Speaker: Dr. Tai Hsu
Date: 10/25/2008, Saturday
Time: 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Abstract
Companies like Google and Facebook create wealth by innovative ways of using Information Technology. With massive online data, information and knowledge are statistically computed and transformed into profitable business actions. The heavy online interaction between humans and computers allows machines to learn via the intelligence of massive human brains, and help businesses quickly learn the potential market segments. When machines accumulate sufficient historical knowledge, they can help predict the future also help create new businesses.
Biography
Ph.D., Computer Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 2003
M.S., Computer Science, University of Missouri, Rolla, MO, 1994
B.A., Computer Science, Warburg College, Waverly, IA, 1992
Biocomputing, super computing, algorithm and cluster/parallel computing, system administration for Unix and Windows NT systems.
Dr. Hsu's major effort has been in research and development projects. His research in areas cover algorithm, artificial intelligence, chemistry, computational biology, cybernetics, robotics, and supercomputing. His work in machine 3D vision won the best paper award (European Meeting in on Cybernetics and Systems Research, 2006). His research in computational biology won the NLM award (National Library of Medicine, of National Institute of Health) in 2001. His work in quantum chemistry won the best paper award (Journal of Chinese Chemical Society, Taiwan, 1988). He was one of the main contributors to the National Science Foundation award (number 9818414, 2002) for the Linux supercomputer cluster of the Computer Science Department of Oregon State University. He was named a distinguished employee (2001) of Providian Financial Corporation for his success in automating presumably automation-impossible jobs. In the past, Dr. Hsu worked as a researcher, R&D application developer, chief engineer, programmer, system administrator, hardware test engineer, and programmer analyst in various organizations from 1995 to 2005.
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Topic: Technical Writing
Speaker: Prof. Paul Jensen
Date: 10/18/2008, Saturday
Time: 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
-Abstract
What is technical writing and how does it compare to business writing? The seminar will cover examples of technical and business writing, and end with a discussion of writing the report on your research reports at NPU.
-Biography
BS Physics, minor in Math;
BBA Marketing;
MBA Management, honorary DBA from NPU.
Started in Silicon Valley as a Senior Engineer in the Technical Publications Section writing technical manuals for electronic hardware systems. Became manager of the R&D Publications Department and later worked as a communications systems engineer and engineering department manager. Total time was 26 years at GTE (now Verizon Wireless). Took early retirement for 2 days then worked 10 years at TRW (now Northrop Grumman) as a communications systems engineer and department manager. Taught at Univ. of California Berkeley Engineering Extension for 4 years and 10 years on the Stanford TV network. Have been teaching at NPU since early 1989.
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Topic: Resume preparation
Speaker: Dr. Yifong Shih
Date: 10/11/2008, Saturday
Time: 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Abstract:
A resume is the first opportunity a job seeker has to impress upon potential employers. How does a fresh college graduate create a document about himself that describes to human resource professionals and hiring managers his skills and personality in a short time span on their busy working day? We will examine the content and formats of a good resume from three different readers’ perspectives, and follow up with several common questions asked during an interview.
Biography:
Ph.D., Computer Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, MI, 1987
M.S., E.E., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, 1978
B.S., E.E., Wayne State University, MI, 1974
Computer architecture, parallel processing and multiprocessors, cryptography and security, high-speed I/O, RAID storage systems, system-on-chip design & verification.
Dr. Yifong Shih has over twenty years of experience working for various companies in the Bay Area. He started his career as a performance architect in IBM's Storage Systems Division in Tucson, Arizona before moving to Hewlett-Packard and participated in the design of a fast memory subsystem for the directory-based Yosemite multiprocessor system. More recently he has worked as a designer for a high-speed Infiniband switch at RedSwitch and systems architect for a storage system-on-chip at Agilent.
Dr. Shih has authored several U.S. patents. He received his Ph.D in Computer Science and Engineering from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He also holds a MSEE from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a BSEE degree from Wayne State University.
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Topic: Effective Learning and Communication in 21st Century
Speaker: Dr. George Hsieh
Date: 10/4/2008, Saturday
Time: 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM
Biography
Dr. George Hsieh, president of Northwestern Polytechnic University (NPU), has been dedicated to the fields of science, technology, and management for more than three decades. His human resource management techniques and effective teaching methodologies, coupled with the object-oriented educational model of student learning, have successfully transformed thousands of individuals into successful professionals. Under the leadership of Dr. Hsieh, NPU has rapidly become one of the outstanding institutions in Silicon Valley. For over 23 years, NPU has been serving the students from over 20 countries as well as local community and helped thousands of people to explore their potentials, help them to take the challenge and achieve their goals.
Dr. Hsieh also has been very active in supporting the advancement of higher education in the international communities, particularly in Asian countries. In the past twenty years, he has visited more than 200 institutions of higher learning and many high tech districts/parks in China, Taiwan, HK, Japan, Korea etc. and more than 100,000 attendees have attended and benefited from hundreds of speeches, presentations and lectures given by him.
In addition, Dr. Hsieh has exerted great efforts and made great contributions in promoting east and west cross cultural understanding as well as in cultivating business cooperation between Asian companies and corporations in Silicon Valley. Dr. Hsieh has been serving as Commissioner, Economic Development Commission, City of Fremont for years, he also is the Director, Board of Director of UNA-USA. In 2005, Dr. Hsieh was awarded the Outstanding Alumni by the Alumni Association of National Cheng Kung University to honor his achievements.
In a great vision of “boundless campus”, Dr. Hsieh initiated Global Education Consortium (GEC) in March 2006 to promote the cooperation and resource sharing among the higher education organizations around the world, and as a result, make the learning opportunity available to more and more students in different countries. Now over 80 member colleges and universities from Taiwan, China, Korea, Philippine, Chile and Vietnam participate in GEC.
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Speaker: Dr. Pei-Jie Cao
Date: 8/16/2008, Saturday
Time: 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
-Abstract:
The talk will explain medical device in general from perspective of electrical design, demonstrate the unique aspects of electrical medical device. The students will understand the relation between the electrical design and signal processing which will benefit them in their long-term career, turning them from an EE engineer into a system engineer.
-Speaker:
Pei-Jie Cao, received Ph.D in BME from Xi'an Jiaotong University in China, 3 years of postdoc at the Penn State University, 2 years research faculty at USC, 15 years of experience in electrical medical device industry. Strong background at mixed signal design, signal processing.
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