Globalization:

1. Globalization: • What is it like? • What others have been doing? • What shall we do? Zongli Lin IAB Meeting, October 7, 2005 Charles L. Brown Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

2. Globalization, it means: • 1200 KFC Restaurants in China (2004 data); • Starbucks serve moon cakes; • A kid arriving at Houston Airport from Hong Kong • was joyous: “Mom and Dad, they have McDonald’s • here too!” • On a flight to Shanghai, a New Jerseyan offered to • host me any time I visit China. I have his business • card. He owns a factory, and a home in Ningbo; • 400 of the Fortune 500 companies have operations • in China; • Watching an English movie by Jackie Chan, my son • was so amused: Dad, this guy is so funny, he speaks • just like you.

3. Globalization, it means: • Competition and collaboration, • both for opportunities • You compete, you improve yourselves • (Well, in the long run at least.) • You collaborate, you generate new opportunities Globalization affects not just the way we do business. It affects all aspects of our life. And our education!

4. Opportunities in China: • A booming economy GDP: USD $1.66 trillion in 2004 (The world’s No. 6) Source: Commerce School Lecture Notes

5. Opportunities in China: • A booming economy Cash Reserve: USD $609 billion in 2004 (The world’s second largest) Source: Commerce School Lecture Notes

6. Opportunities in China: • A booming economy Source: IEEE Spectrum

7. Opportunities in China: • A booming economy • What about the PCs? • Are they IBMs or Lenovos? Source: IEEE Spectrum

8. Opportunities in China: • A booming economy • Inflation-adjusted average annual growth rate • of 8% for the past 25 years • US: 3% for the past 25 years • Japan’s top trade partner in 2004: China • Japan-China: USD $215.4 billion • Japan-US: USD $195 billion • On average, American companies make a 42% • return on their China operations Source: Commerce School Lecture Notes & China Inc.

9. Opportunities in China: • Potential for continual growth Yet they will still supply less than 10 percent of the market’s needs Source: IEEE Spectrum

10. Opportunities in China: • Potential for continual growth

11. What do China and India have in common? • Market, workforce and potential for growth • Indian population will soon be bigger • than China’s • Both countries emphasize on Engineering • Education • India is ahead of China in many areas: 您的位置： 博客网 -> 科技频道 -> IT业界 -> 软件 倪光南：中国软件业有望在三五年内赶上印度 作者： | 2005年06月20日 09:05 | 原始出处： 经济观察报 Internet clip: There is a hope that China’s software industry will catch up with India’s in 3 to 5 years.

12. What do they do in China? Electrical Source: IEEE Spectrum

13. What do they do in China? • National Science Foundation (NSFC) to double • its budget in 2006 fiscal year! • NSFC Premier’s Young Investigator Awards are • divided into Class A and Class B. Class B awards • are for researchers from outside of China. • Ministry of Education started a nation-wide Cheng • Keung Endowed Professorship program, also with • “Class A” and “Class B”, Class B for visiting positions. • More speakers of English as a second language than • America has native English speakers.

14. What Chinese universities have been doing? • Exchange student program with CIS/EE at Ohio State • 10 exchange students per year, stay for one semester • Students pay tuition and fees at home institution • Initial agreement signed for 3 years • Exchange student program with ECE at Purdue • 5 exchange students per year, stay for one semester • Students pay tuition and fees at home institution • Initial agreement signed for 3 years

15. University Common Core (33 credits) Common Technology Core (38 Credits) E1101/2 Fundamentals of Programming 5 Course # Course Title Credits E1203 Date Structure & Algorithm 3 MA 111 Analytic Geometry and Calculus I 5 E1204/5 Basic Circuits Theory + Lab. 4+2 MA 112 Analytic Geometry and Calculus II 5 E1206/7 Digital Electronics + Lab. 3+1.5 MA 211 Linear Algebra 3 E1208/9 Analog Electronics + Lab. 3+1.5 Chem. 111 Chemistry 3 E1210 Microcomputer Organization and Architecture 2 Chem. 11a Chemistry Lab. 2 E1211 Signals and Systems 3 Phy. 211 Physics I 4 E1212 Introduction to Communication 2 Phy. 21a Physics Lab I 1 E1213 Principle of Automatic Control 3 Phy. 213 Physics II 4 E1214 Electromagnetic and Waves 3 Phy. 21b Physics Lab II 1 E1215 Signal Capture and Measurement 2 MS 311 Probability Methods in Engineering 3 Major specialty courses ( 45 Credits) Humanities and Social Science (24 Credits) What Chinese universities have been doing?

16. What Chinese universities have been doing? Objectives: The Global U8 consortium's purpose is to meet a growing demand for: cross-cultural education through student exchange and the adoption of a common curricula; a response to new challenges posed by the need for Global Logistics, Business Administration, Marine Affairs, and Advanced Technologies (e.g., information technologies, bio-technology, nano-technology) as well as interdisciplinary activities by conducting joint-research and expanding outreach programs; and the need to strengthen global cooperation among university administrations. • University Forum: A university wide eminent speaker series

17. What other US universities have been doing?

18. What shall we do? • Establish student exchange programs • No cost to us • Many benefits • Summer programs • Example of an NSF REU site proposal International Research Experience for Undergraduates in Engineering in Shanghai, China (Z. Lin, ECE; P. Yu, OAAA; D. Johnson, STS) • three year program • 10 students per year • 10 faculty members at SJTU committed to serve as research advisors • 10 Chinese students will be selected to be partners • Other ideas??