On June 12th, 2020, the Johns Hopkins University-Nanjing University Center of Chinese and American Studies (HNC) celebrated 36 graduate students and 74 certificate students at their virtual graduation ceremony. During the online graduation ceremony, speakers from around the world spoke to the Class of 2020, including CSOFT Founder & CEO Ms. Shunee Yee. As recent […]
This week, CSOFT is here with Dr. CJ Li, Professor at Peking University and visiting scholar at Stanford University, to talk about remote learning. COVID-19 has caused work and education to shift to be online, and Dr. CJ as both a medical researcher in university settings, as well as critically acclaimed educator, has exciting insight […]
Live sports events, the single most unifying pastime for people all over the world, confronted a major loss this year during the coronavirus outbreak, with sports leagues everywhere cancelling their events following shelter-in-place orders. One can imagine all the die-hard fans sitting at home, nurturing a pent-up demand for live physical sports. The good news […]
Regardless of who you interact with here at CSOFT — which stands for Communication Solutions Of Foreign Trade and the word “soft” implying an intelligent harnessing of technology — you will find values both within the company, and within the people, that are universal. At CSOFT, we celebrate diversity and inclusivity, both in our work […]
In one of many astonishing developments of 2020, industries that have long resisted online retail have finally turned to eCommerce to survive. The fashion industry, for example, has strictly avoided platforms like Amazon in the past, but with independent designers witnessing already tight budgets implode and even government aid falling short of making up the […]
As we covered in our previous look at smart technology, AI and big data have a remarkable capacity to escape the biases of human thinking and generate far-reaching insights. Nevertheless, it is rapidly becoming apparent that AI is not always as Teflon-resistant to the shortcomings of human judgement as we would like to think, if […]
If you have been even a casual consumer of online entertainment in recent weeks, it will come as no surprise that streaming is having its moment. With HBO Max as just the latest to make the jump in a long list of “channels” now available for subscription streaming, the greatest surprise is no longer that […]
For those of us following developments in the IT and technology sectors, the COVID-19 outbreak has largely been the story of an unprecedented digital transformation as organizations navigate the challenges of operating remotely. Just as interesting, though, is what the outbreak is revealing about innovative trends already underway before it started, particularly as big data […]
In 2017, gaming company Sports Interactive provoked the ire of Chinese gamers who couldn’t find a Chinese translation for its game Football Manager 2017. Soon after, a flood of negative reviews from those users followed on Steam (the largest online video game distribution platform worldwide), impacting the game’s standing in the marketplace. Games that gain […]
Plenty of attention has been drawn to the way traditional public and private schools are transitioning to online learning models during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, for many years now, online schools have largely gone overlooked, despite being a groundbreaking alternative to offline education. With full academic years and complete curricula administered entirely online, these types […]
All employees go through some sort of training in their first days at a new job or company. In our global and increasingly contactless business culture, training protocol is now adapting to keep pace with the rise of remote employment, driving the development of technologies that can facilitate training through digital media. Learning Management Systems […]
Whether you’re sheltering in place in Denmark or in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the outrageous new docuseries “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness” has likely made its appearance on your Netflix home page over the past couple of weeks. While Netflix has been somewhat close-lipped with viewership data from outside of the United States, it appears that […]
