Ministry of Science and Technology's “LIFT, Leaders in Future Trends” program rotated to NCHC

The Ministry of Science and Technology's “LIFT, Leaders in Future Trends” program started on October 21, 2019, for its second group of participants. Fifty graduates of world-renowned universities outside Taiwan took part this time. Vice President Chen Chien-jen addressed the group and set the program in motion. Vice President Chen said that Taiwan didn't have much in the way of natural resources, but human talent would be the most vital resources that it could have, which could help support many industries in Taiwan to evolve and develop. In Taiwan, democracy and intellectual properties are valued, thus attracting many foreign companies to set up R&D centers in Taiwan. He called on these young scholars to work in Taiwan and put their expertise to good use.

This program had been scheduled to last 12 days, during which the participants visited businesses and talked to their human resources executives, and the program also organized symposiums at Hsinchu Science Park and Central Taiwan Science Park so that they could learn about the state of industries in Taiwan. On October 23, the group visited the NCHC of NARLabs, where they got an in-depth understanding of the development and applications of supercomputers in Taiwan and how supercomputers, in the era of AI, have supported the development of applications in disaster prevention, smart city, and global biomedical technologies. 

Chen Liang-Gee, the Minster of The Ministry of Science and Technology, indicated that the high-tech environment in Taiwan has been well-developed and its R&D environment stacked up well to that of any foreign nation. He expressed his hope that, through this program, between 60 and 70 percent of the participants would decide to stay in Taiwan. Though lacking high name recognition, many small and medium-sized enterprises in Taiwan make up for that with their prowess in R&D, and they badly need new blood of Ph.Ds to join them. The Minister urged the participants to bring new know-how and technologies to Taiwan and to stimulate and be stimulated by high-caliber companies and deliver innovations to industries.

All visiting program participants pose inside the NCHC.

Note: The first group that the program had hosted included 31participants, of whom about 30 percent were successfully matched with companies. They have stayed to work in Taiwan. The second group of the program had 50 participants, of whom 45 had doctorate degrees and 5 had master's degrees in AI-related fields. Graduates from such the world-renowned schools as University of Cambridge, Imperial College London of Great Britain and Massachusetts Institute of Technology of the United State also participated in the program.