Who is Dr. Chao-Hsien Chu ?

In 1980, Dr Chu moved to the United State to pursue a PhD degree from the Smeal College at the Pennsylvania State University with specialization in Operation Management and Management Information System. When I asked Dr. Chu Why this shift in major, he replied it is not so much a shift but a continuation of his background. By specializing in Operation Management, he felt a stronger foundation due to his background in Industrial Engineering and thus contributed more. Dr. Chu Academic journey in academia demonstrates his everlasting curiosity and hunger for more knowledge. He believed in the vision of the i-schools by joining IST at its inception in 1999 and by being the founding executive director of the center for Information Assurance.

Dr. Chu is happily married with two college children. His daughter is pursuing her degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT while his son is pursuing a degree at John Hopkins in Piano.

 What surprised me to learn is that Dr. Chu costumed built his house to accommodate the two pianos he have. Humm, I always thought of him as having nothing to do with arts much less 2 pianos!!!

Dr. Chu claims he has no hobbies though I believe he enjoys walking because he walks 20-25 minutes to IST everyday. He confesses that is the best time of his days because he keeps talking about his scenarios/cases/theories and I suspect that is when there inception take place. Despite the fact that he claims that his wife "makes" him take care of the lawn, I again suspect that he enjoys it very much. Oh Boy, I have been reading too much lately that I started to apply everything I read to others' behaviors so I think when it comes to hobbies, Dr Chu says one thing and does another thing: isn't there some analogy to one of the theories covered last week in 531 about individuals' intentions and actual behaviors!!!

Until next blog..... ZaiJian (goodbye)