- short-term visit
- The proposal to establish within the Academia Sinica a new research center
- Welcome Dr. Jan-Ming Ho back to IIS
- Welcome Dr. Tzong-Chen Wu who joined as a Joint Appointment faculty member as a Research Fellow
- Welcome Dr. Kuan -Ta Chen who joined as an Assistant Research Fellow
- Welcome Dr. Hahn -Ming Lee who joined as a Joint Appointment faculty member as a Research Fellow
- Welcome Dr. Bo-Yin Yang who joined as an Associate Research Fellow
- Welcome Dr. Huai-Kuang Tsai who joined as an Assistant Research Fellow
- Dr. Liu Tyng-Luh won Research Award for Junior Research Investigators, 2006
- Welcome Dr. Shin-Cheng Mu who joined as an Assistant Research Fellow, effective February 1, 2006.
- Dr. W.L. Hsu won Academic Sinica Investigator Award
