摘要:今日資訊電子已是一門融合各種傳統基礎科學(例如數學、物理、化學、生物、醫學等)而開創出來的最蓬勃的新科學。這門新科學無疑是今日人類科學及知識的最前端,也是全球主要國家投入最多資源力量全力提昇研究發展,希望維持或躋身領先地位的關鍵領域。在我國而言,資訊電子為我國第一大產業,亦為我國經濟發展及全球貿易之最大支柱,此一領域在我國之重要性無庸置疑。
在第一期「邁向頂尖大學」計畫五年內(2005 – 2010),本中心有非常豐富的成果,包括有不少重要領域均在頂級國際會議或期刊獲最佳論文獎(年度全球第一),並有14人獲選為IEEE Fellow,此一數字與國際一流大學接近。而若干重要領域的團隊成績更是傲視全球。本中心並與國際產業龍頭Intel公司合設跨國產學研究中心,獲國科會鼎力支持,自2011年1月1日起運作。
在第二期「邁向頂尖大學」計畫的五年內(2011 – 2015),本中心將垂直整合6大研究領域,架構出本中心第二期之研究主軸:「感知寬頻雲端技術及其醫療應用」(Broadband Sensing Cloud Computing and Its Applications in Medicine);亦即由元件感測到訊息,由晶片等加以整合處理,配合毫米波及構裝技術,借助無縫連網,將所有資訊與解決方案導入雲端,協助改善人類生活,而以診療照護為一應用實例。這包括六個分項計畫,分別是:
分項計畫一:太陽能、光源、顯示與感測元件
分項計畫二:智慧感知晶片整合平臺
分項計畫三:毫米波及系統構裝技術
分項計畫四:無縫連網
分項計畫五:具華語文化特色之媒體社群雲端資訊
分項計畫六:智慧型診療照護系統
Abstract: Today information and electronics is a new science that draws from sources such as mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology. In the past several decades, this new science has created innumerable new technologies which have completely changed our everyday life – from devices to chips, from computers to networks and cell phones, from education to entertainment to working environment, just to name a few. This is the frontiers of science and knowledge, and is where all major countries worldwide are making the best effort in promoting research programs in order to remain on the leading edge globally. This is definitely one of the few most important areas of science and technologies in the 21st century. The information and electronic industry is the largest and most important industry and the major core of economic development of Taiwan. The information and electronics industry is also where Taiwan plays a decisive role in the world. Certainly this area is extremely important to Taiwan.
This is the second phase of the Center for Information and Electronics Technologies (CIET), with a goal of continuing the effort and great achievements of the first-phase program, while further teaming up the very strong faculty members and students of the Center and putting together a more focused research theme, with a hope to accomplish even better achievements in the next 5 years. This is implemented by vertically integrating 6 major research areas or subprojects (optoelectronics and components, integrated platform for intelligent sensing chips, millimeter-wave and system-in-package technologies, seamless connectivity, cloud computing, and intelligent medical care), with a research theme of “Broadband Sensing Cloud Computing and Its Applications in Medicine”. The basic idea is that the components sense the message, integrated and processed by chips, with millimeter-wave and system-in-package technologies through seamless connectivity, and finally all information and solutions are accessible in the cloud, with medical care as one application example:
Sub-project 1: Devices for Solar Energy, Light Sources, Display, and Sensing
Sub-project 2: Integrated Platform for Intelligent Sensing Chips
Sub-project 3: Millimeter-wave and System-in-Package Technologies
Sub-project 4: Seamless Connectivity
Sub-project 5: Media and Social Cloud Computing with Chinese Flavor
Sub-project 6: Intelligent Diagnostic and Therapeutic Care System
The main project will manage the whole program, in order to make sure that each sub-project is executed by a distinguished research team to carry out advanced and innovative research in its own area of expertise, while the six sub-projects can work in a cohesive way so the respective efforts can be properly integrated.