Personnel Changes

1. Dr. Li-Hsing Yen was named Associate Dean of the College of Computer Science, NYCU, effective August 1st, 2024. Dr. Yu-Sung Wu has been appointed Director of the Institute of Computer and Communications Security, effective August 1st, 2024. Dr. Ching-Chun Huang has been appointed Director of the International Graduate Program of the College of Computer Science, effective August 1st, 2024.
2. Dr. Jen-Hui Chuang, Professor at the College of Computer Science, retired on August 1st, 2024. We thank him for his valuable contributions to promoting the bilingual program during his tenure as Dean of our college. We look forward to Professor Chuang’s frequent visits to share his experiences with us.

International Collaboration

1. Dr. Robby Tan, Chief Scientist at AICS and Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore, gave a lecture at our department on April 17, 2024. The topic was “Deep Learning in Healthcare: Present and Future.”
2. Professor Stephen Downie, Associate Dean at the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA, gave a lecture at our college on April 24, 2024. The topic was “Open Access Data for Open Community Development: A TORCHLITE Project Update.”
3. Professor C. -C. Jay Kuo from the University of Southern California, USA, gave a lecture at our college on June 11, 2024. The topic was “Workshop on Visual Data Coding, Standards, and Quality Assessment.”
4. Professor Joern Ostermann from the Leibniz University Hannover, Germany, gave a lecture at our department on June 16, 2024. The topic was “MPEG Road Map on Audio, Video, Graphics, Genome, and Systems.”
5. Dr. Jens-Rainer Ohm from RWTH Aachen University, Germany, gave a lecture at our department on June 16, 2024. The topic was “Overview on JVET exploration activities.”
6. Dr. Mathias Wien from RWTH Aachen University, Germany, gave a lecture at our department on June 16, 2024. The topic was “MPEG Visual Quality Assessment for Emerging Video Coding Schemes.”
7. Dr. Sergiy Popovych, CTO of Zetta AI, USA, gave a lecture at our department on June 24, 2024. The topic was “A Cross-Cultural Journey: From NCTU to Princeton, and From Academy to AI-NeuroScience Startup.”
8. Professor Ashutosh Sabharwal from Rice University, USA, gave a lecture at our college on July 2, 2024. The topic was “Multipath Radar Imaging for Next-generation Wireless Networks.”
9. Professor Naomi Yamashita from Kyoto University, Japan, gave a lecture at our department on July 3, 2024. The topic was “Designing Technologies for Overcoming Language Barriers.”
10. Professor K. K. Ramakrishnan from the University of California, Riverside, USA, gave a lecture at our college on August 12, 2024. The topic was “Lessons learned from building Software-Based Networks and Networking for the Cloud.”
11. Serial Entrepreneur Dr. Sachio Semmoto gave a lecture at our department on August 15, 2024. The topic was “How should we navigate the AI era?”
12. Professor David J Crandall from Indiana University Bloomington, USA, gave lectures at our department on October 8 and October 9, 2024. The topic was “Observing social interactions with egocentric computer vision” and “Human-centered Computer Vision.”
13. Professor Yukie Nagai from the University of Tokyo, Japan, gave lectures at our department on October 8 and October 9, 2024. The topic was “Embodied Predictive Processing: Unifying Cognitive Development in Humans and Robots.”
14. Professor Taisuke Boku from the University of Tsukuba, Japan, gave a lecture at our department on October 16, 2024. The topic was “How the accelerated supercomputing makes the next era of computational sciences?”
15. Dr. Tau Leng, Senior Vice President of Technology at Supermicro, USA, gave a lecture at our college on October 16, 2024. The topic of the lecture was “How the accelerated supercomputing makes the next era of computational sciences?”
    
    

Faculty Honors

1. Dr. Vincent S. Tseng has been honored with the 68^th Ministry of Education Academic Award.
2. Dr. Vincent S. Tseng received the 2024 Science Paper Award from the Far Eastern Y.Z. Hsu Foundation.
3. Dr. Yu-Lun Liu received the 2024 Google Research Scholar Award.
4. Dr. Ping-Chun Hsieh received the Outstanding Teaching Excellence Award for the 112th academic year.
5. Dr. Chun-Ying Huang and Dr. W. J. Tsai received the Teaching Excellence Award for the 112th academic year.
6. Dr. Yen-Yu Lin, Dr. Yi-Ting Chen, and Dr. Ching-Chun Huang Received the Mentor of Merit Award for the 112th academic year.
7. Dr. Jung-Hong Chuang received the Award for Excellence in Curriculum Design for the 112th academic year.
8. Dr. Wen-Hsiao Peng received the Academia-Industry Collaboration Excellent Research Award from the MediaTek Advanced Research Center (MARC) 2024.
9. Dr. Yen-Yu Lin received the Academia-Industry Collaboration Excellent Research Award from the MediaTek Advanced Research Center (MARC) 2024.

Student Honors

1. Po-Sheng Hsu, Che Jui Chang, Chien-Yao Chang, and Yin-Chi Li, guided by Professors Chien Chen, Chi-Yu Li, and Jyh-Cheng Chen, received the Best Student Paper Award at the 2024 Mobile Computing Workshop (MC 2024).
2. Chi-Min Chang, Bo-Shan Wang, Yan-Han Chang, and Yu Chiao Chen, guided by Professor Chun-Shu Wei, participated in the second "The Grand Challenge: Cross-Disciplinary Innovative Applications” project competition, organized by the Miin Wu School of Computing of National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), and won the silver Award in Health Computing category.
3. Yi-Jyun Sun, guided by Professor Ching-Chun Huang, received the 2023 College Student Research Creativity Award from the National Science and Technology Council.
4. Chia Wen Cheng, Jhen Yung Hsu, and Chih-Chia Li, guided by Professor I-Chen Lin, have won the Best Paper award at Computer Graphics Workshop 2024.
5. Jia-Jun Wang and Tzu-Wei Mi, guided by Professor Liwei Chan, have won the TAICHI 2024 Best Paper Award.
6. Tzu-Wei Mi, Zung-Hao Hsueh, Yi-Ci Huang, and Ming-Yun Hsu, guided by Professor Liwei Chan, have won the ACM CHI 2024 Best Paper Award.
7. Shih Chung Chin, guided by Professors I-Chen Wu, received the 2024 best Ph.D. dissertation award from the TCGA association.
8. Jia-Hao Wu, guided by Professor Yen-Yu Lin, received the 17^th IPPR Master Thesis Award.
9. Hsiang-Hui Hung, guided by Professor Ching-Chun Huang, received the 17th IPPR Master Thesis Award.
10. Meng-Cheng Shih, guided by Professors Ching-Chun Huang and Hong-Han Shual, received the 17th IPPR Master Thesis Award.
11. Bo Yu Cheng, guided by Professors Wei-Chen Chiu and Yu-Lun Liu, received the 17th IPPR Master Thesis Award.
12. Zhi Yi Chin, guided by Professor Wei-Chen Chiu, received the 17th IPPR Master Thesis Award.

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