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2023 Asia Virtual Academy Conference Unites 8 Universities from 6 Countries to Address “Climate Resilience and Sustainable Societies”
【Translator：Siou-Yao Han】【Promotion of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) series】On June 6, 2023, the National University of Kaohsiung(NUK) held the '2023 Asia Virtual Academy Conference', focusing on “Climate Resilience and Sustainable Societies.” The event was conducted in-person and online simultaneously, expanding its reach to more audiences. During the conference, memorandums of understanding (MOUs) were signed with the Institute of Aeronautical Engineering from India and the University of the Ryukyus from Japan, fostering academic exchanges and establishing partnerships between the universities.Yueh-Tuan Chen, President of the NUK, along with Haranadh Prasad, Dean of the College of Engineering at the Institute of Aeronautical Engineering in India, and Ikue Kina, Vice President of the University of the Ryukyus in Japan, signed an MOU. This agreement aims to facilitate academic and cultural exchanges, share educational resources, and establish cross-border learning opportunities for students.As the host, Yueh-Tuan Chen welcomed the visiting scholars from partner institutions, noting that while the Covid-19 pandemic had once confined international borders, the NUK broke through the restrictions and launched the “Asia Virtual Academy.” These invitations to partner universities across various countries facilitated the sharing of knowledge, cultures, and achievements. For instance, the NUK has linked industry and society, aligning with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to fulfill its University Social Responsibility (USR) commitments.The NUK's Office of International Affairs organized this conference, with the host and Director of International Affairs, Wu Xinghao, highlighting the attraction of numerous partners through the establishment of the Asia Virtual Academy in 2021. The Asia Virtual Academy fulfill goals like "international exchange," "expanding students' global perspectives," and "respecting and understanding diverse cultures." Amid easing pandemic conditions, this year's conference integrates in-person and online elements. Partner universities' faculty and students can engage via platforms such as YouTube and Facebook, embodying borderless education and instant communication. Impressively, nearly 200 individuals attended the online session simultaneously.One of the speakers, Professor Qi-ren Chen from the Department of Architecture of the NUK, shared the actions and measures of the low-carbon community and culturally sustainable development jointly created by NUK and Kaohsiung City; the other speakers included Ikue Kina, the vice president of the University of the Ryukyus, Prof. Mary Joy B. Sande from Bicol University in the Philippines, Prof. Manisha Jagtap from Rajarambapu Institute of Technology in India, Prof. Helma Malini from Universitas Tanjungpura in Indonesia, Prof. Hoang Ha Anh from Nong Lam University in Vietnam conducted discussions on low-carbon communities, green buildings, green finance, and sustainable agriculture.#SDG4 #SDG11 #SDG13 #SDG17
KLEC of Seoul National University visited the Language Center of NUK to explore possible collaborations.
【Translator：Siou-Yao Han】【Promotion of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) series】2023-05-31 On May 26th, the Korean Language Education Center (KLEC) of Seoul National University visited the Language Center of the National University of Kaohsiung. They were greeted by Jyh-wen, Chern, the director of the Language Center, to discuss future cooperation between the two universities.On the morning of the 26th, representatives from the Korean Language Education Center (KLEC) of Seoul National University visited the Language Center of NUK. During the meeting, both sides discussed the operating conditions of the two universities and explored possible opportunities for interflow studying resources. The goal is to offer students a broader selection of language courses and more chances to enhance their language skills. During the meeting, both sides discussed that with the cooperative partnership with Seoul National University, the Language Center of NUK will provide online Chinese courses or a short-term study group on Chinese and its culture for students of Seoul National University during summer or winter breaks. The cooperation will strengthen the partnership between the two universities while promoting further interaction.Seoul National University's Korean Language Education Center (KLEC) has been teaching Korean to international students and foreigners in Korea since its establishment in 1969. With a team of professional teachers who develop courses, KLEC has gained a reputation for its excellent teaching experience and proficiency.At NUK, our Language Center has been offering language proficiency tests and courses in English and other languages to students, faculty members, and the public since its inception in August 2002. The integration of the Chinese Language Center in January 2013 has further enhanced our ability to provide Chinese language courses that enable participation and integration with the global community.The Language Center and Korean Language Education Center have both been committed to language training for a significant period. During our meeting, we gained a better understanding of each other's operating conditions, which presented an opportunity to establish a strong partnership between our universities. Regarding language education courses for students, we can now work together to plan more comprehensive and appropriate language courses for students, ultimately building a prosperous future in language education.#SDG4 #SDG17
NUK and the University of East Asia officially concluded a sister school to broaden students’ horizons
【Promotion of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) series】【Translator：Yu-Yan Hsieh】 National University of Kaohsiung and the University of East Asia signed a memorandum of academic exchange cooperation and a student exchange contract on May 17th, and officially concluded a sister school.The president of NUK, Yueh-Tuan Chen and UZAWA Kazuhiro, Acting President of University of East Asia, signed the agreement on behalf of both parties, witnessed by Hsing-Hao Wu, the Dean of International Affairs and Fan-Chih He, Head of the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures.Yueh-Tuan Chen said that it is a great honor to be a partner school with University of East Asia. The two schools have a high degree of matching in architectural design and foreign language departments. They will continue to encourage NUK students to apply for exchanges, cross-cultural learning and expand their international horizons to enhance international adaptation.Hsing-Hao Wu pointed out that there are sports-related departments in NUK and East Asia University, especially the baseball team has outstanding achievements. Therefore, in addition to academic exchanges, the two schools are also happy to see and look forward to co-organizing sports competitions and opportunities to meet friends through football.#SDG4 #SDG17
Cheng-Hung Wang, Associate Professor of Department of Crafts and Creative Design led students to integrate learning with rural VR
【Promotion of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) series】【Translator：Yu-Yan Hsieh】 The diversified development of education is not only limited by factors such as geographical environment, but also affected by factors such as new immigrants, urbanization, and declining birth rate, making the problem of rural education more complicated than before. "Artistic Fishing Village" is developed with the theme of SDGs 14 "Life Below Water" and SDGs4 "Quality Education". In the undergraduate courses, students are allowed to integrate image creation, picture book production and design thinking. Through creative thinking on ocean issues, complete the implementation of picture books on sustainable development.Freshmen and Sophomores were led by the Cheng-Hung Wang, Associate Professor of Department of Crafts and Creative Design of NUK. They brought the picture book textbooks completed by college students to two rural primary and secondary schools (Kaohsiung Municipal Ke-Liao Junior Highschool and Ke-Liao Elementary School) for art workshops, allowing the children to draw the ocean home in their hearts.The content planning of the workshop is as follows: 1. Introduction to picture books, 2. VR marine ecological experience, 3. Drawing the creation of marine homes, 4. Understanding marine ecology through virtual reality, 5. Playing together with the display of transfer printing results.The university team entered Kaohsiung Municipal Ke-Liao Junior Highschool on April 26th and Ke-Liao Elementary School on May 2nd to interact with the students, and combined the knowledge of UN SDGs issues, marine ecology and understanding Keziliao with VR and artistic creation to the teaching site.They will also enter Ke-Liao Elementary School for the second time, and invite students from Kaohsiung Municipal Ke-Liao Junior Highschool, who were selected as 5G new technology learning demonstration schools, to NUK at the end of May. There are about 100 students from the two schools. They will co-create and integrate VR technology into learning experience with college students.The goal of this activity course is to enhance the cultivation of college students' ability to practice and practice in rural areas. Based on service design learning, students can enter the teaching content of rural field practice. By playing the Heat-printing series of activities together, they will craft practice is a skill course that combines aesthetic education and practical experience.By playing the heat-printing series of activities together, students will practice heat-printing as a skill course before learning skills such as operation and teaching plan design in the classroom and after training, they will plan out teaching plans suitable for guiding elementary and middle school children.Lead rural school children to conduct heat-printing experience courses and get in touch with new technology education to increase art experience, so that school children in rural areas can not only learn by hand, but also further develop works with local characteristics. At the same time, it implements the demands of the local Practical Community Service Design Learning and SDGs-4, and spreads the achievements of integrating new technology into learning.#SDG4 #SDG10 #SDG14
The Associate Professor, Kuei-Ju Tsai, held an activity to stimulate intergenerational dialogue
【Promotion of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) series】【Translator: Yu-Yan Hsieh】 How to use 20 pieces of paper and one tape to stimulate intergenerational dialogue? Kuei-Ju Tsai, the associate professor of General Education Center of National University of Kaohsiung invited students of NUK and also the members of University for Seniors to join a competition called “青銀見面繪”, which was led by the founder of “Rock Grandparents”, Tsung-Hsien Lin, on April 18th.Every group was consisted of all ages of people, and they needed to use 20 pieces of paper and one tape to build “The Tower of Happiness.” The tallest tower without collapsing wins. Building the “The Tower of Happiness” requires understanding the value difference, encourages mature people to think about and plan their third life, and let young people learn the skills of communicating and getting along with middle-aged and elderly people as early as possible.Kuei-Ju Tsai indicated that Taiwan will enter a "super-aged society" by 2025, when one in five people will be over 65 years old. Plus, the government implemented the "Middle-aged and Elderly Employment Promotion Act" in 2019 to encourage these two groups to participate in the labor force, and re-employment of the elderly will become a trend in the workplace. Therefore, in the future, young students must not only cooperate horizontally with their peers, but also cultivate the soft power of learning and co-creating with different generations across ages.Kuei-Ju Tsai also said that NUK fulfilled University Social Responsibilities, implemented SDGs. The main participants in this activity are the "SDGs Student Ambassadors" of NUK and the students of University for Seniors. For older adults, intergenerational communication can increase social engagement and promote mental health. For students, co-learning can enhance the awareness of issues concerning the elderly and enhance humanistic care.The founder of “RockYeNai”, Tsung-Hsien Lin, designed several activities, and “The Tower of Happiness” was one of the games. Aside from asking members to break their echo chamber, every group needed to use 20 pieces of paper and one tape to build a tower in 10 minutes. The tallest tower without collapsing wins.Differences of opinion also reflected the differences in values between generations, such as prudence and conservatism. Tsung-Hsien Lin uses this to let students experience and observe for themselves. The activation of older manpower is the current trend. In the future, people who are good at working with elder people will be really promising.Tsung-Hsien Lin has long been concerned about the mental health of the elderly. He upholds the belief of "Activating manpower" to give full play to his expertise in theater art and psychology, and founded the social enterprise "Rock Grandparents." His nickname is Teacher Chocolate, using abundant picture books to train the elderly how to tell a story at elementary schools or kindergartens, and also make some money. Although the number of the money is not quite big, it’s the best inspiration and motivation. By telling stories to make money, grandparents earn not only money, but also a sense of social participation and a sense of accomplishment.Tsung-Hsien Lin puts forward many views that subvert traditional concepts, such as breaking the myth of raising children to prevent being old, asking the elderly to treat themselves well, and not obsessed with leaving money to their children; take good care of your teeth, because chewing can promote the secretion of endorphins and make people happy. His sharp and vivid analysis of the life of the elderly in the new era not only made the students smile knowingly, but also encouraged them to rethink the third life, get out of the comfort zone, and continue to learn and explore.#SDG4
The NUK English Camp encourages students to present in English through walking tour
【Translator：Yu-Yan Hsieh】【Promotion of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) series】 In order to encourage students to speak English and use it in real life, Center for English Teaching and Learning Resources and International Affairs of National University of Kaohsiung held an English Learning Camp together. Aside from training presentation skills, they also visited the old tribes in Yancheng District to observe the difference between the past and the present, and presented their observation in English.The English Camp started on December 16th. The Dean of International Affairs as known as the Director of Center for English Teaching and Learning Resources, Hsing-Hao Wu, hosted the opening ceremony and indicated that even if Covid-19 strongly affected international bonds, NUK still struggled to break the restriction of the pandemic. Such as using online video to hold online forums to keep in touch.Hsing-Hao Wu said that with the loosening of pandemic control, NUK encourages students to apply for the exchange. If students can develop fluent English skills, it will be helpful for interpersonal interaction or academic study. Therefore, this camp is specially organized to create an interactive platform for foreign students and local students.The camp course lasts for 2 days. The foreign teacher, Jonathan Salmon Muller, taught students presentation skills, and the camp invited Cheng-Hui Liu from General Education Center to guide students to the old tribes of Yancheng District. In the meantime, ETA and SDGs Ambassadors served as counselors.Students presented the gain of touring the old tribes (Dayong Market) of Yancheng District and The Pier-2 Art Center in English, and their satisfaction with the course reached 90%. We all expect to hold more activities and get to know more about the characteristic culture of counties and cities through walking tour.#SDG4
The Dean of International Affairs of NUK led a delegation to visit Medan, Indonesia to deepen international ties
【Translator ： Yu-Yan Hsieh】【Promotion of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) series】 In order to promote international exchange and enrollment, Hsing-Hao Wu, the Dean of International Affairs of National University of Kaohsiung led faculty of International Affairs to Medan during December 7th to 11th, visiting Universitas Sumatera Utara, SMA Methodist-2, Maitreyawira School and Perguruan Buddhis Bodhicitta Medan. We are committed to expanding and deepening the network connection of sister schools in Southeast Asia, and striving to recruit international students and promote international Chinese language education.NUK visited the University of North Sumatra on December 9th. Dr. Rudy Sofyan, S.S., M.Hum., the international director of the school, Dr. Arif Nuryawan S.Hut., M.Si., the director of the Global Partnership Department, and the deputy director of the School of Engineering Dean Ir. Nismah Panjaitan, S.T., M.T., the head of the Department of Architecture and professors all met together, and under the witness of the teachers of the two schools, the signing ceremony of the memorandum of academic exchange and cooperation between the two schools was held. The content of MOU covers education, research, community service, student and teacher exchange.The two sides also held talks on the specific direction of future cooperation, and reached a consensus on mutually beneficial cooperation on topics such as summer schools, mobile courses of the Department of Architecture, and joint seminars. It is expected to consolidate and deepen the relationship between Taiwan and India, and jointly open a new page for bilateral cooperation.On December 10, a multimedia teaching workshop for Chinese teachers in Medan was held at Perguruan Buddhis Bodhicitta Medan, attracting about 40 Chinese teachers from all over Indonesia to sign up. This workshop is arranged by Sheng-Ya Huang from Language Center of NUK. Several Chinese teaching software feature introductions and operation explanations were provided on site, and through activities to solve the problems that teachers often encounter in the classroom, the course received enthusiastic interaction and response.Hsing-Hao Wu, the dean of International Affairs of NUK indicated that the workshop is the pre-course of The New Southbound Policy. It is hoped that through a series of Chinese teacher training courses and activities, the quality of Indonesian Chinese teachers and the quality of Chinese teaching will be improved. Through high-quality teaching methods, Indonesian teachers and students will have a higher recognition of Taiwan's educational environment, and the visibility and significance of Taiwan's higher education will be enhanced.#SDG4 #SDG17
2022 VDWC in Japan: Students of XR Micro-learning Program won the runner-up
【Promotion of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) series】The convener of XR micro-learning program, and also as the chief of Architecture Department of NUK, Associate Professor Yi-Chao Chen guides students of micro-learning program to take part in VDWC every year. Surrounded by more than 50 groups of strong opponents from all over the world this year, only 9 groups were qualified for the shortlist, and the XR micro-learning students subsidized by The Sprout Project of NUK accounted for 3 groups. NUK won a group of runners-up in the final on November 17.VDWC was hosted by “Forum 8”, a great software company of Building Information Modeling. VDWC invited students from departments of architecture, civil engineering, and urban planning from various countries. After it chooses the problems that different cities encounter, participants must use their software building information modeling, virtual reality and other technologies to conduct analysis and simulation of facility functions, sustainable design and disaster prevention planning. This perfectly fits the spirit of SDGs 11–promoting inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable cities and human settlements.“A city where humans and smart mobility coexist–Western Sydney Airport Terminal Neighborhood” is the theme of 2022 VDWC. The 24-hour Western Sydney Airport is expected to become Australia's largest passenger airport in the future. The country's government has launched the country's largest urban development project–Airtropolis in the surrounding open area.A large number of airport passengers, related employees, and hotel residents around the airport move within the region, forming an intricate and highly mobile city. The futuristic city designed with intelligent transportation, its advanced nature, uniqueness, and lifestyle changes brought about by the COVID-19 epidemic are the focus of this evaluation.“LAPUTA” was designed by Kuan-Yu Chu, Ching-Ya Tseng, Ting-Wen Yang, Tzu-Yi Yang and Wei-Hua Cheng from Architecture Department of NUK. The work designed a new type of transportation–Chubby in response to the traffic problems at Western Sydney Airport.Chubby is an indoor small-scale low-speed automatic driving system, and it can be combined into a large outdoor transport vehicle as the number of passengers increases. LAPUTA integrates passenger identification, real-time traffic dynamics and Metaverse technology to create a sustainable smart, safe, and smooth mobile city where humans and smart mobility coexist.“Accel World” was designed by Yu-Min Yang, Yu-Hsiang Huang, Wen-Te Huang and Cheng-Yu Lin from Architecture Department of NUK. Aside from the Transit Station to integrate all routes to the airport, they also developed a drone to scan the health condition of passengers and to give them road guidance and city information. With tubular corridors, pedestrians and vehicles can shuttle through the airport to quickly disperse crowds. The exterior of the building adopts cyberpunk design, which is quite eye-catching.Yu-Chia Su, Yi-Hsuan Li, Shih-Hung Li, Wei-Kai Huang and Min-En Tsai from Architecture Department of NUK thought on the theme of ocean currents, creating a 24-hour circulation ocean current system on the road, with the ocean of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia as the design concept, and build Western Sydney Airport into a vortex-shaped orbit, aerial track and suspension unit vehicle. This makes it easier for passengers to reach small site, and it also preserves the surrounding forest ecology. When a disaster strikes, it will be transformed into an ecological corridor for the escape of creatures, which is original and in line with the concept of ecological sustainability.The “XR Micro-learning Program” of XR SCHOOL and “Somatosensory Technology and Digital Innovation Program” of Architecture Department are directed by Associate Professor Yi-Chao Chen. Courses include 3D animation production, 3D modeling Unreal game design, Unity game design, XR script design and video implementation and other XR professional courses.Through basic theory and practice, students are encouraged to participate in project development and various competitions to broaden their international horizons. The XR micro-learning program is eligible for completion after completing 10 credits. Related courses and details:● Introduction and Setting of XR Micro-learning Program:https://ifschool.nuk.edu.tw/downloadfile.php?fid=52● Introduction and Setting of Somatosensory Technology and Digital Innovation Program:https://ifschool.nuk.edu.tw/downloadfile.php?fid=51#SDG4 #SDG11
NUK was given a GPU from Taiwan AI Academy and ready to face the third wave of artificial intelligence
【Promotion of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) series】 National University of Kaohsiung's achievements in linking industry and society are recognized again. The president of NUK, Yueh-Tuan Chen, was invited to Taiwan AI Academy’s Annual Conference, and was given a GPU (graphics acceleration processing) server.She indicated that in the face of the third wave of AI sweeping the world, Taiwan cannot stay out of it. To give full play to the value of the university, the two parties will deepen industry-university cooperation, promote the diffusion of AI technology, and promote the application of information security, semiconductors, and traditional industries.The ceremony is a series of activities of "Taiwan AI Academy’s Annual Conference," hosted by the President of Academia Sinica and also the chairman of Taiwan AI Academy, James C. Liao. NUK is one of the five endowed universities in Taiwan.Yueh-Tuan Chen, the President of NUK said that the school actively develops AI and takes the lead in southern universities. For example, the Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering established in 2004 features artificial intelligence systems as its main development feature. In 2017, the AI Center was launched, integrating Computer Science and Information Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Information Management, Applied Mathematics, Statistics and other departments.The AI Center has been studying knowledge engineering, neural networks, computer vision, intelligent robots, machine learning, big data analysis and other AI fields for a long time, cultivating cross-disciplinary talents and local traditional industries to assist in technological upgrading.Yueh-Tuan Chen emphasized that NUK has actively cooperated with national policies, given full play to the value of the university, linked industry and society, and shared prosperity with the local community. The efforts students and teachers have made are recognized, including "Cheers" magazine's "2022 Enterprises' Favorite College Students Survey", Kaohsiung University won the championship among public medium-sized universities.In addition, the 10-year follow-up survey published by 104 Job Bank pointed out that the "cautious" trait is the most important in the "software R&D" and "engineering R&D" jobs. NUK ranks among the top 5 universities in Taiwan, and it is the only emerging university that keeps pace with top universities.NUK and Taiwan AI Academy have already cooperated with each other. For example, they continue to assist the local industry to use AI technology for industrial upgrading and digital transformation, and are also committed to information security and digital development industrial applications.Another example is the development of AI virtual and real sound separation technology by teachers and students of the Faculty of Computer Science and Information Engineering of NUK, which was invited to display at the CCoE; other AI system achievements have won multiple awards in the National College Information Application Service Innovation Competition.Taiwan AI Academy, founded in 2018, was hosted by the Taiwan Artificial Intelligence Academy Foundation and supported by Institute of Information Science and Research Center for Information Technology Innovation, Academia Sinica.Private injections include Formosa Plastics Corporation, CHIMEI Corporation, Inventec, ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION, MediaTek, AU Optronics, Shin-Kong Life Real Estate Service. The goal is to introduce artificial intelligence technology into various fields and applications, and enhance industrial competitiveness, government efficiency, scientific breakthroughs, etc.#SDG4
