Speaker: Dr. Daniel Sheu
Presentation Slides: “Breakthrough Concepts in Inventive Problem Solving” (2 MB PDF)
Meeting Date: Thursday, February 2, 2017
Time: 6:00 pm Networking; 6:30 pm Management Forum/Guided Networking;
          7:00 pm dinner; 7:30 pm Presentation
Earlybird: $12 IEEE members, $15 non-members; At the Door: $5 more
Location: AMD COMMONS BUILDING / AMD Campus, Sunnyvale, CA
Reservations: tems1702.eventbrite.com

SUMMARY
Management Forum / Guided Networking: Bring Your Management Challenge;
Arrive by 6:30 PM to join this exciting Management Forum. Following informal
networking is a guided discussion typically related to the topic of the evening’s
after dinner talk, or of general Technology Management interest.
Light Dinner: This month we’re continuing with our light dinner format
— typically sandwiches, salad, drinks, and cookie or similar light dinner.

Presentation: Breakthrough Concepts in Inventive Problem Solving
Dr Sheu will present the general principles, new insights, and simple yet practical examples of the TRIZ (Theory of Inventive Problem Solving).

Outline of Presentation:

• Random vs systematic innovations
• TRIZ in Systematic Innovation
• Fundamental TRIZ concepts with examples
• Major insights:
  • Paradigm shift vs optimization
  • Resources: Waste to wonderful & Harm to help
  • Subtraction vs Substitution/Addition
  • Trends for product improvements
• TRIZ for systematic patent circumvention & regeneration
• Selected research/application opportunities

 
Speaker Bio: D. Daniel Sheu
dsheu@i-sim.org; dsheu@ie.nthu.edu.tw
 
Professor, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
President, International Society of Innovation Methods
Honorary President, Society of Systematic Innovation
Editor-in-chief, International Journal of Systematic Innovation

Ph.D., Engineering, UCLA; MSCS (Engineering Degree), UCLA
MBA, Northwestern University
MSME, SUNY, Buffalo
BSME, National Taiwan University