With the Internet of Things (IoT) and 5G mobile communications standards set to merge next year in a new age shaped by the “Artificial Intelligence of Things” (AIoT), the NTUT Academia-Industry Alliance held the “Forum on Trends in 5G/AIoT and Intelligent Applications” with the Photonics Industry and Technology Development Association (PIDA) on March 6 th , 2019. Key industry leaders joined in to provide their insightful analyses and assessments of current and expected IoT application development trends. Reflecting the AI TAIWAN R&D priorities of Taiwan’s Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), the forum framed its approach to this expansive and important subject around new smart photonics/optics technologies. Image 1: The Forum on Trends in 5G/AIoT and Intelligent Applications, sponsored jointly by the NTUT Academia-Industry Alliance and the Photonics Industry and Technology Development Association (PIDA) Aeon Technology Chairman and distinguished NTUT alumnus Yong-shun Chuang presented on future lifestyle trends in the age of AIoT. He noted that telecommunications technologies undergo a fundamental change roughly once a decade and that the upcoming rollout of new 5G applications is set to take us into a new era of Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity. Analyzing the development of 5G in various countries, Chairman Chuang stated that this latest generation of cellular mobile communications will not only meet current needs for flexibility and bandwidth but also meet industry needs for smart production and smart operations.    NTUT Electro-Optical Engineering Department Chair Lung-chien Chen’s talk, entitled “Micro LED Display Applications”, outlined his views on mini/micro LED technologies, applications, trends, size effects, and future challenges. He noted that the thin profile, low power needs, bright display, high reliability, exceptional energy efficiency, and long usable life of micro LEDs make them an ideal fit for new-generation display technologies and for meeting OLED manufacturing requirements. Image 2: NTUT EOED Lifetime Distinguished Professor Hai-han Lu (left) discusses the future integration of 5G/6G and fiber-optic communications  NTUT Electro-Optical Engineering Department Lifetime Distinguished Professor Hai-han Lu honed his talk in on the future 5G communications landscape, especially in the context of the coming 5G/6G integration with fiber-optic communications. Creating the 5G network, he emphasized, will be far costlier than creating the 4G network, leaving thin profits for telecom service providers. However, moving from 5G to 6G should actually reduce costs for these providers, as already-mature hardware technologies will be able to further boost data transfer speeds via fiber-optic networks. PIDA Director Murphy Lin used his forum time to discuss his views on developments in the smart car photonics sector. He stated that realizing the dream of self-driving cars would not have been possible without the integration of photonics technologies. Furthermore, companies in the image sensing and automotive sectors are now working actively to perfect and implement advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) in order to further mature self-driving technologies and ease public concerns about the safety of these cutting-edge vehicles. MOST Department of Academia-Industry Collaboration & Science Park Affairs Director Dr. Chiu-hui Chiu stated that his ministry’s strong encouragement of schools to create international academia-industry alliances springs from a desire to create strong cooperative relationships between universities and the private sector that focus on promising new areas, build bridges to international markets, and create top-notch talent and R&D service capabilities. The fruits of these cooperative R&D efforts will strengthen and expand the linkages between Taiwan’s capacity for innovative R&D and the global industrial supply chain. NTUT Academia-Industry Alliance Director Chia-hua Lee remarked during the forum on NTUT’s exceptional strengths in the realm of optics and photonics R&D. He said that the Alliance was working diligently to promote NTUT’s related R&D capabilities to the private sector and to expand academia-industry cooperation. In addition, Director Lee praised PIDA’s critical role in creating and expanding opportunities for the domestic photonics sector. He stated that he looked for continued, close cooperation between the Alliance and PIDA to focus private-sector, government, academic, and research organization attention and efforts on realizing a “blue-ocean market” for photonics technologies that would create a new model for successful academia-industry collaboration.  

Focusing on ‘Global Research & Industry Alliance and smart manufacturing’ as core-value, Chung Yuan Christen University constructed New Building (tentative name), a 1,642 pin three-story building, was completed and formally opened on March 12. Deputy Minister of Ministry of Science and Technology, Yu-Chin Hsu, mayor of Taoyuan city, Wen-Tsan Cheng, Chairman of Walsin Lihwa Corp., You-Lun, Chiao, and other dignity representatives from other work fields attended to the opening ceremony. Other than that, they all expected New Building (tentative name) may become ‘Asian Silicon Valley’ and an essential site for smart technology in Taoyuan, hoping to help develop national industries and to break new ground for Taoyuan city. On the very day of the ceremony, the company of industrial sectors from Thailand, Malaysia, respectively, CEO of BDI GROUP, Qi-Xiong Tsai, president of Malaysia Taiwan Industry Academia Research Entrepreneurship Center, Jun-Neng Fang, and Indonesia signed a membership and MOU with GLORIA CYCU. New Building (tentative name) of CYCU was completed, being the first complete industry 4.0 system of working platform in Taiwan. Deputy Minister of Ministry of Science and Technology, Yu-Chin Hsu, and mayor of Taoyuan city, Wen-Tsan Cheng and other dignity representatives from other work fields attended to the opening ceremony. Yu-Chin Hsu remarked that he is more than glad to see the completion of New Building (tentative name), since Taiwan is home of technology, and technology is changing rapidly. Also, to respond to the transformation demands of the fourth industrial revolution in Taiwan. New Building (tentative name) possessed the most complete system of industry 4.0 automatic assembly lines and the biggest working platform, also, the integration of interdisciplinary technology to drive innovation on industry-academic cooperation. New Building (tentative name) has become an important place to cultivate talented people, more importantly, to promote more industry-academic collaboration. Meanwhile, he looks forward the Hall playing a big part in industry-academic collaboration with the southward country. On the other hand, GLORIA CYCU was selected as executive university submitted to Ministry of Science and Technology, through the knowledge power of the university and smart manufacturing platform to promote local industry. Deputy Minister of Ministry of Science, Yu-Chin Hsu, attended to the opening ceremony of New Building (tentative name) of CYCU, remarked that Taiwan is home of technology and was glad to see the cooperation of industry-academic. Chung Yuan Christen University graced supports from all fields during ceremonies. A 500 pin, international profile industry 4.0 of smart manufacturing working platform was constructed on the first floor at New Building (tentative name). Through monitoring and integration of the cloud platform, the system can perform includes designing, manufacturing, testing to making the model. In addition, New Building (tentative name) has the core technology of hardware and software of industry 4.0, the internet of things, cloud platform, big data, 3D printing, smart manufacturing and artificial intellect and etc., with all those above, Chung Yuan Christen University can be said to have the most complete working platform so far. President of CYCU, Samuel K.C. Chang indicated that CYCU was started departments of Science and Engineering from scratch, and has cultivated a lot of talented people who dedicated themselves to important national projects. The completion of New Building (tentative name) symbolized that CYCU will keep cultivating more outstanding man for the future. GLORIA CYCU expected to realize Smart Factory through the integration of information technology, software, the internet of things, etc. New Building (tentative name) chained the feature of CYCU, smart manufacturing system, up with the manufacturing management platform, automation equipment and industrial robot of Delta, Automated Optical Inspection of ITRI, enterprise resource planning system of ASDC, and various resources from other fields. With all the advantages Taiwan has in this field, famous companies from Switzerland, Austria, and Japan has participated in various projects. This not only boosted international cross-domain collaboration but provided young people a chance to learn practically. Mayor of Taoyuan city, Wen-Tsan Cheng considered GLORIA CYCU the role model of industry-academic collaboration. Add on top of that, Taoyuan city hall appointed CYCU to make a comprehensive programme of Chung Yuan start-up village, hoping with the resources in New Building (tentative name) can become the foundation of smart manufacturing in Taoyuan; bringing industry, academic and research into fully exercise, yet strive Taoyuan city to become ‘Asian Silicon Valley’. Chung Yuan Christen University held a GLORIA opening ceremony on March 12. GLORIA CYCU was recognized by the Ministry of Science and Technology. A lot of dignitaries gave supports by showing up at the ceremony.

Taipei Medical University GLORIA with BIOMED Taiwan, BioMed Commercialization Center were hold “Taiwan MedTech Startup Event” in San Francisco. At the same time, TMU GLORIA also joins RESI(Re-defining Early-Stage Investment Conference) by Life Science Nation(LSN) to seek the investors in San Francisco and to participate the “Taiwan Luncheon” to get more exposure in the event.     TMU GLORIA promotes the basic technologies to be value-added, one project is to courage professors to build a spin-off company with tech-based. TMU GLORIA picked two different spin-off companies to join the event, one is ATP BioPharm that is a drug discovery company with “Preclinical development of selective HDAC6 inhibitor, MPT0G211, and Phase II clinical development of pan-HDAC inhibitor, MPT0E028 for human diseases”, the other is MTAM Tech that is a medical material company with “Novel Substrate for personalized cancer translation”.      Taiwan MedTech Startup Event was held three fundraising and pitching activities. The Major activity was Taiwan Luncheon was hold by RESI. These activities can meet and network with the investors form JP Morgan Conference and from the Bay area separately in San Francisco.   TMU GLORIA cooperated with BioMed Commercialization Center to introduce start-ups from Taiwan and the innovation strengths in Taiwan in order to lift up our advantages to the international level and get more exposure in the global fundraising area. TMU GLORIA brochure and the spin-off companies brochures on booth at RESI. ATP BioPharm introduces the technology in Taiwan Luncheon at RESI. MTAM introduces the technology in Taiwan Luncheon at RESI. The second pitching - Taiwan MedTech Startup Event II was hold in Tilden Hotel Group Picture with all pitching companies. The third pitching - Taiwan MedTech Startup Event III was hold in ITRI Northern America Office. Group Picture with all pitching companies.