About the Joint Workshop of NARLabs and KRCF
KRCF in Korea is constituted by ten applied research centers covering different research disciplines, including instrumental equipment technology, high-speed networking and information services, bio-medical, nanotechnology, aeronautics and space, and scientific and technological policy. This national research organization in Korea is analogous to NARLabs in Taiwan. In 2012, NARLabs and KRCF signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), under which both sides agreed to hold a joint workshop each year to promote mutual research connections.
The first joint workshop was held in Taiwan by NARLabs in 2013. This opened a new page for the technological cooperation between Taiwan and Korea. This year, the second joint workshop was held in Korea by KRCF. The main subjects of the 2014 joint workshop include technological policy, instrumental equipment technology, high-performance Internet, nanotechnology, and aeronautics and space satellite. Researchers from both organizations presented their research progress and outcomes.
NARLabs Demonstrated Her Research Outcomes
The NARLabs delegation was led by President Lo, Ching-Hua, in which the members are from Instrument Technology Research Center (ITRC), National Center for High-performance Computing (NCHC), National Nano Device Laboratories (NDL), National Space Organization (NSPO), Science & Technology Policy Research and Information Center (STPI). The topics addressed in this 2014 joint workshop cover cloud middleware, disaster management information platform, development of atomic layer deposition for nanotechnology and semiconductor, cross-functional cooperation in ITRC's biomedical optical study, satellite component development, FORMOSAT-7 mission and built satellite, chip-based drug screening and development, efficiency enhancement of silicon-based solar cell by surface plasmon resonance effects, STPI’s major service, and evidence-based foresight study.
President Lo mentioned that the direction of NARLabs is to establish global connections and to build up partnership with elite international research organizations. The pursuit of “Global Excellence, Local Impact” has been our core vision. To enhance the technological energy needed by the industry, we need to move forward along with the global trend, with an effort to grasp the opportunity ahead. In the future, NARLabs will continue to focus on frontier research and contribute our talents for innovative technologies in Taiwan.
