世界500強CEO訪談 第48期:微軟集團史蒂夫鮑爾 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)在很多美國頂級高校的CS/MIS項目都得到廣泛的推廣，您認為，要想在今天的這種全球化的環(huán)境中取得成功，學校里的那些學生們必須要學習的學科有什么呢?

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)在很多關鍵工作都是有關于網(wǎng)絡服務的，人們從事分布在不同地方的數(shù)據(jù)和網(wǎng)絡服務的工作。如果CS/MIS項目的學生想要在這一方面發(fā)揮積極作用的話，他們需要學習數(shù)據(jù)庫和聯(lián)網(wǎng)。希望在他們的課程學習過程中，他們也能夠在XML方面奠定堅實的基礎。絕對有必要學習的還有建立可靠系統(tǒng)的基本原理，比如說怎樣寫安全碼，怎樣模仿潛在的對系統(tǒng)的攻擊好在攻擊發(fā)生之前行動，抵制那些攻擊。這也是我們與領先的計算機科學項目進行合作的領域，用于在這方面開設新的先進的課程，使學生能夠很好地學習到這些。用戶界面設計也是一個很重要的領域。隨著越來越多的人開始擁有并使用計算機，計算機的外形因素不斷發(fā)展，因此設計用戶界面以給顧客們帶來很好的視覺效果就變得越來越具有挑戰(zhàn)性。這的確是跨學科的，它不僅要求計算機程序員，也要求美術設計員、作家、可用性專家，領域專家，以及有心理學、人類學、人種論、社會學和其他社會科學領域經(jīng)驗的專業(yè)人士的共同努力。隨著計算機運作已經(jīng)逐漸成為所有的科學和很多的社會科學領域不可或缺的一部分，我們發(fā)現(xiàn)科學和社會科學領域的學生也看到了學習計算機的價值和重要性。比方說，康奈爾大學已經(jīng)將計算機科學作為其他科學的一個核心學位課程。那是一個巨大的改變，但是那有助于發(fā)揮計算機領域的全部潛力，它能夠改變我們生活和學習的方式，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：您認為微軟最有價值專家項目給微軟的顧客以及全世界的技術領域帶來了怎樣的影響呢?