National Taiwan University

This course examines why and how we should integrate social sciences and genomics to understand societies and human behaviors. The course covers the following topics: introduction to molecular genetics; polygenic scores; gene-environment interaction; epigenetics; ancestry, race, and ethnicity; sex and gender; precision medicine, and ethical issues in genetic studies.

Based on the changes of computer technology and the role of humans on products in the market. The course focuses on studying the experience of using a product. This course targets a chosen topic, and through three steps of procedural design practices, students understand multiple design methods while developing creative thinking. The course will based around the topic provided by the CHI Student Design Competition: https://chi2016.acm.org/wp/student-design-competition/

This course examines Taiwan’s economic development from about 1860 to the present. The course is organized topically (and roughly chronologically); it begins by examining Taiwan’s important crops (tea, sugar and rice) and how these affected Taiwan’s economic development from roughly 1860-1970. Then the course briefly looks at the development of Taiwan’s natural resources. Finally,  the course discusses Taiwan’s rise as a manufacturing power - noting Taiwan's first labor-intensive manufactured export, woven hats, which were produced and exported in the pre-war era, but then mainly focus on Taiwan’s post-war export boom and its modern growth, particularly the electronics industry. Students participate in six group projects based on the readings listed; these groups will usually be randomly assigned. 

This course focuses on how to: construct daily issues that the political system faces, design all kinds of possible solutions, evaluate and choose from the most feasible, efficient, and effective solution; to establish the environment with multiple unions and pave the way for rationalizing policies; to interpret, organize, and apply the abstract policies into concrete actions; to evaluate the ultimate production of the policies, and the potential impacts on the relevant facets of the political system,; and to make necessary policy changes to make space for the lasting survival of policy layout. Texts: Yongbo Lin, Shixian Zhang. THE EVALUATION OF THE TB POLICY CHANGE IN TAIWAN; Considine, M. MAKING PUBLIC POLICY; Dunn, W. N. 2004 PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS. Assessment: Participation (10%), midterm (40%), report (35%), journals (15%).

The course examines the concepts and theories of computer vision and introduces their application. The course entails research on the algorithm and computing architecture and completion of a software simulation. The course covers: image formation; image processing; feature detection and matching; segmentation; feature-based alignment; structure from motion; dense motion estimation; computational photography; stereo correspondence; 3D reconstruction; and recognition.

International trade is the economic backbone of most countries in the world. The development of information technologies has accelerated trade facilitation and digitalization of cross border exchange. The digital transformation of international trade has reduced operation time and costs; facilitated the global value chain, and connected trade and logistics among communities globally.
 

Cross border digital trade has attracted more attention than ever in the post COVID-19 era: while normal international trade procedures and operations heavily dependent on paper documents have been interrupted, the use of technologies has lowered the barriers of physical documentation and resulted in the resiliency of international trade.
 

This course introduces international initiatives as well as government actions in the implementation of cross border digital trade to increase the scale, scope, and speed of trade.  The course also addresses challenges, such as the adoption of new technologies; policy and regulation issues, and change of user behavior during the implementation of cross border digital trade.

The course examines the historical importance of maritime trade and how understanding the water, winds, and currents has helped societies flourish. This course explores Asian trade history through the East China Sea, South China Sea, Bay of Bengal, and Arabian Sea and includes a survey of maritime tools as well as the importance of port cities. The course is broken up into three parts: humanism-geographical condition of each sea area in Asia (space), total chronological change (time), and long distance travelers/peoples story (humankind).

This course provides an introduction to elementary movement analysis theory and concepts. Through basic movement training (floor exercises) developed from the six foundations of human behavior, students build their ability to control or improve their body movements while learning from their peers.  Through video appreciation, students enhance their creative ability and practical experience of modern dance.

This course is designed to discuss modern science research that is related to people's minds and thoughts and how this research influence the arguments of various philosophical views including idealism and materialism. This course also discusses about the mechanism to study our mind and brain and how meditation affects our minds, even cure some diseases.

This course improves leadership in teams while some of the principles can be applied to organizations. To achieve this objective, the professor provides various principles and strategies drawn on solid empirical research to help future managers increase the probability of success. The course presents both the conceptual understanding and the behavioral skills required to lead teams and organizations successfully. Students will draw from their own experiences in discussing team and organization management skills and learn from classmates' experience sharing. Topics will include leadership styles, individual decision making, team selection, team creativity, team diagnosis, team conflict, etc. In addition, students learn how to manage and work in cross-cultural teams through the final team project in which students will be paired up with students from different countries.