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The NTNU CIR Lab : Moving Robots from Self-Moving to Self-Learning

The wave of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies has brought new elements to robotics. The National Taiwan Normal University Computational Intelligence and Robotics (NTNU CIR) Lab is using advanced AI design and application frameworks to move robots from merely automatic, to new horizons in self-learning.

Double Major Available in NTU System Starting in 2021

Since NTU System established in 2014, the interaction of teacher and students between the three universities has risen. Since 2017, students are allowed to enroll for intercollegiate programs in NTU System. Since 2019, students are allowed to take minors in NTU System. The students shown positive feedback and the spots for each departments raised every year. Since 2021, double majors at NTU and NTNU became available to students. The number has shown significant increase, from 2,535 in 2015 to 7,481 in 2020. Over the past 6 years, 33,279 participants have attended course from a different university.

NTNU Selected by Ministry of Education as Key Cultivation University for Program on Bilingual Education

On September 2nd, Taiwan’s Ministry of Education announced that NTNU is selected as Focused Development University for the Bilingual Higher Education Program.

NTNU Shares Development of Bilingual Education in 2021 Taiwan-Philippines University Presidents’ Virtual Forum

The 2021 Taiwan-Philippines University Presidents’ Virtual Forum was held on August 24th by Taiwan Education Center Philippines and Philippine Association of State Universities and Colleges under the theme of Language Education and International Linkage Under Covid-19. Executive Vice President Frank Yung-Hsiang Ying attended the forum representing NTNU, to understand the latest development of higher education in the Philippines and gave a talk about the Building Bilingual Environment in NTNU. About 70 representatives from 64 higher education institutes from Taiwan and 119 representatives from 107 higher education institutes attended the forum, making it the biggest online forum of Taiwan-Philippines higher education.

NTNU Team Finding Out that Green Tea Polyphenol Catechins Inhibit Coronavirus Replication Published on Antioxidants

The research team of the Founding Deam of the School of Life Science Chien Chiang Ting published recent results and discovered the research of the virus activity. Polyphenol catechins extracted from green tea can inhibit virus replication, strengthen the immune mechanism and improve various acute lung destruction. It can be used as a tool to prevent the spread of the virus and can effectively reduce the symptoms disease. The paper was published on journal Antioxidants in July.