How geometry of subduction zones correlates with earthquake dynamics
Oscar Y.L. Chau, Rebecca Bendick, Gary P. T. Choi, L. Mahadevan. (2026).
"How geometry of subduction zones correlates with earthquake dynamics"
ArXiv Preprint.
CV
Education
- MPhil in Mathematics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2027 (expected)
- BSc in Mathematics (Enrichment Stream and Computational and Applied Mathematics Stream), The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2025
Experience
- Aug 2024 - Jul 2025: Student Research Assistant
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Developed a mathematical framework applying 3D surface curvature to analyze the correlation between earthquake magnitude and occurrence frequency.
- Supervisor: Prof. Gary Choi
- Mar 2024 - Jul 2024: Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Formulated 3D geometric descriptors including surface curvature and Beltrami coefficients across target facial regions for feature extraction.
- Designed a machine learning framework to classify pediatric sleep apnea risk based on extracted quasi conformal shape features.
- Supervisor: Prof. Ronald Lok Ming Lui
Honors & Awards
- 2025 to Present - Postgraduate Studentship, CUHK
- 2024 - Gold Award in Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program, CUHK
- 2021 - Mathematics Scholarship, Department of Mathematics, CUHK
Skills
- Programming skills
- MATLAB
- Python
- C++
- Languages
- Cantonese (Native)
- English (Fluent)
- Mandarin (Fluent)
Publications
CW-VAE: Shape Generation via Conformal Welding Priors in Variational Autoencoders
Chenran Lin, Oscar Y.L. Chau and Lok Ming Lui (2025).
"CW-VAE: Shape Generation via Conformal Welding Priors in Variational Autoencoders"
Mathematics, Computation and Geometry of Data. 4(2).