CULTIVATION OF GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS

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CULTIVATION OF GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS

• C.V. RAMAMOORTHY
• PROFESSOR EMERITUS
• ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCES
• UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY

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CULTIVATION OF GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS

• TOPICS
• MY INTERPRETATION.
• CULTIVATION IMPLIES GROWTH, COMPONENTS OF A
  SIMPLIFIED GROWTH MODEL
• FLAT WORLDINTELLECTUAL FLATNESS IS THE
  PREREQUISITE TO ECONOMIC FLATNESS AND OVERALL
  GLOBAL PROSPERITY IS NECESSARY FOR OUR
  SURVIVABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY

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TCS CEO DR. RAMADORAI

• Today it is the minds, not the megahertz or the
  gigabytes that are scarce.
• Use I.T. to enhance them and use them to deliver
  sustainable and survivable products to support
  our developing world

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CULTIVATION OF GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS

• TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION
• WIDENING CHASM/GAP BETWEEN THE TECHNOLOGICAL
  ADVANCES AND THE SNAIL- PACED INCREMENTAL
  IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR TECHNICAL EDUCATION.
• STATUS OF TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION, ITS GREATEST
  SHORTCOMINGS IN U.S. AND WHY WE MAY LOSING
  INTELLECTUAL COMPETITIVENESS
• DEMOGRAPHICS
• SKILLS, CLASSIFICATION AND CHARACTERISTICS

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CULTIVATION OF GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS

• TECHNOLOGICAL SUPPORT FOR OUR DEPRECIATING
  LEARNING AND CREATIVE SKILLS AN OVERVIEW OF
  PROBLEMS AND POSSIBILITIES.
• TRENDS IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
  INFRASTRUCTURES
• LAW OF THE CONSERVATION OF HUMAN PHYSICAL
  
• ENERGY
• LAW OF I.T HUMAN SENSES
• LAW OF CONVERGENCE OF I.T SERVICES.
  
• THE CONCEPT OF AN I.T. PRODUCT AS A
  PLATFORM OF SERVICES.

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CULTIVATION OF GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS

• SOME OBSERVATIONS
• KNOWLEDGE GROWTH DOUBLES EVERY THREE YRS DEPT
  OF EDUCATION AND HARVARD STUDIES
• TECHNOLOGY GROWTH PERFORMANCE AND CAPABILITIES
  MOORES LAW, DOUBLES EVERY 18 MONTHSAPPLICABLE
  TO SEMICONDUCTOR AND FIBEROPTIC TECHNOLOGIES.

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CULTIVATION OF GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS

• TOOL DEVELOPMENT TO SUPPORT SPECILIAZED DESIGN
  FOR AND MANUFACTURESCALING (ANDREW GROVE)
• EDUCATION---PARTICULARLY OF OUR SCIENCE AND
  TECHNOLOGY ---CREEPS ACCORDING TO THE INVERSE
  MOORES LAWFASTER THAN A SNAIL BUT SLOWER THAN
  A TURTLE.
• NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE JULY 18, 2010 ---
• AMERICAN CREATIVITY IS DECLINING
• IT NEEDS AN UNUSUAL VISUAL PERSPECTIVE AND AN
  ABILITY TO SYNTHESIZE DIVERSE ELEMENTS WITH
  MEANINGFUL PRODUCTS.

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CULTIVATION OF GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS

• PIONEERS
• NORMAN BORLAUGAGRICULTURAL CULTIVATION
• JAIME ESCALANTEEDUCATIONAL MENTORSHIP
• THE PURPOSE OF LIFE IS TO DISCOVER YOUR
  GIFTTALENT
• THE MEANING OF LIFE IS GIVING YOUR GIFT
  AWAYSHARING IT

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CULTIVATION OF GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS

• U.S. INTELLECTUAL SUPERIORITY
• SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION SUPERIORITY
• ECONOMIC, MILITARY AND POLITICAL SUPERIORITY
• CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION IS FUNNELED BY
  EDUCATION
• U.S. EXPORTED IDEAS AND PRODUCTS WERE MADE OFF
  SHORELOSS IN U.S. EMPLOYMENT

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CULTIVATION OF GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS

• GROWTH REQUIRES CULTIVATION OF INTELLECTUAL/MANUAL
  RESOURCES TO SUPPORT OUR SURVIVABILITY AND
  SUSTAINABULITY
• GROWTH FACTORS
• PHYSICAL, NATURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCS
• HUMAN BASED MANUAL RESOURCES
• INTELECTUAL, MENTAL RESOURCES

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CULTIVATION OF GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS

• LAWS INVOLVING GROWTH FACTORS
• RATES OF GROWTH
• KNOWLEDGE
• TECHNOLOGY
• EDUCATION
• GAP BETWEEN TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES AND
  EDUCATION
  
  

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CULTIVATION OF GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS

• U.S. TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION PROBLEMS
• A NEEDS ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVENO EMPHASIS ON
  PROBLEM (NEEDS) DISCOVERY AND FORMULATIONEMPHASIS
  ON SOLUTION OF STURCTURED PROBLEMS FITTING A
  THEORETICAL SETTING.
• SILO EFFECT TOO DEEP SPECIALIZATION
• GROVES SCALING EFFECT

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CULTIVATION OF GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS

• DEMOGRAPHIC ISSUES
• DIGITAL NATIVESY GENERATION
• MULTI-TASKING
• SHORT ATTENTION SPAN
• EXPECT RAPID RESPONSES AND REWARDS
• LIKE FAST VIDEO GAMES

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CULTIVATION OF GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS

• U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION STATISTICS
• ALSO ARTICLE BY RUPERT MURDOCH
• 53 MILLION STUDENTS ENTERING UNIVERSITIES THIS
  YEAR
• 22-40 DROP OUT ON THE AVERAGE IN RECENT YEARS

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CULTIVATION OF GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS

• IMPROVING THE TECHNICAL EDUCATIONVERY BADELY
  NEEDED
• SKILLS NEEDED
• LEARNING SKILLS
• MEMORY SKILLS
• USING TECHNOLOGY FOT EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT AND
  FOSTERING CREATIVITY

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CULTIVATION OF GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS

• VIDEO GAMING VIA VIRTUAL 3-D HOLOGRAPHIC
  TECHNOLOGY AND ANIMATION
• ON-LINE SELF LEARNING
• SUZUKI MUSIC EDUCATION TO ROUSE CURIOSITY AND
  INCREASE CONCENTRATION
• MONTESSORI METHOD OF TEACHINGTALENT DISCOVERY
  AND CONFIDENCE BUILDING IN THE STUDENT

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CULTIVATION OF GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS

• INFRASTRUCTURES TO THE I.T WORLDVIA 100 LAP
  TOP NEGROPONTE M I TONE LAP TOP PER
  CHILDPROBLEM WE NEED PROPER TUTORING AND
  EDUCATION TO THE CHILD WHEN USING THE COMPUTER.

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CULTIVATION OF GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS

• DEMOGRAPHICS---SENIORS
• DR DOWLING HARVARD MED SCHOOL
• VIDEO GAMING, VIRTUAL 3 D HOLOGRAPHIC SCENERIO
  DEVELOPMENT
• EXAMPLES-- TECHNOLOGICAL TRAINERS FOR AIRLINE
  PILOTS
• NEEDED ---NEW RESEARCH IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
  AND GRAPHICS EMPHSIZING ANIMATION AND 3-D OBJECTS

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CULTIVATION OF GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS

• MEMORY SKILLS
• SHORT TERM MEMORY DEPRECIATES WITH AGE
• SERIOUS PROBLEM FOR SENIORS
• SUGGESTIONS
• BLACK-BOX PRINCIPLELIKE AIRLINE BLACK BOXES
• WEARABLE COMPUTERS WITH NANO CAMCODERS
• USE GOOGLES PAGE RANK METHOD TO FIND WHERE YOU
  LEFT YOUR KEYS OR PARKED YOUR CAR

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CULTIVATION OF GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS

• LONG TERM MEMORY ISSUES
• CONCEPT OF THE LIFE BOOKALL IMPORTANT AND
  EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION IS STORED IN THE WEB AND
  CAN BE RECALLED AND RETRIEVED ANY TIME ANY WHERE.
  THE INDIVIDUAL PUTS AWAY INFORMATION THAT HE DOES
  NOT NEED FREQUENTLY IN THE LIFE BOOK FOR LATER
  RECALL THROUGH-OUT HIS LIFE. HIS MIND IS FREED
  FROM REMEMBERING TOO MUCH INFORMATION.

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CULTIVATION OF GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS

• PATTERN RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGYDOTS AND LINKS,
  PATTERNS. ABSTRACTION BY PATTERNSPATTERNS ARE
  BIGTOO BIG TO FORGET AND EASY TO RECALL AND
  SEARCH
• CREATIVITY PROMPTERSSCIENCE FICTION
  NOVELS---ISAAC ASIMOV

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CULTIVATION OF GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS

• SOME OBSERVATIONS
• LAW OF I.T. SERVICE CONVERGENCE
• I.T. PRODUCT IS A PLATFORM FOR SERVICES,
  EXAMPLES, i PHONE, I PAD, ETC.
• LAW OF HUMAN I.T. SENSESTHESE ARE VISION,
  HEARING, TOUCH VISION HAS THE HIGHEST
  BANDWIDTHBETTER FOR COMMUNICATING WITH THE
  BRAINBETTER FILTERS, PARALLES OPERATIONS, FAST
  ACCESS.

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CULTIVATION OF GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS

• CLOSER OUR I.T. PRODUCT IS TO OUR VISION, THE
  BETTER IT IS IN COMMUNICATING WITH OUR BRAIN.
• TREND--ALL I.T. SERVICES ARE LOCATED ON ONE
  PRODUCT. THE SERVICE ICONS SHOULD INCLUDE
  SUPPORT FOR USERS CONVINIENCES, PREFERENCES,
  DISABILITIES, SERVICE MINTENANCE.

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CULTIVATION OF GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS

• I.T. INFRASTRUCTURES
• 100 LAP TOP, ONE LAP TOP PER CHILDNICK
  NEGROPONTE MIT
• PROBLEMS AND STATUS.