National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) successfully hosted the 2026 Global Consortium for Innovation and Engineering in Medicine (GCIEM) Global Summit. This international academic exchange highlighted that the cross-disciplinary integration of medicine and engineering has entered a stage of systematic development. Dr. Albert C. Yang, Chairman of the Department of Medicine and Director of the Center for Digital Medicine and Smart Healthcare at NYCU, pointed out that Taiwan is progressively stepping outside traditional medical education frameworks to cultivate interdisciplinary talent bridging engineering and healthcare. The summit served as a crucial opportunity to showcase the results of these long-term investments to a global audience

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The rapid proliferation of generative AI, coupled with increasingly sophisticated fraud and disinformation tactics, has made technology-driven risk mitigation and information verification a global priority. Organized by DIGITIMES and co-organized by Taiwan's National Development Council (NDC), the hackathon brought together developers to address these challenges through an "AI against AI" approach.Powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS), the event also featured BitoPro, a cryptocurrency exchange under BitoGroup, and Gogolook, a TrustTech company, as challenge providers. Participants leveraged advanced AI tools to tackle critical societal issues, including fraud prevention for the elderly and virtual currency transaction security, translating innovative concepts into practical and scalable solutions.Fraud Prevention Elevated to National Security Priority: Government Strengthens Cross-Agency CollaborationDuring the awards ceremony, Tsai Yen-ming, Deputy Commissioner of the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) under Taiwan's National Police Agency (NPA), emphasized that fraud has evolved from isolated criminal incidents into a complex and systemic threat-undermining social trust, disrupting financial order, and even posing risks to national security.To address these challenges, the CIB has established a Technology Crime Prevention Center to strengthen technology-driven investigative capabilities and talent development, alongside a Fraud Prevention Center that integrates cross-ministerial resources coordinated by the Executive Yuan to enhance overall anti-fraud capacity. Tsai noted that the competition's focus on fraud prevention and virtual currency transaction security has already demonstrated strong potential for real-world implementation. He expressed optimism about deepening collaboration with private-sector teams to accelerate the adoption of AI-driven anti-fraud technologies within the public sector.Empowering the Next Generation of Tech TalentThe hackathon attracted a diverse group of young developers from universities across Taiwan. During the event, Colley Huang, Chairman of DIGITIMES and IC Radio, encouraged participants to identify their roles and create value amid a rapidly evolving technological landscape. He noted that today's generation faces both challenges and opportunities shaped by the convergence of AI, semiconductors, and geopolitics. Early engagement with emerging technologies and the cultivation of differentiated capabilities, he said, will be essential for building long-term competitiveness.AWS Provides Cloud Infrastructure and AI Tools to Enhance Solution FeasibilityTo enhance the feasibility of the proposed solutions, AWS provided a comprehensive cloud development environment and technical support. Prior to the competition, participants attended workshops to familiarize themselves with AWS's advanced cloud services and AI capabilities. Teams also utilized Kiro, a purpose-built IDE with advanced AI agents, enabling them to rapidly build robust minimum viable products (MVPs) within the 27-hour development period.Robert Wang, Managing Director of AWS Taiwan, stated that the hackathon successfully brought together government, enterprises, and developers specifically focused on fraud prevention - a highly critical social issue - demonstrating the power of cross-sector collaboration in leveraging technology to solve complex challenges. He noted that fraud tactics continue to evolve by exploiting both technological advancements and human vulnerabilities, making it essential to deploy "equivalent countermeasures" powered by AI and data analytics. Wang further highlighted that Taiwan's extensive experience in fraud prevention holds significant export potential, and that the competition's outcomes not only address domestic challenges but also underscore the global commercial viability of Taiwan-developed anti-fraud solutions.Gogolook: Building a Cross-Sector Anti-Fraud EcosystemIn the "Fraud Identification and Prevention" category, with Gogolook serving as the challenge provider, many teams extensively leveraged Amazon Bedrock, a fully managed AWS service that provides access to high-performing foundation models. By integrating multiple foundation models, participants elevated fraud prevention from simple alert notifications to sophisticated, logic-driven explanations that help users understand why content is fraudulent. Team (1) demonstrated the practical application of AI in enhancing real-time fraud detection and decision-making, ultimately securing the top award.Reiny Song, Co-founder and CTO of Gogolook, remarked that fraud has evolved into a systemic issue spanning digital ecosystems, financial systems, and societal trust. While AI has amplified emerging risks, it also represents a critical tool in combating fraud. He emphasized that effective fraud prevention requires more than a single product; it depends on building a cross-sector ecosystem that integrates technology, real-world scenarios, and talent to drive scalable implementation. The competition showcased not only innovative concepts but also practical and viable technical solutions, advancing fraud prevention from theory to execution.BitoGroup: Strengthening Security in the Virtual Currency EcosystemIn the "Virtual Currency Transaction Security" category, Team "Bibi Lab" secured the top award. Titan Cheng, Founder and CEO of BitoGroup, the challenge provider for this category, noted that fraud and cybersecurity threats will become increasingly complex in the AI era, particularly as virtual currency-related crimes continue to evolve. Addressing these challenges, he said, will require sustained and high-intensity efforts rather than short-term initiatives.Cheng emphasized the importance of strengthening data governance and risk detection capabilities through the exchange of technical frameworks and practical experience, enabling both enterprises and society to collectively elevate their defense capabilities. He added that the competition not only served as a platform to showcase and validate technological innovations but also helped drive the broader adoption and advancement of anti-fraud solutions across the industry.Advancing Taiwan's AI and Bilingual Talent DevelopmentThe hackathon aligns with Taiwan's national agenda to promote AI industrialization and enhance digital societal security, while strengthening international collaboration and talent cultivation. The event received support from the National Development Council's subsidy program for promoting bilingual talent development and fostering an English-friendly environment.By convening nearly 100 AI professionals from across Taiwan, the competition translated the government's "fraud awareness for all" initiative into scalable and practical technological solutions, enhancing public awareness and resilience against emerging fraud tactics.The "Agent for Truth: Disinformation Defense Hackathon" served not only as a technological competition but also as a public-wide collaborative effort to build a digital defense network through public-private partnership and cross-generational co-creation. By bringing together cross-disciplinary AI talent to develop innovative solutions that genuinely protect citizens and strengthen societal resilience, the event demonstrated the potential for deeper cross-sector collaboration to build a more robust trustworthy information ecosystem and create a safer, more digitally resilient information environment for Taiwan.Government and industry leaders gather at the hackathon awards ceremony. Credit: DIGITIMES

Amidst the reality of global oil prices continuously skyrocketing due to war, the global market is facing the formidable challenges posed by the turbulence impacting the global economy in 2026. Major Taiwanese electronics manufacturers and supply chains are pivoting to review comprehensive AI strategies. They are adopting a particularly aggressive stance in their strategic deployment of cloud server systems and AI infrastructure, aiming to achieve an operational breakthrough where the market outlook remains far from optimistic.ASUS unveils its complete Professional Services for Sovereign AI. Since the first project in 2018, which resulted in Taiwan's first AI supercomputer, Taiwania 2, ASUS has been actively developing sovereign AI infrastructure and providing customized AI solutions to clients. Delivering trusted AI with total flexibility, from rack-scale AI Factories, desktop AI supercomputing, Edge AI to Enterprise AI solutions deployment, the company is redefining Sovereign AI Solutions with reinforces the company's position as a global leader in AI-driven digital transformation.On April 1, 2026, ASUS joins the DIGITIMES online seminar titled "Leading the Way in Sovereign AI: A Look at Next-Generation AI Computing and Storage Architecture from Supercomputing Performance". This event starts with the construction and practical application of next-generation supercomputers at the National Center for High-Performance Computing (NCHC) of the National Applied Research Laboratories. This collaborative project shows ASUS Powering NCHC to building Taiwan's AI Supercomputer and the next generation of High Performance Computing (HPC) systems.As AI and high HPC workloads push compute density and power consumption beyond the capabilities of traditional air cooling, the flagship ASUS offerings are the ASUS AI POD systems redefining the new architecture of rack-scale powerhouse, storage architecture, and liquid cooling designed for massive AI workloads. This momentum will continue to maximize computing power density through the NVIDIA HGXTM and Blackwell platforms and provide insights into solving heat dissipation bottlenecks with advanced liquid cooling technology to meet the performance and energy efficiency requirements of high-computing environments.Practical experience in building a leading infrastructure in Taiwan High Performance ComputingThe first session features a keynote lecture by Nobel Hsia, ASUS Deputy Manager of Product Planning, titled "Leading the Sovereign AI Wave: From the National Center for High-performance Computing (NCHC) projects to ASUS's Forward-Looking Infrastructure and Storage Solutions." ASUS's Sovereign AI targets the business opportunities that countries are currently striving to play the vital role of innovation in securing data sovereignty and security with in-house data processing and computing capabilities, and promotes the transformation of scientific research in the industry. ASUS has partnered with NVIDIA to build a massive AI supercomputer system with an "ALL IN on AI" strategy. Through the maximum computing power density provided by the NVIDIA HGXTM and Blackwell platforms, ASUS has deployed complete portfolio ranging from rack-scale AI factories to edge and enterprise deployment. With its proven track record of successfully supplying AI infrastructure at the B300 and GB300 levels in the market, ASUS has become a trusted partner, providing complete end-to-end solutions.It is worth mentioning that ASUS has ten years of experience collaborating with the National Center for High-performance Computing on supercomputer projects. ASUS's sovereign AI expertise is proven by several successful national-level AI project deployments, including flagship supercomputing initiatives such as Taiwania 2 and Forerunner 1, cementing its leadership in high-performance computing and AI systems. Through ASUS Professional Services, the collaboration covers all aspects from design, deployment to operation.The latest Nano4 (Crystal 26) NVIDIA HGXTM H200 cluster AI server system was to build a next-generation AI supercomputer capable of handling complex large language models (LLMs), deep learning, and advanced HPC workloads. In this new project ASUS has built Taiwan's first AI supercomputer project based on NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 system architecture with direct-cooling technology. The engineering team has played an important role in the delivery of the servers, the planning of large-scale computing architecture, deployment and optimization, which has become the foundation for ASUS to expand its overseas AI deployment and demonstrate ASUS's ability to build computing power from national to international levels.Opening Agentic AI Frontier: ASUS Supports NVIDIA Vera Rubin Platform and InfrastructureIn response to the advent of the new-generation NVIDIA Vera Rubin platform and its accompanying infrastructure architecture, ASUS has developed the next-generation ASUS AI POD highlighting a proficiency in liquid-cooled AI solution. Spanning the new design from rack-scale AI factories, data center servers to desktop workstations and edge AI devices, this solution delivers end-to-end AI computing power and infrastructure, specifically targeting trillion-parameter models and million-token contexts, maximizing efficiency across power, memory, and compute.Hsia began by introducing the ASUS flagship XA VR721-E3 architecture. This system supports the NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 platforms; it is purpose-built for large-scale AI model inference and training to deliver massive AI performance for large-scale AI factories. while also accommodating the specific workloads required for agentic AI. Designed as a 100% liquid-cooled, rack-scale system, it features a Thermal Design Power (TDP) reaching up to 227 kW, which is a capability that fully satisfies the demand for the immense performance required to compute AI models with trillions of parameters.Furthermore, addressing rigorous enterprise-grade data-center demands, ASUS has simultaneously launched the XA NR series. These product series support the NVIDIA HGXTM Rubin NVL8 architecture, featuring eight Rubin GPUs interconnected via the sixth-generation NVLink, which each GPU could deliver a maximum bandwidth of 800 GB/s. To facilitate a seamless and cost-effective transition to liquid cooling, ASUS offers two distinct solutions: the XA NR1I-E12L, an innovative hybrid-cooled option; and the XA NR1I-E12LR, a 100% liquid-cooled system.To support these powerful systems and democratize AI development, ASUS also has established a robust data ecosystem by partnering with NVIDIA-Certified storage providers. The storage solutions offers the technologies such as JBOD, DPDK, and Object Storage, thereby delivering scalable, resilient solutions for memory-intensive AI applications to support robust capabilities for the integrated storage and operational management.On the software front, ASUS provides a suite of one-stop platforms. Leveraging the ASUS Infrastructure Deployment Center (AIDC), ASUS automated the setup process including ACC (ASUS Control Center) and BMC, accelerating time-to-market for critical research resources. To address the full spectrum of requirements for system construction, deployment, and operations, ASUS provides expert consultation, a broad portfolio of tailor-made AI solution while simultaneously catering to the comprehensive lifecycle management needs of the entire data center.WEKA data storage platform is redefining AI storage economicsTo meet the elastic data storage requirements of AI workloads across diverse usage scenarios, ASUS's AI POD system incorporates a comprehensive storage solution featuring a high-speed, All-Flash NVMe SSD storage architecture. ASUS has collaborated with its ecosystem partners to develop a next-generation unified storage system with high-reliability storage servers and professional validation of network. WEKA, the AI storage company, is one of partners providing high-performance, software-defined storage for GPU-accelerated AI and HPC environments, combining low latency with unified data management.In the second presentation of the session is delivered by Ray Wu, Senior Consultant for the Asia-Pacific region at WEKA. His speech titled the theme "Ultimate Data Empowerment: How WEKA Helps NCHC Build an AI-Accelerated Computing Storage Architecture". To address NCHC's requirements for extreme performance and energy efficiency, Wu highlighted the unified data management solutions to provide rapid scalability, which emphasizing flexibility and intelligent adaptive capabilities, and effectively addressing the demands of a wide array of usage scenarios.Addressing the requirements of diverse application environments such as Kubernetes and Slurm in NCHC Nano4, WEKA serves as the high-performance storage foundation through its efficient storage platform. Based on the NVIDIA AI Data Platform reference architecture, the solution employs an end-to-end system to accelerate data processing performance for HPC applications. This assists the NCHC in optimizing the deployment of high-efficiency AI computing, dramatically reducing the time required for AI application deployment and development from months to mere minutes.This ASUS WEKA storage solutions demonstrates the NCHC's technical excellence in leveraging its ecosystem and integrated services to rapidly deliver the low-latency, scalable and high throughput required capabilities and swiftly support the next generation of agent-based AI applications. WEKA solutions empower enterprises to transition from experimentation to full-scale operations, rendering AI applications economically viable and maximizing performance across a wide spectrum of fields, ranging from next-generation AI agent systems to AI-enabled healthcare applications.In this event, ASUS showcases fully liquid-cooled AI infrastructure with the critical thermal management required for the next-generation NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 system platform. By efficiently dissipating heat from high-performance CPUs, GPUs, and accelerator-dense racks, ASUS significantly reduces energy consumption while supporting unprecedented rack density to enable enterprises and cloud service providers to build high-performance, energy-efficient large-scale AI clusters with unmatched efficiency and dramatically reduced PUE and TCO.【White paper download】Empowering Scalable AI Reasoning with ASUS AI POD featuring【Webinar on-demand】Bridging NCHC Success to NVIDIA Vera Rubin Architecture 

Cypress Technology has been dedicated to the research, development, and manufacturing of professional audiovisual solutions for 36 years, with all R&D and production facilities based in Taiwan. In recent years, the company has actively engaged with various application environments, gaining deep insights through close collaboration with users and on-site evaluations. This approach has enabled the continuous development of integrated solutions that meet the specific needs of diverse scenarios.With the rapid evolution of audiovisual technologies, the HyLinX AV over IP solution which leverages standard network packet transmission has emerged as a key trend in Pro AV industry due to its flexible deployment, centralized management, and high scalability. Cypress Technology has successfully implemented this technology in multiple judicial institutions both in Taiwan and abroad, helping transform courtrooms into efficient and intelligent digital environments.During court proceedings, the ability to present evidence and critical information to judges and juries in a real-time, clear, and transparent manner is essential to ensuring a smooth trial. As a result, comprehensive AV equipment configuration is crucial. Modern courtrooms are typically equipped with high-resolution displays and document cameras to present various types of evidence and documents in real time. Through the professional AV integration solutions of Cypress Technology to enable rapid switching and synchronized display of multiple signal sources, ensuring clear information delivery and intuitive operation.In addition, Cypress Technology's judicial AV integration solution can transmit video and audio signals from identification rooms on different floors to the courtroom in real time. This supports remote interrogation applications, allowing witnesses or involved parties to complete appearance procedures without being physically present. Through high-quality video transmission and synchronized recording functions, the entire trial process can be fully preserved, enhancing the convenience and reliability of judicial operations.Furthermore, the system displays evidence and important information simultaneously on high-resolution equipment, allowing judges and juries to grasp key content in real time. By integrating remote video participation with evidence retention, the solution not only ensures information integrity but also enhances trial efficiency and overall workflow.Beyond judicial applications, Cypress Technology's professional AV solutions are widely utilized in high-performance corporate meeting rooms, command and control centers, smart manufacturing situation rooms, medical imaging transmission, as well as education and public display environments. Moving forward, Cypress Technology will continue to invest in the research and development of high-efficiency audiovisual technologies while integrating sustainability into its product design and manufacturing processes. Cypress Technology remains committed to providing stable and reliable solutions that enable smarter and more efficient audiovisual workflows across diverse applications.Evidence Presentation in Digital Courtroom. Credit: Cypress Technology