National Taiwan University

The core spirit of machine learning is to learn the relevance of the data hidden in the data from the existing data through the mathematical model of the fusion hypothesis, so as to achieve the purposes of quantitative analysis, inference exploration, prediction, decision-making, etc. Machine learning can be roughly divided into two categories: machine learning hand-crafted features and deep learning. The main difference between the two is that the former is artificially designed and selected to describe the characteristics of the data, while the latter relies on deep learning theory to extract features.

This course mainly focuses on the introduction and exploration of the first type of machine learning (machine learning with hand-crafted features). The course uses actual medical imaging data to introduce typical methods of hand-crafting various features. And through actual clinical problems, implement hand-crafted features and understand their advantages and disadvantages. At the same time, in the part of machine learning algorithm, it will cover a variety of supervised, unsupervised and hybrid learning methods, such as: Linear Discrimination, decision Tree, Neural Network, Support Vector Machine, Bayesian Learning, Clustering, Reinforcement Learning and other methods.

This course is designed for higher intermediate learners. The course covers Vietnamese intermediate grammar, reading Vietnamese short articles, discussions in Vietnamese, and idioms and phrases. Students should have at least 1.5 years of Vietnamese studies to take this class, so they can learn through Vietnamese essays, movies, traditional music and related topics with better sufficiency. They are expected to be able to read Vietnamese articles correctly, express themselves in Vietnamese and also understand about the culture and ways of thinking. Assessment: midterm (20%), final (20%), and participation and class performance (60%).

Administration is the study of administrative operations and management. It is a very important part of government operations; government operations largely rely on administrators and the administrative system to operate stably. The course covers various theories of administration; the structure and characteristics of the administrative department; the input and output of administrative operations (such as personnel administration, financial administration, and public policy, etc.), and the relationship between the administrative department and other departments (including political with administrative relations, governance, with non-profit organizations, etc.). This course also tries to bring in relevant practical cases so that students can understand theory.

This course is mainly designed for undergraduate students in the field of engineering, electrical engineering and computer science to provide basic knowledge on computer networks. The content of the course focuses on the analysis of the development trend of communication networks and its underlying principles; the design of communication protocols, and basic network performance analysis and simulation. The course covers Medium Access Control (MAC Layer), Network Layer, and Transport Layer. This course also provides the foundation for the "Network and Multimedia Experiment" course of NTUEE and other advanced courses on networking and and wireless networks. 

This course is an introduction to Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations. It covers sections 1-184, which is about one third of the book. Wittgenstein lived from 1889 until 1951, and the Philosophical Investigations appeared in 1953. The course provides an overview of three periods of his development, an early period, a middle period of transition, and a late period. This book is the main result of his late period. It contains the thoughts Wittgenstein was struggling with from 1929 until 1949. It is a classic in analytic philosophy of language. The course uses the translation by Anscombe. It is available as bilingual edition. Knowledge of German is not required, but is helpful.

Workplace ethics (Occupational Ethics) is an emerging issue of the times. When working hours continue to prolong, work relationships continue to complicate, work values continue to be disintegrated due to diversity, and the continuous innovation of technology at work subverts inherent behavior patterns. In chaos of disagreement, the thinking and dialogue of workplace ethics is meeting the needs of this era and helping people to find the greatest common divisor of interests and well-being. Since the 20th century, the tide of capitalism's consequentialism and the pursuit of maximum profit has been hitting and submerging the entire world of work. People are confused about how to find the real meaning and value of work. This is a construction that requires the help of inner life experience. Among them, the promotion of Workplace Spirituality is a good choice, because its purpose is to help workers realize the inner spiritual meaning of work, spread a sense of harmony, and get the whole workplace community to be inspired.

A tutorial course for beginners, students will enhance their Chinese characters writing and recognition skills. The course aims to enable students to learn Chinese with joy through games and group activities. The course also furthers understanding of Taiwanese culture and language. Attendance is required.

This course covers the conceptual frameworks and applied methodologies for user centered design and user experience research. Emphasis is placed on learning and practicing a variety of usability research methods/techniques such as scenario development, user profiling, tasks analysis, contextual inquiry, card sorting, usability tests, log data analysis, expert inspection and heuristic evaluation. This is a research and evaluation course on usability and user experience with the assumption that the results of user and usability research would feed directly into various stages of the interface design cycle. Assignments include learning to use Morae software suite to run tests, conducting literature review of usability research, performing a method and tool review of usability research approaches and a variety of emerging usability research software, and completing the term project in usability testing. The usability test project uses actual real time cases from organizations in the local area.

This course surveys classical theories and analytical approaches of political economy. Emphasis is placed on understanding the processes by which agents' political (economic) incentives influence economic (political) outcomes in the public domain, and vice versa. The course consists of two parts. Part I of this course introduces core concepts and theories – collective action, public goods, preference, social structure and power, and institutions – in the study of political economy. Part II of this course applies the knowledge introduced in part I to analyze a range of issues in political economy: institutional change, development, the interplay between different types of resources and channels of influence, and international trade. Contrary to what have been indoctrinated in the fields of economics and political science, the aim of this course is to leverage “political economy”—as an analytical approach—to help understand the sources of sub-optimal socio-economic outcomes.

This course introduces the development of Chinese calligraphy from its origin to the present, enabling students to have a basic understanding of the style and tradition of Chinese calligraphy and the cultural significance behind it. In addition to analyzing the development of various calligraphy styles, styles and artistic expressions according to the evolution of the times, we will pay special attention to the roles played by historical, cultural, and social factors. Important topics include "the establishment and transformation of calligraphy paradigms", "calligraphy and religion ", "Calligraphy and Painting", "Modern and Traditional", etc.