2007 CAAPAM
Annual Conference Program
2007 年CAAPAM 學術研討會議程
| 12:00-1:00 p.m. | Registration, social hour |
| 1:00-1:10 p.m. | Opening Remark, Ms. Lih-in Rezania, P.E. 王莉茵會長 |
| 1:10-2:10 p.m. | 「從中國歷史文化看摩登的現代」 (Presents in Chinese) Keynote Speaker: Professor Zhu Qi, 朱琦教授 Stanford University Moderator(主持人)︰ 黃 肇 鑣 博士 朱琦于1990年在北京大學中文系獲博士學位﹐次年春訪學日本﹐1992年赴美。曾任教加州柏克萊大學東亞語言文學系﹐現任教於史丹福大學亞洲語言文學系。出版有文化隨筆集《黃河的孩子》﹑《東方的孩子》和散文集《東張西望》﹑《十年一笑》等。《黃河的孩子》登上台灣聯合報讀書金榜﹐並且成為一些大學和中學的課外閱讀推薦書。中央電視臺所拍攝的電視文學片《回鄉日記》﹐由他的作品改編﹐並且由他和家人出演﹐獲得中國廣播電視部星光獎。此外﹐曾獲中國首屆老舍散文獎和台灣中央日報文學獎。 Abstract: 中國的崛起已在全球激起漢語熱﹐中國傳統文化也水漲船高。那麼﹐中國傳統文化的主體結構是什麼﹖在漫長的歷史中沉澱出什麼樣的集體無意識﹖在當今中國的發展中有什麼功過﹖又對未來的中國乃至世界會產生什麼影響﹖演講人朱琦將從經濟形態上的農耕文化﹑社會組織上的宗法文化﹑政治體制上的集權文化和主流意識上的儒家文化等幾個角度﹐對時人所關心的問題進行探討﹐同時也對中國人的民族性加以解剖。 |
| 2:15-2:55 p.m. | 「Why Internet Needs to Be Re-Designed? 」 (Presents in English/Chinese) 講員﹕ Professor David Hung-Chang Du, 杜宏章教授 Qwest Chair Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Univ. of Minnesota and Program Director, National Science Foundation Moderator(主持人)︰ 酈 如 丘 理事 Dr. Du is currently a Qwest Chair Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. He is also a Program Director (IPA) at National Science Foundation CISE/CNS Division since March 2006. At NSF, he is responsible for NeTS (Networking Research cluster) NOSS (Networks of Sensor Systems) Program and works with two other colleagues, Karl Levitt and Ralph Wachter, on Cyber Trust Program. Dr. Du received a B.S degree in Mathematics from National Tsing-Hua University (Taiwan) in 1974 and an M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from University of Washington (Seattle) in 1980 and 1981 respectively. He joined University of Minnesota as a faculty since 1981. Dr. Du has research in multimedia computing, mass storage systems, high-speed networking, sensor networks, cyber security, high-performance file systems and I/O, database design, and CAD for VLSI circuits. He has authored and co-authored over 190 technical papers including 90 referred journal publications in these research areas. He has graduated 48 Ph.D. and 80 M.S. students in the last 25 years. Dr. Du is an IEEE Fellow (since 1998) and a Fellow of the Minnesota Supercomputer Institute. He is currently an international adviser for the Institute of Computer and Information Science, Academic Sinica in Taiwan and an international advisor for the International Journal of Korea Computer Information Science and Engineering in Korea. He is currently serving on the Editorial Boards of several international journals. He has also served as Conference Chair and Program Committee Chair for several conferences in multimedia, networking and database areas. He has had research grants from the National Science Foundation, DARPA, ONR, DOE and companies like 3M, Northern Telecom, Unisys, IBM, Seagate Technology, US WEST, Honeywell, Sun Micro, Intel, Cisco and etc. Abstract The Internet today was designed four decades ago. The scale of the Internet has grown to enormously large. With the rapid technology advancement, we now have cheap and small devices with high computing power and large storage capacity. These devices are designed to improve our daily life by monitoring our environment, collecting critical data, and executing special instructions. These devices have gradually become an essential part of our future Internet. Unprecedented amount of data are collected by these devices. How to manage and look for the desired information becomes a great challenge. At the same time, many emerging applications like service-oriented, security and real-time applications demand much better support than the current Internet can offer. To meet these challenges, National Science Foundation (NSF) research funding directions for NeTS (Networking Research Cluster) and Cyber Trust Program have been adjusted. NSF also starts a major effort, called GENI (Global Environment for Networking Innovations) to design the Internet from scratch. GENI consists of two major components: an experimental facility and a research program called FIND (Future Internet Design). We will discuss the current status of GENI, research directions of NOSS (Networks Of Sensor Systems) and FIND. At the University of Minnesota we are developing an intelligent storage approach that taking advantage of the technology advancement by migrating several key features from file systems and the layers above into storage devices. The research issues and potential benefits of this approach will also be briefly discussed. This serves as one of the examples of rethinking the required framework and architecture of the future Internet. |
| 2:55-3:15 p.m. | Break, Refreshment & Social Exchange |
| 3:20-3:40 p.m. |
「Cardiac Rhythm Disease Management」 (Presents in English/Chinese) Dr. Shawn Wang 王小川 博士 Boston Scientific Moderator(主持人)︰ 蔡 文 正 理事 Dr. Wang is an engineer with Boston Scientific. Dr. Wang was a semi-professional soccer athlete from 1982-1991, he has a sweat and strong heart. He graduated from University of Minnesota with Ph.D in Material Science in 1996. His career spanned computer hardware (semiconductor, disc drive), consumer electronics, enterprise software. He currently is working on Cardiac Rhythm Management technology to save and improve people's heart. Abstract |
| 4:05-4:45 p.m. | 「Wal-Mao: The Localization of Corporate Culture at Wal-Mart, China」 (Presents in English) 講員﹕ Professor David Davis Hamline University Moderator(主持人)︰ 賀 廣 玉 理事 David Davies is assistant professor of anthropology and the director of the East Asian Studies program at Hamline University. At Hamline he teaches courses on development and globalization, travel and tourism, ethnographic film and contemporary Chinese history and society. His recent research interests look at the prominent role of corporations and discourses of business in Chinese society. Recent publications have examined the localization of corporate culture in Chinese contexts and the rise of celebrity businesspeople in Chinese popular culture. Abstract Wal-Mart, the world’s largest company, is famous for being nimble and flexible despite its size, constantly evolving through innovation and reliance on cutting-edge technology in transportation and logistics and sales across a global network. This presentation describes and examines the localization of Wal-Mart’s corporate culture in the context of China’s contemporary history and current societal aspirations to be “successful” in the market economy. It does this through the metaphor of “Wal-Mao”—a mythological relationship between the revolutionary American retailer, Sam Walton, and the Chinese revolutionary leader, Mao Zedong. |
| 4:50-5:20 p.m. |
「Tzu Chi World: Caring for the Earth and Flood Disaster Relief of Minnesota」 「慈濟世界」 (Presents in Chinese) 講員﹕ Dr. Li-Chun Chen, 陳立君 博士, R & D Systems Moderator(主持人)︰ 林 志 誠 理事 Li-Chun Chen has served and promoted Tzu Chi charity works day and night in Twin Cities for seven years. He attended Tzu Chi Foundation since 1997. Beside as a volunteer of Tzu Chi, he is working in the R & D Systems Company for living. Abstract Our planet is ill. What can we do to make our planet healthy again? Global warming is an emergent issue that will affect everyone and our next generation. Founder of Tzu Chi Foundation, Master Cheng Yen, first called for environmental protection in 1990 and there are over 50,000 registered environmental protection volunteers in Taiwan. Tzu Chi has designed a reusable bag in which one may carry a bowl, a cup, chopsticks, etc., to minimize the use of disposable eating utensils in markets and restaurants. In addition, the Master also calls on everyone to recycle trash and save water, electric power and daily necessities. We should not simply dispose of clothes, food, houses, cars, etc., We should take good care of what we have and "turn trash into gold." It is our responsibility to preserve a decent environment for our next generation. Caring for the earth is important for the extending of all being’s future forever. As a part of my talk, I would like to cover current Tzu Chi's special financial support for the Flood Disaster Relief of Southern Minnesota which was happened on August 19, 2007. Volunteers from Twin Cities, Chicago, Madison, St. Louis, just finished the delivery of cash cards and daily gifts in the Labor Day weekend. We visited two counties (Winona and Fillmore) to help 400 victim families from four cities (Minnesota City, Rushford, Stockton, St. Charles). There are so many sad stories and stimulating feeling after the biggest flood in 100 years. |
| 5:25-5:45 p.m. |
「Introduction of Minnesota State Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans」 (Presents in Chinese) 講員﹕ Terry Cheng, 鄭明恩 先生 Wells Fargo Bank Moderator(主持人)︰ 朱 煥 彰 理事 Terry was appointed by Governor Pawlenty to the Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans. He has been serving as the chair for the Plymouth Advisory Committee on Transit for four years. Terry also serves as a board member for the Downtown YMCA, working on diversity initiatives and community relations. He was recognized numerous times as a diversity champion for his passion, energy and action with mentor programs, communications, minority leadership development programs and a community ambassador’s initiative. As a member of the Wells Fargo’s Minnesota Diversity Council, he tirelessly contributes his vision and action on diversity education, professional growth and mentoring. Terry is an operating system engineer in Wells Fargo Bank’s Technology Information Group. Terry was born and raised in Taiwan and has been in United States for over 20 years. Terry was recruited by Wells Fargo (then Norwest Bank) in 1999. He and his family moved from Seattle, Washington to Plymouth in 2000. Abstract The Council on Asian-Pacific Minnesotans (CAPM) was created by the Minnesota State Legislature in 1985 to fulfill the following primary objectives: advise the governor and state legislators on issues pertaining to Asian Pacific people; ensure Asian Pacific Minnesotans are more incorporated and engaged in the governmental and policymaking process; see that residents of Asian Pacific descent have sufficient access to state government services; promote the talents and resources of Asian Pacific people where appropriate; and act as a broker between the Asian Pacific community in Minnesota and mainstream society. Serving as a conduit to state government for Asian Pacific organizations and individuals, the council recommends bills to the governor and state legislature designed to improve the economic and social condition of all Asian Pacific Minnesotans. Furthermore, the council may provide comment and/or recommendations regarding any application for federal funds submitted by state departments or agencies that stand to impact programs pertinent to Asian-Pacific Minnesotans. Terry will share the vision, mission, core function and operations of Council and also suggest the ways of engaging Council for general Chinese communities. |
| 5:50-6:50 p.m. |
Moderator(主持人)︰ 蔡 文 正 理事 |
| 7:00-8:30 p.m. |
The World is Flat – How Chinese Culture fits in the Modern World 主題研討： 中華文化與全球化的世界 All speakers Moderator(主持人): 酈 如 丘 理事 |
| 8:30 p.m. | 散會(Adjourn) |
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