Newly merged university opens
CHANGING LANDSCAPE: After 20 years in the making, the merged university has finally launched with nearly 20,000 students and 1,400 lecturers across 19 colleges
Staff writer, with CNA
Lin Chi-hung (林奇宏) yesterday assumed office as the president of the newly formed National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, promising to boost the school’s ranking and international participation on its inauguration.
Lin, who has a doctorate in biology from Yale University, took the post after receiving a certificate of appointment in a ceremony presided over by Minister of Education Pan Wen-chung (潘文忠), along with several incoming presidents of other universities.
Plaque-unveiling ceremonies for the university, a merger of National Yang-Ming University in Taipei and National Chiao Tung University in Hsinchu, were held in Taipei and Hsinchu respectively.
2,400 participants expected to take part in over 70 sessions
The sixth international conference on nanoscience and nanotechnology was inaugurated virtually at SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, on Monday.
The institute’s Department of Physics and Nanotechnology organised the biennial conference in association with Shizuoka University-Japan, National Chiao Tung University (NCTU)-Taiwan, GNS Geological and Nuclear Sciences (GNS) Science-New Zealand, University of Rome Tor Vergata-Italy, RMIT University-Australia, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR)-India, Asian Consortium on Computational Materials Science (ACCMS), Indian Physics Association (IPA), Materials Research Society of India (MRSI), Indian Carbon Society (ICS)-India and Springer Nature.
The three-day meet will have 2,400 participants and over 70 sessions with speakers from several countries.
NSPO names its new director-general
PASSION FOR ROCKETS: As head of the NSPO, Wu Jong-shinn is to focus on building a rocket launch site. He has said Taiwan should be able to launch satellites on its own
By Lin Chia-nan / Staff reporter
Rocket scientist Wu Jong-shinn (吳宗信) is to lead the National Space Organization (NSPO) from Aug. 1, and his mission would be to establish a rocket launch site, the National Applied Research Laboratories (NARL) said yesterday.
NSPO Director-General Lin Chun-liang (林俊良), who assumed office on Feb. 1, 2018, has said that he plans to return to his research position at National Chung Hsing University next month.
International conference addresses contemporary issues in finance
Rutgers Business School continues (virtually) a 28-year tradition of organizing world-renown scholars in finance, economics, accounting and management.
Sun, January 10, 2021
Scholars from around the world connected via Internet to hear renown thought leaders in finance discuss financial technology and investment decisions during the annual Conference on Pacific Basin Finance, Economics, Accounting and Management.
Wharton School finance professor Richard Kihlstrom ponders a question remotely from a conference participant in Taiwan.
The conference, which was combined with National Chiao Tung University’s International Finance Conference, was held over two days in early January. The mostly virtual event was hosted from National Chiao Tung University’s Kuang-Fu Campus in Taiwan. View information on the 2021 conference.
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Congratulations to the 118 members of the 2021 class of OSA Fellow Members, who will be recognized at OSA conferences throughout the year for scientific, engineering and technological contributions, as well as industry leadership and service to OSA and the global optics community.
The 2021 class of Fellows reflects the diverse and inclusive community that OSA serves. A record 261 nominations were received, making this program very competitive as no more than 10% of OSA’s total membership may be elected as Fellows. For more information, contact the OSA Awards Office (awards@osa.org; +1 202.416.1960) or go to www.osa.org/fellows.. Nominations for 2022 Fellows are due by 15 June 2022.