research and life

Research and Life

Yi-Shin Chen

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Story (Contd.)


True or False?

• No industry will work on your research topic• Don’t waste your time in graduate school?!

• School can help us to get some “certificate”, and that’s the only thing matters for the industry.


Gap

• Between the universities and industries• Goal of universities: learning

• Students learn through lectures

• Lectures are organized by instructors

• Instructors need to solve student problems

• Goal of industries: production making money• The workers solve the problems on their own

• The ability of problem solving comes from?

Research


Research

• 1577, act of searching closely

• Current definition• A close and careful study to find out new facts or

information


What You Can Learn

• Learn from the processes• Identify the problem• Gather information• Develop the method• Analyze and Justify• Presentation


Identify The Problem

• Predict problems

• Filter unneeded data

• Isolate the key point

• Make hypothesis


Gather Information

• Where we are

• Validate the information• Are the sources OK?• The credibility of the data• Filter the biased information


Develop The Method

• On top of the previous methods

• Evaluate the strength and the weakness• For your method• For your ability

• Additional help?• Fair evaluation

• Gradually improve it

• Might need to start from zero again


Analyze and Justify

• Gather enough good data to validate

• Design fair mechanisms to compare• Logic• Criteria• Stand on top of giants’ shoulders

• Bit by bit

• NOT just believe what you want to believe• Fair, fair, fair….


Presentation

• Wrap the content

• Nice package

• Persuade others with reasons and logic

• Practices


Patient

Achievement

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Apply

• Apply what you learn• In daily life• At your work• At your home• With your friends• While digesting information


Life Case 1

• What happen if you see a girl cry?• Research:

• Identify the problem• Gather information• Develop the method• Analyze and Justify• Presentation


Life Case 2

• How do I choose between two girl friends?• Research



Johannes Kepler, German mathematician (1571~1630)Considered 11 different matches over two years(a decision process formalized later as the marriage problem). He eventually returned to the fifth match for "won me over with love, humble loyalty, economy of household, diligence, and the love she gave the stepchildren."

Life Case 3

• What happen if the kid is sick?• Research:



Summary

• What is research for me?• Research is a life style• Research helps me to find:

• Who I am?• What I like?• How to define (live) my life


The EndThank you

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