1. Engineering diversity
Graphisoft Park
Engineering diversity
Globalisation from a small country perspective
Gabor Bojar, founder of Graphisoft and AIT
copyright Grafisoft Park, 2008

2. Two ways of globalization
Setting global standards (e.g. Microsoft, or McDonald’s), or
Adopting to cultural diversities
How many engineers will work at Microsoft?

3. Some words about Graphisoft
Founded in 1982
Identified a niche in the global market
By the nineties market leader in this niche
Secret of our success:
Embracing cultural diversities

4. Cultural diversity

5. A German (DIN) example
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6. Japanese sun study

7. Japanese sun study

8. Japanese sun study

9. Japanese sun study

10. Why Hungary? Small countries’ advantage Hungary in particular:
At the cross road of 4 major European cultures
Occupations and survivals

11. Occupations and survivals
Intercultural adaptation skills

12. Public respect of natural sciences

13. Public respect of natural sciences

14. AIT-Budapest
Study abroad semester program for US engineering undergraduates
Our mission is to share these skills

15. AIT-Budapest Main focus: Multicultural IT
Software usability (Charles Simonyi)
Bioinformatics

16. AIT-Budapest Faculty include: Erno Rubik Charles Simonyi Laszlo Lovasz
Laszlo Barabasi
..etc…

17. Thank you for your attention!