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I'm Aaron! I spent 6 years learning Spanish in school, and graduated barely able to speak at all. That was before I learned HOW to learn languages. Now I speak English, Spanish, French, Esperanto, some Thai, and I'm actively learning Greek. Stick around and we'll discuss what you should be doing to finally learn that language that's been on your mind. A new language will enhance your life!
- Course related:
- CBS503 Language in Society and CBS500 Sematics and Pragmatics
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- Language and Languages
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- Language languages -- Study teaching
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Frederik Imbo studied theatre at the Royal Conservatory of Ghent and has acted in lots of television series. He founded Imboorling and now has over 15 years' experience in stimulating and supporting people. With the aim of improving their communication skills Frederik gives presentations, workshops, training courses and personal coaching sessions to anyone prepared to make their two ears available.
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- HTM3226 Managing Human Resources in Hospitality
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- Personnel management
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Being diagnosed with autism is often seen as a tragedy. But for Jac den Houting, it was the best thing that's ever happened to them. As an autistic person, concepts like the Neurodiversity paradigm, the Social Model of Disability, and the Double Empathy Problem were life-changing for Jac. In this talk, Jac combines these ideas with their own personal story to explain why we need to rethink the way that we understand autism. Jac den Houting is a research psychologist and Autistic activist in pursuit of social justice. Jac currently holds the role of Postdoctoral Research Associate at Macquarie University in Sydney, working alongside Professor Liz Pellicano. In 2015, Jac was awarded an Autism CRC scholarship to complete their PhD through the Autism Centre of Excellence at Griffith University in Brisbane. Prior to this, they gained almost 10 years’ experience as a psychologist in the criminal justice system, with the Queensland Police Service and Queensland Corrective Services. Jac was identified as Autistic at the age of 25, and is proudly neurodivergent and queer. After participating in the inaugural Future Leaders Program at the 2013 Asia Pacific Autism Conference, Jac quickly became established as a strong advocate for the Autistic community. Jac is a current member of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network of Australia and New Zealand (ASAN-AuNZ)’s Executive Committee, the Autism CRC’s Data Access Committee, Aspect’s LGBTQIA+ Autism Advisory Committee, and the Aspect Advisory Council. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
- Course related:
- RS3320 Clinical Sciences in Developmental Dysfunction
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- Health Sciences
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- Autistic people Autism Autistic people -- Services for
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In this lesson, we'll be looking at the cell cycle. This is the lifespan of a eukaryotic somatic cell. A somatic cell is any cell in the body of an organism, except for sex cells such as sperm and egg cells. The cell cycle describes the sequence of cell growth and division. A cell spends most of its life a state called interphase. Interphase has three phases, the G1, S, and G2 phases. Interphase is followed by cell division, which has one phase, the M phase. Together these four phases make up the entire cell cycle. G1 of interphase is sometimes called growth 1 or gap phase 1. In G1, a cell is busy growing and carrying out whatever function it's supposed to do. Note that some cells, such as muscle and nerve cells, exit the cell cycle after G1 because they do not divide again. A cell enters the S phase after it grows to the point where it's no longer able to function well and needs to divide. The S stands for synthesis, which means to make, because a copy of DNA is being made during this phase. Once DNA replication is complete, the cell enters the shortest and the last part of interphase called G2, also known as growth 2 or gap phase 2. Right now, it's enough to know that further preparations for cell division take place in the G2 phase. Now that interphase is over, the cell is ready for cell division, which happens in the M phase. The M phase has two events. The main one is mitosis, which is division of the cell's nucleus, followed by cytokinesis, a division of the cytoplasm. So, at the end of M phase, you have two daughter cells identical to each other and identical to the original cell. Let's review. The cell cycle describes the life cycle of an individual cell. It has four phases, three in interphase and one for cell division. Most cell growth and function happen during G1. The cell enters the S phase when it needs to divide. In this phase the cell replicates its DNA. Replication just means the cell makes a copy of its DNA. In G2, the cell undergoes further preparations for cell division. Finally, we have cell division in the M phase. The M phase consists of mitosis, which is nuclear division, and cytokinesis, or division of the cytoplasm. We'll explore the details of mitosis and cytokinesis separately
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- Biology
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- Cell cycle
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Stanford Electrical Engineering Course on Convex Optimization.
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- AMA4850 Optimization Methods
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- Mathematics and Statistics
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- Mathematical optimization Convex functions
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The video introduces the basic principle of ETF
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- HTM3222 Financial Management in Hospitality, Tourism and Events
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- Finance
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- Exchange traded funds
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With calculus well behind us, it's time to enter the next major topic in any study of mathematics. Linear Algebra! The name doesn't sound very intimidating, but there are some pretty abstract concepts in this subject. Let's start nice and easy simply by learning about what this subject covers and some basic terminology.
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- COMP4434 Big Data Analytics
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- Mathematics and Statistics
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- Algebras Linear
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In this series we learn how to make an RPG from scratch using the Unity engine.
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- COMP4122 Game Design and Development
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- Computing
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- Computer games -- Programming Unity (Electronic resource) Computer games -- Design
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Autism is a spectrum disorder which includes a large range of symptoms and behaviors. This video is part for Behavior Frontiers Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) Training Program with an Autism Specialization. Available via web based training program or at seminars across the country.
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- RS3320 Clinical Sciences in Developmental Dysfunction
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- Health Sciences
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- Autism
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This channel walks you through the entire process of learning to code in Python; all the way from basics to advanced machine learning and deep learning. The primary emphasis will be on image processing and other relevant functionality. Why did I create this channel? To help you (students and researchers) gain a new skill and succeed in your respective fields.
You may think coding is hard and that it's not your cup of tea, but Python made it easy to code even advanced algorithms. In addition, coding will make you self sufficient, it will teach you how to think, it improves your collaborative skills and it can take your career to new heights. Therefore, if you want to stay ahead of your peers and relevant in your field, overcome your fears and start coding!
- Subjects:
- Computing
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- Computer programming Computer science Python (Computer program language)
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Lecture videos from Gilbert Strang's course on Linear Algebra at MIT.
- Course related:
- AMA1120 Basic Mathematics II - Calculus and Linear Algebra
- Subjects:
- Mathematics and Statistics
- Keywords:
- Algebras Linear
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This course is an introduction to game theory and strategic thinking. Ideas such as dominance, backward induction, Nash equilibrium, evolutionary stability, commitment, credibility, asymmetric information, adverse selection, and signaling are discussed and applied to games played in class and to examples drawn from economics, politics, the movies, and elsewhere.
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- Mathematics and Statistics and Economics
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- Game theory
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Before the advent of computers around 1950, optimization centered either on small-dimensional problems solved by looking at zeroes of first derivatives and signs of second derivatives, or on infinite-dimensional problems about curves and surfaces. In both cases, "variations" were employed to understand how a local solution might be characterized. Computers changed the picture by opening the possibility of solving large-scale problems involving inequalities, instead of only equations. Inequalities had to be recognized as important because the decisions to be optimized were constrained by the need to respect many upper or lower bounds on their feasibility. A new kind of mathematical analysis, beyond traditional calculus, had to be developed to address these needs. It built first on appealing to the convexity of sets and functions, but went on to amazingly broad and successful concepts of variational geometry, subgradients, subderivatives, and variational convergence beyond just that. This talk will explain these revolutionary developments and why there were essential.
Event date: 1/11/2022
Speaker: Prof. Terry Rockafellar (University of Washington)
Hosted by: Department of Applied Mathematics
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- Mathematics and Statistics
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- Convex functions Convex sets Mathematical optimization Computer science -- Mathematics
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Geospatial information science is a discipline that focuses on using geospatial information technology to understand people, places, nature and processes of the earth. IoT refers to Internet of things, the combination of sensors, software and other technologies to connect and exchange data with other devices and systems over the Internet. The era of IoT brings us opportunities and challenges for geospatial information science. In the keynote, five characteristics and three scientific issues of geo-spatial information science in the era of IoT are summarised.
Event date: 06/09/2022
Speaker: Prof. Daren Li
Moderator: Prof. Christopher Chao (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Panel members: Prof. Qingyan Chen, Prof. Qinhao Chen (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Hosted by: PolyU Academy for Interdisciplinary Research
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- Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics
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- Internet of things Geospatial data Spatial data mining
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Adaptive computation is of great importance in numerical simulations. The ideas for adaptive computations can be dated back to adaptive finite element methods in 1970s. In this talk, we shall first review some recent development for adaptive methods with some application. Then, we will propose a deep adaptive sampling method for solving PDEs where deep neural networks are utilized to approximate the solutions. In particular, we propose the failure informed PINNs (FI-PINNs), which can adaptively refine the training set with the goal of reducing the failure probability. Compared with the neural network approximation obtained with uniformly distributed collocation points, the proposed algorithms can significantly improve the accuracy, especially for low regularity and high-dimensional problems.
Event date: 18/10/2022
Speaker: Prof. Tao Tang (Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College)
Hosted by: Department of Applied Mathematics
- Subjects:
- Mathematics and Statistics
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- Sampling (Statistics) Differential equations Partial -- Numerical solutions Mathematical models Adaptive computing systems
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Convex Matrix Optimization (MOP) arises in a wide variety of applications. The last three decades have seen dramatic advances in the theory and practice of matrix optimization because of its extremely powerful modeling capability. In particular, semidefinite programming (SP) and its generalizations have been widely used to model problems in applications such as combinatorial and polynomial optimization, covariance matrix estimation, matrix completion and sensor network localization. The first part of the talk will describe the primal-dual interior-point methods (IPMs) implemented in SDPT3 for solving medium scale SP, followed by inexact IPMs (with linear systems solved by iterative solvers) for large scale SDP and discussions on their inherent limitations. The second part will present algorithmic advances for solving large scale SDP based on the proximal-point or augmented Lagrangian framework In particular, we describe the design and implementation of an augmented Lagrangian based method (called SDPNAL+) for solving SDP problems with large number of linear constraints. The last part of the talk will focus on recent advances on using a combination of local search methods and convex lifting to solve low-rank factorization models of SP problems.
Event date: 11/10/2022
Speaker: Prof. Kim-Chuan Toh (National University of Singapore)
Hosted by: Department of Applied Mathematics
- Subjects:
- Mathematics and Statistics
- Keywords:
- Convex programming Semidefinite programming
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We introduce a Dimension-Reduced Second-Order Method (DRSOM) for convex and nonconvex (unconstrained) optimization. Under a trust-region-like framework, our method preserves the convergence of the second-order method while using only Hessian-vector products in two directions. Moreover; the computational overhead remains comparable to the first-order such as the gradient descent method. We show that the method has a local super-linear convergence and a global convergence rate of 0(∈-3/2) to satisfy the first-order and second-order conditions under a commonly used approximated Hessian assumption. We further show that this assumption can be removed if we perform one step of the Krylov subspace method at the end of the algorithm, which makes DRSOM the first first-order-type algorithm to achieve this complexity bound. The applicability and performance of DRSOM are exhibited by various computational experiments in logistic regression, L2-Lp minimization, sensor network localization, neural network training, and policy optimization in reinforcement learning. For neural networks, our preliminary implementation seems to gain computational advantages in terms of training accuracy and iteration complexity over state-of-the-art first-order methods including SGD and ADAM. For policy optimization, our experiments show that DRSOM compares favorably with popular policy gradient methods in terms of the effectiveness and robustness.
Event date: 19/09/2022
Speaker: Prof. Yinyu Ye (Stanford University)
Hosted by: Department of Applied Mathematics
- Subjects:
- Mathematics and Statistics
- Keywords:
- Convex programming Nonconvex programming Mathematical optimization
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Academic advising has great potential in helping students learn to learn. In this activity, we will walk through the basic concepts of L2L, and provide tips on how to support students' L2L development through academic advising. This activity is designed particularly for academic advisors but everyone is welcome to join. It will be recorded and the recording will be uploaded to the Learning to Learn Website for sharing.
Event Date: 19/8/2022
Facilitator(s): Kevinia Cheung, Kenneth Tam
- Subjects:
- Lesson Design and Student Engagement
- Keywords:
- Learning
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The QS Stars Reimagine Education Awards, backed by the Wharton School, describes itself as "The global awards for innovative higher education pedagogies enhancing learning and employability”. Over the past few years PolyU has enjoyed much success at these awards with multiple shortlisted and winning entries. In this workshop, recent PolyU winners will share their insights on converting great educational innovations into award-winning applications.
Event Date: 5/8/2022
Facilitator(s): Daniel Shek, Fridolin Ting, Johnny Yuen, Kai Pan Mark
- Subjects:
- Good Practices
- Keywords:
- Educational innovations
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This EDC and ITS collaborative workshop series consists of two hybrid workshops about how to develop rubrics both theoretically and technically. Demonstration, discussion activities and hands-on exercises are designed for the participants to enrich their learning experience. Topics include: Introduction to rubrics Rubric policy Types of rubrics Developing rubrics and evaluating their quality How to set up rubrics in Learn@Polyu and Turnitin How to grade your students' work using rubrics in Learn@Polyu and Turnitin
Event Date: 27/7/2022
Facilitator(s): Eric Ng, Jamie Lee, Roy Kam
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- Assessment & Feedback
- Keywords:
- Educational tests measurements College students -- Evaluation
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Join us in this online showcase that looks at assessment solutions that leverage technology to help you assess student learning outcomes. We will consider examples from PolyU and HKBU that move beyond large-hall exams and their online invigilated equivalents to offer a more holistic solution.
Event Date: 7/7/2022
Facilitator(s): Darren Harbutt, Wallace Lai, Bruce Li, Theresa Kwong
- Subjects:
- Assessment & Feedback
- Keywords:
- Educational tests measurements Web-based instruction
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Earlier this year, EDC launched the Blended Learning Ambassadors initiative to promote best practices in Blended Learning across PolyU. Join us for our annual showcase event, in which three experienced practitioners share their success stories in designing and implementing Blended Learning, and put your questions to them in a panel discussion.
Event Date: 20/6/2022
Facilitator(s): Pauli Lai, Vincent Leung, Jack Chun, Darren Harbutt, Dave Gatrell
- Subjects:
- Good Practices
- Keywords:
- Teaching -- Computer network resources Computer-assisted instruction Blended learning
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Machine learning can deliver unprecedented performance. Its application domain has expanded into safety-critical cyber-physical systems such as UAVs and self-driver cars. However, the safety assurance of vehicular control has two conditions: 1) an analytical model of system behaviors such as provable stability, and 2) the software safety certification process (e.g., DO 178C) requires that the software be simple enough so that software safety can be validated by a combination of model checking and near exhaustive testing. Although ML software, as is, does not meet these two safety requirements, the real-time physics model supervised ML architecture holds the promise to 1) meet the two safety requirements and 2) enable ML software to safely improve control performance and safely learn from its experience in real-time. This talk will review the structure of the proposed architecture and some methods to embed physics into ML-enabled CPS control.
Event Date: 12/05/2022
Speaker: Prof. Lui Sha (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
Hosted by: Graduate School
- Subjects:
- Aeronautical and Aviation Engineering and Computing
- Keywords:
- Machine learning Vehicles Remotely piloted Computer software -- Reliability Drone aircraft
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- Video
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PolyU AAE students guide you through the flight procedures of an A320 Flight Stimulator.
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- Aeronautical and Aviation Engineering
- Keywords:
- Flight training -- Simulation methods Flight simulators
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An online lecture on the topic of "Fashion & Chemistry". The Faculty of Applied Science and Textiles (FAST) and the Institute of Textiles & Clothing (ITC) organized the mini-lecture series for more than three years. The lectures aim to enrich students' knowledge in creative perspectives and arouse their interest in Sciences, Fashion and Textiles. In view of the unpredictable development of the COVID-19 pandemic, the upcoming mini-lecture Series will be switched from face-to-face mode to online mode.
- Subjects:
- Technology and Textiles
- Keywords:
- Textile fabrics -- Technological innovations
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- Video
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An online lecture on the topic of "Wardrobe of Marie Antoinette - the last queen of France before French Revolution". The Faculty of Applied Science and Textiles (FAST) and the Institute of Textiles & Clothing (ITC) organized the mini-lecture series for more than three years. The lectures aim to enrich students' knowledge in creative perspectives and arouse their interest in Sciences, Fashion and Textiles. In view of the unpredictable development of the COVID-19 pandemic, the upcoming mini-lecture Series will be switched from face-to-face mode to online mode.
- Subjects:
- Fashion
- Keywords:
- Marie Antoinette Queen consort of Louis XVI King of France 1755-1793 -- Clothing Fashion
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An online lecture on the topic of "Art Therapy". The Faculty of Applied Science and Textiles (FAST) and the Institute of Textiles & Clothing (ITC) organized the mini-lecture series for more than three years. The lectures aim to enrich students' knowledge in creative perspectives and arouse their interest in Sciences, Fashion and Textiles. In view of the unpredictable development of the COVID-19 pandemic, the upcoming mini-lecture Series will be switched from face-to-face mode to online mode.
- Keywords:
- Art therapy
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In this video, it covers the topic of (1).2D layered transition metal dichalcogenides; (2) Theoretical study on opto-electronic properties of 2D materials; and (3) Molecularly thin 2D quantum ruddlesden-popper perovskites.FAST is organizing the Research at FAST Seminar Series 2021/22 in the coming months to explore collaboration opportunities within PolyU community. The series also serve as a platform for colleagues to get to know FAST researchers.
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- Electronic Engineering and Materials Science
- Keywords:
- Two-dimensional materials Quantum chemistry
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An online lecture on the topic of "Bone and Joint Health on Earth and in Space".This lecture of “Science World: Exploring Space to Benefit Mankind” Education Programme in the 2021/22 school year for secondary students, which aims to cultivate the interest of local youth in space science and elevate their enthusiasm for participating in the development of space technology.
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- Biomedical Engineering
- Keywords:
- Joints -- Physiology Space flight -- Physiological effect Bones -- Physiology
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- Video
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An online lecture on the topic of "What is Microgravity? Discovering Interesting Phenomena in Microgravity".This lecture of “Science World: Exploring Space to Benefit Mankind” Education Programme in the 2021/22 school year for secondary students, which aims to cultivate the interest of local youth in space science and elevate their enthusiasm for participating in the development of space technology.
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- Physics and Aeronautical and Aviation Engineering
- Keywords:
- Gravity Reduced gravity environments
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- Video
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An online lecture on the topic of "Beidou Navigation Satellite System and Our Daily Lives".This lecture of “Science World: Exploring Space to Benefit Mankind” Education Programme in the 2021/22 school year for secondary students, which aims to cultivate the interest of local youth in space science and elevate their enthusiasm for participating in the development of space technology.
- Subjects:
- Industrial and Systems Engineering and Aeronautical and Aviation Engineering
- Keywords:
- Global Positioning System
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An online lecture on the topic of "Challenges in Developing the Chang’e 5 “Surface Sampling and Packing System".This lecture is suitable for secondary school and university students as well as the general public.
- Subjects:
- Industrial and Systems Engineering and Aeronautical and Aviation Engineering
- Keywords:
- Lunar surface Lunar exploration Space flight to the moon
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- Video
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An online lecture on the topic of "Evidence-based Myopia Control".This lecture is suitable for secondary school and university students as well as the general public.
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- Optometry
- Keywords:
- Myopia -- Treatment Myopia
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- Video
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An online lecture on the topic of "Food as a Universal Language in World Tourism".This lecture is suitable for secondary school and university students as well as the general public.
- Subjects:
- Food and Beverage and Hotel, Travel and Tourism
- Keywords:
- Food tourism Travel Tourism
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- Video
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An online lecture on the topic of "Robot Alice: The Science behind an Application that Stole the Hearts Worldwide".This lecture is suitable for secondary school and university students as well as the general public.
- Subjects:
- Social Design
- Keywords:
- Robotics Robots -- Design construction
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- Video
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An online lecture on the topic of "A First Look into AI+ Investment".This lecture is suitable for secondary school and university students as well as the general public.
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- Finance
- Keywords:
- Artificial intelligence -- Forecasting Investments
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- Video
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An online lecture on the topic of "Fundamentals of Modern Marketing".It introduce the basic understanding about what is marketing the importance of marketing and also how would the marketers develop the marketing plan and strategies. This lecture is suitable for secondary school and university students as well as the general public.
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Brewing your own coffee at home these days? Perfect your skill by joining Mr Jonathan Sutton’s “A Crash Course into Coffee Basics” of the PolyU & You Online Lecture Series.
- Subjects:
- Food and Beverage
- Keywords:
- Coffee brewing Coffee
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- Video
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Dr Angela Tse's lecture on the topic "Be a Fashionable Pop-word User! (潮爆英文你要識)" received over 800 registrations and was attended by around 500 participants.Her lively presentation plus interactions with the participants made the talk very interesting. Many participants also expressed they liked the talk very much. Can LongTimeNoSee and AddOil be used in formal occasions? Find out more interesting and practical knowledge about #PopWords from the video!
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- English Language
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- English language -- China -- Hong Kong Language culture Pop culture
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Have you ever come across times when you get particularly nervous, say during a presentation, you find it extra hard to speak smoothly? Most of us may stop at times when we talk, so how do we differentiate between Normal Dysfluency and Stuttering? Are kids struggling with words due to language ability or are they stuttering? Will they naturally outgrow stuttering? How do speech therapists help adults and children who stutter?
大家有否試過在某些時間特別緊張，例如在發佈會中，你覺得難以流暢地說話? 其實每一個人說話時也會有停頓的時候，到底我們如何分辨「口吃」和正常的不流暢呢？ 孩子到底是口吃還是因語言能力較弱而在找字呢？是否長大後自然會沒有口吃的問題？ 言語治療師可以如何幫助受口吃困擾的小孩和成人呢？
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- Health Sciences and Communication
- Keywords:
- Stuttering Speech disorders
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The textile and fashion industry is in troubled times. Hong Kong is no exception. Our traditional market, the US, while difficult since 2018, has been dire in the covid pandemic. The industry is in the mist of disruptive changes brought by technological revolutions, in particular digitalization, and the retreat of globalism. But troubles always come with opportunities. Dr Henry Tan will give an overview on the outlook of the industry and his view on where opportunities are knocking.
Event date: 25/02/2021
Speaker: Dr Henry Tan (CEO, Luen Thai Group Ltd)
Hosted by: Institute of Textiles and Clothing
- Subjects:
- Fashion retailing and merchandising
- Keywords:
- Clothing trade -- China -- Hong Kong Clothing trade -- Technological innovations
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Ms Shirley Chan, BBS, JP, Vice Chairman of YGM Trading Ltd. shared her insights on the trend of global fashion supply chain under the "New Normal".
Event date: 24/11/2020
Speaker: Ms Shirley Chan (Vice Chairman, YGM Trading Limited)
Facilitators: Dr Chris Lo (ITC), Dr Fan Di (ITC)
Hosted by: Institute of Textiles and Clothing
- Subjects:
- Fashion retailing and merchandising
- Keywords:
- Clothing trade COVID-19 Pemic (2020-) Clothing trade -- Technological innovations
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Air transport liberalisation has been marked by two major developments, i.e. the advent of the hub-and-spoke network and the emergence of Low Fare Airlines (LFAs). All major Full Service Network Carrier (FSNCs) have heavily relied on hub operations to effectively compete in the long-haul market against LFAs which until recently focused on point-to-point, short-haul services. Recent competiton dynamics, however, have led to the gradual blurring of the different airline business models. LFAs have now established strong bases in satellite/airports and/or in low-cost terminals of major airports. Moreover, they have introduced long-haul flights thus competing with FSNCs at a new level. The lecture will highlight all the above issues focusing on their strategic business and geopolitical implications for aiport hubs. It will also discuss how Hong Kong International Airport can build on its current advantages to play focal role in the new environment.
Event Date: 16/06/2017
Speaker: Prof. Andreas Papatheodorou (University of Aegean)
Hosted by: School of Hotel and Tourism Management
- Subjects:
- Hotel, Travel and Tourism
- Keywords:
- Airlines -- Rates Airports Hong Kong International Airport Aeronautics Commercial
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- Video
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Expanding research elements in the undergraduate curriculum is a strategic priority in the University’s Strategic Plan 2019/20-2024/25. In this session, Dr. Y.M. Tang (ISE) and Dr. Yi-Teng Shih (SD) will share their experiences in cultivating students’ research skills and guiding students to disseminate research outputs within and outside the subjects.
Event Date: 8/6/2022
Facilitator(s): Barbara Tam (EDC), Dawn Lo (EDC), Oscar Yau (EDC)
Presenter(s): Y.M. Tang (ISE), Yi-Teng Shih (SD)
- Subjects:
- Good Practices
- Keywords:
- Research Research -- Methodology -- Study teaching (Higher) Research -- Methodology
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Expanding research elements in the undergraduate curriculum is a strategic priority in the University’s Strategic Plan 2019/20-2024/25. In this session, Dr. Patrick Fong (BRE) and Dr. Dennis Liu (COMP) will share their experiences in integrating research elements in the teaching, learning and assessment of existing subjects.
Event Date: 7/6/2022
Facilitator(s): Barbara Tam (EDC), Dawn Lo (EDC), Oscar Yau (EDC)
Presenter(s): Patrick S.W. Fong (BRE), Yan Wang Dennis Liu (COMP)
- Subjects:
- Good Practices
- Keywords:
- Research Research -- Methodology -- Study teaching (Higher) Research -- Methodology
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- Video
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Join us in this hybrid session to experience different eAssessment practice through 'Simulating' and 'Exploring' to come up with practical solution for asynchronous and/or synchronous eAssessment that may suit your hybrid classroom.
Event Date: 25/5/2022
Facilitator(s): Roy Kam (EDC)
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- Learning Analytics, Lesson Design, Assessment & Feedback, and Student Engagement
- Keywords:
- Educational tests measurements Web-based instruction
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PolyU's strategic plan aims to (1) instill in students the desire to learn and strengthen their ability to learn to learn, (2) enhance the student learning experience through the use of interactive pedagogies, (3) transform physical and virtual learning spaces to facilitate new teaching and learning pedagogies. In this webinar, organized by School of Nursing (SN) and in collaboration with the Educational Development Centre (EDC), Dr. Bryan Ho will share his 4-stage model of Virtual Tutorials that he used to cater to the above-mentioned PolyU aims. His data also indicated that this model is able to enhance the self-directed learning abilities. He loves the opportunity to disseminate his experience to other colleagues in PolyU.
Event Date: 26/5/2022
Facilitator(s): Dr Bryan Ho (SN), Darren Harbutt (EDC), Dr Kai Pan Mark (EDC)
- Subjects:
- Good Practices
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- Learning Psychology of Web-based instruction Engagement (Philosophy) Motivation in education
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Moving beyond a basic ‘how to’ session, this hybrid workshop is an opportunity to explore and experience tools, techniques and activities that you can use to maximise interaction and engagement in your hybrid classroom. Hope to see you there in person!
Event Date: 24/5/2022
Facilitator(s): Dave Gatrell (EDC)
- Subjects:
- Assessment & Feedback, Good Practices, and Lesson Design
- Keywords:
- Web-based instruction Educational technology Computer-assisted instruction Blended learning
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Interested in Educational Research? Two experienced educational researchers will share how to prepare a good paper and enhance its chances of being published in a journal.
Event Date: 19/5/2022
Facilitator(s): Dr Robert Wright (MM), Dr Tang Yuk Ming (ISE), Dr Eric Tsui (EDC)
- Subjects:
- Good Practices
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- Proposal writing in educational research
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Expanding research elements in the undergraduate curriculum is a strategic priority in the University’s Strategic Plan 2019/20-2024/25. In this session, Dr. Wei Ma (CEE) and Dr. Catherine Cheung (SHTM) will share their experiences in developing a new subject with research elements and enhancing research elements in undergraduate curriculum respectively.
Event Date: 10/5/2022
Facilitator(s): Barbara Tam (EDC), Dawn Lo (EDC), Oscar Yau (EDC)
Presenter(s): Wei Ma (CEE), Catherine Cheung (SHTM)
- Subjects:
- Good Practices
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- Research Research -- Methodology -- Study teaching (Higher) Research -- Methodology
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A good way to start engaging in Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) is to apply for project funding to conduct rigorous educational research on learning and teaching. Each triennium, the Teaching Development Grant (TDG) and Strategic Plan Fund call for proposals. Join this session to find out what these funds usually require from applicants, and hear some tips on the do's and don'ts of preparing proposals to fit those requirements.
Event Date: 20/4/2022
Facilitator(s): Dr Julia Chen (EDC), Darren Harbutt (EDC), Kenneth Tam (EDC)
- Subjects:
- Good Practices
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- Education -- Research grants Proposal writing for grants Proposal writing in research Research grants
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This session, the second in a two-part series, explores how students can use the note-taking and discussion tools in uRewind to engage more deeply with the content of your lecture recording. It also looks at how you can create quizzes that require students to summarise what they have watched. By the end of this session, you will be able to: (1) design more complex quiz questions that develop the skill of summarising; (2) help students write contextualised, personal reflections on parts of your lecture recording; (3)engage students in discussions based around key moments in your video.
Event Date: 1/4/2022
Facilitator(s): Mitesh Patel (EDC), Dick Chan (EDC)
- Subjects:
- Student Engagement, Learning Analytics, Lesson Design, and Assessment & Feedback
- Keywords:
- Web-based instruction Lecture method in teaching Motivation in education Computer-assisted instruction Engagement (Philosophy)
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This session, the first in a two-part series, looks at how you can use tools in uRewind to organise your lecture recording and create in-video quizzes to encourage active learning. It also examines the use of learning analytics to help you see how students are engaging and interacting with your video. By the end of this session, you will be able to: (1) upload your recorded lecture to uRewind and create a table of contents so your students can easily navigate your videos; (2) create in-video quizzes to promote active engagement (3)analyse student viewing data.
Event Date: 29/3/2022
Facilitator(s): Mitesh Patel (EDC), Dick Chan (EDC)
- Subjects:
- Student Engagement, Learning Analytics, Assessment & Feedback, and Lesson Design
- Keywords:
- Web-based instruction Lecture method in teaching Motivation in education Computer-assisted instruction Engagement (Philosophy)
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This session offered by EDC and ITS introduces you how to adopt different assessment functions of Blackboard for formative, summative and other-related assessment purposes. You will have opportunities to seek pedagogical and technical advice from the Presenter(s)s for planning different aspects of your assessment including creating, deploying, and delivering assessment activities for this semester.
Event Date: 15/3/2022
Facilitator(s): Roy Kam (EDC), Pony Ma (ITS)
- Subjects:
- Lesson Design and Assessment & Feedback
- Keywords:
- Web-based instruction Educational tests measurements
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In both face-to-face and online lectures, research shows positive results when active learning techniques are applied, and technology has long been used as a tool to facilitate the process. In this workshop we consider how to engage your learners with interactive approaches, leveraging technologies and tools such as Zoom, Mentimeter, uReply, PearDeck and MURAL.
Event Date: 14/3/2022
Facilitator(s): Kevin Chan (APSS), Mary Cheng (ELC), Darren Harbutt (EDC), Eric Ho (ELC)
- Subjects:
- Student Engagement and Lesson Design
- Keywords:
- Web-based instruction Motivation in education Computer-assisted instruction Engagement (Philosophy)
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This session offers initial planned responses to the feared upcoming COVID spike. We will hear how three departments are planning for such an event, the ongoing development of the institutional contingency plan, and some innovative ways of approaching assessment.
Event Date: 1/3/2022
Facilitator(s): John Sager (EDC), Dawn Lo (EDC)
Presenter(s): Sean McMinn (ELC), Polly Leung, HTI, Barbara Siu (CEE)
- Subjects:
- Assessment & Feedback, Good Practices, and Lesson Design
- Keywords:
- COVID-19 Pemic (2020-) Web-based instruction Educational tests measurements
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Come to this webinar to learn how to schedule and set up your MS Teams session for online teaching; find out how to use a variety of tools in MS Teams to facilitate an engaging online lesson - e.g., content and whiteboard sharing, and see how you can manage and share your class recording via MS Teams.
Event Date: 17/2/2022
Facilitator(s): Kai Pan Mark (EDC), Robbie Cheung (ITS)
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- Lesson Design
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- Microsoft software Groupware (Computer software) Computer-assisted instruction
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Using UC Berkeley as an exemplar, Prof. Koshland gave us a distinguished lecture on ‘Lighting the Way with Interdisciplinary Research since 1868’. One of the hallmarks of UC Berkeley has always been engagement of its faculty and students in research and education that expand in cross disciplines, joining on multiple approaches to address major challenges facing the world today, which is also what we are seeking to do at PAIR of PolyU. Moreover, Prof. Koshland shared with us the ways in which individuals and institutions can engage in interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary research and education and how they can be creatively intertwined.
Event Date: 22/4/2022
Speaker: Prof. Catherine P. Koshland (University of California, Berkeley)
Moderator: Prof. Christopher Chao (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Panel members: Prof. Xiang-dong Li, Prof. Yuguo Li (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Hosted by: PolyU Academy for Interdisciplinary Research
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- Interdisciplinary research Interdisciplinary approach in education
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This presentation will discuss the future of global universities within the evolving context of current international education systems. It will begin with an overview of the challenges posed to modern day universities by the breadth and diversity of international further education curricular between the ages of 16 and 18 and the accessibility of world leading universities to international students, in general. Having established potential global trends in further education, the implications for global universities and higher education will be discussed within the context of both teaching and research
Event Date: 17/05/2022
Speaker: Prof. David Cardwell (University of Cambridge)
Moderator: Prof. Christoper Chao (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Panel members: Prof. Wong Kwok-yin (Hong Kong Polytechnic University), Prof. Andrew Cohen (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Hosted by: PolyU Academy for Interdisciplinary Research
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- International education Universities colleges -- Administration Education Higher
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This video series is designed to teach bench researchers how scientists develop and execute strategy. Content includes an overview of how scientific enterprises use business strategy such as determining value proposition, identifying stakeholders, and defining vision. Concepts will be reinforced using practical examples from academic and industry settings.
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- Management
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- Strategic planning
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This video series is designed to teach bench researchers how scientists in scientific enterprises structure business deals to achieve strategic goals. Content covers an overview of the business development process and includes identifying gaps, deal types and structure, and defining success. Concepts will be reinforced using practical examples from academic and industry settings.
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- Management
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- Business planning Industrial management
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The traditional way of taking a drug, such as a pill or injection, often results in plasma drug levels that cycle between too high and too low. To better maintain drug levels in the effective range, scientists have developed a variety of systems to optimize drug release. In his first talk, Bob Langer gives an overview of many of these controlled drug release technologies, including polymer and pump systems. Langer begins Part 2 with the story of how he became interested in drug release technologies, which is also a story of the power of perseverance. As a post-doc with Judah Folkman, and after much trial and error, Langer developed a polymer system that provided a slow and constant release of an anti-angiogenesis factor. Initially, his results were met with skepticism, by both scientists and the patent office. Today, many, many companies have developed peptide delivery systems based on that original work. Langer also describes ongoing research in areas such as targeted drug delivery and externally controlled microchips designed for drug delivery. In Part 3, Langer focuses on the materials used in drug delivery and medical devices. Many of the original materials used in medicine were adapted from completely unrelated uses and often generated their own problems. Langer describes work by his lab and others to make polymers designed for specific medical uses. For instance, a porous polymer can be shaped into an ear or nose and act as a scaffold onto which a patient’s cells can be seeded to grow a new structure. Different polymers have been successfully used as scaffolds to grow new blood vessels or artificial skin for burn victims.
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- Health Technology and Informatics and Health Sciences
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- Drugs -- Controlled release Controlled release technology
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Synthetic biology can be used in industrial biotechnology to engineer metabolic pathways to create high-value chemicals using model microorganisms such as yeast. During the Synthetic Biology in Action course, participants engineered yeast to produce beta-caretone for industrial biotechnology purposes. In this talk, they describe the steps they took to engineer an existing yeast pathway to produce the new chemical. These steps include modeling the metabolic pathway outputs, DNA design, amplification, and assembly, and analysis of the final result.
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- Electronic and Information Engineering, Biochemistry, and Biology
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- Synthetic biology Biochemistry Yeast fungi -- Biotechnology
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Inventor, entrepreneur and visionary Ray Kurzweil explains in abundant, grounded detail why, by the 2020s, we will have reverse-engineered the human brain and nanobots will be operating your consciousness.
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- Technology
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- Technological innovations Bioengineering Information Technology
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Chris Anderson, then the editor of Wired, explores the four key stages of any viable technology: setting the right price, gaining market share, displacing an established technology and, finally, becoming ubiquitous.
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- Product Design and Mechanical Engineering
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- Product life cycle New products -- Development
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At TEDIndia, Pranav Mistry demos several tools that help the physical world interact with the world of data -- including a deep look at his SixthSense device and a new, paradigm-shifting paper "laptop." In an onstage Q&A, Mistry says he'll open-source the software behind SixthSense, to open its possibilities to all.
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- Electronic and Information Engineering and Computing
- Keywords:
- Human-computer interaction Augmented reality
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In this wide-ranging, thought-provoking talk, Kevin Kelly muses on what technology means in our lives -- from its impact at the personal level to its place in the cosmos.
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- Technology
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- Technology -- Social aspects Technological innovations -- Social aspects
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Two-thirds of the world may not have access to the latest smartphone, but local electronic shops are adept at fixing older tech using low-cost parts. Vinay Venkatraman explains his work in "technology crafts," through which a mobile phone, a lunchbox and a flashlight can become a digital projector for a village school, or an alarm clock and a mouse can be melded into a medical device for local triage.
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- Technology
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- Digital divide Industries Primitive Technology -- Social aspects
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In our tech-driven, interconnected world, we've developed new ways and rules to court each other, but the fundamental principles of love have stayed the same, says anthropologist Helen Fisher. Our faster connections, she suggests, are actually leading to slower, more intimate relationships. At 12:20, couples therapist and relationship expert Esther Perel steps in to make an important point -- that while love itself stays the same, technology has affected the way we form and end relationships.
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- Anthropology, Sociology, and Technology
- Keywords:
- Love Courtship Communication technology Interpersonal communication
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Nearly every other year the transistors that power silicon computer chip shrink in size by half and double in performance, enabling our devices to become more mobile and accessible. But what happens when these components can't get any smaller? George Tulevski researches the unseen and untapped world of nanomaterials. His current work: developing chemical processes to compel billions of carbon nanotubes to assemble themselves into the patterns needed to build circuits, much the same way natural organisms build intricate, diverse and elegant structures. Could they hold the secret to the next generation of computing?
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- Nanotechnology and Electric and information Engineering
- Keywords:
- Nanoelectromechanical systems Nanotechnology
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Tanmay Bakshi realized that in order to prevent suicide, we need a better way of detecting patterns. For the last 3 years, Tanmay and his team have been developing an app that can pick up on irregularities in a person's online behavior to build an early warning systems for at-risk teens. His hope is that this app will help get teens in distress the help they need, when they need it most.
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- Sociology and Social Work and Human Services
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- Suicidal behavior -- Risk factors Teenagers -- Suicidal behavior -- Prevention Internet teenagers
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Technology should work for us, but what happens when it doesn't? Comedian Chuck Nice explores the unintended consequences of technological advancement and human interaction -- with hilarious results.
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- Technology and Communication
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- Digital media -- Social aspects Social media society Technological innovations -- Social aspects
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What happens when technology knows more about us than we do? Poppy Crum studies how we express emotions -- and she suggests the end of the poker face is near, as new tech makes it easy to see the signals that give away how we're feeling. In a talk and demo, she shows how "empathetic technology" can read physical signals like body temperature and the chemical composition of our breath to inform on our emotional state. For better or for worse. "If we recognize the power of becoming technological empaths, we get this opportunity where technology can help us bridge the emotional and cognitive divide," Crum says.
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- Technology, Electronic and Information Engineering, and Mechnical Engineering
- Keywords:
- Emotion recognition Artificial intelligence
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It starts with a sketch. Then it evolves into a larger-than-life visual masterpiece, a celebration of human connection. Follow along as legendary artist and designer Es Devlin takes us on a visual tour of her work -- including iconic stage sculptures she's created for Beyoncé, Adele, Kanye West, U2 and more -- and previews her design for the upcoming World Expo 2020 in Dubai.
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- Visual Arts
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- Sculpture Sculpture Modern Theaters--Stage-setting scenery Multimedia installations (Art)
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"We've been promised a future of chrome -- but what if the future is fleshy?" asks biological designer Christina Agapakis. In this awe-inspiring talk, Agapakis details her work in synthetic biology -- a multidisciplinary area of research that pokes holes in the line between what's natural and artificial -- and shares how breaking down the boundaries between science, society, nature and technology can lead us to imagine different possible futures.
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- Technology and Biology
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- Synthetic biology Sci9ence -- Social aspects
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Centuries of inequality can't be solved with access to technology alone -- we need to connect people with training and support too, says tech inclusionist 'Gbenga Sesan. Sharing the work behind the Paradigm Initiative, a social enterprise in Nigeria that's empowering young people with digital resources and skills, Sesan details a vision for creating life-changing opportunities for generations of people across Africa.
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- Sociology, Technology, and Social Sciences
- Keywords:
- Technology -- Social aspects
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Documentary photographer Olivia Arthur has been exploring a new frontier: the evolution of the blurring line between humanity and technology. In this meditative talk, she shows her work documenting the remarkable ways humans have merged with machines -- from bionics and motorized limbs to synthetic muscles and strikingly realistic robots -- and offers wisdom on the complexity, adaptability and resilience of the human body.
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- Technology and Biomedical Engineering
- Keywords:
- Human body technology
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Tech enthusiast Kevin Kelly asks "What does technology want?" and discovers that its movement toward ubiquity and complexity is much like the evolution of life.
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- Technology and History
- Keywords:
- Technology civilization Technology -- Social aspects
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Speaking at TED in 1998, Rev. Billy Graham marvels at technology's power to improve lives and change the world -- but says the end of evil, suffering and death will come only after the world accepts Christ. A legendary talk from TED's archives.
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- Technology and Religious Studies
- Keywords:
- Technology -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
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His Holiness the Karmapa talks about how he was discovered to be the reincarnation of a revered figure in Tibetan Buddhism. In telling his story, he urges us to work on not just technology and design, but the technology and design of the heart. He is translated onstage by Tyler Dewar.
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- Technology and Religious Studies
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- Technology -- Religious aspects
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iPad storyteller Joe Sabia introduces us to Lothar Meggendorfer, who created a bold technology for storytelling: the pop-up book. Sabia shows how new technology has always helped us tell our own stories, from the walls of caves to his own onstage iPad.
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- Technology, Communication, and Storytelling
- Keywords:
- Social media Digital storytelling
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TED Fellow Lucy McRae is a body architect -- she imagines ways to merge biology and technology in our own bodies. In this visually stunning talk, she shows her work, from clothes that recreate the body's insides for a music video with pop-star Robyn, to a pill that, when swallowed, lets you sweat perfume.
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- Biomedical engineering and Biology
- Keywords:
- Synthetic biology Bioengineering
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John Maeda, former President of the Rhode Island School of Design, delivers a funny and charming talk that spans a lifetime of work in art, design and technology, concluding with a picture of creative leadership in the future. Watch for demos of Maeda's earliest work -- and even a computer made of people.
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- Technology
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- Design technology Art technology
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As we move through the world, we have an innate sense of how things feel -- the sensations they produce on our skin and how our bodies orient to them. Can technology leverage this? In this fun, fascinating TED-Ed lesson, learn about the field of haptics, and how it could change everything from the way we shop online to how dentists learn the telltale feel of a cavity.
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- Electronic and Information Engineering and Biology
- Keywords:
- Haptic devices Touch
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Months after he was born, in 1948, Ron McCallum became blind. In this charming, moving talk, he shows how he reads -- and celebrates the progression of clever tools and adaptive computer technologies that make it possible. With their help, and the help of volunteers, he's become a lawyer, an academic, and, most of all, a voracious reader. Welcome to the blind reading revolution.
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- Technology, Electronic and Information Engineering, and Computing
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- Assistive computer technology Reading -- Aids devices Blind -- Books reading
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- Video
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In 1969, Buzz Aldrin’s historical step onto the moon leapt mankind into an era of technological possibility. The awesome power of technology was to be used to solve all of our big problems. Fast forward to present day, and what's happened? Are mobile apps all we have to show for ourselves? Journalist Jason Pontin looks closely at the challenges we face to using technology effectively ... for problems that really matter.
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- Technology
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- Technological innovations Technology -- Political aspects Technology -- Social aspects
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Subtle motion happens around us all the time, including tiny vibrations caused by sound. New technology shows that we can pick up on these vibrations and actually re-create sound and conversations just from a video of a seemingly still object. But now Abe Davis takes it one step further: Watch him demo software that lets anyone interact with these hidden properties, just from a simple video.
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- Electronic and Information Engineering
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- Acoustical engineering Auditory perception
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Designer and architect Neri Oxman is leading the search for ways in which digital fabrication technologies can interact with the biological world. Working at the intersection of computational design, additive manufacturing, materials engineering and synthetic biology, her lab is pioneering a new age of symbiosis between microorganisms, our bodies, our products and even our buildings.
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- Biotechnology and Chemical and Bioprocess Technology
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- Biotechnology Biosynthesis -- Industrial applications
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How can technology help improve our quality of life? How can we navigate the world without using the sense of vision? Inventor and IBM Fellow Chieko Asakawa, who's been blind since the age of fourteen, is working on answering these questions. In a charming demo, she shows off some new technology that's helping blind people explore the world ever more independently ... because, she suggests, when we design for greater accessibility, everyone benefits.
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- Technology, Communication Design, and Computing
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- Assistive computer technology Self-help devices for people with disabilities
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We're heading for a world population of 10 billion people -- but what will we all eat? Lisa Dyson rediscovered an idea developed by NASA in the 1960s for deep-space travel, and it could be a key to reinventing how we grow food.
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- Food Science
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- Carbon dioxide -- Recycling Food science Food--Biotechnology Sustainable agriculture
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When children are separated from their parents -- whether due to migration, custody changes, incarceration or any number of other factors -- how can families maintain connection? Computer scientist Lana Yarosh showcases why it's important to design technology that empowers people to share meaningful interactions beyond a video chat or phone call, granting them the chance to reconnect despite life's big disruptions.
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- Technology and Computing
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- Communication -- Technological innovations -- Social aspects Communication technology
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Macinley Butson has won multiple awards for her inventions, including a device that improves protection from radiation during breast cancer treatment and a project enhancing the effectiveness of solar panels. In this talk, she shares how these forward-thinking endeavors were inspired by centuries-old technology, and how scientists need to shed their preconceptions about each other and their predecessors in order to do good work.
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- Technology and History
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- Technological innovations
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About 40% of what you do, day in and day out, is done purely out of habit. Nir Eyal decodes how technology companies -- the masters of "habit-forming" products -- design the tech products we can't put down. But it isn't all negative manipulation, he says. It can and should be used for good.
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- Technology
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- Habit Technology -- Psychological aspects Technology -- Social aspects
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Can technology make people safer from threats like violent extremism, censorship and persecution? In this illuminating talk, technologist Yasmin Green details programs pioneered at Jigsaw (a unit within Alphabet Inc., the collection of companies that also includes Google) to counter radicalization and online harassment -- including a project that could give commenters real-time feedback about how their words might land, which has already increased spaces for dialogue. "If we ever thought that we could build an internet insulated from the dark side of humanity, we were wrong," Green says. "We have to throw our entire selves into building solutions that are as human as the problems they aim to solve."
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- Technology
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- Internet -- Social aspects Technology -- Social aspects Cyberbullying
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Tech that can decode your brain activity and reveal what you're thinking and feeling is on the horizon, says legal scholar and ethicist Nita Farahany. What will it mean for our already violated sense of privacy? In a cautionary talk, Farahany warns of a society where people are arrested for merely thinking about committing a crime (like in "Minority Report") and private interests sell our brain data -- and makes the case for a right to cognitive liberty that protects our freedom of thought and self-determination.
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- Technology and Computing
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- Privacy Thought thinking -- Data processing Technological innovations -- Social aspects
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It's an increasingly common sight in hospitals around the world: a nurse measures our height, weight, blood pressure, and attaches a glowing plastic clip to our finger. Suddenly, a digital screen reads out the oxygen level in our bloodstream. How did that happen? Sajan Saini shows how pairing light with integrated photonics is leading to new medical technologies and less invasive diagnostic tools.
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- Biomedical Engineering, Electronic and Information Processing, and Health Sciences
- Keywords:
- Medical technology Diagnosis
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From the printing press to the digital camera, innovation has often democratized the creative arts. In this forward-looking talk, music producer Drew Silverstein demos a new software that allows anyone to create professional-grade music without putting human musicians out of work.
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- Technology, Performing Arts, and Mechanical Engineering
- Keywords:
- Technological innovations -- Social aspects Music technology Composition (Music)
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- Video
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"Complete silence is very addictive," says Rebecca Knill, a writer who has cochlear implants that enable her to hear. In this funny, insightful talk, she explores the evolution of assistive listening technology, the outdated way people still respond to deafness and how we can shift our cultural understanding of ability to build a more inclusive world. "Technology has come so far," Knill says. "Our mindset just needs to catch up."
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- Health Technology and Informatics and Communication
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- Deafness -- Social aspects Hearing aids -- Technological innovations
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In a talk that could change how you see things, designer and artist Jiabao Li introduces her conceptual projects that expose the inherent bias of digital media. From a helmet that makes you "allergic" to the color red to a browser plug-in that filters the internet in an unexpected way, Li's creations uncover how technology mediates the way we perceive reality.
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- Interactive and Digital Media, Communication design, and Technology
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- Visual perception in art Digital media Pattern perception
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What drives society's understanding of right and wrong? In this thought-provoking talk, futurist Juan Enriquez offers a historical outlook on what humanity once deemed acceptable -- from human sacrifice and public executions to slavery and eating meat -- and makes a surprising case that exponential advances in technology leads to more ethical behavior.
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- Technology and History
- Keywords:
- Technology civilization Technology -- Social aspects
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- Video