The secret behind Big Data-Data Science

When scrolling through your favorite social media app, liking memes, and sharing funny videos, have you ever wondered how the order of the posts on your feed was determined? What marketing content should the company use to attract more people to their app? Or have you pondered what contributes to trendy videos on the internet? To answer these questions, data science comes into play. Data science utilizes a combination of machine learning, statistics, and research methods to make sense of the vast amount of information at hand. It reveals valuable insights in the data to support processes for building the functions mentioned above.

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電子的高速鐵路:量子自旋霍爾效應

你知道電子也有高速鐵路嗎?在拓樸絕緣體中,電子雖然不能在絕緣體中移動,但是卻能在這樣的材料表面中,如同在導體上一般移動,正如人們身處在壅擠的月臺上無法移動,但一當搭上月臺兩側的高鐵時,便能高速的行進。這便是著名的物理效應——量子自旋霍爾效應。

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【人物專訪】跨領域核子研究翹楚——專訪李志浩教授

如今談到核子科學,不少人腦海只浮現出殺傷力強大的核子彈、有輻射外洩疑慮的核電廠等,似乎核子科學總是與爭議掛上鉤,但事實上,這門領域的應用是包羅萬象的,像是癌症醫療、伽馬射線滅菌等都需應用到核子科學。清華大學工程與系統科學系李志浩教授長期投入在核子工程的研究,自聯考分發進入該領域後,他憑藉獨特的長遠眼光,多次轉換研究領域。然而,他的領域轉換並非從零開始,而是協帶著之前的經驗,在新的領域加深加廣。他以自身的歷練鼓勵後進,應把目光放遠,勇敢創新求變,才能在這個快速變化的局勢中站穩腳步。

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