摘要IBM 的诞生地是美国纽约州中部的小镇恩迪科特（Endicott），紧邻主讲嘉宾所在的纽约州立大学宾厄姆顿分校。恩迪科特与宾厄姆顿及周边城镇曾构成一个紧密的网络，在冷战初期生产了当时最先进的一系列技术：计算机核心部件、集成电路、侦察机相机、飞行模拟器、人工心肺机、深海潜水器，乃至 NASA 登月舱。本次演讲将介绍这片被誉为“硅谷之前的硅谷”的地区，讲述其高科技产业的兴衰史——这既是一段激励人心的传奇，也是一则关于美国高科技中心由盛转衰的警世寓言。...

本讲摘要In 1993, the US Congress eliminated funding for the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC). The audacious particle accelerator project, had it been built, would have been the world’s largest scientific instrument, securing US dominance in high-energy physics for years to come. Why, then, did both policymakers and the American public sour on the project in the early 1990s? Historians have proposed ...

摘要超级计算机用于高科技领域和尖端技术研究，是一个国家科技发展水平和综合国力的重要标志，对国家安全、经济和社会发展的促进作用举足轻重。中国超级计算机研制从实现“零的突破”到跃上“世界之巅”，集中反映了改革开放以来一批大型科研工程项目着眼国家战略需求、突破关键核心技术、坚持走中国特色自主创新之路的光辉历程。本讲座以讲者的亲身经历和学术研究为视角，介绍中国超级计算机研制历程，讲述中国超级计算机科研...

摘要This lecture follows the historical rise of computation from a supporting practice of calculation to a constitutive force in scientific knowledge. It begins with manual methods that gradually became mechanized, then examines how Cold War institutions and funding transformed computing into an indispensable infrastructure. New machines and community codes opened ways of working that escaped o...

摘要From the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, heightened oil prices drove international interest in renewable energy technologies. These technologies also captured the interest of Chinese leaders and researchers in this period, who hoped that they could target weaknesses in China’s energy supply. Daxing County in Southeastern Beijing was an important experimental site for exploring how renewables m...