全球資訊新聞導讀

Global Information Technology News

1. Course Number: 219163
2. Course Objectives: This course gives a broad view of global information technology news. Students will collect and study news reports from all over the world, and highlight key concepts for oral discussion. After a semester of reading and speaking, students will be familiar with key concepts in IT as well as proficient at English presentation.
3. Time: Tuesday 15:10-18:00
4. Classroom: TC-321
5. Students: 18
6. Instructor Office Hour: Tuesday 19:10-21:00, TC-208
7. Teaching Approach: Reading Assignment, Presentation, Group Discussion
8. Grading criteria:
   • Homework (30%)
   • Midterm Exam (30%)
   • Term Project and Oral Presentation (40%)
9. Textbook:
   1. 閱讀課 : 與孩子共讀15篇商業周刊好文章
   2. 大前研一, "思考的技術"
10. Teaching Assistant tasks: Homework Evaluation, Presentation Rehearsals

Course Schedule

1. Introduction
   • [CNN], Play all your favorite high-performance video games without a gaming computer, 2019/02/01.
2. CPU/GPU
   • [TheGardian] How can I tell if a PC processor is any good?, 2017/01/19. (張讀行)
   • [TechCrunch] Google and Twitter are using AMD's new EPYC Rome processors in their data centers, 2019/08/08. (盧子青)
   • [BBC] ARM chip designer to be bought by Japan's Softbank, 2016/07/18.
   • Hassan Mujtaba, AMD Ryzen and Intel Coffee Lake CPU Market Share at 50% Each in July – Strong Ryzen Sales, Intel CPUs Still Report Higher Revenue, 2018/08/02.
3. RAM
   • 2016/03/27 Andy Grove and Intel’s Move From Memory to Microprocessors
   • [AmusingPlanet] Kaushik Patowary, That Time When Computer Memory Was Handwoven by Women, 2020/02/04.
   • [ComputerWorld] Lucas Mearian, Everspin ships first ST-MRAM memory with 500X performance of flash, 2012/11/12.
4. HD
   • [BBC] Leo Kelion, 3D Xpoint memory: Faster-than-flash storage unveiled, 2015/07/28.
   • [BBC] Microwave breakthrough helps boost hard drive sizes, 2017/10/13.
   • [AnandTech] T. S. Ganesh, Western Digital Stuns Storage Industry with MAMR Breakthrough for Next-Gen HDDs, 2017/10/12.
   • [CACM] Samuel Greengard, The Future of Data Storage, April 2019.
     1. Tape remains inexpensive, the data on a tape remains accessible longer than on other media, and tape is remarkably easy to use and manage.
     2. In 2017, the volume of tape shipped is five times than that in 2008.
     3. Tape may seem old-fashioned, and even obsolete, but from a purely economic point of view, it is the most cost-effective and efficient way to store data.
     4. In 1951, the transfer rate of tapes is about 7,200 characters per second. In contrast, today's tape devices transfer data at speeds as high as 800 megabytes per second, while hard drives deliver a write speed of about 50 to 120 megabytes per second, and solid-state drives (SSDs) write data at rates of 200 to 550 megabytes per second.
     5. An analysis conducted by BackupWorks.com indicates that equivalent levels of backup for tape versus disk results in about 4x cost savings for devices.
     6. It is estimated that humans produce approximately 2.5 quintillion bytes of data each day and, overall, nearly 3 zettabytes of data exist in the digital world.
        • kilobyte 10^3 thousand megabyte 10^6 million gigabyte 10^9 billion terabyte 10^12 trillion petabyte 10^15 quadrillion exabyte 10^18 quintillion zettabyte 10^21 sextillion yottabyte 10^24 septilion
   • Mark Lantz, Why the Future of Data Storage is (Still) Magnetic Tape, IEEE Spectrum, 2018/08/28.
5. Security
   • [Inside] 中研院呂紹勳、陳伶志, 有關 Zoom 的資安疑慮與建議, 2020/03/27.
   • [BBC] 2020/02/11 Swiss machines 'used to spy on governments for decades'
     1. Crypto AG
     2. rig 裝配
     3. coup [ku] 成功之舉
     4. anguish 極度苦惱
     5. whimper 啜泣
     6. hypocrisy [hɪˋpɑkrəsɪ] 虛偽
     7. they will do anyting for the right price
     8. precision engineering
   • [NYTimes] Tim Herrera, The Two Online Security Steps You Should Stop Putting Off, 2017/08/13.
     1. password that look like this
     2. mea culpa [拉] 我的過失
     3. imperitive 必須履行的責任
     4. LastPass
     5. paramount 至高無上的
     6. Muslims go to mosques on Fridays. (Jumaa prayer)
   • [iThome] 林妍溱, 自家遠端桌面連線工具RDCMan爆資訊外洩漏洞，微軟直接宣布除役, 2020/03/13.
   • 2019國家級資安事件：勒索軟體侵襲臺灣醫院
   • 悠遊卡遭駭，Mifare卡安全性遭質疑
   • 駭客突破安全系統 基礎設施廠房停擺
   • [ZDNet] Hackers are hijacking smart building access systems to launch DDoS attacks, 2020/02/02.
   • 未來的犯罪，我們該怎麼面對？
   • [TED] Marc Goodman: A vision of crimes in the future
   • [Purdue] System Uses Machine Learning, Curiosity-Driven 'Honeypots' to Stop Cyberattackers
6. FinTech
   • [IDC] Payments and Lending FinTechs Dominate IDC Financial Insights’ 101 Fast Growing Asia/Pacific FinTechs in 2020, 2020/03/11.
   • [GIGAOM] KI MAE HEUSSNER, Credit scores, with a little help from your friends, 2012/05/16.
   • Klint Finley and Gregory Barber, The WIRED Guide to the Blockchain, 2019/07/09.
     1. Traders buy and sell stocks rapidly using current technology, of course, but the behind-the-scenes process of transferring ownership of those assets can take days. Some technologists believe blockchains could help with that.
     2. The question is, if one organization (say, Walmart) has control of the data, did it really need blockchain at all?
     3. these offerings have traditionally operated outside the regulatory framework meant to protect investors.
     4. notary n. 公證人
   • [Video] Expert Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty – Blockchain
   • [Forbes] Billy Bambrough, "Bitcoin Has Crashed—Now What? ", 2020/02/27. (Julie)
     1. dash v.t. 砸碎 n. 短跑
     2. haven [ˋhevən] 避風港
     3. meltdown 核能電廠反應爐核心熔毀；垮臺
     4. turmoil 騷動
     5. With bitcoin's latest fall in the face of global market turmoil, the theory that it had begun acting as a safe haven along with gold and the Japanese yen is looking overblown.
     6. overblown （花）已盛開過的；已過全盛期的
     7. Bitcoin is purely driven by demand which is why it often remains steady when other markets are teetering.
     8. bullish 樂觀的；牛市的
   • [NYTimes] Carlos Hernández, Bitcoin Has Saved My Family, 2019/02/23.
7. 4/21 VR/AR 王聖珽 林彥甫
   • [WIRED] Oculus' John Carmack Explains Virtual Reality in 5 Levels of Difficulty
   • [TIME] Experience Apollo 11 Moon Landing in Augmented Reality, 2019/07/18.
   • [YouTube] Apollo 11 HoloLens AR Demo, 2019/05/07.
   • The business guide to AR and VR: Everything you need to know
8. 4/28 AI 鄧翔允 何文睿
   • [YouTube] What Is Artificial Intelligence? - Edureka
   • [CNN] Rachel Metz, How AI came to rule our lives over the last decade, 2019/12/23.
   • [TED-Ed] Turing Test
   • How AI Will Invade Every Corner of Wall Street
     1. I don't think machine learning is the answer to everything. It just can make us better at a lot of things.
     2. They can generate hypotheses, test them, and then tell humans.
     3. A machine would have no basis for predicting a crisis since each one is unique.
     4. Quantitative funds deploy machine learning to refine and improve the 20 most influential factors, from cash flow to unusual events like fraud.
     5. Managers and analysts are polymaths. They all have a sophisticated understanding of statistics, and almost everyone writes code and has market experience.
   • The Pentagon is using AI to fight ISIS but it's not quite the 'Terminator'
   • Google's 'Superhuman' DeepMind AI Claims Chess Crown
   • [TED-Ed] 電腦如何翻譯人類語言
   • The United States strikes a blow to China's AI ambitions
9. 5/12 Quantum Computer - Joycelyn, Angela
   1. 量子電腦 鎖住鈔票
   2. [LiveScience] China's Quantum-Key Network, the Largest Ever, Is Officially Online, 2018/01/19.
   3. [InsideScience] Is China the Leader in Quantum Communications?, 2018/01/19.
   4. [ScienceAlert] Scientist Find Yet Another Way to Get Qubits Working at Room Temperature, 2020/03/22.
   5. [YouTube] Quantum Computers Explained
   6. [CNBC] The Hype Over Quantum Computers, 2020/01/10.
   7. [Scientific American]
   8. [HPCwire] Quantum Computing Will Never Work How Close Are We—Really—to Building a Quantum Computer?
10. 5/19 Self-Driving Car - 楊博丞 張晉瑋
    1. [Reuters] Tesla 'very close' to level 5 autonomous driving technology, 2020/07/09.
    2. [TED] Chris Urmson: How a driverless car sees the road, 2015/06/26.
    3. [Forbes] 2020/02/06 Who Is Responsible In A Crash With A Self-Driving Car?
    4. [CACM] Vinton G. Cerf, A Comprehensive Self-Driving Car Test, February 2018.
       1. It might take hundreads of thousands of driving miles to encounter on public roads.
       2. It would take for too long to test in the real world.
    5. [YouTube] Waymo 360° Experience: A Fully Self-Driving Journey, 2018/02/28.
    6. [IEEE Spectrum] 2020/04/22 Surprise! 2020 Is Not the Year for Self-Driving Cars.
    7. [YouTube] Self-Driving Car Levels Explained, 2018/04/25.
       1. Level 4 - Full automatic in some specific domain.
       2. Level 3 - The car may hand over the control to the driver at any time, but the system is monitoring the environment and will give early warning to the driver.
       3. Level 2 - The driver must always monitor the environment.
11. 5/26 Communication
    1. [YouTube] Undersea Transatlantic Cable
    2. 為何 FireChat 使用的網狀網路技術可能改變世界
    3. 5G Goes Nationwide
    4. [YouTube] Everything You Need to Know About 5G
12. 6/9 IoT
    • [PCMag] Carnival Looks to Keep Passengers Happier at Sea With IoT
    • Gartner survey finds IoT communication is the main use case for 5G
    • [Analytics Insight] Top 7 IoT Trends to Watch in 2020
13. 6/16 Net Neutrality
    • F.C.C. Repeals Net Neutrality Rules - The New York Times
    • FCC Poised to Gut Net Neutrality Rules - Electronic Frontier Foundation
    • [WIRED] The Covid-19 Pandemic Shows the Virtues of Net Neutrality, 2020/05/04.
14. Drone
    1. Michelle Hampson, Drones Use Radio Waves to Recharge Sensors While in Flight, IEEE Spectrum, April 17, 2020.
    2. Drones Used in Crime Fly Under the Law's Radar
    3. Drones: Getting There Before an Ambulance
15. Video Presentation
    • Final presentation will be recorded with EverCam
16. CS Education
    • CS Education Week
17. MOOCs
18. Big Data

News Source

1. ACM TechNews
2. WIRED
3. Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
4. CNN Technology
5. BBC Technology
6. CNET
7. ZDNet
8. PC Magazine
9. Wall Street Journal Technology
10. The New York Times Technology
11. The Guardian Technology
12. Tech & Learning

Reference:

1. BBC Learning English
2. Better Writing through Appropriate Vocabulary and Grammar (Activity about "Semantic Markers")
3. 政治及財經新聞解讀
4. Journalism on Coursera