HlaMin

Author: Hla Min (Lifelong Learner)

  • Life after RIT

    by Htay Kyu

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/1014714635226595/permalink/9468019379896036/?

  • Intelligence

    Types

    • Human Intelligence
    • Animal Intelligence
    • Machine Intelligence
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Military Intelligence
    • Counter-Intelligence

    IQ

    • Intelligence Quotient (IQ) was introduced by researchers such as Terman.
    • Mensa Society requires a high IQ to be a member.
    • A study claims that beyond a certain IQ, there is not much correlation between “creativity” and “high IQ”.
    • Other Quotients (e.g. Emotional Quotient) are being proposed to complement/supplement IQ.

    Definitions

    • One definition of Intelligence is “the ability to create new tools from existing ones”.”
    • Variations include “the ability to find new ways of using old tools.”

    Turing Tests

    There is a classic “Turing Test” to determine if a machine (e.g. computer) is intelligent enough to fool the human experimenters.

    There are scoped Turing Tests to determine if a machine is on par with humans in a specified domain.

    Question

    With advances in Artificial Intelligence, machines can help solve complex problems.

    “Can machines really think?” is a hard question to answer (at least for the near future).

  • What Buddhism is

    Excerpts from a Book Chapter
    by Narada Maha Thera


    Buddhism
    is neither a metaphysical path nor a ritualistic path.
    is neither skeptical nor dogmatic.
    neither eternalism or nihilism.
    is neither self-mortification nor self-indulgence.
    is neither pessimism nor optimism but realism.
    is neither absolutely this-worldly nor other-worldly.
    is not extrovert but introvert.
    is not theocentric but homocentric.
    is a unique Path of Enlightenment.

  • 1959 Independence Day Regatta at Kandawgyi

    Per Dr. Tin Wa, U Tun Shein (Willie) and Dr. Thein Htut, RUBC competed in two events at the 1959 Independence Day Regatta at Kandawgyi.

    Coxed Fours

    Ko Harry Saing (B), Ko Tin Htoon (2), Ko Win Kyi (3), Ko Tun Shein (S) and Ko Tin Wa (Cox) rowed against Inle Leg Rowers.

    Sculls

    Ko Thein Htut rowed Sculls against 5-man Burmese Laung.

  • E (Symbol)

    • Fifth letter of the English Alphabet.
    • Education, e.g. IIE (Institute of International Education)
    • Engineering. e.g. ChE (Chemical Engineering)
    • Estimate, e.g. ETA (Estimated Time of Arrival)
    • Executive, e.g. EC (Executive Committee), CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
    • Exponent. e.g. 1E6 (stands for a million) and 1E-6 (stands for a millionth).
    • e is a Mathematical Constant named in honor of Euler. It has a value of 2.71828…
    • e^x (is the Euler Constant raised to the power x).
    • Differentiating e^x returns e^x.
    • Integrating e^x returns e^x.
    • The invariant property of e^x is essential to the Transforms and Transformations (used for the Analysis and Synthesis in Engineering problems).
    • E : Electrical, Electronic, Electronics, Executive, Exponent, English, Engineering
    • EC — Electrical Communications; Executive Committee
    • ECAP — Electrical Circuit Analysis Program
    • EE– Electrical Engineering
    • EEC : European Economic Commission
    • EI : Emotional Intelligence, Electrical Inspectorate
    • EMR — Electronic Medical Record
    • EP — Electrical Power.
    • EPC — Electric Power Corporation
    • EQ — Emotional Quotient, Equality
    • ER — Emergency Room; Emergency Responder
    • ESL — English as a Second Language; English as a Specialty Language
    • ESP — Extra Sensory Perception
    • ETA — Estimated Time of Arrival
    • ETD — Estimated Time of Departure
    • EU — European Union
    • EV — Electric Vehicle
    • EVA — Extravehicular Activity
    • EWS — Early Warning System
    • EZ — Easy
    • IEEE — Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
    • IEEE-CS — Computer Society of IEEE

  • Architecture (64 Intake)

    Most of them graduated with B.Arch in 1970.

    • U Khin Maung Maung
      Organized the gatherings for Architecture Alumni visiting Yangon
    • Christine (Phyu Phyu Latt)
    • Pamela Myo Min (Min Thet Mon)
    • Tin Tin Hla
    • Han Kyu Pe (SPHS, GBNF)
    • Kyaw Win Hman (UTC, Sailing, Guitarist, Motorcyclist, GBNF)

  • RUESU Magazine 1951 – 52

    Feedback from U Aye (M62) : Class of some members

    Sitting L-R :
    Ko Maung Maung (M54), Ko Maung Maung Aye (C52), Mr. V. P. Khetrapal, Ko Hla Aye (ES52), Ko Win Maung (EE52)

    Standing L-R :
    Ko Ohn Kyaing, Ko Aung Ban, Ko Thaung Sein (M55), Ko Myint Wai, Ko Oak Soe

    U Aye (M62) wrote :

    Sitting, second from left- Ko Mg Maung Aye (C52)
    Sitting second from right, Ko Hla Aye (ES 52).

  • Kabyar

    • Saya U Thein Han (Zawgyi) and Saya U Wun (Minthuwun) co-founded “Khit San Sar Pay” with ICS U Sein Tin (Theikkpan Maung Wa, first Honors graduate from the Burmese Department).
    • Saya Zawgyi’s Kabyars are recited by young children in events (e.g. Literary Talks) all over the world.
    • His Beda Lann Kabyars are classic.
    • Dr. Lyn Swe Aye and his translation of Beda Lann was featured in a documentary by PBS (Public Broadcasting Service).
    • Saya Minthuwun’s “Su, Tu, Pyu” inspired many poets.
    • Saya’s friends and colleagues are distinguished writers.
      They translated Saya’s poems and his short story “Bagyi Aung Nyar Dei”) into English, and published the bi-lingual book.
    • There is a post on “Khit San Kabyar“.
    • A collection of Kabyars was published by former EC members of RU Ka Laung Ah Thinn to commemorate the RU Centennial.
    • Dr. Maung Maung Nyo has written some poems.
    • One is about the “empty nest syndrome” of the parents (which can be extended to sayas and sayamas).

  • Financial Aid

    *** Financial Aid ငွေ ကြေး အ ထောက် အ ပံ့

    ** နေရာ ဒေသ အချိန် ပေါ် မူတည်

    * Stipend စတိုင်ပင်

    1960 ဝန်းကျင် — တလ 75 ကျပ်

    ကျောင်းလခ — 15 ကျပ်

    အဆောင် နေရင် တောင် ငွေ နည်းနည်း ပို

    * Free Tuition

    ကျောင်း လခ ငြိမ်း

    * Teaching Assistant

    စာသင် / Assignment လက်ထောက်

    * Research Assistant

    သုတေသန လက်ထောက်

    * Resident Assistant

    အဆောင် လက်ထောက်

    * Full / Complete Package

    ကျောင်းလခ၊ နေစရိတ်၊ သုံးစရိတ်

    * Scholarship

    ပြည်တွင်း — Collegiate Scholarship

    ပြည်ပ — အစိုးရ ပညာတော်သင်

    * Grant

    မူတခု အရ ထောက်ပံ့

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    ** ဆက်နွယ်

    ဌာန တခု က ပေးတဲ့ ထောက်ပံ့ကြေး

    ဖို့ ဖေါင်ဒေးရှင်း Ford Foundation

    အာရှဖေါင်ဒေးရှင်း Asia Foundation

    ကိုလံဘို စီမံကိန်း Colombo Plan

  • U Tet Tut

    • U Tet Tut is a close relative of Oway U Nyo Mya.
    • His friends include Ludu U Hla and Saya U Wun (Minthuwun).
    • Ludu U Hla regularly sent his books to U Tet Tut.
      For some time Ludu U Hla was restricted to write serious books, so he chose to compile Folk Tales of the indigenous races.
    • U Tet Tut hosted U Htin Kyaw, who was then studying at the Institute of Computer Science in London.
    • We visited U Tet Tut’s house several times.
      There were some antiques (e.g. a pot from ancient China), many books (including “Buddhistic Logic” by a Russian scholar & Ludu U Hla’s collection).
    • I tried to pay respect to U Tet Tut.
      He asked me to wait.
      He would recollect the virtues of the Triple Gems, before he said, “It’s now OK to Gadaw”.
    • He was a Scholar.
      He also advised some museums.
      He requested the British Museum to return some artifacts to Burma to be displayed at the “Maw Gun Daik”.