Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/05/08
By: Lin Yu-li and Frances Huang/
Huang Hsin-ya (黃心雅, left), director general of MOST’s Department of International Cooperation and Science Education / Photo courtesy of MOST
Berlin, May 8 (CNA) Taiwan and the Czech Republic on Tuesday held their sixth conference to discuss technology exchanges in areas such as artificial intelligence and self-driving vehicles, Taiwan’s Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) said.

The conference was hosted by the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TACR) in Prague and attended by Czech representatives and a Taiwan delegation led by Huang Hsin-ya (黃心雅), director general of MOST’s Department of International Cooperation and Science Education.

During the Czech-Taiwan Technology Days conference, MOST and TACR agreed to launch a joint call for technology development programs, starting from the end of June, while the Taiwan delegation signed an agreement with the Czech Academy of Science on mutual visits, the ministry said.

In addition, the MOST-funded Intelligence Manufacturing Systems Research Center also signed a cooperation agreement with the Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics to kick off cooperation in the areas of AI and smart machinery development.    [FULL  STORY]