I attended the
online forum named “Interdisciplinary and Innovative Exploration” arranged by
Office of the Provost, City University of Hong Kong on 29th April
2020. Prof. Jian Lu (呂堅) is the keynote and he introduced his
study and research life as well as how to explore innovatively through
interaction among interdisciplinary fields.
Prof. Lu used
360 degree monitor to perform this forum. (There are 359 online participants I
checked before the end of forum!)
In the
beginning, he quoted leader of China and USA that both have already focused on
Innovation.
Then he
mentioned Mr. Qian Xuesen(錢學森) view on natural science come from foundation science, technology
science and engineering. He used Mr.
Qian’s question to start the forum that is “Why our universities haven’t cultivated
outstanding talent?”
After then
Prof. Lu introduced his view on “Original Innovation”. There are three level
below:
Level 1: New
idea and realization; (0 to 1)
Level 2: New
method and enhancement based on level 1; (1 to 10)
Level 3: Found
the technology realization solution based on level 1 & 2. (10 to 100)
We do better
on Level 2 but not in Level 1 and 3.
Prof. Lu
replied to Mr. Qian Xuesen’s
question that the key elements of self-innovation are Uniqueness (唯一性), Destructive (顛覆性) and Optimization
(最佳性).
And then
Prof. Lu stated USA manufacturing plan on 5 key elements and they were Design,
Material, Mass 3D Printing, Craftsmanship and Value Chain.
Finally, Prof.
Lu introduced his research team’s different recent research topics.
He proposed
that Theorist / Modeling Expert and Experimentalist should be cooperated and
communicated.
At the end, he
quoted Ferry Porsche statement “In the beginning, I looked around and could not
quite find the car I dreamed of. So I
decided to build it myself.” to explain the revolution innovation needs
insight, curiosity, confidence and consistence, opportunity and luck. He said basic knowledge could be
come from university but you also need lifelong study from different
sources.
During Q&A,
Prof. Lu mentioned the future development of CityU would include Matter (Hard
Matter and Soft Matter) and Brain research.
Some post-doc students asked how to select the research topics. He replied that he would ask his student “What
do you want to do after graduate?” If
student would like to do research, he would select some fundamental
research. If student would like to go
into industry or startup, he would select some researches topic related to
industry.
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