NEWSLETTER July 2013 No. 3 Vol. 7 National ｜ Tsing Hua ｜ University TY I RS E ONAL I IV NAT TSING HUA N CONTENTS U 1 NTHU Continues Improving in QS Ranking 2 Go Masters Gathered in Yi Yuan 3 The Grand Opening of Macronix Learning Resource Center 4 Dr. Po-Yu Chen Published a Review Article in Science 5 Exploring the Future: TEDxNTHU 6 Three Distinguished Alumni Honored During the Anniversary Celebration 7 NTHU Joins YouTube EDU 8 NSC STEP Consortium and NTHU-TSMC Center for Manufacturing Excellence 9 NTHU Celebrated Poet Chou-Yu Cheng's 80th Birthday with Music and Poetry 10 The First Taiwanese Chemist Featured in the Author Profile 11 Innovative and Creative Ideas to Improve the Quality of University Service NTHU CONTINUES IMPROVING IN QS RANKING uacquarelli Symonds seven research papers authored by from the collective efforts of all recently announced its Taiwanese scholars and appeared faculty members and students. ranking of various fields in Science and Nature last year "We have improved our curricula, Qof study among top universities are the works of NTHU faculty and research capability as well as the worldwide. In this most recent graduate students. Moreover, since administrative services. We will ranking, NTHU has 11 fields of the beginning of 2013, NTHU has continue doing our very best to make study ranked in the top 200. Among four more additional research papers NTHU a comprehensive institution the 11 fields, chemical engineering published or accepted by Science . of higher learning where students and mechanical engineering have This means that NTHU has published will not only be well trained as moved up to the spot of 49th. In 8 research papers in the world's professionals but also as roundly addition, electronic and electrical most prestigious academic journals educated persons," said President engineering, statistics, operational within a short period of 18 months. Chen. research, materials science and NTHU's academic excellence is linguistic are ranked between the 51th also clearly demonstrated by the and 100th, while physics, astronomy, lion's share of academic awards mathematics, computer science, won by her faculty members over information systems and chemistry the same period of time. Take the are ranked between 101st to 150th. prestigious Outstanding Research President Lih J. Chen proudly Award administered by the National stated that NTHU is in the Science Council as an example; process of writing a new page ten of our colleagues had won this of the developmental history Award recently, which means that of the university. NTHU faculty 1.59% of NTHU faculty has won and students have performed such prestigious award, the highest outstandingly over the last few years. award winning faculty ratio among all They have published their researches universities in Taiwan. among the first rate international President Chen believes that academic journals. Four of the such remarkable record comes 1 ｜National Tsing Hua University ｜2013 Vol. 7 No.3 GO MASTERS GATHERED IN YI YUAN The LNT game will be a historical monument for the Go community. THU Go Garden, Yi Yuan, NTHU as the Dean of the College of On the day of the opening, is officially opened on Science in 1973, and taught in the distinguished guests attended June 1st. It is located in Department of Physics, and then was include Go Masters Rin Kaiho, tNhe southern area of the campus, elected as the President of NTHU. Hunhyun Cho, Weiping Nie and near the ecological park. Yi Yuan In 2006, out of his devotion to Tsing Master Qingyuan Wu's eldest not only displays public art pieces Hua, Dr. Shen personally wrote in daughter, Ms. Jia-Cheng Wu. At the of Go & Art, but also a plaque with his will to donate his asset for the end of the ceremony, Master Rin the inscription of Yi Yuan written construction of Yi Yuan with the Kaiho, Hunhyun Cho and Weiping Nie by Dr. Yong Jin, a famous writer "earthy construction", i.e. using the played a memorial three way match and an NTHU Honorary Doctorate. least amount of cement possible and of Go in the Yi Ting (Go Pavilion), Additionally, the garden also displays without damaging a single tree within which was the first time in the history the monuments of Go Masters' the environment. of Go. President Chen took the biography, calligraphy and records President Chen expressed that first letter of each master's name in of their most significant matches. there are over 180 words in Chinese pinyin and named the match as "The These monuments were all authored language that pronounce "yi" and Match LNT" to commemorate this by the masters, they are: Qingyuan some of them have similar meaning, special event. The Go manual played Wu, Minoru Kitani, Rin Kaiho, Zu De which bears the meaning of grand, will be engraved on a stone tablet for Chen, Hunhyun Cho and Weiping fine and playing Go. He furthered the purpose of permanent memorial. Nie. The pathway to Yi Yuan was also stated that Yi Yuan will become Mr. Chou Chun-hsun, the Red decorated with the stone engraving Taiwan's, perhaps the world's, Face Go King, was invited to give of ten tactics that teaches knacks for most unique Go Garden and resort. commentary on the match. He winning matches. President Chen invited everyone pointed out that this three way match The construction of Yi Yuan was to visit the garden and encouraged is extremely interesting, because the will of former president, Dr. everyone to make Yi Yuan a place for conventional Go match tactics are Chun-Shan Shen, who put a great the enjoyment of learning, playing developed singularly by a player effort in soliciting donations and and appreciating the art of Go while in a match. However, this three sponsorships. President Lih J. Chen achieving spiritual fulfillment and way Match LNT requires the three stated that President Shen joined relaxation. masters to alternate between black 2013 Vol. 7 No.3 ｜National Tsing Hua University｜ 2 a and white chesses each turn, which campus, and he hopes that the Go results in a unique situation that community can use this resource to relies heavily on improvisation. bring an even greater development of Master Rin Kaiho praised the Go. President Shen as a very talented player and contributed greatly to the community of Go. He expressed that Yi Yuan has excellent ambience and he wishes every visitor will appreciate its beauty and hope Yi Yuan becomes a renowned historical site. Master Weiping Nien, the long term acquaintance of President Chun Shan Shen, expressed that b c they both love Go and the game of bridge, and they shared a friendship that goes beyond age barrier. He furthered indicated that NTHU and Beijing Tsing Hua are both first rate universities and have nurtured countless outstanding students, and he gave his blessing on the d e prosperity of both intuitions. Master Hunhyun Cho mentioned that a Distinguish quests attending the opening ceremony of Yi Yuan. many Go masters were invited to b Master Hunhyun Cho, Master Rin Kaiho, and Master Weiping Nien playing a three way memorial match. attend the opening ceremony of Yi c Master Rin Kaih (center) with President Chen and Senior Vice President Ming-Chuen Yip in front of his Yuan, he felt honored to be able to own bibliography display. participate. Master Cho expressed d (from left to right) Master Hunhyun Cho, Master Rin Kaiho, President Lih J. Chen, and Master Weiping that he is very pleased that NTHU Nien at Yi Yuan. e Successful closing of Learning From the Masters. has opened a Go garden on the 3 ｜National Tsing Hua University ｜2013 Vol. 7 No.3 a THE GRAND OPENING OF MACRONIX LEARNING RESOURCE CENTER fter 12 years of planning, reality. Macronix International and Chairman construction and furnishing, President Lih J. Chen stated at the Wu for providing NTHU with such an the state of art Macronix grand opening that the Center is excellent learning environment. ALearning Resource Center was truly a multi-functional facility which Quoting Marcus Tullius Cicero, officially opened on the 11th of last includes the University Library, President Chen said "if you have April. Dr. Wu Minn, Chairman of International Conference Hall, distant a garden and a library, you have Macronix International Co., Ltd., learning classrooms as well as the everything you need." "Well," and the Chairman of Champion offices of university administration. President Chen continued, "NTHU is Consulting Group, Mr. Ding-Hua President Chen also reported that the well-known for her beautiful, garden- Hu, together with former presidents first event held at the International like campus and now we have a grand of NTHU, Dr. Chung-Laung Liu and Conference Hall was the gala in the library where we can have access to Dr. Wen-Tsuen Chen, were honored evening of the 10th to celebrate the all kinds of resource and information on this special and joyful occasion 80th birthday of Prof. Chou-Yu Cheng. in a user-friendly environment. We for their generous donation and All participants who attended the hope that all of us will make the best concerted efforts that made this gala were impressed with the state use of this wonderful facility and learn beautiful multi-functional facility a of art facility and are very grateful to as much as we can." a President Chen awarding VIP certificate to Mr. Wu Miin. b VIP guests firmly believe that the learning resource center will benefit b the city of Hsinchu as a community. 2013 Vol. 7 No.3 ｜National Tsing Hua University｜ 4 Dr. Wu Miin, Chairman of Macronix International.