Research is a life style, which help me to find who I am, what I like, how to live my dreams/life.

1. Research
and Life
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2. Let’s See Some Story
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3. Let’s See Some Story
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4. Story (Contd.)
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5. Story (Contd.)
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6. True or False?
• No industry will work on your research topic
• Don’t waste your time in graduate school?!
• School can help us to get some “certificate”, and
that’s the only thing matters for the industry.
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7. Gap
• Between the universities and industries
• Goal of universities: learning
• Students learn through lectures
• Lectures are organized by instructors
• Instructors need to solve student problems
• Goal of industries: production  making money
• The workers solve the problems on their own
• The ability of problem solving comes from?
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8. Research
• 1577, act of searching closely
• Current definition
• A close and careful study to find out new facts or
information
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9. What You Can Learn
• Learn from the processes
• Identify the problem
• Gather information
• Develop the method
• Analyze and Justify
• Presentation
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10. Identify The Problem
• Predict problems
• Filter unneeded data
• Isolate the key point
• Make hypothesis
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11. Gather Information
• Where we are
• Validate the information
• Are the sources OK?
• The credibility of the data
• Filter the biased information
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12. Develop The Method
• On top of the previous methods
• Evaluate the strength and the weakness
• For your method
• For your ability
• Additional help?
• Fair evaluation
• Gradually improve it
• Might need to start from zero again
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13. Analyze and Justify
• Gather enough good data to validate
• Design fair mechanisms to compare
• Logic
• Criteria
• Stand on top of giants’ shoulders
• Bit by bit
• NOT just believe what you want to believe
• Fair, fair, fair….
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14. Presentation
• Wrap the content
• Nice package
• Persuade others with reasons and logic
• Practices
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15. Patient
Achievement
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16. Apply
• Apply what you learn
• In daily life
• At your work
• At your home
• With your friends
• While digesting information
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17. Life Case 1
• What happen if you see a girl cry?
• Research:
• Identify the problem
• Gather information
• Develop the method
• Analyze and Justify
• Presentation
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18. Life Case 2
• How do I choose between two girl friends?
• Research
• Identify the problem
• Gather information
• Develop the method
• Analyze and Justify
• Presentation
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Johannes Kepler, German mathematician (1571~1630)
Considered 11 different matches over two years
(a decision process formalized later as the marriage problem).
He eventually returned to the fifth match for
"won me over with love, humble loyalty, economy of household,
diligence, and the love she gave the stepchildren."

19. Life Case 3
• What happen if the kid is sick?
• Research:
• Identify the problem
• Gather information
• Develop the method
• Analyze and Justify
• Presentation
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20. Summary
• What is research for me?
• Research is a life style
• Research helps me to find:
• Who I am?
• What I like?
• How to define (live) my life
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21. The End
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