Applied Parallel Computing

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「人工智慧 (Artificial Intelligence, AI) 」 一詞，最早可追溯至20世紀中英國數學家艾倫．圖靈發表的論文Computing Machinery and Intelligence。隨著時間推移，硬體與軟體技術的迅速進步讓電腦運算速度大幅提升、成本顯著下降，並且配合演算法領域的卓越研究成果，人工智慧領域不再是遙不可及的夢想。21世紀初，AlphaGo達到可以對決頂尖圍棋高手的程度，到了2022年，OpenAI正式推出ChatGPT，更讓人工智慧真正普及到大眾生活。生成式AI在各行各業專業領域中帶來重大變革，本書能幫助您突破生成式AI的工具性操作，深入了解其背後的技術、應用與影響力。全書共有七個章節，內容涵蓋生成式AI的底層邏輯、實務操作、企業管理策略等三個面向。第一到三章聚焦於生成式AI的底層邏輯，會依序介紹AI先備知識、經典模型以及生成式AI 核心架構：Transformer，即便您沒有資訊背景也能夠讀懂。第四到六章聚焦於生成式AI的實務操作，介紹提示工程(Prompt Engineering)，教您如何讓生成式AI產出高品質的回應，並手把手地帶您使用ChatGPT API 實作兩個小專案：檢索增強生成(RAG)以及網站智能客服。第七章聚焦於生成式AI的企業管理策略，針對企業最迫切關注的議題：如何導入生成式AI，提出淺見與看法。

毫無疑問，與磁性性質或磁性材料相關的知識與技術係被廣泛地應用於各類實用的器件中，這包括：馬達中之永久磁鐵、作為感應傳感器之鐵磁芯、電磁鐵之軟磁鐵芯等不勝枚舉。也因此幾乎所有與電磁、熱、機械相關之元件均會見到磁性應用之案例；同時，它們亦為時下熱門的研發課題。本書依照下列各領域，就各類鐵磁或亞鐵磁材料之應用逐一作簡要的介紹：（一）作為致動或反致動元件之磁彈（或磁機械）應用；（二）作為電流或電壓傳感器元件之磁電應用；（三）軟磁與硬磁應用；（四）作為變壓器鐵芯之非晶磁材應用；與（五）作為致冷或致熱元件之磁熱應用。本書雖被命名為「應用磁性物理」（Applied Physics of Magnetism），其中仍有部分內容係關聯到一些習知的磁性基礎物理與概念，本書不再重複贅述，僅會依其出現處指引參考筆者另一本拙著：《基礎磁性物理》（Basic Physics of Magnetism）。

雲端從業人員的參考指南! 「身為早年老派Linux發行版的維護人員，我可以證明，雲端原生技術的興起，改變了大部份開發人員面對Linux系統的方式。我鄭重推薦Michael帶領開發人員走過的這條道路，學習現代Linux的來龍去脈，從容器到eBPF等等。」 -Chris Aniszczyk Cloud Native Computing Foundation(CNCF)執行長 如果你的工作需要用到Linux，並需要一個結構化的方法來幫助你深入研究，這本書就很適合做為參考。本書提供了各種使用這個開源作業系統改善工作流程的技巧和竅門。無論你是開發者、軟體架構師還是網站可靠性工程師，這本書都可以協助您完成從開發到辦公室相關的任務。 你將獲得現代Linux終端和shells的實踐經驗，並學習如何管理你的工作負載。你將瞭解如何透過使用容器、systemd、現代檔案系統和不可改變的發行版(如Flatcar和Bottlerocket)運行Linux應用程序。 ‧將Linux作為一個現代工作環境，而不僅僅是從管理的角度出發 ‧學習關鍵組件，如Linux內核、終端機多工器、更友善的shell、以及撰寫可攜的shell指令碼等 ‧熟悉從檔案權限到capabilities等存取控制方式，並理解以檔案系統作為基礎建置區塊的角色 ‧學習應用程式依存關係管理和容器 ‧取得Linux網路功能堆疊和工具的動手作經驗，包括DNS ‧運用現代化的作業系統可觀測性來管理工作負載 ‧熟悉程序間通訊、虛擬機器，以及特定的安全性題材

這樣答讓面試官想錄取你！100 個甄試・留學・就業必備題 & 情境題攻略說出制勝關鍵，成為萬中選一！【本書特色】作者在 IT 業界工作近二十五年期間，參與過無數次面試會議，同時也是資深的托福・雅思輔考講師，對教授和人資在面試時的審核點甚至潛規則瞭若指掌。本書選題力求真實，擬答也是基於作者本身的產學界經歷而擬定，不空泛、切合實際，能幫助應試者揚長避短，巧妙回應刁鑽的陷阱題。● 面面俱到，搞定口面試！1. 面試官最在意的事面試要成功，千萬不能只想到你自己。回答時應將教授／雇主的需求看得比個人的需求更重要，告知自己能提供什麼樣的貢獻，才有機會脫穎而出。2. 線上面試應答訣竅聚焦於日益普及的線上面試，筆者整理了十大線上面試策略（當然有些要點也適用於實體面試），讓應試者在面對面或虛擬環境中都能展現最佳狀態。3. 團體面試勝出策略面試官透過團體面試可更真實地瞭解到應試者在團體中的表現，因為應答時的言行舉止可反映出其與他人合作時的樣貌。4. 影音履歷製作技巧在科技發達的現代，自我行銷的工具不再侷限於文字。本節介紹的即是新式履歷「影音履歷 (Video CV)」。如果運用得當，影音履歷有助於更明確地展示申請者／應徵者的個性、創造力和熱情。5. 面試前與當天的贏戰叮嚀包括面試前、面試當日的重要提醒。6. 面試時該做與不該做的事面試過程中有利於加分、易導致扣分的行為一定要先知道。● 聰明接招，過關斬將！面試實境必問的四大類型：一、關於應試者本身的問題：背景／特質除了基本的「自我介紹」、「優缺點自評」之外，「申請動機」也是十分常見的問題。[例] What draws you to the graduate program / position to which you’ve applied? 是什麼因素促使你申請本研究所專班／職缺的？二、關於過去求學與工作的問題：表現／經驗常見的問題包括「大學亮點」、「課外活動」等，另外下面這個問題也是必問題之一。[例] What accomplishment are you most proud of? 你最引以為豪的成就是什麼？三、關於未來求學與工作的問題：發展／期望作為一個準研究生，不應對自己想研究的領域或興趣

磁性，特別是鐵磁性，往往會予人一種神祕的聯想，確實即使時至今日，仍有一些（鐵）磁性性質不甚明瞭，但吾人仍應以科學的角度去理解它，因此，對於過去所累積於磁性的研究結果能列入教科書者，應予系統化的介紹並傳授相關的專業知識。 本書為磁性物理之教科書，以理工科大四及研究所同學為主要對象。由於市面上相關的教材多半係以英文原著書寫，為方便閱讀，本書採中文方式陳述，其中偶有部分專有名詞則中英並陳，可供有興趣的同學或讀者自修參考。 書中分為六個章節：靜磁學、磁性起源、磁性種類、磁異方性、鐵（亞鐵）磁體之磁化與退磁、磁區與磁牆。內容儘量從物理的觀點來討論，有關材料與工程應用的部分，則收錄於：《應用磁性物理》（Applied Physics of Magnetism）。

AVM 與智慧製造的火花相遇32 年前，個人開始協助臺灣製造業導入作業成本管理制度（ABCM），設計製造業的 ABCM 過程中，最大的困 擾是無法快速簡易地搜集到工單或產品之設備、直接人工等之「原因」資訊，例如：時間、品質及產能等資訊。一般來說，設備之時間資訊大都儲存在「硬體」的機台裡， 如何將硬體、軟體及後來研發之 AVM 結合成一體，成為我的一大夢想。 每當為製造業設計 AVM 時，個人總是絞盡腦汁思考如何解決三者之整合課題，盡速讓夢想成真。皇天不負苦心人，6 年前協助町洋企業設計 AVM 制度時，吳上財董事 長表示，他公司長期發展的 iO-GRID 可以解決 AVM 在製 造業，尤其是中小型或微型製造業的資料搜集問題，我聽了喜出望外，更令人欣喜的是，町洋企業願意鼎力相助， 以最經濟實惠的方式來實現我的理想。讓我尤為感動的是， 吳董事長深具使命感，樂意將自己長期發展之創新技術，分享資源極為匱乏的臺灣中小型和微型製造業，讓他們也能夠達成數位轉型及升級之目的。 迎來智慧製造時代，臺灣企業紛紛投入資源「轉型」 及「升級」為工業 4.0 的企業，然而長期以來僅專注於「硬 體設備」的更新，忽略了「軟體」及「管理制度」的升級， 而中小型企業及微型企業受限於資源不足，對「智慧製造」 的領域只能望而興嘆。個人長期以臺灣的中小型企業作為 研究對象，深刻理解中小型企業的困境，尤其近年增添了 全球的競爭壓力及景氣不確定的因素，如今已來到不得不 生產升級及數位轉型的存亡之際。常言道：「危機即轉機」， 這兩年多來，個人率領團隊與町洋企業合作，透過各機台之感測器或控制器，輸入「類比資料」，以人機介面（Human Machine Interface, HMI）為媒介，輸出各機台的相關資訊到 町洋企業所開發之 iO-GRID 之中，由於 iO-GRID 儲存很多 「類比資訊」，因而需要運用邊緣運算（Edge computing） 技術將「類比資訊」轉換成「量化資訊」，這是智慧製造 最基本的資料搜集方法。町洋企業提供的簡易解決方案， 正好可以解決 AVM 對於「原因資料」搜集的難題，可以根 據如機台及直接人工等時間、品質及產能等原因資訊，迅速計算出「即時」的工單或產品之實際成本、品質成本及 產能成本等資訊，做為製造主管從事各種管理決策之參考依據。親眼目睹管理會計的 AVM 與智慧製造相融相合，迸

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