世界500強(qiáng)CEO訪談 第48期:微軟集團(tuán)史蒂夫鮑爾 為我們的成就驕傲(2)

Reporter: Given the broad scope of many CS/MIS programs at leading universities around the United States, what do you believe are the essential disciplines students should learn to be successful in today’s global environment?

記者：考慮到現(xiàn)在很多美國(guó)頂級(jí)高校的CS/MIS項(xiàng)目都得到廣泛的推廣，您認(rèn)為，要想在今天的這種全球化的環(huán)境中取得成功，學(xué)校里的那些學(xué)生們必須要學(xué)習(xí)的學(xué)科有什么呢?

Ballmer: So much of the key work happening today is around distributed web services—working with data and services that are distributed across locations. If CS/MIS students want to have an active role in that space, they need to be learning about databases and networking. Hopefully somewhere in their coursework in those areas they will also get a solid background in XML. An absolute necessity is to learn basic principles of building trustworthy systems-such as how to write secure code, and how to model potential attacks on a system so that you can anticipate them and build in resistance to those attacks. This is an area where we are actively partnering with leading computer science programs to create new and updated courses that do a good job of teaching this. User interface design is another area that is super important. As computers have made their way into the hands of a more diverse population, and form factors continue to evolve, designing user interfaces that deliver a great experience for customers has become more challenging. It’s truly interdisciplinary; it requires not only programmers, but also graphic designers, writers, usability experts, domain area experts, and often people with backgrounds in psychology, anthropology, ethnography, sociology, and other areas within the social sciences. As computing becomes an increasingly integral part of all the sciences and many social sciences, we’re seeing that students in those disciplines are also finding great value in taking computer classes. Cornell, for example, even goes as far as to embrace computer science classes as part of the core degree programs in other sciences. That’s a huge change, but one that shines light on the huge potential of computing to change the way we work and live—for the better.

鮑爾默：現(xiàn)在很多關(guān)鍵工作都是有關(guān)于網(wǎng)絡(luò)服務(wù)的，人們從事分布在不同地方的數(shù)據(jù)和網(wǎng)絡(luò)服務(wù)的工作。如果CS/MIS項(xiàng)目的學(xué)生想要在這一方面發(fā)揮積極作用的話，他們需要學(xué)習(xí)數(shù)據(jù)庫(kù)和聯(lián)網(wǎng)。希望在他們的課程學(xué)習(xí)過(guò)程中，他們也能夠在XML方面奠定堅(jiān)實(shí)的基礎(chǔ)。絕對(duì)有必要學(xué)習(xí)的還有建立可靠系統(tǒng)的基本原理，比如說(shuō)怎樣寫(xiě)安全碼，怎樣模仿潛在的對(duì)系統(tǒng)的攻擊好在攻擊發(fā)生之前行動(dòng)，抵制那些攻擊。這也是我們與領(lǐng)先的計(jì)算機(jī)科學(xué)項(xiàng)目進(jìn)行合作的領(lǐng)域，用于在這方面開(kāi)設(shè)新的先進(jìn)的課程，使學(xué)生能夠很好地學(xué)習(xí)到這些。用戶界面設(shè)計(jì)也是一個(gè)很重要的領(lǐng)域。隨著越來(lái)越多的人開(kāi)始擁有并使用計(jì)算機(jī)，計(jì)算機(jī)的外形因素不斷發(fā)展，因此設(shè)計(jì)用戶界面以給顧客們帶來(lái)很好的視覺(jué)效果就變得越來(lái)越具有挑戰(zhàn)性。這的確是跨學(xué)科的，它不僅要求計(jì)算機(jī)程序員，也要求美術(shù)設(shè)計(jì)員、作家、可用性專家，領(lǐng)域?qū)＜?，以及有心理學(xué)、人類學(xué)、人種論、社會(huì)學(xué)和其他社會(huì)科學(xué)領(lǐng)域經(jīng)驗(yàn)的專業(yè)人士的共同努力。隨著計(jì)算機(jī)運(yùn)作已經(jīng)逐漸成為所有的科學(xué)和很多的社會(huì)科學(xué)領(lǐng)域不可或缺的一部分，我們發(fā)現(xiàn)科學(xué)和社會(huì)科學(xué)領(lǐng)域的學(xué)生也看到了學(xué)習(xí)計(jì)算機(jī)的價(jià)值和重要性。比方說(shuō)，康奈爾大學(xué)已經(jīng)將計(jì)算機(jī)科學(xué)作為其他科學(xué)的一個(gè)核心學(xué)位課程。那是一個(gè)巨大的改變，但是那有助于發(fā)揮計(jì)算機(jī)領(lǐng)域的全部潛力，它能夠改變我們生活和學(xué)習(xí)的方式，朝著更好的方向發(fā)展。

Reporter: How do you feel the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) program has impacted Microsoft customers and technical communities worldwide?

記者：您認(rèn)為微軟最有價(jià)值專家項(xiàng)目給微軟的顧客以及全世界的技術(shù)領(lǐng)域帶來(lái)了怎樣的影響呢?