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In celebration of its 101th anniversary, NTHU awarded an honorary doctorate to Mr. Barry Lin, Chairman of Quanta Computer Incorporated, on February 22, 2012, to honor his outstanding achievement in the industry; his exemplary humanitarian spirit, and his efforts to promote art and literature. This honor came to Dr. Lin after Dr. Chi-Huey Wong, the President of Academia Sinica, and Dr. Yong Jin were awarded the honorary doctorates last year. During the award ceremony, Dr. Lin donated a "Quanta Research Cloud" to NTHU and gave an insightful speech entitled "Learning 2.0: Knowledge, Innovation, and Globalization."
President Lih J. Chen stated that Dr. Lin is not only a leader in high-tech industry but also a preeminent figure in the field of technology design and innovation, and has achieved outstanding achievements with "an engineer's technique and an artist's insight." President Chen also praised Dr. Lin for his perseverance in business development, as well as his substantial contributions in the field of cultural education. President Chen mentioned an article written by Prof. You-Lan Hong (known as the "Philosopher of the Century" and the former Dean of Arts at Tsing Hua) in which Prof. Hong indicated that a distinguished and admirable man has the following characteristics: innovation, vision, insight, and compassion. Dr. Lin personified all these characteristic and he is no doubt one of the few distinguished and admirable men in our time.
After a flood that occurred in Taiwan on August 8, 2009, Dr. Barry Lin was the first to respond to the suggestion offered by Professor Chia-Wei Li of the Department of Life Science at NTHU, to establish "Tsing Hua Experimental Class" and "Little Tsing Hua" at the National Pingbei Senior High School. Media reports publicized this story of Dr. Lin's cooperation with NTHU and it has become one of the models of university-industry collaboration in social services. President Chen proudly stated that "Dr. Lin has had an affinity with NTHU for over 40 years!" and appreciated his support and cooperation with the University.
Chairman Lin expressed his agreement with NTHU's motto "To Oneself Be True; Give Nature Its Due," and praised NTHU's efforts to become one of the leading universities in the Asia Pacific Region. He believes that NTHU will undertake greater responsibilities in the future and he thanked the university for this Honorary Degree. In his acceptance speech, entitled "Learning 2.0: Knowledge, Innovation, and Globalization." Dr. Lin demonstrated his insight of the rapid change that will occur worldwide in the future, as well as his concern regarding to the education system of Taiwan.
Dr. Lin stated that the modern world is changing at a rapid pace. In five years, lifestyles and learning modes will be completely different than they are today. In the future, media will have a tremendous impact on life and learning styles. Dr. Lin further explained that the C generation will account for 40% of the population by 2020. This C generation will live their life and build relationships through the Internet, mobile networks, social networks, and shopping networks. To them, "computer" may even be a historical term that will be replaced by a variety of online tools; "for them, the cloud is the computer" said Dr. Lin.
During his speech, Dr. Lin also discussed the learning experiences of the new generation in United States, United Kingdom, Korea, and Finland. He also expressed his concern about the fact that digital learning programs in Korea are surpassing those in Taiwan, albeit Korea has similar development history like ours. Dr. Lin urged educational authorities to focus on this situation, and emphasized that our future is in our hand; we should explore and adopt new learning methods.
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