Introduction

The Institute for Sustainable Development, Macau University of Science and Technology, established in September 2002, conducts a range of economic, social and public policies related to Macao on the premise that they are “neutral, scientific and constructive”. For instance, they develop and publish indexes and special studies closely associated with current social and economic development of Macao and neighboring areas. In addition, it undertakes policy consultations and surveys entrusted by government departments of the Special Administrative Region, and carry out public opinion or market surveys for different industries. Besides, the institute has established stable cooperative relationships with several scientific research institutes. It gets involved in studying national and regional research topics.

It has a Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI) for market surveys and capable teams for surveys, interviews and superintendence. It regularly published several important indicators of Macao, including Macao Consumer Confidence Index (CCI), Macao-Zhuhai Consumer Satisfaction Index (CSI) and Macao Employee Confidence Index (ECI) for over 10 consecutive years. Since the first quarter of 2009, it has cooperatively published cross-strait, Hong Kong and Macao consumer confidence indexes, continuously tracked and promptly fed back consumers’ confidence about social economy. It has progressively become a research brand with certain awareness and influence. Since 2012, it has cooperatively studied and published urban competitiveness of Macao in the “reports on urban competitiveness in China” together with the Urban and Competitiveness Research Center, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

Based on project research, the institute invites experts inside and outside to jointly study research topics of several fields, including society, economy, people’s livelihood, environment and energy. The studies carried out by the institute include longitudinal topics funded by Macao Foundation, Science and Technology Development Fund and National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) as well as horizontal topics entrusted by government departments, financial institutions and communities of the Special Administrative Region.

Through market surveys, the institute has cultivated a group of local Macao students as investigators with practical experiences. Meanwhile, it attracts postgraduates and Ph.D. students to participate in research, in order to enhance their empirical research capabilities. In the 2020/2021 academic year, the Institute had launched the “Ph.D. Program in Urban and Regional Economics”, in hope of fostering more talents for related fields.

It actively holds diverse exchanges and cooperation with different circles of the society. It assembles experts and scholars at lectures on “sustainable development” and “financial/economic forums of the bay area” to introduce advanced theories and economic practices to students, so as to expand their field of vision.

At present, the institute is actively conducting research on regional economy. According to the national plan for Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Great Bay Area, it will construct urban and regional science teaching bases, create high-end think tanks on urban and regional development, and build collaborative innovation platforms to integrate disciplines, resources and interactions. 

Assistant Professor Liang, Zhiyao

Assistant Professor Liang, Zhiyao

School of Computer Science and Engineering, Faculty of Innovation Engineering

Macau University of Science and Technology

 

Office: A216

Tel.: +853-8897 2940

E-mail: [email protected]

Academic Qualification:
  • Ph.D. in Computer Science, Houston University, USA, 2008
  • Master in Computer Science, The University of Texas at Austin, USA, 2001
  • Bachelor in Computer Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, China, 1996
Teaching Area
  • Compiler Prinicples and Construction
  • Computational Linguistics
  • Data Structures
  • Fundamentals of Computer Programming
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Object Oriented Programming
Research Area
  • Formal Methods
  • Information Security
  • Computational Linguistics
  • Theory of Computation and Algorithms
Working Experience
  • 2010 to present: Assistant Professor, Faculty of Information Technology, Macau University of Science and Technology
  • 2009: Postdoctoral Fellow, LDCSEE Department, West Virginial University, USA
  • 1996 to 1999: Hunan Normal University, Department of Computer Technology Education

Academic Publication (Selected)

  1. Shiru Zhang, Zhiyao Liang*, Jian Lin, "Sentence Similarity Measurement with Convolutional Neural Networks Using Semantic and Syntactic Features. CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, 63(2), pages 943–957, 2020.
  2. Qiaoyang Zhang, Zhiyao Liang*, Zhiping Cai:“Developing a New Security Framework for Bluetooth Low Energy Devices, CMC: Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.59 No.2, pages.457-471, 2019.
  3. Zhiyao. Liang, K. Subramani, and J. Worthington: "Polynomial time certifying algorithms for the planar quantified integer programming problem". Journal of Logic and Computation, 23(5): pages1017–1033, 2013.
  4. Zhiyao Liang and Rakesh Verma, “Correcting and Improving the NP Proof of Cryptographic Protocol Insecurity”, to appear in Proceedings of Information Systems Security, 5th International Conference, ICISS 2009, pages 101-116, Kolkata, India, LNCS, December, 2009.
  5. Zhiyao Liang and Rakesh Verma, “Complexity of Checking Freshness for Cryptographic Protocols”, In Proceedings of Information Systems Security, 4th International Conference, ICISS 2008, pages 86-106, Hyderabad, India, LNCS, December, 2008.
  6. Zhiyao Liang and Rakesh Verma, “Improving Techniques for Proving Undecidability of Checking Cryptographic Protocols”, In Proceedings of The Third International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security, ARES, pages 1067-1074, Barcelona, Spain, IEEE, March, 200.
  7. Zhiyao Liang and Rakesh Verma, “Secrecy Checking of Security Protocols: Solution to an Open Problem”, Joint Workshop on Foundations of Computer Security and Automated Reasoning for Security Protocol Analysis, FCS-ARSPA, pages 95-112, Wroclaw, Poland, July, 2007.
  8. “Model Checking Using Tabled Rewriting”, Zhiyao Liang, Contributions to the Doctoral Programme of the 2nd International Joint Conference on Automated Reasoning, IJCAR Doctoral Programme, Cork, Ireland, July 2004.
Professional Certification and Awards

Sun Certified Java Programmer

Professional Society Membership

Member of IEEE, 2005 to present

Contact Us

The Institute for Sustainable Development (TISD)

Address: O707, Macau University of Science and Technology, Avenida Wai Long, Taipa, Macau

Office Hour: Monday - Friday: 9 am - 1 pm, 2:30 pm - 6:20 pm

Tel: (853)8897-1799

Fax:(853)2871-7322

Email: [email protected]