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ʈЪ ˀ݈ІҢ Distinguished Journal Publication Award from NSC
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Introduction
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SCI Expanded list since 1998. In collaboration with
IICM, IIS intends to make this domestic flagship
Every job is a self-portrait of those who did it;
Every job is a self-portrait of those who did it; Academia Sinica is the highest government- journal in computer science an international one and
autograph your work with quality sponsored academic research institution in Taiwan. gain recognition worldwide.
autograph your work with quality
It is headed by Dr. Yuan-Tseh Lee, Nobel Laureate
in Chemistry, and supports research activities in Not only do we do quality basic research, we
͉ה̈وٙᕐ˜̊Journal of Information a wide variety of disciplines, ranging from math- also devote our efforts to multi-disciplinary and
ematical and physical sciences, to life sciences, and cross-disciplinary projects. Our researchers will Introduction
Science and Engineering ݊ʫ༟ৃჯਹ˴ࠅٙ interact very closely with the “InfoComm Research
to humanities and social sciences. The Institute of
ኪஔಂ̊dІ2005ϋ7˜ৎၾʕശ͏༟ৃኪ Information Science (IIS) was formally established Center” (tentative name), Academia Sinica, whose
ึΥЪ̈̊f༈ಂ̊ᐏ߅ึኪஔಂ̊ᎴԄ in September 1982 after a five-year preparation primary mission is to conduct multi-disciplinary
period, and is one of the ten institutes and research research and development based heavily on the
ᆤe௫̈ᆤdԨІ1998ϋৎϗSCI Expanded Information and Communications Technology
Introduction
centers within the Division of Mathematical and
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͉הᔊʧ ͦdಃყʷಂ̊ͦᅺᒕආf͉הп͉৫ Physical Sciences. IIS presently has 35 full-time (ICT). Within InfoComm there are a few thematic
centers, in which IIS faculty members have strong
ᘪண༟ஷӺʕːΤ၈ᅲࠈd݊˸༟ research fellows, 22 postdoctoral research fellows
and over 300 full-time information technology spe- presence. For instance, the “Digital Content and
ৃஷৃҦஔމਿᓾdԫ༨ჯਹٙӺdՉʕ Technology Center” fosters research in digital con-
ʕ̯Ӻ৫̨݊ᝄ௰৷ٙኪஔӺዚf cialists and part-time research assistants supporting
ᅰЗՊᔛʫ࢙ၾҦஔਖ਼ᕚʕːdл͜ආ research and development of information science tent development in the area of social sciences and
ͦۃίፕԎဧʷኪᆤ˴ҽჃࡪ௹ɻჯኬʘ humanities using ICT, and carries out the National
ٙ༟ৃҦஔၾɛ˖߅ኪഐΥdܔᅰЗՊᔛٙ and engineering. All members of IIS prescribe to the
ɨdߧɢᅰଣ߅ኪe͛ն߅ኪʿɛ˖ၾٟึ motto, "Every job is a self-portrait of those who did Digital Archives Program whose aim is to build an
ኪஔӺᏐ͜ၾʹݴᐑྤdԶɛԮi environment for creating digital collections and for
߅ኪɧ˙ࠦʘਿᓾ߅ኪӺf༟ৃ߅ኪӺה it; autograph your work with quality," emphasizing
͛يࠇၑਖ਼ᕚʕːۆ݊ഐΥ༟ৃe୕ࠇၾ excellence and synergistic teamwork effort. preserving and presenting our national treasures; the
1977ϋකணͭᘪ௪ஈdዝʞϋᘪ௪d “Biological Computing Center” conducts research
͛ն߅ኪdԫ͛ي༟ৃᗫჯਹʘ೯i The mission of IIS is to conduct quality funda-
1982ϋ9˜͍όϓͭӺהd݊ʕ̯Ӻ৫ᅰ in bioinformatics, computational biology and re-
І͟ழਖ਼ᕚʕːdਗ਼༶͜༟ৃၾၣ༩Ҧ mental research in information science, develop lated areas, with collaborating researchers from IIS,
ଣଡ଼ɤࡈఊЗʘɓfͦۃᇜՓʫϞ35 ЗӺ cutting edge technologies applicable to advanced
ஔdᐄɓࡈᜫІ͟ழ໊ٟΝ௴Ъdϓ؈ Institute of Statistical Sciences (ISI), and Institute of
ɛࡰd̤̮Ϟ22 З௹ɻܝӺኪ٫d ਗ਼ڐ300 information systems, and improve our national Biomedical Sciences (IBMS); the “Free and Open
ԮٙʮήdኑၳʫၾყІ͟ழٟ competitiveness in information technology, and in-
Зਖ਼ʘ༟ৃҦஔɛࡰၾڢΌࣛʘӺпଣd Source Software Center” will build an Open Source
᜕໊ٙၾٝᗆdጐڮϓପe֜eኪeഃ ternational visibility. Being a member of the highest Software Foundry (OSSF), which provides an in-
˕౪༟ৃჯਹʘӺၾӻ୕ʘක೯fʈ research institution in Taiwan, IIS is obligated to
ޢdᙑ׳ழࡡᇁdпִ݁ၾΆุᄿع௴ frastructure and a common platform to foster open
Ъdˀ݈ІҢdɭҢ˓d̀މԳЪ݊Ό assuming the leadership role in the area of informa- source software (OSS) projects, and allow OSS de-
อᏐ͜І͟ழପۜʿක೯˙όdቩո༟ৃٟ tion science and engineering, and aims to establish
Νʠɓߧ٢ܵٙʈЪڦׂdɓΣࠠൖʈЪʘՙ velopers to interact among people in the community
ึٙ͑ᚃᐄdආϾᒕɝ˰ޢ༟ৃٟึ˴ݴi itself as one of the fi rst-class research institutions in and the private sector, strengthening collaborative
൳ۜሯd೯౨௰Գၝࣖʘྠඟၚग़f the world.
༟ஷτΌӺၾኪӺਖ਼ᕚʕːdਗ਼ၾ development of software and building a long-term
͉הٙӺࠠᓃ̍ўʕ˖༟ৃஈଣeІ ɽኪԫ༟τჯਹӺʘኪ٫ΥЪd˸Υ Current research areas include: Chinese language software repository to be shared and utilized by all;
and information processing, computer communica- the “Taiwan Information Security Center (TWISC)”
್ႧԊଣ༆e˖ʱؓၾ፫ᗆeཥ໘ஷৃၾၣ ɢඎආБආ༟τ߅ҦᗫჯਹʘӺၾ೯ represents an integrated effort, consolidating re-
tion and networking, computer graphics, computer
༩eཥ໘ྡኪeεదӻ୕e౽ᅆ˾ଣɛeཥ ࢝d੶ʷҢ༟ஷτΌʘҦஔঐඎdΌ͏ vision and image processing, design and analysis searchers in information security and related areas
໘ൖᙂeᅂ྅ஈଣʿྡҖᗆйeစၑجணࠇၾ ༟ஷτΌႩٝdԨܔͭପe֜eኪeٙΥЪ of algorithms, document analysis and recognition, from across Taiwan by establishing three regional
formal verification, Internet intelligent agents, centers at National Taiwan University of Science
ʱؓe̻Бʿʱό༶ၑeၣ༩ࠇၑᐑྤeၣ ၍༸iၣࣸၾ߅ኪࠇၑਖ਼ᕚʕːdഐΥ༟ and Technology, at National Chiao-Tung University
multimedia, natural language understanding, net-
༩ʫ࢙၍ଣၾXMLeၣ༩ၾழτΌe᜕͍ ৃeيଣe͛يᔼኪჯਹdԫ৷ࣖঐe̶ඎ work and software security, parallel and distributed and at the National Cheng-Kung University; fi nally
ᗇeዚኜɛኪഃiৰəԫ༟ৃ߅ኪჯਹٙਿ ༟ࣘ༶ၑၾᎷπഃᏐ͜ӺٙΝʠΥЪක೯ٙ computing, robotics, web-based computing and the “Grid and Scientific Computing Center”, will
eXtensible Markup Language technology. Research provide computing, networking and ultra-capacity
ᓾӺʘ̮d͵˸ක೯Ոۃᓼʘφ၌Ҧஔၾ ᐑྤfவԬਖ਼ᕚʕːٙ೯˴ᕚၾʈЪʫ࢙ਗ਼ storage resources for researchers at IIS, ISI, IBMS
funding of IIS is primarily from the Academia Si-
೯࢝˸Ꮠ͜މኬΣٙ௰ආӻ୕މᔖқfԒஈ ၾ͉הΝʠٙӺϞܘၡٙᗫڷf nica, the National Science Council (NSC), Ministry and Institute of Physics in the areas of bio-comput-
ኪஔࠠᕄd͉הϞபίʫ༟ৃჯਹٲࠋৎ of Education, Department of Health, and other gov- ing, high energy physics, scientifi c computing, etc.
ν૧ආɓӉᐝ༆͉הʘධݺਗdᛇڎɪ ernment agencies, and some from the private sector. To find more information about IIS please consult
ኪஔჯኬήЗdʺ͉༟ৃ߅Ҧ˥dԨᚕ our web page at http://www.iis.sinica.edu.tw or con-
ၣݟ༔͉הၣࠫhttp://www.iis.sinica.edu.twdא Researchers of IIS collaborate with local industries
ԒყɓݴኪஔӺఊЗf͉הٙӺ൬d and universities, as well as overseas institutions. tact us for a complimentary copy of the DVD title “A
ԸՌе൬॰՟͉ה0ၾ1ٙ೯˰ޢٙDVD research and development world of 0’s and 1’s”.
˴ࠅԸ๕݊ʕ̯Ӻ৫d߅ึdԃdሊ IIS publishes a bimonthly journal, the Journal of
ਖ਼፨ᔊʧf
͛d˸ʿՉ˼ִ݁א͏ගৌྠجɛഃఊЗd Information Science and Engineering (JISE). Begin-
ҽᅃৌ and by the Institute of Information and Computing
͵ટաʫ༟ৃุޢ։ৄࠇdܔͭၾʫኪ ning in July 2005, JISE is jointly published by IIS
ஔeӺఊЗʿପุޢٙΥЪᗫڷdɰᛇڎ༨ Der-Tsai Lee
民國九十五年六月 Machinery (IICM), which is the largest associa-
ٙኪஔΥЪၾʹݴf tion in computing in Taiwan. JISE has received the June 2006
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