On April 17, LIYEON Technoligy Corporation (LITEON) and Taipei Tech announced the opening of the LITEON-Taipei Tech Joint R&D Center, marking a new milestone of collaborative research in advanced technology. The center will work closely with departments such as electrical engineering, electronic engineering, optoelectronics, computer science, and materials science on the research and development of advanced materials, technologies, and innovative management models in the emerging fields of smart energy and AI technologies.

Anson Chiu, president of LITEON, stated that the company is strategically focused on energy technologies, including the transformation, conservation, control, and storage of energy. To these ends, the company has launched three green solutions: green data centers, sustainable transportation, and higj-efficiency infrastructure. To prepare for future key development areas and new market segments, LITEON is actively encouraging its R&D staff to adopt innovative thinking and develop advanced technology applications to face the rapidly changing global challenges.

Taipei Tech holds a leafing position in the research of smart energy, AI, and automation, as well as innovatice talent development. The establishment of the joint R&D center combines the strengths and long-term collaboration experience of both parties, implementing an advanced talent recruitment strategy to generate more potential and innovative applications and solutions using advanced technologies. 

Taipei Tech President Wang Sea-fue said that LITEON and Taipei Tech will utilize the joint R&D center as a technology sharing and management platform that will foster the long-term partnership between the two parties. This collaboration aims to promote the development of advanced technologies and interdisciplinary applied research. The professional R&D talents employed by this cneter will be able to integrate academic knowledge with practical applications, thereby assisting enterprises in technological innovation and breakthroughs in emerging industries.

The smart energy development under the LITEON-Taipei Tech Joint R&D Center will focus on emerging energy technologies, applied in high-perfformance power disign and clean alternative energy management. Taipei Tech also has a smart grid demonstration site set up on the campus for technical verification. On the AI front, the latest technologies will be applied to cognitive analysis of drivers and safety risk management, using AI image monitoring technology for intelligent sensing and monitoring of drivers and the external environment. This will optimize image recognition and decision-making quality, enhancing safety for both humans and vehicles.

Lai Yen-shin, director of the LITEON-Taipei TEch Joint R&D Center and chair professor of the Department of Electrical Engineering at Taipei Tech, stated that the center will be focusing on academic publication, patent portfolio and application, technology transfer, teaching and training, organizing seminars and keynote speeches, encouraging students' participation in competitions, securing student internships, recruiting talents, and consulting services. Renowned American scholars from related fields have also been invited to Taipei Tech for lectures, in the hope of building international industry-academia collaborations.

Chinese Resource：https://money.udn.com/money/story/5612/7904063

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