諾貝爾物理獎得主「中村修二」教授演講致詞

諾貝爾物理獎得主「中村修二」教授演講致詞

很歡迎大家來參加今天的演講會。由於不同因緣，清華大學不時都會舉辦諾貝爾演講，最頻繁的時期，有五位得主在約一個月期間蒞臨清華，因而促成「清華諾貝爾大師月」盛況，是一場場難得的饗宴，今天「中村修二」(Shuji Nakamura) 教授演講也一定讓大家收穫良多。

「諾貝爾獎」可以說是當今世界上，最受世人矚目的獎項，普遍被認為是所頒獎的領域內最重要的獎項。它的成立卻是由一邊錯誤的報導而起﹔原來在設立「諾貝爾獎」的阿佛烈·諾貝爾（Alfred Nobel）的哥哥去世時，有報社誤認是他去世，發了一篇「死亡商人」去世的消息，讓因發明與製造炸藥而致富的他深切反省，決定設立「諾貝爾獎」，除物理、化學、生醫與文學獎外，特別包括「和平獎」，頒給「有助於縮減軍備與推動和平的個人團體」。

基於「諾貝爾」的人道精神，在「諾貝爾」物理與化學獎章上，除了有代表「科學天才」的女神揭開象徵自然奧秘而懷抱著聚寶盆的神祕女神面紗外，並刻有 (大意是)「由科學突破增進人類福祉」 (to those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind)。「中村修二」 教授得獎由於與其他兩位日本籍的教授 (赤崎勇 (Isamu Akasaki)， 天野浩 (Hiroshi Amano)) 共同 「發明高效藍色發光二極體，促成明亮、節能的白色光源的實現」。[註一]自1901年以來，「諾貝爾物理獎」迄今頒發了112 屆給 209位得主，無疑地在物理學上都有卓越的貢獻，但得獎原因在得獎時即能看出能直接影響人類生活，造福民生的相對少，而「中村」教授的發明即是其中之一。另外值得注意的是，諾貝爾物理學獎是頒給「在物理學領域中有最重要的『發現』或『發明』的人」。但在歷史上「諾貝爾物理獎委員會」將約3/4得獎項頒給了「發現」，而只有少於4/1頒給了「發明」。

世界照明的歷史，從年代久遠較不可考的油燈 (一萬年以上)、燭光，約1880年白熾燈泡商業化，到了 1950 年，開始流行效率比較高的日光燈，早在1950 及1960年代，由於紅色與綠色LED的發明，讓人燃起利用LED照明的希望，但後人經許多努力，都無法在發明藍色LED上有所突破﹔從1962年有紅色與綠色LED商業產品，直到1990年代，才由「中村」教授等人發明了藍色LED，有了紅、綠、藍三原色LED，使得利用白光LED成為可能。

由於LED發光效率是白熾燈的約十倍，壽命約二十倍長，又不像日光燈含有毒性的汞，據估計以LED壽命25,000小時計，以現在的價格，60 W的LED燈，連電費約 $26.25，日光燈約 $40，而白熾燈泡達 $171。[註二] 同時目前在工業化國家中照明所耗能源，占所有電能20-30%，在節省能源與環保的大環境下，LED 會是未來照明的首選，而「中村」教授是發明照明LED的大功臣，事實上現今「中村」教授到各地，包括台灣，甚至今天所在的「旺宏館」，必定很欣慰到處都大量使用LED照明，

「中村」教授的貢獻，最主要是材料科學的突破，打破了許多教科書上的迷思，尤其無法在晶格不匹配達16%的基材上成長高品質的磊晶薄膜，高差排密度晶體可以有相當高的發光效率。要有高效的LED，一方面需要成長高品質的 GaN單晶薄膜，同時要能穩定的摻入正載子，生成正型 (p-type)半導體。「中村」教授不僅以MOCVD 雙流 (two-flow) 方法成長生成高品質GaN單晶薄膜，並澄清正型載子被鈍化的原因，而利用習知的退火方法，可以讓摻雜Mg原子GaN成為穩定的正型 (p-type)半導體，隨後更生成了正型AlGaN及InGaN三元半導體，以及其雙異質結構，促成了可發藍光的異質接面元件製作實用化，而使白光LED得以問世。他所服務的「日亞化」(Nichia) 公司得以量產實用級高亮度藍色發光二極體，並取得LED照明市場的全球獨霸地位。

今天「中村」教授的講題正是「藍光二極體之發明與未來固態照明」(Invention of blue LED and future solid state lighting)，由發明人現身說法發明藍光二極體的經過並與大家分享他對未來固態照明的展望，必定精彩異常，讓我們以熱烈掌聲一起歡迎「中村」教授。

[註一] 「中村」教授到美國進修一年期間，因沒有博士學位的身分而「感覺很不好」，回到日本後，決定要攻讀博士學位，因採「論文博士」途徑，需要發表五篇論文。他認為在當時熱門的領域發表論文不易，因此選了相當冷門的GaN藍光元件研究，完全沒有想到有一天會因此得到「諾貝爾物理獎」。

[註二] https://learn.eartheasy.com/guides/led-light-bulbs-comparison-charts/

是一場場難得的饗宴

促成了可發藍光的異質接面元件製作實用化

最主要貢獻是材料科學的突破

發明直接影響人類生活，造福民生

「一個校長的思考」第二冊封面、自序及目次

「一個校長的思考」第二冊封面、自序及目次

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「一個校長的思考」系列「第一冊」於2018年九月底出版，原來出書動機主要是對個人過往行述，留個紀念，並與親朋好友分享，因此以贈送為主，少部分則經由網路書店銷售。出版後得到不少迴響，也有校友以團購方式分贈友朋，銷售情況遠遠超過預期﹔另一方面，從整理講稿到出書的經驗，對一位藝文界的朋友名言﹕「沒有紀錄，就等於沒有發生」，有了更深刻的體會﹔出書記錄的功能，可能更甚於紀念。

系列「第一冊」的副標題是「教育的職業與志業 – 清華文史與校務」，「第二冊」則是「教育的職業與志業 –清華校務與教育成果」，主要涵蓋在清華舉辦的活動包括頒贈名譽博士、特聘講座、各院系週年慶與活動、建物捐贈動土、上樑、啟用與落成、單位成立設施啟用、各項文物與捐贈、各項合作協議、記者會與成果發表會、原住民專班與國外招生、與國際、大陸各項交流、各項高中活動、企業招商與學生就業活動、紀念會與告別式以及本人曾擔任會長的「東亞研究型大學協會」與「斐陶斐榮譽學會」、曾擔任董事長的「同步輻射研究中心」以及個人專業之家「中國材料科學學會」活動。

「第三冊」「科學技術與人文藝術」則包含校內外各種活動，如文藝活動與演出、校內演唱會、文藝展覽、新書發表、諾貝爾獎得主演講、名人演講與通識講堂、各項座談、跨領域研討會、人文領域研討會、理工領域研討會、各項論壇、各項會議與協會、科學科技講座與其他校外活動。

由於近年來智慧手機攝影機的精進，在社會大眾「人手一機」的今日，人人都成了業餘攝影師。晚近出外旅遊時攝取照片常以千計，隔了一段時候在電腦中檢視，仍覺旅程「歷歷如繪」，威力著實驚人。在前書出版後，很多朋友都表示對其中所附照片特別有感，所以在編輯「第二、三冊」時也刻意注重配置活動照片。由於「第一冊」多收錄在全校性事務場合致詞稿，所以在「清華首頁」以及「影音分享網」中可以找到不少照片。「第二冊」重點在校內各單位活動，「第三冊」更多涉及在校外舉辦之活動，由於當時未刻意收集相關照片，事過境遷後就困難得多，因而展開「收尋之旅」，也頗有一得﹔這裡要特別感謝「人文社會學院」蔡英俊前院長，提供本人所有參與「人文社會學院」活動的精華照片，當接獲所贈收錄相關照片光碟片時，以「如獲至寶」形容，毫不為過。

其他收尋到的照片主要來源還是來自各相關單位及主辦機構網站。在過程中，發現有些單位與機構是道道地地的圖示紀錄事件「模範生」，有些則較疏於經營，同時收錄是否完整，又似與主管更迭及重視程度有別息息相關﹔像片有迅速勾起回憶的作用，在記錄與紀念的功能上，常能發揮「勝於千言萬語」的效果。在現今資料存儲日益簡易與廉宜時代，基於保存「紀憶」以及宣導的強大威力，應值得各單位在記錄活動方面，多付一分心力。

本系列書籍出版，主旨在記錄個人在清華擔任校長後相關活動行述，由於長年受惠於清華同仁盡心盡力的貢獻以及友朋的鼓勵，所以「第一冊」以贈送為主。但出書之際，自然也很關心贈書對象是否有興趣。另一方面，書籍單位印製成本在基本數目外，大幅遞減，以「書贈有緣人」為理想，但不希望被「束諸高閣」，而陷入目前手頭與通路存書均瀕臨告罄的窘境，以廣流通，所以「第二、三冊」出版本有意以預購方式測水溫，來決定印製本數，但發覺過程甚為繁複而作罷，因此「第二、三冊」改以主要藉助出版商電子通路行銷，希望出版的書籍能真正為「愛書人」所持有，另一方面也可協助活絡一下面臨寒冬的台灣出版業經濟。

本系列「第二、三冊」能順利出版，要感謝多位清華同仁協助，包括細心校對在本人擔任校長期間所有致詞稿件的彭琇姬秘書，多位清華同仁費心錄存及提供活動照片。黃鈴棋小姐全程精心編輯與校對，讓本書得以順利問世，更是功不可沒。

目錄

▍自序

一、頒贈名譽博士、特聘講座
頒贈侯貞雄董事長名譽博士典禮致詞 016
頒授Chomsky教授名譽博士與榮譽特聘講座教授典禮致詞（中英文） 018
頒授吳敏求董事長名譽博士典禮致詞 021
頒授翁啟惠院長名譽博士典禮致詞 023
頒授金庸先生名譽文學博士典禮致詞 025
頒授廣達電腦林百里董事長名譽博士學位典禮致詞 028
頒授長春石化林書鴻董事長名譽博士學位典禮致詞 031
頒贈珍古德女士名譽博士學位典禮致詞 033
頒授張懋中院士名譽博士學位典禮致詞 036
頒授諾貝爾獎得主華生博士榮譽特聘講座教授典禮致詞（中英文） 039
頒授高通公司創辦人雅各布博士「清華榮譽特聘講座」致詞（中英文） 043

二、清華各院系周年與活動
數學系五十周年慶致詞 050
工學院四十周年慶致詞 053
工學院四十周年慶前任院長致詞 055
清華大學工學院院傑出校友聚會致詞 058
清華材料系四十而不惑 060
2013年材料系畢業典禮致詞 062
2014年材料系畢業典禮致詞 065
清華材料系2018級小畢典致詞 070
2014材料系系友會致詞 073
清華大學材料系畢業四十年與三十年同學會致詞 075
「材料系業界導師」列車啟動典禮致詞 078
材料系李三保教授榮退歡送會致詞 081
「清華化工系四十周年慶」致詞 083
人文社會中心諮詢委員會致詞 085
人文社會科學研究倫理委員會成立大會致詞 087
科管院網路碩士學分班開學典禮致詞 089
科技管理學院中長期發展諮議委員會致詞 091
「清華科法十年」研討會致詞 094
當代中國研究中心十周年慶研討會致詞 096
亞洲政策中心開幕致詞 099
清華科管院厚德會成立大會致詞 101
國家理論科學研究中心晚宴宴請數學大師Serre教授致詞 104
兩岸清華企業家協會（TEN-TEEC）晚宴致詞 106

三、建物動土上樑啟用與落成
旺宏館落成典禮致詞 110
校友體育館動土典禮致詞 112
校友體育館上樑典禮致詞 114
教學大樓台達館啟用及台達與清華啟動雲端合作計畫典禮致詞 116
清齋啟用典禮致詞 119
名人堂上樑典禮致詞 122
「校友體育館」啟用典禮致詞 124
學習資源中心旺宏館總圖啟用典禮致詞 127
學習資源中心旺宏館啟用典禮致詞 129
奕園揭幕典禮致詞 132
清華名人堂開幕典禮致詞 135
學人宿舍動土典禮致詞 140
發佈「綠色低碳能源館」捐贈新聞記者會致詞 143
綠能館簽約與動土典禮致詞 145
「清華實驗室」四系募款達成里程碑記者會致詞 148
清華實驗室動土典禮致詞 151
生醫科學館動土典禮致詞 153
「創新育成中心新建工程」上樑典禮致詞 156
清華創新育成大樓正文廣場揭幕儀式致詞 158
清華土地公廟開廟典禮致詞 160

四、單位成立設施啟用
RFID智慧圖書館體驗開幕典禮致詞 164
「化合物半導體技術論壇」與無塵室開幕典禮致詞 166
台積館義美門市部開幕致詞 168
亞洲政策中心成立及葉公超講座記者會致詞 170
超高磁場生物用核磁共振儀開幕式致詞 173
先進特殊合金工程研發中心成立大會致詞 176
「高熵材料研發中心」開幕揭牌典禮致詞 178
清華實驗室「材料系84實驗室」揭牌儀式致詞 181
「清華實驗室」啟用典禮致詞 183

五、各項文物與捐贈
「陳俊秀先生捐贈珍稀甲蟲標本」典禮致詞 188
羅丹大型銅雕「沈思者」（Thinker）揭幕典禮致詞 190
大陸絳州澄泥硯特展開幕典禮致詞 193
「清詩華墨――宗家源詩書展」捐贈典禮致詞 195
中嶋隆藏教授捐贈畢生所藏的研究圖書典禮 197
自強基金會及余明光校友捐贈本校校車典禮致詞 199
捷鎏科技捐贈雲端視訊軟體致詞 201
正文科技捐助清華實驗室簽約典禮致詞 203
陳琦覺先生中南半島文物捐贈典禮致詞 205
楊儒賓與方聖平教授收藏書畫文物捐贈典禮暨圖錄發表會致詞 207
第十四屆朱順一合勤獎學金頒獎典禮致詞 211
百年紀念郵摺發行典禮致詞 214
「丹斯里李金友先生榮譽校友頒授典禮」致詞 216
「春之清華藝術教育發展基金捐贈典禮」致詞 218

六、各項合作協議
遠流「台灣學術線上」資料庫與台灣聯合大學系統簽訂學術出版合作意向書儀式致詞 222
中鋼—清大研究合作座談會致詞 224
清華大學與政治大學共同簽署合作協議典禮致詞 226
內政部入出國及移民署與國立清華大學策略聯盟協議簽約典禮致詞 228
與1111人力銀行合作設立「清華職涯發展專區」簽約致詞 230
締結策略聯盟備忘錄簽署會致詞 233
救國團與清華大學簽署多元合作方案致詞 236
「臺中――清華講座」合作簽約典禮致詞 238

七、記者會與成果發表會
「IC設計關鍵技術研發成果發表會」致詞 242
腦科學重大突破――清華大學發現儲存長期記憶的腦細胞記者會致詞 244
清華大學「植物液泡的氫離子通道焦磷酸水解酶之膜蛋白分子結構」研究成果發表記者會致詞 246
清華大學「電漿子奈米雷射」研究成果發表記者會致詞 248
清華大學「全球最大通道的無機晶型結構」記者會致詞 251
清華大學「質子確實比較小」研究成果記者會致詞 254
清華大學「生物材料與仿生材料研究」國科會記者會致詞 256
清華大學發現神經訊號在複雜腦神經網路中如何轉軌記者會致詞 258
清華大學聯詠科技實驗室成果發表會致詞 261
智慧電子國家型計畫期中成果發表會致詞 263
清華設立全面博士班新生獎學金記者會致詞 265
「清大國際志工、小清華原民展現世界公民力量」記者會致詞 267
「國際青年大使」授旗典禮致詞 270
2013清華大學國際志工聯合記者會致詞 272
大專運動會清華表現優異慶功記者會致詞 274
2013清華大學國際志工成果發表會致詞 276

八、清華專班與外國招生
小清華原民專班畢旅慶功晚會致詞 280
屏北高中清華原住民專班（小清華）成立五週年慶祝會致詞 282
清華大學北加州招生說明會致詞（中英文） 284

九、清華與國際、大陸各項交流
2013年印度排燈節活動致詞 292
介紹岳南先生與梁帆女士記者會致詞 295
江蘇訪問團蒞校訪問致詞 297
2012年暑期大陸交換學生歡迎儀式致詞 299
2012年暑期大陸交換學生歡送會致詞 301
南京大學「新竹清華日」開幕典禮致詞 303
浙江大學「新竹清華日」開幕典禮致詞 306
大陸學生聯誼會冬至湯圓會致詞 309
「大陸學生春節聯誼會暨交換陸生相見歡」致詞 312
2013年暑期大陸交換學生歡迎儀式致詞 315
2013年暑期大陸交換學生惜別晚會致詞 317
大陸學生冬至湯圓同樂會致詞 320
廈門大學朱崇實校長及代表團參訪清華大學致詞 323
廈門大學新竹清華日開幕典禮致詞 325
兩岸四地大學校長會議答謝江蘇省政府晚宴致詞 328
第九屆兩岸四地大學校長座談會致詞 330
第九屆兩岸四地大學校長會議致詞 333
兩岸三地經濟日報論壇「前瞻兩岸三地資通訊匯流大勢」座談會引言 336
東元國際綠色科技競賽團隊參訪致詞 339
馬來亞大學新竹清華日致詞 341
清華隆德大學日致詞 343

十、各項會長發言
接任「東亞研究型大學協會」會長致詞（中英文） 348
第32屆「東亞研究型大學協會」理事會致詞 352
歐洲大學聯盟年會致詞 355
東亞研究型大學協會與歐洲研究型大學協會聯合會議致詞 358
東亞研究型大學協會年會致詞 361
東亞研究型大學協會傑出學者講座開幕致詞（中英文） 363
斐陶斐榮譽學會會長交接典禮致詞 366
斐陶斐榮譽學會會員大會致詞 368
斐陶斐榮譽學會第三十五屆會員大會致詞 371

十一、校長會議
102年全國大專校院校長會議――人才培育國際佈局分組討論引言 376

十二、各項高中活動
清華大學全台推進「高中學術列車」記者會致詞 382
清華大學「101高中學術列車」啟動與《DNA搭乘頭等艙》新書發表會致詞 384
102學年度清華高中學術列車感謝會致詞 386
「第八屆清華盃全國高級中學化學科能力競賽」頒獎典禮致詞 389
「第九屆清華盃全國高級中學化學科能力競賽」頒獎典禮致詞 391
「第十屆清華盃全國高級中學化學科能力競賽」頒獎典禮致詞 394
高中數理資優班專題發表會致詞 397
第十屆清蔚盃辯論賽開幕致詞 399
2013年高中教師清華營致詞 401
102年暑期「愛迪生自然科學研習會」始業式致詞 403
106年愛迪生自然科學研習會結業典禮致詞 406
清華大學舉辦桃竹菁英高中科學營結訓致詞 408

十三、企業招商與學生就業活動
創新生醫技術聯合招商說明會致詞 412
「2013桃竹苗地區職訓暨就業博覽會」致詞 414
清華創業日開幕典禮致詞 416
高通光電科技校園徵才講座致詞 420

十四、各項紀念與緬懷
省立新竹中學辛志平校長百齡紀念活動開幕典禮致詞 424
令人敬重與懷念的曾德霖教授 426
「智略雙全，功在清華」，周立人教授紀念會致詞 428
科學園區首任局長何宜慈先生紀念會致詞 434
新竹中學彭商育老師追思會致詞 438
陳繼仁校友追思會致詞 441
清華傑出校友陳繼仁博士追思音樂會致詞 444
謝水森老先生告別式致詞 447

十五、校外活動致詞
同步輻射研究中心「光源啟用二十週年回顧」致詞 450
同步輻射中心新舊主任交接典禮致詞 453
同步輻射中心張石麟院士榮退茶會致詞 455
近悅遠來：德國馬克斯普朗克研究院在台設立國際研究中心記者會致詞 457
國家同步輻射中心董事長卸任致詞 459
中國材料科學學會「院士論壇」致詞 461
推動台灣「材料基因組計畫」芻議――2016年中國材料科學學會年會致詞 463
2017「中國材料學會桃竹苗分會教師聯誼會」致詞 466
2017新材料發展趨勢研討會致詞 469
「材料科技發展策略規劃會議」致詞 472
材料學會「材料科系課程討論會」致詞 474
「中國材料科學學會107年年會暨50週年慶」材料論壇座談會致詞 476
第二屆海峽兩岸功能材料科技與產業峰會致詞 479
「第一屆國際高熵合金材料會議」開幕典禮致詞（中英文） 481

國際資訊技術前瞻研習會開幕致詞

Good morning!

I am delighted to be invited to open this International Workshop on the Perspectives of Information Technology. On behalf of National Tsing Hua University (NTHU), I would first like to welcome all the distinguished guests to our campus in Hsinchu. I am very impressed with the fact that you are all working so hard and willing to hold this workshop on a Sunday!

Information Technology (IT) is ubiquitous in modern society. Thanks to IT, we can now access information at any time in anywhere for almost anyone who has a handheld device. The World Wide Web and wireless mobile networks have connected us together regardless where we are. I have noticed that the workshop will cover many advanced and important topics including helping people in disaster situation to use IT, machine learning and data mining, cyber security in smart grids, inferring data and human social relations, and the evolving relationship between human and technology. Undoubtedly, Information Technology will penetrate deeper into our daily life in the future. I am glad that the Institute of Information Systems and Applications is holding such an event and bring many international and domestic scholars together to discuss these topics in depth. I’m grateful to all distinguished invited speakers coming from Japan, US, and UK to share your insight and visions with our faculty and students.

I am somewhat relieved to know that the workshop is scheduled to close at 3:00pm this afternoon so that you will have an opportunity to tour our beautiful campus. National Tsing Hua University has just celebrated her 101th anniversary. The University was founded in 1911 in Beijing with the returned indemnity from the US Government. It became a leading university in China in about 20 years. As the Nationalist Government moved to Taiwan, the former President of the University, Dr. Mei Yi-Chi, came to Taiwan and re-established the NTHU on this site in 1956. NTHU since then has become one of the leading research universities in Taiwan. In all the world-wide university ranking in recent years, we came out either No. 1 or No. 2 in Taiwan. This year is particularly good for our faculties in terms of publishing in the prestigious journals such as Science, Nature, and Cell. As it stands now, in less than half of a year, five papers have been published or scheduled to be published; comparing to a total of seven papers published in similar outlets in the past 5 years. Our students have also performed superbly as well. In the computer field, for example, our students won World Champion in Clustering Computing in two consecutive Super Computer Conferences organized by IEEE and ACM (2010 and 2011). In 2011, our students won the Championship in the Creative Cup Competition among 424 competitors from 70 countries organized by Microsoft. It is my hope that in the future we can further strengthen our programs through cooperation with international top experts like you.

Finally, I wish you have a very successful and fruitful workshop and enjoy your stay in Hsinchu and Taiwan. Have a nice day!

東亞研究型大學協會傑出學者講座開幕致詞

As the Chairperson of AEARU, that is, The Association of East Asian Research Universities, I have the pleasure of launching the first presentation of the AEARU Distinguished Lecture Series this morning, here in Nanjing.

Some of you may not be very familiar with AEARU and, therefore, do not have the background information on this Lecture Series.  AEARU was organized in 1996 to promote cooperation among, and exchange between leading research universities in East Asia.  Currently, AEARU has 17 member-universities; 5 from China, 6 from Japan, 3 from Korea, 2 from Taiwan and Hong Kong is represented by HKUST.  All these member-universities are well-known elite institutions of higher education. While all of them are excellent research universities, each member-university is also distinguished for her particular research strength and accomplishments. Thus, it is only natural that some mechanism should be established to allow all of these elite institutions to cooperate with each other, to share their research experience, expertise; and, more importantly, to allow all students in different campuses to have a chance to participate in collaborative research projects as well as academic exchange programs.

Over the last 17 years, the Association has expanded and accomplished a great deal. As the new Chair of AEARU, I proposed the idea of establishing an AEARU Distinguished Lecture Series this year. My hope is to bring outstanding scholars and scientists from various AEARU campuses to a member-university which is hosting AEARU’s annual meeting and have them present their newest research endeavors in a public forum. This will not only show-case their cutting-edge researches, but also stimulate young scholars like you and provide you with the successfully experience of these accomplished researchers.

We are here today not only to launch this Lecture Series; we are also here for a very special reason---to celebrate the 110^th anniversary of Nanjing University. As the Chair of AEARU and the President of NTHU, I believe I have a double pleasure to represent both AEARU and NTHU to wish Nanjing a very Happy Anniversary! Last but not the least, I wish each and every one of you good health and great success in your study and research. 

2011諾貝爾化學獎得主Dr. Dan Shechtman演講致詞

We are extremely honored to have you here at NTHU for a visit and to present a lecture on the discovery of quasi-crystals. Exactly one hundred years ago, the great German physicist von Laue used the x-ray diffraction to determine the crystal structure of copper sulphate. In one stroke, x-ray was found to be a wave and crystal was deemed to be periodic! It was the beginning of modern crystallography and crystal is considered to be periodic ever since. In fact, crystal was defined to be of ordered and periodic structure. As every text book on crystallography indicated, the periodic structure can only have 1-, 2-, 3-, 4- and 6-fold rotational symmetry. That paradigm was shattered by our honorable speaker, Dr. Shechtman when he discovered the quasi-crystals on April 8, 1982. Electron diffraction from quasi-crystals has five-fold rotational axes and it is NOT periodic! As a fellow electron microscopist, it is fascinating to see the viewgraph of a photocopy from a page of the notebook kept by Dr. Shectman with familiar words, such as BF (bright field), DF (dark field), SAD (selected area diffraction) and 36K, 50K, 100K in magnification etc. There is one line starts with SAD and ends with a question mark, “ten-fold?” The rest is history and a landmark one. One of Dr. Shechman’s co-workers, Dr. John Cahn famous for his research on spinodal decomposition, gave a short course here on this campus on phase transformation with Prof. Turnbull of Harvard University in early 1985. With this short course, faculty members at NTHU were among the first group of scientists in the world to be exposed to the astonishing discovery. In fact, at the invitation of a local popular magazine, Science Monthly, I wrote a short article entitled “The Discovery of Quasi-crystals; a Revolution in Crystallography” in 1986. The discovery is indeed a revolution. In quasi-crystals, the patterns are regular---they follow mathematical rules but never repeat themselves.

I believe Dr. Shechtman will tell you this morning the story of his great discovery. How it unveiled? The difficulty he had endured. How he fought a fierce battle against the established science? And, finally the ensuing triumph. One lesson that our students shall learn is that, next time when you present something new to your advisor and met with a lukewarm response, do not despair and rush to discard your idea and data---it may not be a piece of rubbish after all!

It is a great delight that this morning’s lecture will inaugurate the Months with Noble Masters on Tsing Hua campus in 2012. Although having Nobel Laureates visiting us is not a novel event, having five of them visiting, starting today, May 14^th through June 19^th, is truly a first!

As a forward looking research university, we cherish the experience of developing person-to-person relations with the best scholars around the world. We hope not only to learn what they have learned but more fundamentally how they conducted themselves to achieve such fruitful intellectual pursues. The fact that we have five great scientists descending on our campus is indeed a milestone for us. However, among the five, there is an interesting fact that is worth mentioning. Three of these Nobel Laureates are from a small country such as Israel. This should have a special meaning not just for us here at NTHU but also for Taiwan in general-- if a country with only six million people can produce so many Nobel Laureates, why Taiwan, with larger population, cannot do the same? This is, indeed, a lesson we in Taiwan can and should try to learn! 

世界微機械高峰會晚宴演說

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. On behalf of the National Tsing Hua University, I would like to welcome all of you coming from many different countries to take part in World MicroMachine Summit. It is our great pleasure to host this world-renowned event and I sincerely believe that it will be a successful and influential gathering to chart the future direction and development of Microsystems technology. We are very pleased that you are able to join us and I am sure you will enjoy the meals and the performance arranged by our organizing committee tonight.

The World MicroMachine Summit has already established itself as a key event in which the most influential experts in the leading edge of micro and nano technology coming together to exchange ideas, chart the future course, draft roadmaps, define policies, and promote collaborations in the field of MEMS. While there were many activities which serve as platforms for interactions in micro and nano technology, the World MicroMachine Summit is the primary one which admixes pertinent discussions in science, technology and their economic implications of micro/nano domain for leading individuals in the world. As the President of the NTHU, I would also like to take this opportunity to report to you the tremendous progresses the MEMS faculties in NTHU made in recent years. Taking full advantage of the amazing processing capabilities of Taiwan semiconductor industry and close interactions among partners, the progresses have been very impressive. It enable us to be competitive internationally. With ingenuity and enthusiasm, our MEMS program is clearly number one in terms of research capacity and academic achievements in Taiwan. In addition, our MEMS program has ranked among the top in the world. It is perhaps not fortuitous that we have this opportunity to host the Summit in Taiwan and show you both the academic and industrial experiences and contribution in Microsystems in Taiwan. With many truly outstanding and legendary leaders attending this meeting, the aims of the Summit will very likely be accomplished. I would also be delighted to talk to you for any suggestion you may have on our MEMS program.

Once again, thank you for coming to 2012 World MicroMachine Summit in Taiwan. Please do enjoy the delicious dinner as well as the exciting performance afterwards.

第二十一屆國際科技管理協會大會開幕致詞

Good morning and welcome to the 21^st International Conference on Management of Technology sponsored by the International Association for Management of Technology (IAMOT, 2012, Taiwan) . I am honored to be invited to address you at the opening of this conference, but I have been pondering why?

A good reason, I think, might have something to do with the fact that my university, NTHU is the first university in Taiwan to establish College of Technology Management in the year of 2000. The second reason could be that NTHU has the first Institute of Service Science established in 2008. The third, perhaps the most important one is that the Chairman of this Conference, Dr. S. C. Hong is the Associate Dean of the College of Management on our campus. In any case, I am delighted to have this opportunity to say a few words on this important occasion when you, a group of eminent scholars and experts in the field of technology management from more than 30 countries across the globe, are gathering in Hsinchu. As a member of the hosting institute, I thank you for your active participation in this conference to exchange ideas and discuss issues related to our common interest, Technology Management. The conference this year will focus on new theories, ideas and frameworks as well as research tools dealing with the convergence of technology and service. Your insights in these areas will certainly be very valuable and will undoubtedly enhance the outcome of this conference.

Technology-service convergence has become an essential engine of increasing economic significance in the post-industrial society. There are many examples of “technology improving service and service enriching technology.” Two such cases come immediately to my mind are IBM and the convenience stores developed in Taiwan. As you may recall, IBM had successfully charted a new course of its business in mid-1990 by shifting its focus on its traditional strengths in hardware to greater attention on services, software, and its ability to craft technology solutions. It unleashed a global service business that rapidly rose to become a leading technology integrator. For the case of how technology improves service, the convenience store in Taiwan may serve as a prime example. As some of you visiting Taiwan for the first time might not be aware with the fact that Taiwan boasts the highest density of convenience store in the whole world. There are about ten thousand such stores serving 23 million people in Taiwan. Almost all street corners in Taiwanese cities have one or more convenience store. Customers can buy not just snacks or grocery; but also pay their utility and telephone bills, credit card debt, insurance premium, parking fee and fines, as well as pick up tickets for high speed railway trains and many entertainment events. They can also receive shipped goods, including books and gourmet dishes, among other things they had ordered through the internet. They can extract and print government certificates and even renew their driver license. In short, the Taiwanese street corner convenience stores are now serving many functions that were served only at certain specialty offices such as the post office and banks. They are truly convenient owing no small part to the advancement of new technology.

Although examples of technology improving service are common, successful cases for service enriching technology are less prominent. It is possibly related to the types of economy; kinds of business and issue of scale. These are perhaps good topics for you, the experts at this conference, to elaborate.

For the same reasons of my presence here today, you are all cordially invited to visit NTHU during your stay in Hsinchu. My campus is only 15 minutes away from your conference site and is rated as the most beautiful campus in Taiwan by a popular magazine. Yes, there is also a convenience store on our campus! It is noted for the largest amount of books that were shipped, at the rate of 1.75 books per hour, through their network. Thus, during your tour of our campus, you will meet a lot of book lovers like you as well as having a chance to enjoy the beautiful scenery.

 I look forward to greeting you on my campus and hope that you enjoy your stay in Hsinchu. Thank you and wishing you a successful conference.   

接任「東亞研究型大學協會」會長致詞（英文）

It is a great pleasure, indeed, a high honor of mine that I will have the opportunity to serve you as the Chair of our association in the next two years, starting on January 1, 2012.

Since its establishment in 1996, AEARU has developed and become one of the most active organizations that brought together the leaders of elite research universities in East Asia; provided us with a network through which we communicated and cooperated with each other.

Looking back, we can say that all of us have invested a great deal of our time and effort to cultivate and strengthen cooperative spirit within our Association. We not only met periodically to discuss and share our ideas on the management, as well as the promotion of AEARU; member-universities have also volunteered their time and expertise to organize and sponsor workshops, seminars that allowed our faculty members to exchange their research findings and explore the possibility for joint research endeavors. Moreover, we have also provided opportunities, through various programs for our students to meet, interact and learn from each other. In short, collectively we owe a big thanks to all who have served as officers of our association previously. It was due to their devotion and efforts that we can sit here today and reflect on what we have accomplished with a smile and a sense of satisfaction.

While we might all be very happy with what we have done so far, may I also take this opportunity to invite you to think about what else we can do in the future. What can we do as a group that will further strengthen our organization and provide more opportunities to a larger and larger number of our colleagues and students for them to collaborate and learn from each other? For example, can we think of some ways that will allow us to keep all our colleagues and students better informed on the new academic programs, research initiatives and accomplishments that are developing in all of our campuses? Many, if not all of us have bilateral student-exchange arrangements with other member-universities, but, is it desirable for AEARU to design a program through which students from one university can easily enroll and study for a semester or so on other AEARU campus? Shall we promote an AEARU open courseware program? Is it beneficial to establish an AEARU Lectureship so that the chosen scholars can get together to hold an Academic Festival on significant occasions？

I don’t mean to layout new agenda for the years to come. What I really wish to do is simply offering some examples that we can ponder, as a group, and find additional mechanisms that will allow us to better serve our colleagues and students alike.

I look forward to working with you. Together, I am sure, we can further enhance our Association in the years to come.

清華三亞數學論壇致詞 (英文)

On behalf of the National Tsing Hua University (NTHU), also known as Hsinchu Tsing Hua, or just simply “the other Tsing Hua,” I would like to extend my hearty congratulations on the establishment of Tsing Hua Sanya Mathematical Forum. National Tsing Hua University shares the same root with Beijing Tsing Hua since we were founded by President Mei Yi-Chi in Hsinchu in 1956 and President Mei used to be the President of Beijing Tsing Hua during the period of 1931-1949. Furthermore, when NTHU was reinstalled in Hsinchu, it continued to be the beneficiary of the support from Tsing Hua Foundation which was established with the Boxers’ indemnity returned by the U.S. government and the same fund was used to establish Beijing Tsing Hua in 1911.

Today, the two Tsing Hua share the same name, same university motto, same university song, very similar logo, and the same nomenclature system for buildings, the list of sameness and similarities can go on and on, but the fact is that the relationship and bonding between us is extraordinarily close and strong. It is truly one of a kind among the top ranked universities around the world.

It is perhaps not by coincidence that I went to Taiwan from this island in 1949, the year President Mei was picked up by a plane sent by the Nationalist Government to Beijing at the last minute before the fall of Beijing in the civil war. With much historical apprehension on my mind, I am, however, particularly thrilled to witness the establishment of a world-class Center from the other branch of Tsing Hua on this island. As the President of the university where the National Center for Theoretical Sciences, National Science Council is located, I foresee a close cooperation and active interactions between the center and the Mathematical Forum under the directorship of Prof. Shing-Ting Yau, who was conferred with an honorary doctoral degree, along with another great mathematician as well as Tsing Hua alumnus, Dr. Chen Hsin-Sheng, by NTHU in 2000.

Finally, let me congratulate the establishment of the Forum again. Thank you!

印度前總統Dr. Abdul Kalam演講致詞 (英文)

Fellow Faculty Members, Students, Ladies and Gentlemen:

It is my honor and privilege to introduce our guest speaker for today, His Excellency Dr. Abdul Kalam, former President of the Republic of India.

As we all know, India is the world’s second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people and the most populous democracy in the world. Its long and rich history can be traced back to 5000 years ago. One of the world’s major religions – Buddhism has its origin in India. Today’s India has emerged as the one of the world’s fastest growing economies.

During Dr. Kalam’s term of office from 2002 to 2007 as the President of his country, India experienced rapid economic development and fueled its rise on the world stage. You might think Dr. Kalam must be a politician, but actually he is an aeronautical engineer by training and profession. A graduate from the Madras Institute of Technology in 1957, he was the Project Director and heavily involved in the development of India’s first indigenous satellite launch vehicle (SLV-3) which successfully injected the Rohini satellite in the near earth orbit in July 1980, and made India one of the exclusive members of Space Club. Dr. Kalam also played a key role in the development of India’s strategic missile systems and its nuclear capability.

As Chairman of Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council and as an eminent scientist, Dr. Kalam led the country with the help of 500 experts to arrive at Technology Vision 2020 giving a road map for transforming India from the present developing status to a developed nation. In order to achieve its objective, he took a mission to ignite the young minds for national development by meeting school students across the country. During the last decade, Dr. Kalam has addressed over five million youth below the age of 17 and inspired them to become an active participant of India Vision 2020.

As a distinguished scientist, Dr. Kalam was awarded with the “King Charles-II Medal” for Science and Technology in October 2007 and the “Woodrow Wilson Award” in 2008. The Royal Academy of Engineering, London conferred on him the “International Medal” in June 2009.

I recognize that this is a rare and extremely valuable opportunity to hear Dr. Kalam’s speech in person. Now please join me in welcoming our guest speaker His Excellency Dr. Abdul Kalam

Closing remark:

We have just listened to Dr. Kalam’s powerful and thought provoking speech on the critical role technology can play and impact on the economic development in a country. His remarks inspire and encourage us to look at economic development from a different perspective. It is truly inspiring and visionary.

On behalf of all the audience, I would like to express our heartfelt and sincere thanks to Your Excellency for sharing your vision and knowledge.

Dr. Kalam is about to leave Taiwan this afternoon. We wish him a very pleasant journey back to India. Thanks! Your Excellency!

Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen, once again I want to state that we are all most grateful to the speaker on this stage. We thank you for being with us this afternoon - it’s been a great pleasure.

Thank You Very Much!

2010諾貝爾物理獎得主Dr. Konstantin Novoselov 演講致詞 (英文)

       Good afternoon everyone! It is my privilege to address at the occasion of this special talk on grapheme by the honorable Nobel laureate Dr. Konstantin Novoselov. On behalf of the National Tsing Hua University, I would extend my sincere welcome for Dr. Novoselov’s visit. It is perhaps for the first time that the NTHU receives a Nobel laureate before his/her formal acceptance of the prize. I would therefore also like to congratulate Dr. Novoselov for the well-deserved and prestigious Prize.

Dr. Novoselov and his co-worker Prof. Andre Geim were awarded 2010 Nobel Prize in physics for their work in discovering the miraculous graphene. Prof. Geim was also the PhD advisor of Dr. Novoselov a few years ago. Both laureates are working at Manchester University, and both were originally from Russia. According to the press release of Nobel Prize Committee: “Playfulness is one of their hallmarks, one always learns something in the process and, who knows, you may even hit the jackpot. Like now when they, with graphene, write themselves into the annals of science.” In the age of big science, it is indeed refreshing and stimulating to see small science with big impact.

Graphene is a material with one atomic thick made of carbon atoms. If we describe bulk crystalline graphite as a text book, then graphene would be a single leaf in this book. Since we have already used and learned so much from this remarkable book for centuries, now we finally have a chance to turn over a new single leaf and read it in detail.

Before 2004, scientists believe that any freestanding single crystal in 2D is just impossible based on a common sense of thermodynamics. However, Dr. Novoselov and Prof. Geim surprised us in 2004 by separating the graphene with a very brilliant, but simple, idea of using sticky tape to peel the layers off. It sounds like a simple, even a little bit crude, idea but you can be sure that it was not an easy process otherwise other people would have done it before. Graphene makes experiments possible that give new twists to the phenomena in quantum physics. It possesses extraordinary properties for conducting electricity and heat and is very strong. A great deal of research has been carried out following their pioneering work. Also a vast variety of practical applications now appear possible including the creation of new materials and the manufacture of innovative electronics. 

The famous Chinese novelist Chang Ai-Ling once said: “if possible, be famous while you are young.” Although many of us also aspire to have a Nobel Prize, the Prize is well known to be really, really difficult to come by. Hence I urge Dr. Novoselov, while you have it, enjoy it and enjoy it tremendously, especially when you are young. A good news for Dr. Novoselov is that, according to a U.S. study, prominent academics often lived longer than their peers. Among those academics, the Nobel Prize winners live the longest in average with the theory that they have a more satisfying life. It is really a double blessing.

Earlier this year, Dr. James Watson, who discovered the DNA structure, paid a visit to our campus. Dr. Watson received the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine in 1962 at the tender age of 34. It can be said that Dr. Watson has basked in glory ever since, for 48 years now, but he has also been instrumental in initiating the human genome project. It will be wonderful for Dr. Novoselov to set a world record to hold the Prize for even longer time, and possibly pick up another Nobel Prize sometimes in the future.

Dr. Novoselov’s timely visit and his talks will certainly give a tremendous boost to graphene community in Taiwan. Most importantly, Dr. Novoselov will provide valuable insight and inspiration for all our young scientists to realize their dreams. Once again, I would take this opportunity to welcome Dr. Novoselov, and I am looking forward to his marvelous talk. Thank you very much.

亞洲前沿有機化學國際會議致詞 (英文)

As the President of National Tsing Hua University, it is my greatest pleasure and honor to welcome all of you, the ACP-delegates to Hsinchu, Taiwan. We are pleased to host this International Conference on Cutting-Edge Organic Chemistry in Asia, the ICCEOCA-5 and NICCEOCA-1 starting from today in Hsinchu.

National Tsing Hua University is one of the top universities in Taiwan and has a long and proud history. First established as the Tsing Hua Academy at Tsing Hua Garden in Beijing in 1911, the Academy was renamed as National Tsing Hua University in 1928 as its curricula expanded to that of a full-fledged university. In 1956, National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) was reinstalled on its current campus in Hsinchu, Taiwan.

Since its reinstallation, NTHU has developed from an institute focusing on Nuclear Science and Technology to that of a comprehensive research university offering degrees and programs ranging from baccalaureate to doctorate in science, technology, engineering, humanities and social sciences, as well as management. NTHU has been consistently ranked as one of the premier universities in Taiwan and is widely recognized as the best incubator for future leaders in industries as well as academics. Such stellar records are particularly exemplified by the outstanding achievements of our alumni, including two Nobel laureates in physics Dr. Cheng-Ning Yang and Tsung-Dao Lee, one Nobel laureate in chemistry Dr. Yuan-Tseh Lee and one Wolf Prize winner in mathematics Dr. Shiing-Shen Chern.

I learned that the Asian CORE program of the JSPS was established in October 2005 for the purpose to create world-class research hubs in selected fields of science within the Asian region, and to foster the development and synergistic relations among the next generation of researchers by establishing sustainable partnerships among Asian institutions. The Cutting-Edge Organic Chemistry program was initiated by Professor Minoru Isobe in 2005 with Professors Chun-Chen Liao, Somsak Ruchirawat, Kou-Qiang Lin and Sunggak Kim. This Conference is the last one of the first 5-year program, and at the same time is the First Conference in the second 5-year program. I am happy to know that this program would be continuing for much longer years by the efforts of the international coordinators. I congratulate you on the outstanding achievements that all the previous annual meetings in Nagoya, Okinawa (2006), Bussan (2007), Han Zhou (2008), and Bangkok (2009) were very successful. In the past two months, I had the opportunity to take part in two of the prominent gatherings in Asia, the general meeting of Association of East-Asia Research Universities in Beijing and International Conference in Asia, IUMRS in Qingdao, China. The timeliness, relevance and convenience of the meetings coupled with global prominence of the Asian region all point to the increasingly important roles of ICCEOCA in the future.

      On behalf of National Tsing Hua University, I welcome all the members for your active participation. I also acknowledge the international advisory board and coordinators of the 8 countries/regions for your continuous efforts to make this program so outstanding and more visible. Funding agents are most important as well; namely, JSPS (Tokyo), NSFC (Beijing), KOSEF (Seoul), NRCT (Bangkok), and NSCT (Taipei). None of such activity would be possible without these supports.

      Finally, I hope that you will, of course, enjoy the conference but don’t forget also enjoy Taiwan’s natural beauty, culture and cuisine during your stay. Thank you.

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