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NCKU General Education:NCKU General Education:

How to Cultivate the How to Cultivate the Creativity, Innovation, and Creativity, Innovation, and

Entrepreneurship?Entrepreneurship? Sept 27, 2007 Class#2 Group Sept 27, 2007 Class#2 Group

CreativityCreativityDr. Harold Szu Dr. Harold Szu 斯華齡斯華齡 ,,

Homework#1Prepare Exemplar(s) for Individual Creativity 4

Rules • 1. Intellectual courage: never be afraid to answer the

first question, how everything is invented.

• 2. Comprehensiveness, Maxwell Field Equations were invented.

• 3. Complimentarily, how the opposite Quantum Mechanics and Classical Mechanics was invented.

• 4. Principle of hard working, (smartly with self-guidance notebook everyday before going home and follow it every morning). “10% inspiration, 90% perspiration”—Thomas Edison

Review: Review: Creativity needs both intuition and Creativity needs both intuition and precision precision

(fine difference and similarity in three disciplines, whether endowed or (fine difference and similarity in three disciplines, whether endowed or developed).developed).

Creativity in the Arts & the LiteraturesCreativity in the Arts & the Literatures

Creativity in Math & SciencesCreativity in Math & Sciences

Creativity in the EngineeringCreativity in the Engineering

Creativity in Business, and Creativity in Business, and ManagementManagement

The basic requirement is The basic requirement is similar.similar.

The essential difference is The essential difference is Degree of Freedom/Constraint Degree of Freedom/Constraint (D.O.F/C.) for the identical joy (D.O.F/C.) for the identical joy of living by “self-expression.”of living by “self-expression.”

Creativity in the Arts & theCreativity in the Arts & the Literatures— D.O.C.=2Literatures— D.O.C.=2

Own Inhibition: our own self-Own Inhibition: our own self-inhibition,inhibition,

Medium Representation: the Medium Representation: the literature form 1D taxonomy, 2D literature form 1D taxonomy, 2D painting or pictures, 3D painting or pictures, 3D sculptures, 2D+time movie or real-sculptures, 2D+time movie or real-time dramatime drama

Only sky is the limit of imaginationOnly sky is the limit of imagination

Creativity in Math & Sciences-- Creativity in Math & Sciences-- D.O.C.=2+2D.O.C.=2+2

Own Inhibition:Own Inhibition:

Medium Representation:Medium Representation:

Transparency—”science has nothing to do Transparency—”science has nothing to do with the truth but self-consistency”--Einstein with the truth but self-consistency”--Einstein

Accountability, or Reproducibility by other Accountability, or Reproducibility by other scientists-- Aristotle Phenomenology Theoryscientists-- Aristotle Phenomenology Theory

Math intuition and Creativity Math intuition and Creativity Poincare (1948):Poincare (1948):

Math is a discrimination between promising and Math is a discrimination between promising and useless ideas and their combinations.useless ideas and their combinations.

Math thinking may be based on heuristic search Math thinking may be based on heuristic search

among sufficiently rich representations.among sufficiently rich representations.

Math intuition is an interplay between spatial Math intuition is an interplay between spatial imagination, abstraction and approximate imagination, abstraction and approximate reasoning, and analytical reasoning or visual-reasoning, and analytical reasoning or visual-spatial and linguistic thinking, observed in fNMR spatial and linguistic thinking, observed in fNMR imaging (S. Dehaene, 1999). imaging (S. Dehaene, 1999).

Creativity in Engineering-- Creativity in Engineering-- D.O.C.=4+1D.O.C.=4+1

Own Inhibition:Own Inhibition:

Medium Representation:Medium Representation:

Transparency—”science has nothing to do Transparency—”science has nothing to do with the truth but self-consistency” Einsteinwith the truth but self-consistency” Einstein

Accountability, or Reproducibility by other Accountability, or Reproducibility by other scientists-- Aristotle Phenomenology Theoryscientists-- Aristotle Phenomenology Theory

Real World Utility Now!Real World Utility Now!

entrepreneurship is easier to say but hard to do;

it has one extra constraint.

The difference between the innovation and the entrepreneurship is merely the difference in

bottom-line

Digital Media RF

Group Creativity 10 rulesGroup Creativity 10 rules 1. 1. Edify in public (more than 2 persons ); criticize in privateEdify in public (more than 2 persons ); criticize in private 2. Write others contribution in diary (never forgetful) 2. Write others contribution in diary (never forgetful) 3. Be patience with other team member’s immature creation3. Be patience with other team member’s immature creation 4. Be the most positive and active member in your team4. Be the most positive and active member in your team 5. Establish ones mentor(s) in different disciplines5. Establish ones mentor(s) in different disciplines 6. Initiate social occasion & weekly contact with mentor(s).6. Initiate social occasion & weekly contact with mentor(s). 7. 24 hours turn around the assignment of mentor(s) or boss.7. 24 hours turn around the assignment of mentor(s) or boss. 8. Two bonded Notebooks, research diary, & study others.8. Two bonded Notebooks, research diary, & study others. 9. Sharpen tools in languages, math, computers, equipments9. Sharpen tools in languages, math, computers, equipments 10. Prepare & update ones own work in 1 minute, 10 minutes 10. Prepare & update ones own work in 1 minute, 10 minutes

, and one hour reports; study “Nature per week”, and one hour reports; study “Nature per week”

Chinese Yi-Chin created the limiting process Chinese Yi-Chin created the limiting process of modern math e.g. the infinity has no of modern math e.g. the infinity has no outside; the infinitesimal small has no outside; the infinitesimal small has no insideinside! !

老子老子 (Lao Zi) (Lao Zi) 大而無外大而無外 , , 小而小而無内無内

Where were you, when they invented X,Y,Z? X,Y,Z = Symphony, Radio, Movie, TV, PC, Internet, e-

Commerce,Genome, Epigenome, Nano-Robot, Nano-Surgeon, etc.

Indian by Buddhism created the “zero” as the identity of plus (inverse minus) operations.

European combining the limiting with the zero in a finite difference method created a rigorous calculus, a working horse of modern engineering.

America led NASTRAN calculus into Space Programs

How to become a creative How to become a creative discipledisciple

Keep good quality research diary & assignment Keep good quality research diary & assignment recordrecord

Thoroughly follow through the lines of attacks Thoroughly follow through the lines of attacks

24 hour turn around the assignment showing 24 hour turn around the assignment showing your thought process waiting for master your thought process waiting for master commentcomment

Edify the master in public and discuss in privateEdify the master in public and discuss in private

How to write an diary for How to write an diary for journaljournal

Keep good diary of concept, logic, essential steps, Keep good diary of concept, logic, essential steps, complete references. That’s why 2 hours extra per day, complete references. That’s why 2 hours extra per day, can yield 200%.can yield 200%.

Practice multiple resolution answers: 1 sentence for Practice multiple resolution answers: 1 sentence for layman, 10 sentences for non-specialists, and layman, 10 sentences for non-specialists, and hundreds for experts.hundreds for experts.

Connectivity to prior works where ever can & give fair Connectivity to prior works where ever can & give fair creditscredits

Simple idea for a short paper, profound idea for a long Simple idea for a short paper, profound idea for a long paper, then always publishable if not mix up.--- paper, then always publishable if not mix up.--- EinsteinEinstein

Work out your thought diligently:

•Three Questions before select R/D thesis,

•Keep two notebooks: diary, the literature

•Enhance communication, verbal & non-verbal

•Creative Negotiating, yourself and others

•Build your team in college

Ask 3 Questions before Major/sub-Ask 3 Questions before Major/sub-fieldfield

WisemanWiseman for list of most important for list of most important unsolved topics in your interested areaunsolved topics in your interested area

ResearchersResearchers how to solve his or her how to solve his or her problem, and cover all topics one by problem, and cover all topics one by one comprehensivelyone comprehensively

Yourself Yourself what is your aptitude, what is your aptitude, specialty making you unique specialty making you unique candidate to solve itcandidate to solve it

major

When the intersection of union exists, you focus it with passion. Although may delay, never give up.

Wiseman

Researches Yourself

Asian-Pacific Tigers did well in Me Too Asian-Pacific Tigers did well in Me Too Engineering; sustainability is in doubt!Engineering; sustainability is in doubt!

cheaper

faster

better We must lear the next, called a Creative Me-Too, We must lear the next, called a Creative Me-Too,

which reduces the exit risk, and provide which reduces the exit risk, and provide competition for better products competition for better products

e.g. Apple, IBM, China $600 PC=people computer, e.g. Apple, IBM, China $600 PC=people computer, often makes a buddle of profit for successors.often makes a buddle of profit for successors.

How do we learn, creative or not?“From cradle to grave yard.” “From K-5 to K-9.” New

science of sibilants getting past favoritism, finding niche,

bridging differences, fighting it out, success & failure (Carsen & Cole & Steptoe, TIME July 10,,pp. 46-55, 2006).

(1)Association (low-pass decomposition everything

new appears the same); followed

(2) Differentiation (high pass scrutiny), then

(3) Unification (inverse Wavelet Transform); &

(4) Continues again (Go To Do Loop (1-3) in larger domain) ----Royal Dutch Apprenticeship

Three Steps for Three Steps for Creative Me-Too to build upon others creativityCreative Me-Too to build upon others creativity

Insight

In sight

Application

Courageous Insight of othersCourageous Insight of others

Application to own experienceApplication to own experience

Horizon in sight Horizon in sight

--------------------five to ten years later--------------------five to ten years later

Homework#1Prepare Exemplar(s) for Individual Creativity 4 Rules

• 1. Intellectual courage: never be afraid to answer the first question, how everything is invented.

• 2. Comprehensiveness, Maxwell Field Equations were invented.

• 3. Complimentarily, how the opposite Quantum Mechanics and Classical Mechanics was invented.

• 4. Principle of hard working, (smartly with self-guidance notebook everyday before going home and follow it every morning). “10% inspiration, 90% perspiration”—Thomas Edison

Courageous Insights and Daring to Courageous Insights and Daring to answer the first question:answer the first question:

1986 Gerd Binninig & Heinrich Rohrer, IBM 1986 Gerd Binninig & Heinrich Rohrer, IBM Zurich for Scanning Tunneling MicroscopeZurich for Scanning Tunneling Microscope

1989 Binnig, Quate, Gerber: Atomic Force 1989 Binnig, Quate, Gerber: Atomic Force Microsocpe (AFM)Microsocpe (AFM)

1996 Chemistry Curl, Kroto, Smalley C60 1996 Chemistry Curl, Kroto, Smalley C60 buckeye Ballbuckeye Ball

Courageous insights: Enablers are Piezoelectric Courageous insights: Enablers are Piezoelectric Actuator (a soft dipole distortion gives delta Actuator (a soft dipole distortion gives delta voltage read out), Computer Vision display voltage read out), Computer Vision display amplifys.amplifys.

I wrote: Why takes three months to write “IBM I wrote: Why takes three months to write “IBM in molecules” ? BUT did not answer it.in molecules” ? BUT did not answer it.

If I did, we can shorten decade time lag If I did, we can shorten decade time lag from STM/AFM, nanotechnology to from STM/AFM, nanotechnology to

nano-Robot which makes CAD Nano-nano-Robot which makes CAD Nano-engineering possible with a yield >25%engineering possible with a yield >25%

I should answer it a decade ago, “the slowness I should answer it a decade ago, “the slowness because piezoelectric material is too soft to push because piezoelectric material is too soft to push the molecules while Brownian motion occurs.” the molecules while Brownian motion occurs.”

Human hand can be soft and hard in a multiplex. Human hand can be soft and hard in a multiplex. Why can not make the cantilever arm of AFM Why can not make the cantilever arm of AFM like us. Indeed, we can. In 2005 Dr. Xi and I did like us. Indeed, we can. In 2005 Dr. Xi and I did so to build the first Nano-robot manipulatorso to build the first Nano-robot manipulator

NanoNanorobot robot NanoNanoLithographyLithography5 m FOV on polycarbonate

Bimimetically modified Piezzoelectrical Cantilever allows us real-timemultiplexing between two:“Soft noodle-to-feel-to-seehard chop stick to control”(US Patent pending Szu&Xi)

Recommendation: Biomedical Wellness (BMW)Test Bed with 5 Winners stakeholders

Aging population

UN/WHO: Aging Global Village ChallengeUN/WHO: Aging Global Village Challenge

1. NIH Dir. Dr. Zerhouni 4 P Principles for Translation Research: “Preventive, Personalized. Pre-emptiveness, Participatory,”

2. US $ 3 Trillion? How to prevent exurban health How to prevent exurban health care cost?care cost?

3.3. ““A stitch in time saves nine,” mandated by US VA and A stitch in time saves nine,” mandated by US VA and ONR with ONR with

4.4. 4 None User-friendliness methodology : “4 None User-friendliness methodology : “Noninvasive, Non-contact, Non-tethered, None stop to measure” for

5. Information Acquisition Home Care system By Unsupervised Novel Computing of Biomedical Wellness (BMW) Engineering

Table of ContentApproach: by Developing BMW Eng. using US military persistent surveillance high-tech for acquiring “Individual

Diagnosis Aids” using unsupervised novel computing

•From Tanks to Tumors by using Physics and Physiology (Angiogenesis effect and Unsupervised Brain) Learning

•From Radar Counter-Counter-Measure to APS RFID

•From Submarine Comm. to Non-contact Heart BFID

•From Diabetic Type II to System on Chip Saliva Glucose

C i t y S a n d?

Pumping Blood Hemoglobin (Bio.Freq.ID) passive ECG

Power of pair of RFID (hybrid APS)

Predict dynamics of blood glucose levels

High Tech Test Bed ChallengesHigh Tech Test Bed Challenges Software:Software: Unsupervised:Unsupervised: Variability Variability

of wellness & of wellness & unsophisticated Seniors unsophisticated Seniors

Noninvasive:Noninvasive: Time-reversal Time-reversal ROC proving FDA “doing ROC proving FDA “doing no harm” by randomized no harm” by randomized double-blind control & double-blind control & referee (replacing placebo). referee (replacing placebo).

Massive throughputMassive throughput: Next : Next Gen DWT down-sampling Gen DWT down-sampling preserving statisticspreserving statistics

HardwareHardware

AffordableAffordable SOC SOC

Useful Useful AccumulativelyAccumulatively

CompatibleCompatible without without EMIEMI

Plug and PlayPlug and Play

What is our daily rhythm of wellness?What is our daily rhythm of wellness? How to accurate sample our wellness rhythm? How to accurate sample our wellness rhythm?

Daily ? Weekly? Yearly? Daily ? Weekly? Yearly? If it were daily then where shall we measure If it were daily then where shall we measure

our selves? Home?, Lab?, Hospital?our selves? Home?, Lab?, Hospital? If we prefer home convenience and privacy, If we prefer home convenience and privacy,

then since none of us are physicians what kind then since none of us are physicians what kind of science and technology that we must of science and technology that we must develop for ? AI/rule based? ANN/supervised? develop for ? AI/rule based? ANN/supervised? BNN/unsupervised?BNN/unsupervised?

How to define the degree of user friendliness? How to define the degree of user friendliness? In terms of whose metric ? In terms of whose metric ?

Working Hypothesis #1 Holistic Care,Working Hypothesis #1 Holistic Care, balancing Asian balancing Asian wellness Systematic with wellness Systematic with WesternWestern illness Componential Approach illness Componential Approach

Wellness

Illness

When one is not sick, a hospital doctor has not much to help besides annual physical checkup as wellness baseline.

Working Hypothesis #2Working Hypothesis #2““To Err is Human*”To Err is Human*”: : building a safer health system, building a safer health system,

Minimize US Root Cause of escalating Current Minimize US Root Cause of escalating Current Public Health Cost may be due to ¼ mortality end Public Health Cost may be due to ¼ mortality end

up with wasteful litigations at courtup with wasteful litigations at court

When not ill, however feeling bad, no home When not ill, however feeling bad, no home front first-line preventive care front first-line preventive care

paid by Health Care Insurance, and paid by Health Care Insurance, and

often losing the timeliness to prevent serious often losing the timeliness to prevent serious illness.illness.

*L. Kohn, J. Corrigan, M. Donaldson, eds. US NAS Institute of Medicine , 6th Printing 2007

Aging Baby Boomers Quality of LifeAging Baby Boomers Quality of Life

Working Hypothesis #3 Better Quality of Life: Wellness Assurance for Aging Societies—

Motto: “High-Tech Safety Net”

Retiring 65 years old; man 78 years woman at 80

Health Care Cost

BMW Optimization for 2nd Careers

Working Hypothesis #4“2Working Hypothesis #4“2ndnd Order Phase Order Phase transition”:transition”: human errors are unavoidable human errors are unavoidable

because of the intrinsically wellness physiology because of the intrinsically wellness physiology exceeds conventional sparse sampling exceeds conventional sparse sampling annual physical annual physical

checkups called the “baseline” by Doctors paid by US current checkups called the “baseline” by Doctors paid by US current insurance.insurance.

Everyone’s illness may be discrete and binary; but their wellness states are analog & different.

To capture the phase transition from discrete sampling may requires ½ day critical Nyquist sampling rate without aliasing effect----a new concept of “wellness baseline profiling™” Szu 2007

ONR Think Tank Fact SheetONR Think Tank Fact Sheet• Mr. Alan Greenspan thanked AP for ODM of high-quality low-

cost goods curtailing US inflation.

• Fed Res. Chair Ben Benanker & GAO warned 78M baby boomers retiring costing 1/5 ~1/4 GDP.

• AMA asks “Why illness cost skyrockets?”“Fixing America’s Hospitals” Dr. David Bates of Harvard Medical Sch. Pub. Health Dr. Claudia Kalb showed “100K Am die annually from medical errors; 2005 errors harm 1.5M & cost $3.5B [Oct. 8, 2005 Newsweek's.March 2007 Reader Digest “Nightshifts Nightmares”]

• US hospital mortality <¼ owing to human errors (patients, doctors, nurses, hospital procedural); patients physicians suffer law suites and insurance wastes; cost is souring exponentially!

ONR & VA MOU might impact US $3.5B per annum:

Translate military persistent surveillance for enemy to ward off human common enemy

microorganisms diseases, cancers, etc.

by means of military persistent surveillance--- “house hospital, or housepital” with “wellness baseline profile” benchmarked the ROC utility for “individual diagnosis aids.”

“A stitch in time saves nine.”

How could we manage rationally without a reliable data?How could we manage rationally without a reliable data? We need We need “Unsupervised Novel Computing” for Senior Wellness Monitoring “Unsupervised Novel Computing” for Senior Wellness Monitoring

Info. System. lack of reliable senior wellness Data Set (Info. System. lack of reliable senior wellness Data Set (Personal Personal

Longitudinal Cohort Horizontal, except myth or anecdotic story, Longitudinal Cohort Horizontal, except myth or anecdotic story, ), ), No one knows when is the most vulnerable in senior care?No one knows when is the most vulnerable in senior care? Pre-dawn stroke heart attack, Pre-dawn stroke heart attack, Standing up after a full dinner, Standing up after a full dinner, Taking hot bath, Taking hot bath, Bowel movement after constipation, Bowel movement after constipation, Coughing severely Coughing severely They are all vulnerable, but which is statistically significant?They are all vulnerable, but which is statistically significant?

“ “In God We Trust; All the rest must show data”In God We Trust; All the rest must show data” More aggressively we must increase quality of lives of seniors!More aggressively we must increase quality of lives of seniors! e.g. monitoring sleeping and daily living patterns; eating e.g. monitoring sleeping and daily living patterns; eating

disorder; vision hearing; personnel glooming & hygiene; driving disorder; vision hearing; personnel glooming & hygiene; driving alert; alert;

The common key of BMW is mathematicallyBased on 37oC & Pairs Sensors X(t)

Physics & Physiology of Unsupervised Learning

oNoninvasive Monitoring Aging WWII Baby Boomers’ Wellness Baseline Profiling (WBP) vital signs for Cancers,

autoimmune disease, diabetic Type II , Heart Attack, Stroke, and Dementia etc.

oApplying US military Surveillance High Tech serving aging veterans (2007-1949 =58~58+20 young < 78 yrs. old)

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To build high-tech safe net at home fronts to prevent health care waste by human errors?

•2. From satellite spectral imaging of tanks to Angiogenesis of malign tumors:Vatican Rome Phase Iia, NTU Phase II

•1.Extend first line defense from hospitals to all households where enemy are: DoD Doctrine war-fighting surveillance.

•3.Diabetics less-invasive Saliva tests kits to supplement capillary blood tests –System on Chip like urine testkit.

•4. Portable & affordable wireless Cardiovascular monitor systems—BFID like passive RFID at 1 Hz

Open dynamic biosystems

Topdown

bottomup

Learning is a hallmark of natural intelligence (NI), unsupervised sensors lerning is a key breakthrough.

Why do we always have pairs of input sensors (2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nasal holes, 2 taste buds, 2 hands etc. 10 Dimension), but singular outputs ?

To understand intelligent learning we must answer why animal brains are kept constant temperature (37oC=310

o

K mankind, 40oC for Chicken)?

Cortex 17

Impact Area: Why do we have pairs, e.g. two eyes, etc. ten sensors for five sense inputs? Coincidence Account “agree, the info;disagree, the clutter” at the constant 37oC brain temperature for a soft-decision of agreement for instantaneous response for the survival of fittest species (Unsupervised Learning)

Marr binocular Paradox

3 points be horizontal or vertical ?

Coincidence Account, rather Stereo

Long IR 8-12

MiddleIR3-5

X pixel

b

a

s1

s2

Hot tumor feature

Normal body feature Axis 1

Axis 2

s1+s2=1

Per pixel

Decompose data vector X to infinitely many 2 Decompose data vector X to infinitely many 2 components [a,b], components [a,b],

unless percentage of 2 sunless percentage of 2 s11+s+s22=1 is known.=1 is known.

X=s1a+s2b ??

We postulate a linear information I/O energy {[W]X-S} = A]S-X}

(e.g. which generalizes LMS error energy =[W]X-S)

Graphical Proof of Uniqueness of sourcesGraphical Proof of Uniqueness of sources

Local Maximum Entropy for Most Probable Solution s2’=1-s1’

S’1

E(Input X & Output S)

S1’

H

ToS

0.5