Lu Qi Microsoft: four major trends in the future development of the IT industry

        Lu Qi lectures at his alma mater Fudan University, the tiger sniffing for the relevant editor. Lu Qi, Microsoft executive vice president, reporting directly to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. He is a global technology company and Chinese people's highest in office, in charge of Microsoft's business quarter of the Middle Kingdom’s territory.

      Below is the summary of his speech, paraphrased:

The wave of the future of IT development

      Here I want to talk about four points, I think the next decade, it is likely that the direction of the four big IT industry will be pushed to a new turning point in the structure.

      First, cloud computing

     Cloud computing is indeed a revolutionary thing, we have known so far is basically only three stages: the first is the mainframe (mainframe computers), and the second is a client-server (terminal server and client), third paragraph It is cloud computing.

     Cloud computing Technically speaking, from the enterprise business innovation, technological innovation has brought great opportunities, particularly in China. I personally have always felt that China has leap of reform (jumping opportunities), China in the computing industry and not the traditional client-servers, unlike the United States and some developed countries, he did a lot of things in transformation (transition), while China almost It is from scratch. Especially as a digital computing cloud innovation positive factors, our entire economy from China's manufacturing-based to innovation-based intensive.

     Second, mobile

     We all know that mobile especially as smart phones, tablets or worn on the eye, hand wear, next time will be a great development. In the United States, there is now a situation is called internet of things (IOT), are all connected with this. In fact, because of the cloud, the result of wireless communications brings, this is our plan, so every user will get a lot of opportunity to use a variety of different mobile devices, so that every industry in the world can bring the world. to many opportunities for innovation.

     Third, the big data and machine learning

     Big Data Machine Learning, and the history of science and technology there is such a phenomenon is called short-term overhang but the same time undermine (may be too hot, fry the short term, but in the long term speculation is not enough). Why? I do not know if a lot of people learning machine learning, if learning machine learning will know the nature of machine learning is that if in the real physical world, and the relations between the two people, the physical world or, if there is a pattern (pattern), one can judge them. Any pattern human can tell the difference, it's all machine learning.

     If you hold this view you know, whatever you do any research, lawyer Ye Hao, Ye Hao to do medicine, do construction Ye Hao, All we are doing is discovering patterns (we have done is to find patterns). Therefore, machine learning and large data on our society as a whole to bring innovation, changing the potential of this aspect is really too much.

     If you later want to use digital technology to innovation movies, reading books, because reading is a way linear process, turn page by page, with a big data then we can put the smart off completely understandable language. After you look at every book it is multidimensional in nature, there is no need linear reading a book. After watching a movie, the movie's story and the whole plot can be structured to show any business, in any industry can use large data way to do it essential innovation.

     Fourth, innovative user experiences

     After all just talked about is technical innovation, my personal experience is more important, technology is only a instruct end. The end is fundamentally understand the deep human designs, the human beings, the emotional collections, the technology to help people's life completed people. Learn literature people, the humanities people who study history, sociology, add Learn on computer science comprehensive, especially with Professor Yang just talked about, the future direction of the entire development of Fudan University, focused on computational science in the case has been very deep, with the humanities, social sciences with the established culture with organic links, this is really the next universities with technology enrich any people's life and make profound change to the society. (enrich people's lives and create far-reaching changes in society)

     Fifth,Search engine

     Search engines is actually a very special product, in the establishment of our entire digital society, and the establishment of digital society, the ability to build a digital civilization must be organically combine all the data together. All now have the ability to integrate data of organic search engine is that the product in the form of a search engine does not have to be so, this is the first.Second, search engines, or, in the world is not substituted in the United States in China, I can not leave, it may be difficult to imagine life now without the search engine how to do. However, we have not noticed a very important point, the search engine technology to develop, so far, we have not found a way to get rid of search engine bias (bias).

     In fact, each search engine has its own bias, which for our society at large, in fact, is a very difficult issue, because everyone grow our own, rely on search engines to find information, find support, with our children this will grow. If we do not know the search engines it has this bias, then it is for second-line impact on our society as a whole, three-line impact, it is hard to imagine. I personally think that the only way to make our society healthy growth, is to give everyone a choice: There are several search engines in the world, not only one.

     So our work at Yahoo is very involved, almost every minute of the energy goes into here, but then for various reasons may not be able to reach my goal, so I left Yahoo when half emotionally very self-blame I think I did not live up to their responsibilities. Later, a chance to meet with Mr. Ballmer, and he invited me to go to Microsoft, so I'm emotionally for me this is not a job, but a call for the creation of a digital society for our children and grandchildren the chance.

     We do not have any way to find the system search engine bias, for me is to have a sense of responsibility, so I am very grateful to have this opportunity to cooperate together with some very great team at Microsoft.