Enhancing the Quality of ICT Education

through Industry Partnerships

Honesty Young ( 楊 誠 )

October 22, 2012

All opinions are mine

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Not a Manufacturing Process

• No standard answer

• Be a person (not a robot)– Integrity/Honesty is given– Be the best of oneself• Do not follow someone else blindly

– Don’t forget “–” part of “T” or a “π”

Journey to the West

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Opportunity

Power of Choice ( 捨得 )

Talent

OPT (choose) TOP

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Passion

It is very hard to predict the future

None of top 9 in 2007 hype cycle

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An Interpretation of “Quality”

• Skills• Capability• Think

技在手，能在身，思在腦，從容過生活。- 南懷瑾

Thinking SmartsDoing Wisdom

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A Similar Interpretation

• Readiness– Breadth– Hands-on

• Persistence– Practice– Learning ( 學問 )

• Wisdom

戒

定

慧

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R&D Budget to RevenueCompany (alphabetic order)• 0700.HK• AAPL• AMZN• BIDU• CSCO• EMC• FB• GOOG• HPQ• IBM• INTC• MMM• MSFT• ORCL• SNE• SSG.SG

R&D % (higher to lower)• 15.5%• 14.1%• 13.6%• 13.3%• 11.9%• 10.8%• 10.5%• 9.2%• 8.4%• 6.7%• 6.0%• 5.6%• 5.6%• 5.3%• 2.5%• 2.2%

2011 data

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How Industry May Help• Existing Intel programs

– Grow people• Students

– 工程实践教育 (Engineering Practice Education), Interns, innovation programs, student contests, campus seminars, Intel fellowship, ISEF …

• Professors– Visiting scholars, academic forums, faculty training …

– Develop curricula & textbooks – Collaborate with professors

• Drive, Coach, Practice• We can do many things, but not everything

– Please tell us善待問者如撞鐘，扣之以小則小鳴，扣之以大則大鳴- 禮記．學記