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NTNU EMBA Visited Kyushu and Yamaguchi, Japan

The group of EMBA students visited Japan on September 8th to 13th, lead by Vice President Frank Yung-Hsiang Ying, Dean of the College of Management Chou De Wai, Director Wang Shih Ju and Prof. Lin Shu Jou. In addition to the excursion teaching to the sister schools like Kyushu University and Yamaguchi University, and the visit to a number of well-known companies including Yamaguchi Bank, MAZDA Mazda Factory in Hofu, and the production of the famous Dassi sake, the team even visited Yamaguchi Prefecture, which is the home of many politicians and Hofu City Government, they were received by Yamaguchi Prefecture Governer Tsugumasa Muraoka.

New Southbound Policy of College of Education, uniting with three Indonesian Universities

The Academic Alliance of Humanities of New Southbound Project visited Jakarta and Bandung in Indonesia to build relationship. The College of Education of NTNU is the organizer of the Academic Alliance of Humanities of New Southbound Project of the Ministry of Education. From September 9th to 12th, Vice Dean Kuo Jong Long, Vice Dean Mao Chin Ju and Dean Pan Shu Man of the College of International Studies and Social Sciences, Vice Dean Liao Shyue Cherng of College of Liberal Arts visited universities in Jakarta and Bandung along with other professors from NTU, NCCU, NTHU and NCKU.

NTNU-AI Tops at International Competitions

The team of building robots, NTNU-AI, made of students from the Department of Electrical Engineering, has been awarded in many occasions. This August, they attended Robo Cup2019 and FIRA Robo World Cup and won the third and the first individually. The champion robot is even invited by a south Korean business to exhibit at the first robot theme park Robotland in the world, which will open in September.

NTNU and Penn State University announce collaborations for 2019

National Taiwan Normal University and Pennsylvania State University became sister school in 1998. The Collaboration Development Fund Request for Proposals started last year for strategic Partnership. After closely reviewed, seven projects were chosen for funding, in a variety of disciplines, from math education to geosciences to information sciences and technology. The seven awardees will start their cooperation with professors in Penn State university. They would be funded by the two schools for travel and business expenses. In late April, Vice President Frank Ying lead a group of administrators to Pennsylvania State University

VR work of Prof. Huang Hsin Chien Enters Cannes XR

Huang Hsin Chien, a new media creator and Professor at the Department of Design, is invited to the Directors' Fortnight of the Cannes Film Festival. Artistic Director Paolo Moretti invited Huang to the Directors' Fortnight and this is the first complete and solo exhibition of Huang and Laurie Anderson, the avant-garde musician after their four years of cooperation on VR exhibition. La Camera Insabbiata/ Chalkroom, which received the Best VR Experience Award at Venice Film Festival will be presented with the two latest works, "To the Moon" and "Aloft". This would also be the premiere of Lim Giong's latest piece, The Missing Body Episode 1 on the Cannes XR Kaleidoscope’s Development Showcase.