Author: Hla Min (Lifelong Learner)

Video Broadcast on August 29, 2020

• Concept of Time and Time Arrow
  
• Calendar
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• Clock
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• Sun dial
  
• Water clock (old Myanmar)
  
• Time management
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U Pe Maung Tin

• Pali and Burmese Scholar
• First native Principal, Rangoon College
• Proposed Burmese Department as a separate language
• Early students include
  Theikpan Maung Wa (ICS U Sein Tin)
  Zawgyi (Saya U Thein Han)
  Minthuwun (Saya U Wun)
  Daw Khin Saw Mu
  

Dr. Htin Aung

• Scholar and Prolific Writer
• First native Rector, Rangoon University
• Burmese Ambassador to Ceylon

U Aung Hla

• First native Professor of Mathematics
• Dean, Faculty of Arts
• Compiled notes for Burmese music

Dr. Maung Maung Kha

• First native Professor of Physics, RU
• Interim Dean, Faculty of Engineering
• Rector, Rangoon University
• Rector, Rangoon Arts and Science University
• Rector, Rangoon University Distance Learning
• Patron, Tekkatho Ah Nu Pyinnya Ah Thinn
• Centennial (Celebrated by former colleagues and students)

U Ba Toke

• Phwa Bet Taw of 1920 RU Act and First RU Students’ Strike
• Professor of Mathematics, RASU
• Rector, MASU
• Professor of Engineering Mathematics, RIT
• Associate Dean, Assumption University
• Vice Chair, RU Sports Council
• Leader, Burma Olympic Team for 1964 Tokyo Olympics
• Passed away on December 2, 2020
  The day after RU Centennial Celebrations
  A few days short of his 100th Birthday

U Ba Hli

• First native Dean of Engineering, Rangoon University
• Proponent of “Twinning Universities” with prestigious universities in the USA
• Professor, Civil Engineering, Rangoon University
• Principal of GTI
• Son : Dr. Freddie Ba Hli, Sc.D, MIT

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Department

• Statistics was offered as an Option at the Economics Department, Rangoon University.
• Statistics became a separate Department under the Faculty of Social Science.
• Statistics later became a Department of the Institute of Economics.

• In the early days, some Rangoon University students (e.g. U Soe Myint, Chief Editor of Guardian, GBNF) graduated with the Triple Mathematics Option taking Pure Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Statistics.

Professor

• Dr. Sundaram was the first Professor and Head of the Statistics Department.
  He was a contemporary of Dr. Aye Hlaing and Saw William Paw.

• Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt succeeded Saya Dr. Sundaram.

Transfers

• U Thet Tun and U Kyaw Myint were key personnel at National Planning and CSO.
• Dr. Myint Tin transferred to Central Statistical Organization (CSO)
• U Htin Kyaw (Peter Wun) and U Tun Shwe transferred to UCC as Application Programmer/Analyst.

Terminology / Concepts

Types of Statistics

• Parametric Statistics
• Non-Parametric Statistics.

Statistic used to mean an item of measurement or information.

Datum used to be the singular form of Data.

Basic Operations on Data

• Collecting
• Organizing
• Summarizing
• Presenting
• Analyzing

Measures

• Mean (Average)
• Median (Middle)
• Mode (Highest occurrence)
• Standard Deviation
• Skewness

An old joke: “Have you heard about the Statistician who was drowned while trying to cross a river with an average of three feet?”

Tests and Tools

• There are Statistical Tests.
  The tests use “significance level” to accept or reject a hypothesis.
  There may be Positive and Negative Errors.
  
• An early program is called SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Science).
  
• Several programming languages (e.g. Python, R) have libraries, modules and functions to perform statistical calculations and tests.
  
• Machine Learning (a branch of Artificial Intelligence) uses various Statistical Programs and Tools.

Video Broadcast on December 31, 2020

Data Types

• Raw data
• Clean data
• Processed data
• Field data
• Experimental data
• Structured data
• Semi-structured data
• Unstructured data
• Data representation
• Data format
• Database
• Data Processing (Scientific, Business)
• Data storage
• Data science
• Data integrity
• Data accuracy
• Data validation
• Fact check
• Fake news
• Deep fake

Video Broadcast August 30, 2020

Dictionary Types

• Buddhist Dictionary
  
• Burmese Dictionary
  
• Burmese to English Dictionary
  Judson
  
• English Dictionary
  Chambers
  Funk and Wagnall
  Merriam Webster
  Oxford English
  …
  
• English to Burmese Dictionary
  Dr. Ba Han
  Judson
  Modern
  Tet Toe
  …
  
• Free Dictionary
  
• Lexicon
  
• Lexicographers
  
• Online Dictionary
  
• Pali, English, Myanmar Terms
  Myat Kyaw and San Lwin
  
• Rhyming Dictionary
  
• Scrabble Dictionary
  
• Subject-specific Dictionary
  Medicine
  Music
  …
  
• Technical Dictionary

Video Broadcast on December 29, 2020

Background

• Chinlon might be played in Myanmar since the Pyu Khit
• Mentioned in Bagan Khit
• Highly probable in Kone Baung Khit

Game

• Talent display at festivals and goodwill events
• Competition
  Typical : five players in a team
  Some rounds require specific style
  A few could be free style (mix and match)

Proponents

• Myanmar Chin Ah Phwe
• U Aung Koe
• Saya U Ba Toke (as College student)
• Saya U Maung Maung Than (RIT Sports Council)

RIT Chinlon

• Won Inter-Institute Tournament
• Ko Tin Shein (M69)
• Ko Htin Aung (C69, later Dr. )
• Ko Soe Tint (M70, Secretary)
  

Miscellaneous

• Pike Kyaw Chin
  Two teams play Chinlon over a net
• Artifacts
  Small Ngwe (Silver) Chinlon found at an excavation site
  Ivory Chinlon (single and nested) displayed at some museums

Video Broadcast on September 15, 2020

Definition

• Multiple senses

Types

• Formative evaluation
• Summative evaluation
• Impact evaluation
• Outcome evaluation

Uses

• Evaluation of High School Mathematics Project
• Evaluation at school
• Evaluation at work
• Evaluation at Toastmaster’s meeting
• Evaluation for publication
• Evaluation of my discussions

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Discipline

• Based on Electricity, Magnetism, Electromagnetism
• Types of current
  Direct Current (DC) : Edison
  Alternating Current (AC) : Tesla
• EE course
  One of the three early courses — along with Civil and Mechanical — given at Rangoon University
• Electrical Power (EP)
  In some countries called Power Engineering
• Electrical Communications (EC)
  Later called EcE and Electronics Engineering
• Control System
• Signal Processing
  Digital Signal Processing (DSP)
• Telecommunications
• Devices
• Instrumentation
• Part of EECS (EE and Computer Science)
• Computers and Computer Engineering
• IEEE
• IET

RIT EE Sayas in the mid 1960s

• There were about 20 EE Sayas during out RIT days.
• Some sayas were on Deputation (studying abroad).
• 15 Sayas are seen in the Group Photo.
• Saya U Khine Oo was absent that day.

Article for Swel Daw Yeik Sar Saung

• I wrote an article for the Commemorative Issue of “Swel Daw Yeik Sar Saung” for SPZP-2010 held in Singapore.
  
• Tekkatho Moe War (Saya U Moe Aung) was Chief Editor and/ Publisher of the Sar Saung.
  
• Saya suggested the title “A Short and Sad Clip : EE Sayas“.

U Kyaw Tun

• Graduated in 1948-49 and joined the EE Department.
• Most senior among the EE Sayas.
• Saya of our Sayas.
• Taught EP students.
• Also taught “Principles of Electrical Engineering” to non-EE students.
• Recruited C Ping Lee to join the EE Department.
• Children : Elizabeth, Dorothy

C. Ping Lee

• Recruited by Saya U Kyaw Tun to join the EE Department.
• Taught Electrotechnology to the early engineering students including Dr. San Hla Aung.
• Per request from H.E. U Than Aung (his former Burmese teacher at St. Paul’s High School), Saya C Ping Lee transferred to head the Directorate of Technical Education and Vocational Training.
• Son : Dr. Win Aung (M62, NSF, iNEER)
  Wrote about his father Saya C. Ping Lee for the “Count down to the Reunion” series for SPZP-2000.

U Sein Hlaing

• Matriculated in 1946.
• Finished Top in his class of 52.
• Joined the EE Department as Assistant Lecturer.
• MSEE from MIT.
• Upon his return, he was promoted to Lecturer and Head of the EE Department.
• Served as Professor until his retirement.
• Spouse : Nyunt Nyunt Yee

U Tin Swe

• Matriculated in 1947.
• His name is misspelled or mispronounced as Tint Swe, Tin Shwe or Tin Shwe Gyi.
• Member of the Prome Hall Soccer team which won the Inter-Hall Trophy for two consecutive years.
• Joined the EE Department in 1953 as Assistant Lecturer.
• MSEE from University of Michigan.
• Upon his return, he was promoted to Lecturer.
• Taught and supervised EP students.
• Due to the scarcity of Professorship, he retired as Lecturer.
• Played good tennis.
• Early Power User at the Universities’ Computer Center (UCC).

U Sein Win

• BSEE and MSEE from University of Michigan.
• Technical Advisor for UCC
• President of the RIT Rowing and Swimming and Water Polo Clubs
• Line Judge at RUBC Regattas
• After the EE department was reorganized as EC and EP departments,
  Saya served as Professor of Electrical Power Department at YTU.
• After retirement, he worked as a Consultant in the Industry.
• Children : daughters (Medical doctors)
• Brothers : Dr. Tin U, Dr. Saw Lwin

Dr. San Tint

• Joined the EE Faculty (which was renamed BIT) after graduation in 1961.
• Doctorate from USSR
• Post graduate training in UK (for the UCC project)
• Played soccer for the RIT Saya team.
• External Examiner for UCC
• Retired as Professor of EC (Electronic Engineering) Department at YTU.
• His former students performed Pyinnya Dana in Saya’s memory.
• Nephew : Hlaing Myint

U Chin Way

• Was active in SPARK.
• Migrated to the USA.
• Grapevine says that he interviewed for a job in Los Angeles. When the interviewers found out that their boss U Tun Aung (Jeffrey, EC68) was a former student of Saya U Chin Way, no serious questions were asked.

U Soe Min

• Went for training in the UK with the DCA grant / scholarship.
• Upon his return, he transferred to DCA.
• Win Boh (Robert, EC69, DCA) served as a best man at Saya’s wedding.

U Thein Lwin

• At the time of the writing the article (in 2010), Saya U Thein Lwin was a retiree of Singapore Polytechnic, but was active helping students desiring to pursue studies in Singapore.
• President of the RIT Badminton Club.
  Managed the RIT team comprising of Sai Kham Pan (EP69), which won the Inter-Institute Trophy.
• Spouse : May Than Nwe (Joyce, RIT Physics)
• Brothers : Myo Myint, Kyi Lwin, Tint Lwin, Thet Lwin
• Daughter : Business Professor in Singapore (former Swimming Champion)
• Saya and Sayama passed away within a few months of each other.

U Soe Paing

• Matriculated from SPHS5.
  Collegiate Scholarship in 1956 for standing 17th in the whole of Burma.
• Two Gold Medals for the I.Sc. examinations.
  Scored the highest marks for examinations.
  Joint winner for scoring the highest marks in Mathematics in the examinations.
• BSEE and MSEE from Stanford University
• Joined EE Department as Assistant Lecturer
• Helped Sayagyi Dr. Chit Swe found UCC along with Saya U Myo Min and Saya U Ko Ko Lay (GBNF).
• Transferred to UCC as Manager of Systems Division
• M.Sc. (Computer Science) at Southampton University in the UK
• Was my mentor at RIT and UCC.
• Retired from UN after managing IT projects at various countries
• Wrote about his experience as a States Scholar, Systems Manager at UCC and UN Technical Advisor.
• Spends his retirement visiting UK and USA, playing golf and practicing vipassana meditation at Kaba Aye Sunlun Gu Kyaung where his younger brother U Wara (U Win Paing, ChE70) is the Sayadaw.
• Had operations for his heart and his back problems, but he is still active.
• Spouse : Saw Yu Tint (Alice, T69)
• Children : Thura, Akari, Threin

Dr. Win Tin

• Was active in SPARK and as an entrepreneur.
• Studied for his doctorate in France.
• Associate Dean of Engineering at Assumption University (formerly known as ABAC).

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U Ba Myint

• Taught “Electrical Measurement” during our RIT days.
• Retired as Pro-Rector of YTU.

U Sein Maung

• Taught “Electrical Machines” during our RIT days.
• Taught at Assumption University.
• Attended SPZP-2000 at the invitation of Daw Khin Htar Yee (Lily Win, T72).

U Nyi Nyi

• Introduced Saya U Soe Paing to Sayagyi Dr. Chit Swe who was planning to found UCC.
• Went to the UK for his graduate studies.

U Myo Kyi

• Joined the EE Department after graduation in 1959.
• He and Dr. Ba Lwin are the two most seniors among the EE sayas who are still alive.
• Taught “Principles of Electrical Engineering” to the early non-EE students.
• Met him at the meetings in Yangon
• Patron / Advisor of Alumni Association and MES
• Gave me a list of the Senior and Junior EE Sayas and Sayamas.

Dr. Ba Lwin

• Joined the EE Department after graduation in 1959.
• He and U Myo Kyi are the two most seniors among the EE sayas who are still alive.
• Met him during his visit to the USA to see his daughter Thiri Lwin.
• Spouse : Sister of Khin Maung Latt and Khin Maung Lay

U Moe Aung

• Joined the EE Department with several of his classmates after graduation in 1963.
• Editor of RUESU Annual Magazine
• Chief Editor of RIT Annual Magazines, “Hlyat Sit Sar Saung” and commemorative issue of Swel Daw Yek Magazine for Shwe YaDu in 2014
• Chaired SPZP-2002 and SPZP-2010 in Singapore
• He and his team published the commemorative issue of “Swel Daw Yeik Sar Saung” for SPZP-2002, SPZP-2007 and SPZP-2010.
• After retirement, Saya moved back to Yangon.
• Patron of SDYF and several RIT-related activities
• Laureate Poet.
• Active writing poems (often “Let Tann”) and articles (mostly on EE).
• Published two books and co-authored several books.
• I translated some of Saya’s poems and articles.

U Khine Oo

• Was absent in the group photo taken around mid-1966.
• Took computer courses at UCC before going to Japan as States Scholar.

U Tin Shwe

• Joined EE Department after graduation in 1966
• Taught and RIT and ABAC
• Wrote an article about his final year days in the commemorative issue of “Swel Daw Yeik Sar Saung” for SPZP-2010.
• Became a monk, and served as Dhamma Librarian.
• Sadly, he passed away.
  Saya U Moe Aung wrote “To the Shwe Duo” in the memory of Saya U Tin Shwe and Saya U Hla Shwe (T69).
  I translated Saya’s poem and published in my RIT Alumni International Newsletter and Updates.

Daw Mya Mya Than

• Daw Mya Mya Than (EP68) joined the EE Department as EE Sayama.

U Than Lwin

• U Than Lwin (Henry, EC69) was my classmate.
• See “We Eleven” for details of the EC69 classmates
• He joined the EE Department as an EE saya.

Some Junior EE Sayas and Sayamas

• U Kyaw Naing (Sin Gwan, EC70, GBNF)
• U Tin Win (EC71)
• U Ko Ko Kyi (EC72)
• Daw Nyunt Nyunt Yee (EP72)
• Daw Khin Swe Oo (EC74)

Miscellaneous

Dr. Freddie Ba Hli

• Sc.D from MIT
• Helped Dr. Aung Gyi and U Min Wun adjust to the MIT environment
• Taught part-time at EE Department
• Director General, UBARI
• Advisor, National Planning
• Board Member and External Examiner, UCC

U Htin Paw

• Joined the EE Department after graduation in 1958.
• Won two Gold Medals.
• MSEE from University of Michigan (with the Scholarship provided by UBARI).
• Upon his return, he worked for UBARI before transferring to Electrical Inspectorate.
• Moved to USA.
• Founder and President, BEA
• Past President, TBSA
• Attended SPZP-2000.
• Spouse : Eileen
• Son : Dr. Barry Paw

U Ba Nyunt

• Joined the EE Department after graduation in 1958.
• Did graduate studies in the US.
• Upon return, he transferred to MOC (MOGE).
• Attended SPZP-2000.
  At that time, he was visiting his daughter and grandchild.
• Spouse : Daw May Su

U Thein Tan

• Need info (when he joined and his teaching / tutorial / lab role)

Guest Lecturers

• Electrical Inspector
• Chief Engineer (EPC)

Photos from some PZPs

• The EP / EC of selected batches have hosted Saya Pu Zaw Pwes.
• A sampling is provided below.

Kabyar
by Saya U Moe Aung (Tekkatho Moe War)

In memory of Saya U Tin Shwe (EP66) and Saya U Hla Shwe (T69)

” ေရႊ ႏွစ္ ေရႊ သို႔ ”

ေရႊႏွစ္ေရႊ…..
ေဝေတာ့လည္း တူ
ေၾကြေတာ့လည္း အတူတူ
ျငဴစူျခင္း ကင္း
မွ်ဥ္းမွ်ဥ္း အသက္ရွဴ
စိုက္ထူမွတ္တိုင္
မယိမ္းယိုင္ခဲ့…..
မႏိုင္ဝန္ ပိ
အလွည္႔သင့္လာ
ေသာအခါ မွာ
ခႏၶာအေမြ
ေၾကြသာ ေၾကြလည္း
မေသ ဝိညာဥ္ ဝဲပ်ံေနေသးတကား ….။ ။
( ကိုတင္ေရႊ- လွ်ပ္စစ္စြမ္းအား ႏွင့္ ကိုလွေရႊ- ခ်ည္မွ်င္ သို႔)

တကၠသိုလ္ မိုးဝါ
(၂၆ ဇန္နဝါရီ ၂ဝ၁၅ – ည ၉:၅၅ နာရီ)

“To The Shwe Duo”
by Tekkatho Moe War

Translated by Hla Min

SHWE duo
Blossom in unison
Disappear together
Free from complaint
Even with thin breath
Showed mark [of courage and wisdom]
Never ever wavered …
Pressed by burden
At the awaited turn [of journey’s end]
Body — inheritance [from previous lives]
Succumbs [to failing health]
Yet, “Wei-nyin” is fresh, alive and hovering.

Video Broadcast on August 24, 2020

Burma produced distinguished economists.
To name a few :

• Dr. Solomon
  Dean at Stanford University
  Economic Advisor for US President Richard Nixon
• Dr. Hla Myint
  Economic Theory with his name
  Former Rector of Rangoon University

• Dr. Tun Wai
  Former Dean of Social Science
  Director of IMF
  Managed IMF Training
  
• Dr. Ronald Findlay
  Former Research Professor at the Institute of Economics
  Dean of Columbia University
  
• Dr. Aye Hlaing
  Former Rector of the Institute of Economics
  Former Chair of the Union Bank of Burma

• U Nyun
  Executive Secretary, ESCAP, UN
  
• Dr. Tun Thin
  World Bank

Miscellaneous

• Many Burmese studied at LSE (London School of Economics).
• Several are alumni of prestigious US universities (e.g. MIT, Harvard)