Class of Fast Dynamos,” in The Cosmic Dynamo, pp. 231-235, Proceedings of IAU symposium 157, Potsdam, 1992, eds. F. Krause, K.-H. Radler, and G. Rudiger (Kluwer, Dordrecht, 1993).
- Y.-T. Lau and J. M. Finn, “Three-Dimensional Kinematic Reconnection of Plasmoids with Nulls,” in Electromechanical Coupling of the Solar Atmosphere, pp. 71-78, AIP Conference Proceedings 267, eds. D. S. Spicer and P. MacNeice (AIP, New York, 1992).
- J. M. Finn and Y.-T. Lau, “Current Sheet Formation in Two-dimensional Reconnection,” Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., 34, 2060 (1989).
- M.J. Gerver, K. Brau, J. Kesner, B. Lane, Y.-T. Lau and G. Shuy, “DRAKON Equilibrium and Transport Studies,” the 28th annual APS meeting (1986).
- Y.-T. Lau and M.J. Gerver, “Axial Eigenmodes of Ion Loss-cone Instabilities in the TARA Plug and Anchor,” the Sherwood theory conference (1986).
- J. Kesner, M. Gerver, B. Lane, Y.-T. Lau, and R.S. Post, “Magnetic Divertor Stabilized Confinement Devices,” the Sherwood theory conference (1986).
Selected Invited Talks and Keynote Lectures
- “企業架構和政府業務”,Invited lecture at the Macau Security Force Higher Education Institute, Macau, May 2019
- 澳門國際新創週 “金科講堂”,Invited panelist, Venetian Macau, November 2017
- “用企業架構指導業務發展”,Invited talk at the Annual Dinner of the Macau Management Association, Macau, October 2017
- “Guiding Business Evolution with Enterprise Architecture,” Invited talk at曹光彪書院University of Macau, October 2015
- “澳門資訊企業人材發展,” Invited talk at the Symposium hosted by澳门人才發展委員, Macau Polytechnic Institute, Macau, February 2015
- “JC2 Systems Architecture,” Invited talk at the C2 Plan/Build Conference, Suffolk VA, USA, February 2012
- “Virtualization, SOA, and Cloud Computing (虛擬服務到雲端)” 澳門大學電機及電子工程系講座, University of Macau, August 2011
- “Architecture Compliance Assessment Process,” Invited talk at the C2 Plan/Build Conference, Suffolk VA, USA, January 2011
- “REST-style Web service Implementation Guidance,” Invited talk at the JC2 Architecture Working Group, Fairfax VA, USA , March 2010
- “Models/Views for JC2 Architecture,” Invited talk at the JC2 Architecture Working Group, Fairfax VA, USA , April 2009
- “Quantifying Service-Oriented Architecture Performance,” Invited talk at the C2 Program and Policy Directorate, Washington DC, USA , April 2008
- “Predictive Modeling for Multi-Agency Application Processing,” Invited talk at the Bureau of Consular Affairs, Washington DC, USA , December 2007
- “Approach for developing Service Level Agreements,” Invited talk at the NECC Systems Engineering Group, Fairfax VA, USA , November 2006
- “Architecture Analyses with Executable Architecture Models,” Keynote lecture at the Net-Centric Enterprise Services Architecture Conference, Fairfax VA, USA , March 2005
- “An Approach for Architecture Performance Analysis,” Invited talk at the Net-Centric Enterprise Services Architecture Working Group, Fairfax VA, USA , August 2004
- “Impacts of Biometrics on Adjudication and Inspection,” Invited talk at the Bureau of Consular Affairs, Washington DC, USA , January 2003
- “Migration Strategy for Passport Records Management system” Invited talk at the Bureau of Consular Affairs, Washington DC, USA , April 2002
- “比較中西方教與學的方法,” 美国科技教育协会特邀講座, 北京師範大學, 2000年7月
- “互联网应用的发展动向,” 教育部电子科技大学講座, 广东中山市中山学院, 1999年7月
- “太陽探秘、網上尋幽,” 澳門教育暨青年司特邀講座, 1998年9月
- “Three-dimensional Kinematic Reconnection,” European Geophysical Society XIX General Assembly, Grenoble, France, April 1994
- “Magnetic Reconnection and Chaotic Scattering,” Invited talk at Aix Marseille University, Marseille, France, April, 1994
- “Ion Banana Orbits in Tokamak Edge Plasmas,” Invited talk at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos NM, USA, March 1994
- “Disintegration of Ion Banana Orbits in Tokamak Edge Plasmas,” Dept. of Energy Transport Task Force Workshop, Dallas, TX, USA, March 1994
- “Long-term Containment of Energetic Particles in Coronal Loops,” Invited talk at Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC, USA, March 1993
- “Fast Dynamos in 3D Chaotic Flows,” Invited talk at Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA February 1993
- “Long-term Particle Trapping in Coronal Loops,” Invited talk at NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt MD, USA, February 1992
- “Fast Dynamos in Steady Flows with Stagnation Points,” Invited talk at Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM, USA, November 1992
- “Large-period Turbulent Solutions of the Kuramoto-Sivashinsky Equation,” Invited talk at Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC, USA, October 1992
- “Cocoon Bifurcations,” Invited talk at University of Postdam, Germany, September 1992
- “The Magnetic Field Structures of a Class of Fast Dynamos,” International Astronomical Union Symposium on Cosmic Dynamo, Potsdam, Germany, September 1992
- “Three-dimensional Magnetic Field Structures in Fast Dynamos,” American Geophysical Union Meeting, Montreal, Canada, May 1992
- “Fast Dynamo with Finite Resistivity in Flows with Stagnation Points,” U.S.-Russian Conference on MHD Stability and Dynamos, University of Chicago, USA, May 1992
- “The Cocoon Bifurcations in three-dimensional systems,” Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA, April 1992
- “Reconnection in Resistive MHD,” Gordon Conference on Solar Plasma and MHD, NH, USA, August 1991
- “Kinematic Reconnection of Plasmoids with Nulls,” Workshop of Electromechanical Coupling of Solar Atmosphere, Capri, Italy, May 1991
- “Magnetic Reconnection in Three Dimensions,” Invited talk at Princeton Plasma Physic Laboratory, Princeton, NJ, USA, May 1990
- “Three-dimensional Kinematic Reconnection,” University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA, October 1989
- “Microtearing modes and L/H transition in DIII-D,” Invited talk at General Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA, December 1988
Patents
- Y-T. Lau, R. Chipman, K. Kuchipudi, and P. Poon, “Database Management System,” September 2008 (US Patent Nos. 6976036, 7424492)
- Y-T. Lau and M. Nagy, “Data ranking with a Lorentzian fuzzy score,” March 2004 (US Patent No. 6701312)
Books
- 劉潤東,《UML對象設計與編程》﹐北京希望电子出版社, 2001年 [272 pages]
- Y-T. Lau, “The Art of Objects: Object-Oriented Design and Architecture,” Addison-Wesley (Reading, MA) 2000 [363 pages]
- 劉潤東,《跨世紀科學》系列主編, 香港天地圖書出版社, 1996年(該系列共五本書)
Papers in Refereed Journals – Software design and architecture (3)
- Y.-T. Lau, “Reference Metrics for Service-Oriented Architectures,” CrossTalk, December 2007.
- Y.-T. Lau, “A Unified Service Description for the Global Information Grid,” CrossTalk, August 2007.
- Y.-T. Lau, “Service-Oriented Architecture and the C4ISR Framework,” CrossTalk, September 2004.
Papers in Refereed Journals – Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos (5)
- Y.-T. Lau, “Global Aspects of Homoclinic Bifurcations of Three-dimensional Saddles,” Chaos, Solitons, and Fractals, 3, 369 (1993).
- Y.-T. Lau, “Large-period Turbulent Solutions of the Kuramoto-Sivashinsky Equation,” Physics Letters A, 169, 329 (1992).
- Y.-T. Lau, “The Cocoon Bifurcations in three-dimensional systems with two fixed points,” International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, 2, 543 (1992).
- Y.-T. Lau and J. M. Finn, “Dynamics of a three-dimensional incompressible flows with stagnation points,” Physica D, 57, 283 (1992).
- Y.-T. Lau, J. M. Finn, and E. Ott, “The Fractal Dimension in Non-hyperbolic Chaotic Scattering,” Physics Review Letter, 66, 978 (1991).
Papers in Refereed Journals – Plasma Physics and Solar Physics (20)
- Y.-T. Lau and J. M. Finn, “Magnetic Reconnection and the Topology of Interacting Twisted Flux Tubes,” Physics of Plasmas, 3, 3983 (1996).
- J. F. Drake, Y.-T. Lau, A. Zeiler, “Local negative shear and the formation of transport barriers,” Physics Review Letters, 77, 494 (1996).
- Y.-T. Lau, “A Linear Analysis For Edge-localized Mode Precursors,” Plasma Phys. Controlled Fusion, 38, 1393 (1996).
- Y.-T. Lau and E. Siregar, “Nonlinear Aflven Wave Propagation in Solar Winds,” Astrophysical Journal, 465, 451 (1996).
- Y.-T. Lau, “Density Edge Localized Mode in Rotating Plasmas,” Nuclear Fusion, 36, 965 (1996).
- T. M. Antonsen, J. F. Drake, P. N. Guzdar, A. B. Hassam, Y.-T. Lau, C. S. Liu, and S. V. Novakovskii, “Physical mechanism of enhanced stability from negative shear in tokamaks,” Physics of Plasmas, July (1996).
- Y.-T. Lau and R. Ramaty, “Evolution of Energetic Protons in Twisted Magnetic Loops,” Solar Physics, 160, 343 (1995).
- Y.-T. Lau, “Nonlinear Dynamics of Twisted Magnetic Flux Tubes,” Physics of Plasmas, 2, 4442 (1995).
- Y.-T. Lau, J. F. Drake, P. N. Guzdar and A.B. Hassam, “Disintegration of Ion Banana Orbits in Tokamak Edge Plasmas,” Nuclear Fusion, 35, 605 (1995).
- Y.-T. Lau, “Magnetic Nulls and Topology in a Class of Solar Flare Models,” Solar Physics, 148, 301 (1993).
- Y.-T. Lau, T. Northrop, and J. M. Finn, “Long-term Containment of Energetic Particles in Coronal Loops,” Astrophysical Journal, 414, 446 (1993).
- Y.-T. Lau and J. M. Finn, “Fast Dynamos with Finite Resistivity in Steady Flows with Stagnation Points,” Physics of Fluids B, 5, 365 (1993).
- J. M. Finn and Y.-T. Lau, “Magnetohydrodynamic Equilibria in the Vicinity of an X-Type Neutral Line Specified by Footpoint Shear,” Physics of Fluids B, 3, 2675 (1991).
- Y.-T. Lau and J. M. Finn, “Three-dimensional Kinematic Reconnection of Plasmoids,” Astrophysical Journal, 366, 577 (1991).
- S. M. Kaye, N. Asakura, B. LeBlanc, C. Kessel, Y.-T. Lau, J. Manickam, S. Paul, and S. Sesnic, “Characteristics of High-Frequency ELM Precursors Edge Stability in the PBX-M Tokamak,” Nuclear Fusion, 30, 2621 (1990).
- Y.-T. Lau, “Edge Microtearing and Drift Instabilities in DIII-D Tokamak Plasmas,” Nuclear Fusion, 30, 934 (1990).
- Y.-T. Lau and J. M. Finn, “Three-dimensional Kinematic Reconnection in the Presence of Field Nulls and Closed Field Lines,” Astrophysical Journal, 350, 672, (1990).
- Y.-T. Lau, “Three-dimensional Equilibria in DRAKONs,” Nuclear Fusion, 28, 1223 (1988).
- Y.-T. Lau, “An Easy Method for Converting Equations Between SI and Gaussian Units,” American Journal of Physics, 56, 135 (1988).
- Y.-T. Lau, “Neoclassical Flux-friction Relations In Arbitrary Closed-end Plasmas,” The Physics of Fluids, 30, 3517 (1987).