“The screen is a window through which one sees a virtual world. The challenge is to make that world look real, act real, sound real, feel real.” Ivan Sutherland known as the father of computer graphic once said. Indeed, we live in a three-dimensional (3D) physical world, but only through the last two decades of 3D technology development, we are seeing a 3D virtual world through the screen, even more stunning, enchanting, captivating than the reality. We own this great progress to tremendous evolutional development of 3D computer graphics, fast and powerful processing chips, high definition displays, smart mobile devices and affordable VR headsets. It also opens up a strong demand of 3D creation contents for 3D applications. This course attempts to fill the apparent gap of 3D talents between the academic and the market place. What make this course unique? First, it is organized in four main parts that are integrated together as a wholistic learning experience: (A) 3D Foundation: Knowledge and Skill (follow text books 1 and 2) Topics: HTML5, 3D Graphics Basics, WebGL and Real-time 3D Rendering, 3D Graphics and Rendering in Three.js, 3D Creation Process, 3D Engines and Frameworks, Mobile 3D Applications, Virtual Reality (VR), WebVR, and Augmented Reality (AR). (B) 3D Creation: Demo and Practice (follow text book 3) Topics: Blender Basics and Interface, Character Creation, Design, Modeling, Unwrapping, Texturing, Shading, Skelton, Rigging, and Animation, Camera Tracking, Lighting, Compositing, and Integration into a Real Video. (C). 3D Applications: Case study and Presentation Topics: studies of pertinent cases in 3D applications will help student gain a broader and deeper understanding of how a 3D production is done and what are the factors that would contribute to its success? Or factors that cause its failure? For examples， Pokemon Go (AR): the fast rise and fall of users, why? 3D Movie, why is it not as popular as before? Ang Lee’s recent 3D movie “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk,” with 4K resolution and 120 FPS as an example? Space exploration: NASA’s Curiosity roller on Mars. How 3D interactivity helps our learning? 3D fashion, how does 360 body scanning” work? What are the bottleneck for 3D fashion? VR headsets: the key success factor of VR: low cost? Or experience? Or content? Crowd funding for 3D projects: which is the right crowd funding platform? What are the essential elements of a funding proposal for a 3D project? (D). 3D Project: hand on practice and team work Topics: students will work as a team for a real-life 3D project with the in-class helps of professional 3D experts. The topics could cover all 3D applications beyond gaming, in education, in architectural and interior design, in heritage and archeology, in medical field and health, in industrial design and prototyping, in art and museum, in retails, in tourism, in AR and VR applications. Second, this course emphasizes free, open source, cross-platform tools for 3D creation with HTML5 and global 3D visualization standard, using the browser as platform. Third, this course is organized for information management (IM) students in mind, but it also welcomes non-IM or non-information technology majors to join. Its curriculum, case studies, homework, and projects are designed multi-tracked separately for technology and non-technology students. Fourth, students will benefit from instructor’s 3D business experience and also from half a dozen quest speakers from various 3D professional fields. They will be invited to talk on specific 3D topics, to help lead case studies, and to help advise 3D team projects. 3D virtual world is so big and wide, enough for everyone to find a place of personal interest with its endless possibility in reality. Just imagine in 3D! “Imagination is more important than knowledge!” -Albert Einstein Some 3D creations using tools to be introduced in this course are listed below for your pleasant viewing: 1. Wedding dresses: http://www.vrnet.com.tw/20180828wed3dpssp/ 2. A pet: http://www.vrnet.com.tw/web3d/bigdog_02.html 3. An antique bronze vase: http://www.vrnet.com.tw/web3d/bottle.html 4. A moving robotic arm: http://www.vrnet.com.tw/web3d/robot2web.html 5. A virtual city: http://www.vrnet.com.tw/web3d/city001_b4w01.html This course aims at introducing 3D creation in reality applications both in theory and in practice. Students will learn practical knowledge as well as useful skills; will also learn the process of 3D creation through actual cases, demonstrations and hands-on projects. College of Management Main Campus Even though this course targets students of information management background, students from other disciplines with non-information majors are also welcome. As 3D applications span a broad range, interdisciplinary talents are needed for 3D productions. This course welcome international students who would bring a global and diversified perspectives of 3D worldwide developments to the class. Knowledge of computer graphics, JavaScript, WebGL is helpful, but not necessarily required. Students need to show strong interests in 3D technology with a passion to learn and determinant will to do all the required works for this course. Hsieh,Kuan-Hsiung 80 Thursday 7,8,9 IM5048 (725EU3590) 3 *Registration eligibility: juniors and above.

(College of Management) Graduate Institute of Information Management,
(College of Management) Department of Information Management http://www.management.ntu.edu.tw/en/IM

This course is designed to make students better leaders in teams while some of the principles can be applied to organizations. To achieve this objective, I will provide students with various principles and strategies drawn on solid empirical research to help future managers increase the probability of success. Students will learn both the conceptual understanding and the behavioral skills required to lead teams and organizations successfully. Students will draw from their own experiences in discussing team and organization management skills and learn from classmates’ experience sharing. Topics will include leadership styles, individual decision making, team selection, team creativity, team diagnosis, team conflict, etc. In addition, students will learn how to manage and work in cross-cultural teams through the final team project in which students will be paired up with students from different countries. Class structure: This course is interactive, analytical, and sometimes experiential. We will use case studies, class exercises, and videos to stimulate class discussions. Each class will begin by me giving an overview and introduction to the topic. We will then have a group scheduled to present summaries of the assigned readings and cases. I will facilitate the class discussions about the case and the readings when I expect that every student is well prepared for the class discussion. The class will end with a discussion of potential applications and a review. College of Management Main Campus Online study guide questions: 10 % In-class participation: 20% Team case analysis report: 20% Quizzes: 10 % Final team project: 40% Yi-Ching Liu 65 Thursday 2,3,4 MBA5074 (741EU3180) 3 (College of Management) Department of Business Administration
*Registration eligibility: juniors and above. http://www.management.ntu.edu.tw/en/MBA

Around half of the classes for this semester would be lecture based, while the other half will be in journal club format as well as “Author-reviewer role playing format”. We will select the most updated literature with significant breakthroughs in different layers of epigenomic regulatory machineries. These includes the studies on how DNA methylation, chromatin modification and remodeling, functional non-coding RNA machineries that coordinately regulate epigenetic landscape and this gene expression pattern and cell fate. We will also discuss wet bench experimental design and bioinformatic analytical tools for analyzing and consolidating DNA methylome, transcriptome, small RNA analysis, lincRNA and native elongating RNA-seq and Chromatin-ImmunoPrecipitation (ChIP)-seq, ChIRP (Chromatin Isolation by RNA purification) and RNA-IP-seq datasets. Contents of most recent international conferences, sometimes including unpublished data, will also be discussed. We will also periodically invite local and international experts to join our course. One week before their seminar, we will discuss their published research article to help students prepared for the actual interaction with world experts in the field. Students will be able to acquire the most up to date information in the developing Epigenomics field. Through discussing and critically evaluating most recent publications and international conference presentations, the students will also establish the ability to judge original research work and argue their points with scientific evidences. College of Bio-Resources & Agriculture Main Campus Already taken one of the following topics (or similar ones to be judged by the instructor): Epigenetics, Frontiers in Epigenetic regulatory mechanisms, Epigenetics in germ cells and stem cells, Cellular reprogramming, Frontiers in functional non-coding RNAs or Epigenomics. 10 Friday 6,7 Biot7014 (642EM0150) 2 (College of Bioresources and Agriculture) Institute of Biotechnology *Registration eligibility: graduate students. http://www.iob.ntu.edu.tw/main.php?lang=en&Trad2Simp=n

This course will focus on mouse animal model to provide students a state-of-the- art of the technologies in embryo development and pluripotent stem cells (i.e. embryonic stem cells) research and its applications. The course will provide valuable opportunities for students to participate various practical training and knowledge in oocyte and embryo handling, in vitro fertilization, cryopreservation of egg and embryo, micromanipulation techniques (i.e. intracytoplasmic sperm injection and somatic cell nuclear transfer, embryo biopsy, blastocyst injection…etc), derivation and in vitro/in vivo characterizations of pluripotent stem cells. Understand the early embryo development and modern reproductive biotechnologies College of Bio-Resources & Agriculture Main Campus 5 Wednesday 2,3,4 Biot7022 (642EM0230) 3 (College of Bioresources and Agriculture) Institute of Biotechnology *Registration eligibility: graduate students. http://www.iob.ntu.edu.tw/main.php?lang=en&Trad2Simp=n

Depends on the background of the students, 1/2 to 2/3 of the lectures will be given by the instructor for introducing basic concepts in Gametogenesis, Stem cells and the regulation by Genetics and Epigenetics. For the rest of the classes, students will be assigned the most updated original research papers as well as the milestone publications. They will be randomly divided into 2 groups for each assignment. One group will be presenting the articles and students in the other group are expected to challenge the papers from the experimental design, the methodology to the interpretation of the data. Students in the 1st group should defend for the papers as if it’s their manuscript. Students from the 2nd group should also provide constructive advice as how to improve the manuscript so that it can be published in a higher impact journal. On top of learning the basic concepts of gametogenesis, epigenetics and reprogramming, students are expected to develop the ability to critically evaluate and interpret published research articles. In addition, they will learn the art of reviewing as well as defending a manuscript for publication. College of Bio-Resources & Agriculture Main Campus Preferably having backgrounds in one of the following subjects: Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology or Epigenetics 10 Thursday 3,4 Biot5005 (642EU0070) 2 *Registration eligibility: juniors and above.
(College of Bioresources and Agriculture) Institute of Biotechnology,
(College of Life Science) Geno and System Biology Degree Program
http://www.iob.ntu.edu.tw/main.php?lang=en&Trad2Simp=n

(Sample description from one of the several instructors)
This course is an introduction to accounting designed for creating awareness on the importance of accounting in society. The course intends to provide students an understanding of the accounting principles, basic concepts, and components of financial statements. Furthermore, the course provides a comparison of the U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), the Japanese GAAP, and the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) to acquire a basic knowledge of the cross-sectional differences among them. (Sample objective from one of the several instructors)
The objective of this course is to provide prospective users of financial statements with a thorough understanding of the accounting fundamentals as effective decision-makers. After completing this course, students are expected to: (1) Understand the basics of financial accounting and related financial reporting systems; (2) Understand how economic activities of a firm are recorded and summarized, and how these activities affect the firm’s financial position, operating performance, and cash flows; (3) Gain insights into the applications of financial statement analysis techniques to assess firm performance and competitiveness; (4) Obtain some perspectives from the real world; (5) Understand the differences among IFRS, Japanese GAAP, and U.S. GAAP. College of Management Main Campus Accounting (a)(Ⅰ)(1) Atsuko Takinishi,
Yu,Lin-Hui,
Shu-Ling Wu,
Atsuko Takinishi 60 Tuesday 7,8,9 Thursday 5,6 Acc1004 (702E10112) 3 *Majors-only (including minor and double major students).
(College of Management) Department of Business Administraton-Division of Business Management,
(College of Management) Department of Business Administration-Division of Technology Management
http://www.management.ntu.edu.tw/en/Acc

(Sample description from one of the several instructors)
This course is the 2nd of a two-course sequence. This course builds on the fundamental knowledge learned from the first course, to explore more advanced issues related to the linkage between organizational mission and governance structures and accounting’s role in coordinating, controlling and managing organizations. (Sample description from one of the several instructors)
By the end of the course students are expected to gain an understanding of how accounting is influenced by and influences organizational mission, strategy, structure, and the resulting performance measurement and control systems. Also in this advanced course, students will be prepared with techniques for solving sophisticated calculation problems. To help student develop this understanding, this course adopts Project Discovery (PD), a pedagogy developed by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). College of Management Main Campus Chih-Yang Tseng,
Kao, Wei-Chuan 40 Monday 7,8,9 Acc2006 (702E30402) 3 *Majors-only (including minor and double major students).

(College of Management) Department of Accounting http://www.management.ntu.edu.tw/en/Acc

This course provides an introduction to the principles of modern finance. Specifically, we will be discussing how a corporate manager can evaluate and finance prospective investments and projects. Also, we will talk about how market prices various financial instruments, including stocks, bonds, etc. The topics can be broadly divided into the following major areas. The first is called valuation. This part of the course involves learning the concepts and techniques necessary to evaluate the cash flow of projects. A sample of topics covered within this part of the course includes the time value of money, NPV, internal rate of return, stock prices, bond prices, etc. All of these concepts are used to evaluate the relevant projected cash flows of an investment. The second part of the course focuses on the relationship between risk and return. Sample topics include market efficiency, concepts of risk, diversification, portfolio theory, Capital Asset Pricing Model, and behavioral finance. We will also discuss how managers finance the projects after making their investment decisions; this is the issue of capital structure. This is a introductory level survey course on finance. After this course, students are expected to have the basic understanding and analytical skills of modern finance, including time value of money, risk and return, capital structure, capital budgeting, etc. College of Management Main Campus Yen-Cheng Chang,
Ching-Hung Chang 66 Wednesday 7,8,9 Fin3001 (703E30600) 3 (College of Management) Department of Finance http://www.management.ntu.edu.tw/en/Fin

List of environmental issues which will be discussed in this class: Global warming and the greenhouse effect Heavy metal pollution Pollution of the sea by oil Agricultural and industrial wastes Toxic waste Shortage of energy Course Outline 1. Introduction to current environmental issues. 2. Green house gas related microbes: emission and oxidation 3. Biotransformation and biodegradation 4. Bioavailability, Chemotaxis, and Transport of organic pollutants 5. Water microbiology in public health 6. Oil biodegradation in marine systems 7. Remove of heavy metals by microbes 8. Renewable energy The goal of this course is to let students acquire up-to-date knowledge on microbial solutions for environmental problems, including bioremedation, biodegradation, biotransformation, and biogeochemistry. College of Bio-Resources & Agriculture Main Campus Fundamental knowledge of microbiology and biochemistry Chi-Te, Liu 10 Monday 2,3,4 Biot8017 (642ED0190) 3 (College of Bioresources and Agriculture) Institute of Biotechnology http://www.iob.ntu.edu.tw/main.php?lang=en&Trad2Simp=n

Introduction—Regenerative medicine New advances and applications in stem cell therapy Tissue engineering: the science and the technology Clinical applications of adult stem cells Materials for tissue engineering Nanotechnology for tissue engineering Hepatocyte transplantation Cell therapy for diabetes Stem cell therapy in neurodegenerative diseases Regenerative medicine in orthopedic diseases Regenerative medicine in cardiac diseases Regenerative medicine in dental diseases Regenerative medicine in dermatological diseases This course will introduce basic concepts, potential, techniques, and progress in currently developing “Regenerative Medicine”. Students will learn to interpret and evaluate published articles or presentations and gain a great vision on current trends of investigations in this field to lead their own research. College of Bio-Resources & Agriculture Main Campus Lee, Hsuan-Shu 20 Thursday 3,4 Biot7002 (642EM0030) 2 Non-degree Program: Teaching Programme of Stem Cell and Regenerative Bio-Medicine,
(College of Bioresources and Agriculture) Institute of Biotechnology,
(College of Bioresources and Agriculture) Institute of Biotechnology
*Registration eligibility: graduate students. http://www.iob.ntu.edu.tw/main.php?lang=en&Trad2Simp=n

COURSE DESCRIPTION: THIS HALF-YEAR GRADUATE COURSE AIMS TO INTRODUCE BASIC GENE SILENCING CONCEPTS AND RESEARCH TECHNIQUES AVAILABLE TO ADDRESS PLANT VIROLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY QUESTIONS. STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THE ABILITY TO CRITICALLY EVALUATE AND INTERPRET PUBLISHED RESEARCH ARTICLES. THEY WILL ALSO LEARN TO EXTRACT INFORMATION FROM INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES BY LISTENING TO EXPERTS OF EACH FIELD INTRODUCING THEIR RESEARCH. COURSE OUTLINES AS FOLLOWING: PART I : PLANT VIROLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 1. OVERVIEW OF PLANT VIROLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2. PLANT VIRUSES AND VIRUS TAXONOMY 3. FRONTIER OF BIOTECHNOLOGY 4. THE APPLICATION OF VIROLOGY IN BIOTECHNOLOGY 5. VIRAL SUPPRESSORS VS. GENE SILENCING 6. GENE SILENCING VS. BIOTECHNOLOGY PART II: LITERATURE REVIEW 7. LATEST VIROLOGY PAPER DISCUSSION College of Bio-Resources & Agriculture Main Campus Lin, Shih-Shun 10 Monday 6,7 Biot7007 (642EM0080) 2 *Registration eligibility: graduate students.
(College of Bioresources and Agriculture) Institute of Biotechnology http://www.iob.ntu.edu.tw/main.php?lang=en&Trad2Simp=n

This is a course in experimental design and data analysis. Computer simulations will be used to understand the concepts of various statistical tests, but no prior experience in programming is required. The experimental design part of the course will use a textbook (see below). The main theme of the data analysis part of the course is the maximum likelihood method although other approaches are also discussed. The computer language R (http://www.r-project.org/) will be used. Expectations