張忠謀自傳 (下冊)

 張忠謀，《張忠謀自傳》下冊 (1964-2018)，天下，2024 

 「下冊」的第一篇「德儀篇」占全書三分之一篇幅，敘述我自 27 歲至 52 歲黃金年齡的崛起及衰退。德儀時期也是我最為熱情澎湃的年代。德儀讓我「獨上高樓，望盡天涯路」；為此，我無比地感激。但是，它對我的培植也激發了我要登上德儀顛峰的雄心。但是，這雄心是無法實現的；不說別的，只看 1970 年代美國德克薩斯州的客觀環境，就可斷定我的雄心很難很難實現。但是我的痴心，居然使我「明知不可為」的情況下，還在德儀多滯留了 5、6 年，後來連婚姻都賠上了。現在回想，那 5、6 年是多麼絕望的 5、6 年！

Some information and papers related to the seminar

(4/9/2025) 許志華 (The original speaker needs to take care of emergency affairs.)

• Dimitris Bertsimas and Michael Lingzhi Li, Scalable holistic linear regression, Operations Research Letters, Volume 48, Issue 3, May 2020, Pages 203-208.
• We could not reproduce their results in the paper, so I asked Prof. Li for his code. He told me he finished the paper as a course project (MIT style?!😂), and the codes were stored on another obsolete hard drive. 
  

Guides for students in Business Analytics Laboratory (商業分析實驗室學生指引)

Knowledge to master for a better foundation (and future)

Tools and general: 

• AI in education: Geoffrey Hinton’s and Yann LeCun’s vision of the future, The Buzz Business, 2023. 
• The role of AI in education extends to fostering creativity and critical thinking.
• Another significant impact of AI in education is its potential to democratize access to quality learning.

Optimization in Fusion Energy

Raphael Rosen, The 10-Second Algorithm That Could Unlock Fusion Energy, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, March 16, 2025.

QUADCOIL is a groundbreaking computer code that simplifies the design of stellarator magnets, ensuring plasma shapes remain practical for real-world construction.

Unlike traditional methods, it rapidly predicts magnet complexity, saving time and effort. By integrating engineering constraints early, QUADCOIL helps streamline the path to cost-effective fusion energy.

電路和電子學的產業知識

工業與系統工程學系隸屬於電機資訊學院，所以系上同學們都要修習電路學和電子學相關的課程。在電機系，這些是非常重要的基礎知識；而且，從 IC 設計、晶圓代工、到封裝測試，台灣有許多世界級的領導廠商，所以，值得同學們好好地學習相關的知識。更多資訊。

TaiwanPlus Docs, Inside Micron Taiwan’s Semiconductor Factory (美國美光科技在台灣的工廠，稱為外國直接投資 (Foreign direct investment, FDI))

以下介紹一些科普和整體產業的書籍和影片，希望可以增加同學們的學習動機，並且增加職涯發展的機會：

台積電建廠的選擇

 Yale Engineering Dean's Invited Speaker Series featuring C.C. Wei (魏哲家), CEO, TSMC, 2023/11/15

一些常聽的 Podcast 節目和培養英文聽力的方法

一些常聽的 Podcast 節目 (*)，適合坐車、(讓眼睛) 休息、睡前、或運動時聽

• Acquired (new): 
• How ARM Became The World’s Default Chip Architecture (with ARM CEO Rene Haas)
• The Complete History & Strategy of Microsoft: Vol. I, Vol. II 
• Renaissance Technologies: The best-performing investment firm of all time. A book. The hosts even talk about the hidden Markov process!
• TSMC Founder Morris Chang
• AI with AI 
• American Public Media: Marketplace
• Asianometry (new): Global Semiconductor Issues, Semiconductor "Course", TSMC Analysis
  

2024 ACM A.M. Turing Award

ACM A.M. Turing Award Honors Two Researchers Who Led the Development of Cornerstone AI Technology: Andrew Barto and Richard Sutton Recognized as Pioneers of Reinforcement Learning, New York, NY, March 5, 2025

上課內容 (Teaching)

許志華，中原大學，電機資訊學院，工業與系統工程學系

• 2025 春 (Spring)
• 作業研究 (下)，工業三丙
• 登記，課前預習和每週進度
• 助教：朱旻為 (Willy) (email: homework7915 at Gmail)
• 辦公室時間：莊敬 302，辦公室時間 (二)  1 - 2 pm
• 機器學習 (machine learning)，工業碩一 (graduate students)
• class participation，weekly schedule
• TA 朱品穎 (Pollie) (email: a0973634180 at Gmail)
• Office Hour: ISE 302, (三)  1 - 2 pm
• 書報討論 (Seminar)，碩博班 (graduate students) 
• 助教趙振宇 (Jeff) (email: zz2347605 at Gmail)
• Some information and papers related to the seminar
• Please use the school's MS team account for online sessions. 
• Login Account: 學號@o365st.cycu.edu.tw, student_ID@o365st.cycu.edu.tw
• Please use browser-based login instead of the application program to avoid login problems.
• 課程組員互評表 (Evaluation form for team members)
• Deadline: the day for the last class meeting time
• Default: If no one answers, everyone will get the same score for project participation.  If only 1 person fills in the form, we will use that as the group score for project participation.
• The best way to contact me (email):  chhsu135 AT gmail DOT com (主旨：修課名稱和班級，學號，姓名) (Subject: Class, student ID, Name)

中原隨筆 (My days at CYCU)

在台南住了20幾年，因為種種因素，來到中原大學任教。懷念台南的好天氣、上下班不太塞車、和美食。秉持共好的精神，紀錄我在中原的所見所聞。

• 商業分析實驗室 (Business Analytics Laboratory)：指引 (Guides)，論文報告 (Group meeting)
• 翻轉教室 (Flipped classroom)
• Feel stressed (壓力山大) about your graduate studies?，快樂和健康地活著，壓力管理
• 工業系必修 (應用和產業知識)：微積分 (計算螺絲的體積)，機率與統計，電路和電子學，線性代數，作業研究 (含最佳化)，學習數學的四個層次，首頁右側的標籤有更多的資訊
• 作業研究：期末報告，到高中的介紹 (提問)，最差和最佳的應用場景，進一步的資訊
• Some books and information on machine learning and AI
• 學習：學習動力與方向 (1, 2)，態度與方法，聽不懂演講時怎麼辦，上台報告的方法與建議，專題和論文的製作與報告 (tips for the final project and your thesis)，國科會大專學生研究計畫，如何準備研究所，預備研究生 (4 + 1) (包含資料科學相關研究所和職涯準備)
• Some information and papers related to the seminar
• 培養思辨能力
• 為什麼工 (資) 管的課程看起來很雜？
• 機器學習和作業研究的奇妙結合  (最後一頁：天賦或努力)  
• 李芳齡譯，心態致勝：全新成功心理學 (Carol S. Dweck, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success)

Business Analytics Laboratory (商業分析實驗室)

If you are interested in operations research, machine learning, data science, and its real-world applications (in supply chain, business, smart manufacturing, etc.), please email me your resume and transcript to schedule a meeting or online chat. Please refer to this blog for more details about your resume. (Guides for students,   tips for the final project and your thesis,  group meeting,  meeting schedule)

2024 Franz Edelman Award

2024 Edelman Competition (video, special issue, INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics)

Pierre Pinson, Mikkel Bjørn, Simon Kristiansen, Claus B. Nielsen, Lasse Janerka, Jesper Skovgaard, Kristian Durhuus (2025) Data-Driven at Sea: Forecasting and Revenue Management at Molslinjen. INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics 55(1):5-21. https://doi.org/10.1287/inte.2024.0177 (2024 Franz Edelman Award Winner) (Keywords: ferry operations, demand forecasting, revenue management, machine learning  (by XGBoost))

到高中介紹作業研究 (和適性教育、選填大學志願)

臺北市立陽明高級中學，作業研究，2023/11/30。適性教育、AI 和作業研究，2024/2/22。

學生問題之回答

價值戰爭

 作者：朱敬一/ 羅昌發/ 李柏青/ 林建志，譯者：許瑞宋，價值戰爭: 極權中國與民主陣營的終極經濟衝突，衛城出版，2023 

美中經濟衝突的根源是什麼？

經貿往來為什麼無法造就民主國家與專制國家的穩定合作？

何以市場理性無法擱置自由與集權的對峙？

AI Alignment

Articles: 

• Medha Bankhwal, Ankit Bisht, Michael Chui, Roger Roberts, and Ashley van Heteren, AI for social good: Improving lives and protecting the planet, McKinsey, 2024.
• Yoshua Bengio et al., Managing extreme AI risks amid rapid progress, Science, 20 May 2024, Vol 384, Issue 6698, pp. 842-845 (arXiv)
• Jiaming Ji et al., AI Alignment: A Comprehensive Survey, arXiv:2310.19852 (website)
• Jack Stilgoe, Technological risks are not the end of the world, Science, 18 Apr 2024, Vol 384, Issue 6693.

Summarized AI information by IEEE Spectrum

Eliza Strickland, The Top 10 AI Stories of 2024, IEEE Spectrum, 31 Dec 2024.