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
  1. 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
  2. Y.-T. Lau, “A Linear Analysis For Edge-localized Mode Precursors,” IAEA Fourth H-mode Workshop, Princeton, NJ, USA, September 1995.
  3. 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.
  4. 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).
  5. 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).
  6. J. M. Finn and Y.-T. Lau, “Current Sheet Formation in Two-dimensional Reconnection,” Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., 34, 2060 (1989).
  7. 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).
  8. 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).
  9. 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
  1. “企業架構和政府業務”,Invited lecture at the Macau Security Force Higher Education Institute, Macau, May 2019
  2. 澳門國際新創週 “金科講堂”,Invited panelist, Venetian Macau, November 2017
  3. “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
  4. “Guiding Business Evolution with Enterprise Architecture,” Invited talk at曹光彪書院University of Macau, October 2015
  5. “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
  6. “JC2 Systems Architecture,” Invited talk at the C2 Plan/Build Conference, Suffolk VA, USA, February 2012
  7. “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
  8. “Architecture Compliance Assessment Process,” Invited talk at the C2 Plan/Build Conference, Suffolk VA, USA, January 2011
  9. “REST-style Web service Implementation Guidance,” Invited talk at the JC2 Architecture Working Group, Fairfax VA, USA , March 2010
  10. “Models/Views for JC2 Architecture,” Invited talk at the JC2 Architecture Working Group, Fairfax VA, USA , April 2009
  11. “Quantifying Service-Oriented Architecture Performance,” Invited talk at the C2 Program and Policy Directorate, Washington DC, USA , April 2008
  12. “Predictive Modeling for Multi-Agency Application Processing,” Invited talk at the Bureau of Consular Affairs, Washington DC, USA , December 2007
  13. “Approach for developing Service Level Agreements,” Invited talk at the NECC Systems Engineering Group, Fairfax VA, USA , November 2006
  14. “Architecture Analyses with Executable Architecture Models,” Keynote lecture at the Net-Centric Enterprise Services Architecture Conference, Fairfax VA, USA , March 2005
  15. “An Approach for Architecture Performance Analysis,” Invited talk at the Net-Centric Enterprise Services Architecture Working Group, Fairfax VA, USA , August 2004
  16. “Impacts of Biometrics on Adjudication and Inspection,” Invited talk at the Bureau of Consular Affairs, Washington DC, USA , January 2003
  17. “Migration Strategy for Passport Records Management system” Invited talk at the Bureau of Consular Affairs, Washington DC, USA , April 2002
  18. “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
  19. “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
  20. “太陽探秘、網上尋幽,” 澳門教育暨青年司特邀講座, 1998年9月
  21. “Three-dimensional Kinematic Reconnection,” European Geophysical Society XIX General Assembly, Grenoble, France, April 1994
  22. “Magnetic Reconnection and Chaotic Scattering,” Invited talk at Aix Marseille University, Marseille, France, April, 1994
  23. “Ion Banana Orbits in Tokamak Edge Plasmas,” Invited talk at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos NM, USA, March 1994
  24. “Disintegration of Ion Banana Orbits in Tokamak Edge Plasmas,” Dept. of Energy Transport Task Force Workshop, Dallas, TX, USA, March 1994
  25. “Long-term Containment of Energetic Particles in Coronal Loops,” Invited talk at Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC, USA, March 1993
  26. “Fast Dynamos in 3D Chaotic Flows,” Invited talk at Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA February 1993
  27. “Long-term Particle Trapping in Coronal Loops,” Invited talk at NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt MD, USA, February 1992
  28. “Fast Dynamos in Steady Flows with Stagnation Points,” Invited talk at Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM, USA, November 1992
  29. “Large-period Turbulent Solutions of the Kuramoto-Sivashinsky Equation,” Invited talk at Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC, USA, October 1992
  30. “Cocoon Bifurcations,” Invited talk at University of Postdam, Germany, September 1992
  31. “The Magnetic Field Structures of a Class of Fast Dynamos,” International Astronomical Union Symposium on Cosmic Dynamo, Potsdam, Germany, September 1992
  32. “Three-dimensional Magnetic Field Structures in Fast Dynamos,” American Geophysical Union Meeting, Montreal, Canada, May 1992
  33. “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
  34. “The Cocoon Bifurcations in three-dimensional systems,” Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA, April 1992
  35. “Reconnection in Resistive MHD,” Gordon Conference on Solar Plasma and MHD, NH, USA, August 1991
  36. “Kinematic Reconnection of Plasmoids with Nulls,” Workshop of Electromechanical Coupling of Solar Atmosphere, Capri, Italy, May 1991
  37. “Magnetic Reconnection in Three Dimensions,” Invited talk at Princeton Plasma Physic Laboratory, Princeton, NJ, USA, May 1990
  38. “Three-dimensional Kinematic Reconnection,” University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA, October 1989
  39. “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)
  1. Y.-T. Lau, “Reference Metrics for Service-Oriented Architectures,” CrossTalk, December 2007.
  2. Y.-T. Lau, “A Unified Service Description for the Global Information Grid,” CrossTalk, August 2007.
  3. Y.-T. Lau, “Service-Oriented Architecture and the C4ISR Framework,” CrossTalk, September 2004.
Papers in Refereed Journals – Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos (5)
  1. Y.-T. Lau, “Global Aspects of Homoclinic Bifurcations of Three-dimensional Saddles,” Chaos, Solitons, and Fractals, 3, 369 (1993).
  2. Y.-T. Lau, “Large-period Turbulent Solutions of the Kuramoto-Sivashinsky Equation,” Physics Letters A, 169, 329 (1992).
  3. Y.-T. Lau, “The Cocoon Bifurcations in three-dimensional systems with two fixed points,” International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, 2, 543 (1992).
  4. Y.-T. Lau and J. M. Finn, “Dynamics of a three-dimensional incompressible flows with stagnation points,” Physica D, 57, 283 (1992).
  5. 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)
  1. Y.-T. Lau and J. M. Finn, “Magnetic Reconnection and the Topology of Interacting Twisted Flux Tubes,” Physics of Plasmas, 3, 3983 (1996).
  2. J. F. Drake, Y.-T. Lau, A. Zeiler, “Local negative shear and the formation of transport barriers,” Physics Review Letters, 77, 494 (1996).
  3. Y.-T. Lau, “A Linear Analysis For Edge-localized Mode Precursors,” Plasma Phys. Controlled Fusion, 38, 1393 (1996).
  4. Y.-T. Lau and E. Siregar, “Nonlinear Aflven Wave Propagation in Solar Winds,” Astrophysical Journal, 465, 451 (1996).
  5. Y.-T. Lau, “Density Edge Localized Mode in Rotating Plasmas,” Nuclear Fusion, 36, 965 (1996).
  6. 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).
  7. Y.-T. Lau and R. Ramaty, “Evolution of Energetic Protons in Twisted Magnetic Loops,” Solar Physics, 160, 343 (1995).
  8. Y.-T. Lau, “Nonlinear Dynamics of Twisted Magnetic Flux Tubes,” Physics of Plasmas, 2, 4442 (1995).
  9. 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).
  10. Y.-T. Lau, “Magnetic Nulls and Topology in a Class of Solar Flare Models,” Solar Physics, 148, 301 (1993).
  11. Y.-T. Lau, T. Northrop, and J. M. Finn, “Long-term Containment of Energetic Particles in Coronal Loops,” Astrophysical Journal, 414, 446 (1993).
  12. 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).
  13. 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).
  14. Y.-T. Lau and J. M. Finn, “Three-dimensional Kinematic Reconnection of Plasmoids,” Astrophysical Journal, 366, 577 (1991).
  15. 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).
  16. Y.-T. Lau, “Edge Microtearing and Drift Instabilities in DIII-D Tokamak Plasmas,” Nuclear Fusion, 30, 934 (1990).
  17. 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).
  18. Y.-T. Lau, “Three-dimensional Equilibria in DRAKONs,” Nuclear Fusion, 28, 1223 (1988).
  19. Y.-T. Lau, “An Easy Method for Converting Equations Between SI and Gaussian Units,” American Journal of Physics, 56, 135 (1988).
  20. Y.-T. Lau, “Neoclassical Flux-friction Relations In Arbitrary Closed-end Plasmas,” The Physics of Fluids, 30, 3517 (1987).