💥 #StarFab特報 💥 第六期 產業優勢+聯盟策略 AI生態系搶攻國際

近期甫完成Ａ輪募資的 InfinitiesSoft 數位無限軟體 透過平台型產品「AI-Stack」協助客戶快速建立AI運算環境去進行AI模型的開發與機器學習訓練，同時更鏈結了許多生態夥伴在AI-Stack Ecosystem中共同堆疊出更多的應用場景與AI解決方案，策略聯盟共創AI產業新機。

此期我們很開心邀請到 第二屆 台灣雲谷雲豹育成計畫 的大學長 #數位無限 陳文裕 總經理 來分享AI產業的全球佈局機會與募資經驗談！

📌 台灣產業在人工智慧應用上面臨的挑戰及產業優勢為何？
📌 如何鏈結大企業並取得商業訂單？
📌 新創如何選擇適合的投資人？

⭐️【StarFab特報】第六期：https://pse.is/3ms8g7

💥 #StarFabNewsletter 💥 Issue 6
Competitive Advantages with Strategic Alliances
to Enter the Global Market in Artificial Intelligence

Just completing an A round of fundraising, InfinitiesSoft helps its clients establish an AI computing environment on AI-Stack to combine their knowledge with machine learning. Also, InfinitiesSoft has enabled many ecosystem partners to stack more tools or AI applications to promote the business development in AI industry through strategic alliances.

In this week’s issue, we will be sharing how InfinitiesSoft Solutions Inc., a firm that was the runner up on Demo Day for the 2014 CIAT Accelerator Program, positions itself in the global market and keeps its competitive edge in the AI industry with Wenyu Chen, General Manager of InfinitiesSoft!

📌 What are the challenges and advantages of the AI application in industries in Taiwan？
📌 How do startups connect with big companies and get orders from them？
📌 How do startups choose the right investors？

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【國立臺灣大學109學年度畢業典禮 致詞代表 資訊工程學系韓哈斯】
Student Address, National Taiwan University Commencement 2021
International student Seth Austin Harding from Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering

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校長、教授、以及在螢幕前的各位同學，大家好。非常感謝臺大給我這個機會。我是韓哈斯，來自美國華盛頓特區。我會以自身的真實經驗出發，來跟大家分享臺大帶給我的收穫。

我當初為什麼選擇來台灣求學呢？我小時候非常喜歡看武打片，然後我十歲的時候去看了一部電影叫做「功夫熊貓」。這部電影成為了我最喜歡的電影，主角「阿波」的故事跟我的故事很像。我看完了之後就決定要開始學功夫，所以去了「美國武術學院」。那個時候我每天都聽旁邊的人講中文，到了高中我就決定開始學中文。當時我遇到了一位貴人，她是從台北到美國來教書的中文老師，她教的課是我當時最喜歡的課，我每天去她的教室跟好朋友練習。到了高中畢業時，我是全高中中文最好的非母語人士。同時，我第二喜歡的課程是電腦科學，那時候我是程式能力數一數二的學生。後來在成功錄取夢寐以求的學校：臺灣大學之後，我感到雀躍不已，因為我既可以繼續學習中文，也可以持續在世界頂尖的學府中，往電腦科學的方向精進自我。

不過老實說，當我回顧大一的時期，我也曾迷失自我。雖然我修了很多很多的中文課，但是我那時只聽得懂大概一半的課程內容。跟大家對美國人的印象不同，我其實很害羞，也很害怕舉手提問，我甚至不太敢參與社交，所以當時朋友也很少。我開始想家，也變得有一點憂鬱。那時籃球是我唯一的紓壓方式。

但更不幸的是，我在打籃球時弄傷了我的前十字韌帶，做了兩次手術，需要一年半才能恢復。許多的負面情緒壓得我喘不過氣。我被困在人生的低谷，不知如何是好。我覺得我的中文不夠好，我也被診斷出失眠跟ADHD，另外，美國高中的數學太簡單了，來這邊不夠用。種種壓力讓我足不出戶，找不到自己的人生方向。後來，我向臺大心輔中心以及我的心理醫師尋求協助，然後我也開始跟系上有更多互動。有一位教授叫徐宏民跟我說，"Never give up"，雖然那時候我覺得這句話太過於簡化了我的問題，不過，在我仔細思考了一個禮拜之後，我下定決心，發誓不讓自己被這些事擊敗。我決定要克盡全力，認真做好每件事。這是我人生的轉捩點，我開始變得異常自律。當時廖世偉教授和洪士灝系主任帶我進入它們的研究室鑽研學術。這重燃了我對資訊工程的熱忱，提醒了我當初會愛上這個領域的原因。我開始研究人工智慧以及區塊鏈，也開始跟其他系上同學交朋友，一起成立臺大人工智慧應用社NTUAI。NTUAI現在是校內頗具規模的技術研究社團，致力於推廣人工智慧給任何對該領域有熱忱的學生。歡迎加入NTUAI，可以掃描我們的QR CODE。

最近，由於疫情的緣故，我已經一年半沒回美國了。但是沒關係，因為我已經找到了我第二個家。我很愛臺大，以及台灣的人事物。雖然我經歷了人生的低潮，但這裡的一切總是給我滿滿的祝福與協助。最後，我想送給大家「功夫熊貓」裡的一句台詞： "You just need to believe"。只要用樂觀的態度去面對困難，就有能力改變自己，甚至改變身旁所愛的人。就像阿波的父親說的，"心誠則靈，只要你相信，點石就能成金。根本沒有什麼秘笈。只有你。"謝謝大家。

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President, professors, and classmates, I'm very honored to be here. Thank you to NTU for giving me this opportunity. My name's Seth Austin Harding, and I'm from the D.C. metropolitan area. I'm going to tell a real story that's personal but that's relatable and what I see as the real me.

What motivated and guided me to take my undergraduate studies in Taiwan? When I was very young, I really loved watching kung fu movies, and when I was 10 years old, I went to the theater to watch "Kung Fu Panda". This became my favorite movie as I felt like the story of the main character Po was one to which I could very much relate. After watching this movie, I decided that I wanted to start learning kung fu, so I went to the United States Wushu Academy. At the time, I began hearing Mandarin on a daily basis, so when I was in high school, I decided to begin formally studying Chinese. It ended up being my Chinese teacher from Taipei who was my favorite teacher who taught my favorite class, so I decided I'd hang out in the Chinese classroom every day and practice lots. By the time graduation came around, I had attained the highest proficiency in Chinese among any non-native speaker in my school. My second favorite class was computer science, and I ended up attaining among the best coding skills in my school. After getting accepted to the school of my dreams -- National Taiwan University -- I felt honored, humbled, and excited; I could now spend time at among the world's finest universities studying Chinese and at the same time advancing my knowledge of computer science.

But when I look back at my freshman year, to be honest with you, I didn't know what I was doing. Despite having taken very many Chinese classes, when I went to the NTU lectures, I understood only about half of what the teachers were saying. Contrary to most people's impressions of an American, I was actually too shy to raise my hand, to ask questions, or to even meet with teachers after class, so I had very few friends at the time. I started to become homesick and depressed. At that time, I found that basketball was the only way I knew of relieving my stress. However, while playing basketball, I had torn my ACL and it would take two surgeries and a year and a half in time to fully recover. At this point, I felt caught between a rock and a hard place. In fact, this was the lowest point of my life, and I didn't know what to do. I felt like my Chinese wasn't good enough, I had been diagnosed with insomnia and ADHD, and I felt like the math taught in America was too simple to allow for me to keep up with my classmates. I was under immense pressure, and at this time, I lost any sense of purpose or direction. Later on, I went to seek help from NTU counseling, from my psychiatrist, and from my department. I reached out to Professor Winston Hsu from CSIE, and he told me this: "Never give up"; it was such an oversimplified way to approach such a complex series of problems, I had thought. However, I pondered these words intensely for one week, and by the end of that week, I had made a firm decision. This would NOT be another example of me giving up. I decided to go all out, to work diligently and passionately on all tasks at hand. This was the turning point of my life; I started to discipline myself to a very high degree. At this time, I met my then-to-become advisors Professor Shih-Wei Liao and Professor Shih-Hao Hung and entered their labs to begin research. Finally, the passion that I had for computer science that I had previously held in high school was kindled again, and I was finally reminded why I loved this field. I began my research life in blockchain and AI, and at the time I entered the lab, I also began creating NTUAI. NTUAI is now a large and highly successful NTU club that is dedicated to the research and public understanding of AI. Welcome one and all to join us; please scan our QR code here.

For a year and a half I haven't returned to America because of covid. But not to worry; I have found my second home, away from home. I love it here in NTU and I cherish all of the things I've had the privilege to experience in Taiwan. I've gone through the most difficult of struggles in my life here, but I've also had the most fortunate and blessed of experiences. To conclude, I'd like to quote a line from "Kung Fu Panda": "You just need to believe". As long as you are willing to adopt an optimistic attitude in facing challenges and hardships, you may become a positive force in changing the lives of those around you as well as your own life. It all depends on how you view it; just like what Po's father says, "there is no secret ingredient. It's just you." Thank you, everyone.

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How Big Is Amazon, Really?

By Shira Ovide

I’m fond of ( ) repeating a shopping statistic ( ) that often surprises people. In the United States — even during the pandemic — only about $14 out of each $100 worth of stuff we buy is spent online. Amazon is responsible for roughly $5 of that.

So is Amazon a giant that dominates ( ) our internet spending or a blip ( ) in America’s shopping universe? It depends on how you look at the numbers. Amazon is huge in internet sales, but puny ( ) relative to all the goods Americans buy.

Our perception ( ) of Amazon’s size influences how the public and policymakers think about the company. And yet while the company’s share of spending matters, it also doesn’t tell us everything.

Permit me to get a little nerdy ( ) about numbers. Without a doubt, Amazon is the king of online shopping in the United States. Research firm eMarketer estimated that Amazon will be responsible for more than 40% of Americans’ e-commerce spending this year. The second-largest internet store, Walmart, is far behind at about 7%.

Back to my point, though, that internet shopping remains relatively ( ) small. The picture is a little different depending on how you count.

U.S. government data on online shopping plus those eMarketer estimates ( ) put Amazon at about 5% of all U.S. retail sales.

(And there’s a wrinkle ( ): A trade group for retailers recently told me that there could be inaccuracies in the government counting of shopping that blurs ( ) the line between stores and online, such as picking up online orders in person.)

Data can be a weapon. Amazon often uses a version of the 5% sales figure to counter ( ) critics who say the company is too big and powerful. But government investigations into big technology companies are looking at the behavior of Big Tech, not just their size. They’re trying to answer whether companies abuse their power to get advantages over competitors and hurt us.

Amazon has had a profound ( ) influence on people’s behavior, the strategies of entire industries and our communities no matter what the numbers say.

What we’re seeing in real life from Amazon and beyond are big ripple effects ( ) from a small market share.

So, is Amazon big? Yes and also no. And the reality is that no matter what the numbers say, Amazon commands ( ) the attention of people, other companies and governments because it’s influential in reshaping the world.

亞馬遜到底算不算大？

我喜歡重述一個常讓人吃驚的購物統計數字。在美國，即便是疫情期間，我們每購買100美元商品，僅14美元是在網上消費，其中亞馬遜約占了5美元。

所以，亞馬遜究竟是主宰我們網路消費的巨人，還是美國購物世界乍現的一個小光點呢？端視你如何看待這些數字。亞馬遜網路銷售金額龐大，但跟美國人總體商品購買額相比卻微不足道。

我們對亞馬遜規模的感受，影響著民眾和決策者對該公司的看法。然而，該公司在消費者支出中所占比率固然重要，卻並不代表一切。

且容我在數字上再多著墨些。無疑地，亞馬遜是美國網路購物之王。研究公司eMarketer估計，亞馬遜將占今年美國民眾電子商務支出的40％以上。第二大網路商店沃爾瑪則以7%左右遠遠落後。

不過，回到我原先談到的重點，網路購物規模仍相對較小。隨著計算方式的不同，情況也會有些差異。

根據美國政府有關網路購物的數據及eMarketer的估計，亞馬遜約占美國零售總額的5%。

（還有一個小問題是，一個零售業的同業組織日前告訴我，政府對購物數字的統計可能不準確，因為模糊了實體商店和網路商店的界限，例如在網路下單卻親赴實體商店取貨。）

數據可以是一種武器。亞馬遜經常用5%的銷售比率來反駁那些認為該公司太強大的批評者，但政府對大型科技公司的調查不僅關注其規模，還關注行為。他們正嘗試查明這些公司是否濫用權力來獲得超越競爭對手的優勢，並對我們造成傷害。

無論這些數字代表什麼，亞馬遜對人們的行為、各種產業的整體策略，以及我們的社群，都有著深遠影響。

我們在現實生活中從亞馬遜及其他公司身上看到的是，來自低市占率的巨大連漪效應。

那麼，亞馬遜很大嗎？是，也不是。現實的情況是，不管這些數字代表什麼，亞馬遜都吸引著人們、其他企業和政府的注意，因為它在重塑這世界上具有影響力。

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現代主義建築最後大師」華裔美籍建築師貝聿銘辭世，享嵩壽102歲。他曾獲有建築界諾貝爾獎美譽的普利茲克獎，「羅浮宮金字塔是他最為人津津樂道的作品之一。
1984年，在時任法國總統密特朗（Francois Mitterrand）委託下，貝聿銘替羅浮宮主庭院設計由玻璃和金屬建造的巨大金字塔，作為主要入口，周圍環繞3個相同造型的小型金字塔，於1989年完工。

羅浮宮金字塔建造初期，因風格與充滿古典氣息的羅浮宮主建築格格不入，受到大批巴黎市民反對。當時法國民眾大多認為出自貝聿銘之手的玻璃金字塔設計過於前衛，要求取消擴建。這項工程最終在爭議聲中保留，羅浮宮金字塔至今矗立30年，已成為巴黎地標之一。

貝聿銘出身蘇州望族，1917年4月26日生於廣州，父親貝祖貽曾任中華民國央行總裁，也是中國銀行創辦人之一；生母莊氏為清廷國子監祭酒後代。

貝聿銘18歲時留學美國，在賓夕法尼亞大學（University of Pennsylvania）攻讀建築，之後轉往麻省理工學院（MIT），1940年取得MIT建築學士學位，1946年取得哈佛大學建築碩士學位，1954年成為美國公民。

貝聿銘踏入建築界後展現設計高樓大廈的長才，1955年與在地產商齊氏威奈（Webb & Knapp）共事的建築師一同成立貝聿銘建築師事務所（I.M. Pei &Associates），事業逐漸起飛。

貝聿銘作品以公共與文教建築為主，被歸類為現代主義建築。他善用鋼材、混凝土、玻璃與石材，強調光與空間的結合，留下「讓光線來作設計」的名言。

他的代表作包括美國華府國家藝廊東廂、法國巴黎羅浮宮擴建工程、香港中國銀行大廈。


貝聿銘生前獲得眾多榮耀，最受矚目的是1983年獲頒普利茲克建築獎（Pritzker Architecture Prize）。

现代主义建筑最后大师」华裔美籍建筑师贝聿铭辞世，享嵩寿102岁。他曾获有建筑界诺贝尔奖美誉的普利兹克奖，「罗浮宫金​​字塔是他最为人津津乐道的作品之一。
1984年，在时任法国总统密特朗（Francois Mitterrand）委托下，贝聿铭替罗浮宫主庭院设计由玻璃和金属建造的巨大金字塔，作为主要入口，周围环绕3个相同造型的小型金字塔，于1989年完工。

罗浮宫金字塔建造初期，因风格与充满古典气息的罗浮宫主建筑格格不入，受到大批巴黎市民反对。当时法国民众大多认为出自贝聿铭之手的玻璃金字塔设计过于前卫，要求取消扩建。这项工程最终在争议声中保留，罗浮宫金字塔至今矗立30年，已成为巴黎地标之一。
Ieoh Ming Pei, FAIA, RIBA[1] (26 April 1917 – 16 May 2019) was a Chinese-American architect. Born in Guangzhou and raised in Hong Kong and Shanghai, Pei drew inspiration at an early age from the gardens at Suzhou. In 1935, he moved to the United States and enrolled in the University of Pennsylvania's architecture school, but quickly transferred to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was unhappy with the focus at both schools on Beaux-Arts architecture, and spent his free time researching emerging architects, especially Le Corbusier. After graduating, he joined the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) and became a friend of the Bauhaus architects Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuer. In 1948, Pei was recruited by New York City real estate magnate William Zeckendorf, for whom he worked for seven years before establishing his own independent design firm I. M. Pei & Associates in 1955, which became I. M. Pei & Partners in 1966 and later in 1989 became Pei Cobb Freed & Partners. Pei retired from full-time practice in 1990. Since then, he has taken on work as an architectural consultant primarily from his sons' architectural firm Pei Partnership Architects.

Pei's first major recognition came with the Mesa Laboratory at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado (designed in 1961, and completed in 1967). His new stature led to his selection as chief architect for the John F. Kennedy Library in Massachusetts. He went on to design Dallas City Hall and the East Building of the National Gallery of Art. He returned to China for the first time in 1975 to design a hotel at Fragrant Hills, and designed Bank of China Tower, Hong Kong, a skyscraper in Hong Kong for the Bank of China fifteen years later. In the early 1980s, Pei was the focus of controversy when he designed a glass-and-steel pyramid for the Musée du Louvre in Paris. He later returned to the world of the arts by designing the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, the Miho Museum in Japan, the Suzhou Museum in Suzhou,[2] Museum of Islamic Art in Qatar, and the Grand Duke Jean Museum of Modern Art, abbreviated to Mudam, in Luxembourg.

Pei won a wide variety of prizes and awards in the field of architecture, including the AIA Gold Medal in 1979, the first Praemium Imperiale for Architecture in 1989, and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in 2003. In 1983, he won the Pritzker Prize, sometimes called the Nobel Prize of architecture.

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