Schedule

  • 09:30-10:05
    Bitcoin and Blockchain
    Chin-Yi Cyrus Chu International Conference Hall, Humanities and Social Sciences Building (HSSB)

    Speaker: Chin-Yi Cyrus Chu

    Title: Academician/Distinguished Research Fellow

    Language: Chinese

    Description: Before and after Trump’s election, Trump declared that the United States would accumulate one million bitcoins as part of its federal reserves. Bitcoin is built on blockchain technology—but what exactly is blockchain? Why does the price of bitcoin fluctuate so dramatically? How do economists regard bitcoin? What are some of the criticisms surrounding it? And can blockchain truly achieve "decentralization"? This lecture aims to address these questions.

  • 10:05-10:40
    Empowering Assistive Listening Technologies with AI: Pioneering a New Era in Assistive Innovation
    Yu Tsao International Conference Hall, Humanities and Social Sciences Building (HSSB)

    Speaker: Yu Tsao

    Title: Research Fellow/Deputy Director

    Language: Chinese

    Description: We present our recent progress on developing an end-to-end multimodal assistive listening device with advanced AI technologies that integrates audio, visual, and contextual cues for personalized speech enhancement. The system combines wearable technology, large language models, and foundation models, with real-time optimization and clinical validation, aiming to improve communication for hearing-impaired users and advance both academic and industrial innovation.

  • 11:00-11:35
    Why Are Mushrooms Poetic in East Asian Cultures, and What Does This Teach Us
    Siao-Chen Hu International Conference Hall, Humanities and Social Sciences Building (HSSB)

    Speaker: Siao-Chen Hu

    Title: Distinguished Research Fellow

    Language: Chinese

    Description: The natural properties of mushrooms, or fungi, have been seen as possible answers to some of the world’s problems. But mushrooms are also cultural. They are celebrated for their flavor, yet can also be hallucinogenic. They carry emotional, historical, and religious associations, while also appearing as commodities. This talk explores how mushrooms are represented through the intertwined image of decay and life. It considers the ties between fungi, humans and the ecological world, and reflects on what mushroom life might teach us in an age shadowed by apocalyptic anxiety.

  • 11:35-12:10
    Nitrate Transport and Sensing: From Basic Research to sustainable agriculture
    Yi-Fang Tsay International Conference Hall, Humanities and Social Sciences Building (HSSB)

    Speaker: Yi-Fang Tsay

    Title: Academician/Distinguished Research Fellow

    Language: Chinese

    Description: The use of nitrogen fertilizers was a key factor in the success of the Green Revolution; however it also led to significant environmental issues. Nitrate is the primary nitrogen source for plants, and our research focuses on understanding nitrate transport and signaling. Several major breakthroughs have been documented in plant physiology textbooks, and we are working to apply these foundational research findings to promote sustainable agriculture.

  • 🍽 Lunch Break (self-arranged)
  • 13:30-14:00
    AI and Digital Humanities: AI Topic Modeling of Republican Women’s Magazines Institute of Modern History
    Conference Room 1, Academic Activities Center

    Language: Chinese

    Description: This project examines the social survey columns in Republican-era women’s journals by integrating OCR and AI-based topic modeling techniques, aiming to explore the potential applications of AI in historical research. OCR is used to convert historical print materials into machine-readable text, while topic modeling helps identify semantic structures and thematic patterns across large volumes of data. Beyond efficient text processing, the project also investigates how gendered perspectives and writing practices contribute to the construction of knowledge frameworks. By incorporating AI into the textual analysis workflow, this study demonstrates new possibilities for historical interpretation in the age of AI and offers an empirical example at the intersection of digital humanities and gender history.

  • 13:30-15:30
    Network Economics and E-commerce, Empirical Legal Studies, Spatial Economics Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences
    Conference Room, 1 and 2, RCHSS, Academia Sinica

    Language: Chinese

    Description: Center for Institution and Behavior Studies, RCHSS

  • 13:30-16:30
    Taiwan Precision Medicine Initiative, TPMI Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Statistical Science, Institute of European and American Studies, National Taiwan University, National Health Research Institutes, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, National Taiwan University Hospital
    B1C Auditorium, Institute of Biomedical Sciences

    Language: Chinese

    Description: The Taiwan Precision Medicine Initiative (TPMI) is one of the prominent research projects of Academia Sinica. It not only improves Taiwan's precision medicine research capabilities in academic research, but also lays the foundation for subsequent clinical applications, becoming an important part of preventive medicine. This conference will focus on the TPMI project from the perspectives of research, clinical practice, and ethics. Through a panel discussion, the conference will also expand the scope to explore Taiwan's future precision health management and how to implement precision medicine in clinical practice.

  • 13:30-16:30
    Earthquake x Earth Science x Statistics: A Cross-Field Data Forum Institute of Statistical Science, Institute of Earth Sciences
    Conference Room 1, Humanities and Social Sciences Building (HSSB)

    Language: Chinese、English

    Description: Host: Ming-Chung Chang (ISS)
    Speakers:
    13:30~14:20
    Hsin-Hua Huang (IES), Tso-Jung Yan (ISS)

    14:40~15:30
    Ya-Ju Hsu (IES), Frederick Kin Hing Phoa (ISS)

    15:50~16:30
    Vinh Long Ha (IES post-doc), Yen-Shiu Chin (ISS post-doc)

  • 13:30-17:00
    Toward New Era in Molecular and Materials Science and Technology - Sustainable Development Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Institute of Physics, Institute of Chemistry, Research Center for Applied Sciences
    International Conference Hall, Humanities and Social Sciences Building (HSSB)

    Language: Chinese、English

    Description: Session A (13:30-15:00)
    -Mu-Huai Fang (RCAS) / Supersaturation-Driven Co-Precipitation of Halide Solid-State Electrolyte for All-Solid-State Lithium Batteries
    -Hung-Ju Yen (IoC)/ Macromolecular Battery Electrodes
    -Chih-Wei Chu (RCAS)/ Design and Synthesis Advanced Materials for Next-Generation Energy Solutions
    Session B (15:30-16:30)
    - Maw-Kuen Wu (IOP): 電池儲能與綠能發展
    - Ya-Ping Hsieh (IAMS); 2D Materials Edges as a Platform for Electrocatalysis
    Forum (16:30-17:00)
    Host by Chih-Wei Chu (RCAS)

  • 14:00-16:30
    Body, Religion, and Society Institute of History and Philology, Institute of Modern History, Institute of Taiwan History, Institute of Ethnology
    Conference Room 1, Academic Activities Center

    Language: Chinese

    Description: Chair: Hsun Chang (Research Fellow, Institute of Ethnology) Speakers:
    1. Hsun Chang/Chen-yang Kao, "Cross-Border Dialogues on Religious Environmentalism in Asia"
    2. Jen-Chieh Ting/Jui-Ming Wu, "The Wonderful Tao: A Biography of Taoist Master Zhu Kuncan"
    3. Albert Wu, “A Global History of Superstition”
    4. Yu-Chuan Wu, “Ethnopsychiatric Studies in Colonial Taiwan”

  • 14:00-17:00
    Plant Resilience in the Face of Climate Change Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center
    Agricultural Technology Building A134

    Language: English

    Description: This symposium will explore groundbreaking advancements in plant biology, emphasizing the critical challenges posed by environmental stressors and their impact on global agriculture. Topics will include: Mechanisms of plant adaptation to abiotic stresses such as heat and drought. Enhancing crop resilience through environmental adaptation and expansion strategies. Innovations in improving crop immunity to pathogens for sustainable agricultural practices. Advances in understanding plant reproductive processes, including flowering and pollen development, to ensure crop productivity under changing environmental conditions. By bringing together leading experts across institutes, this event will serve as a platform for sharing cutting-edge research, fostering collaboration, and inspiring actionable strategies for global food security and sustainability.

    Speakers:
    Charng, Yee-Yung (ABRC)
    Verslues, Paul E. (IPMB)
    Hsie, Ming-Hsiun (IPMB)
    Chen, Ho-Ming (ABRC)
    Ho, Cheng-Hsun (ABRC)
    Yu, Tien-Shin (IPMB)
    Jauh, Guang-Yuh (IPMB)
    Ho, Chin-Min (IPMB)

  • 14:00-17:30
    2025 AS-NTU Young Economists Workshop Institute of Economics
    Rooms B110 and C103, Institute of Economics

    Language: English

    Description: Organizers:
    1. Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica
    2. Department of Economics, National Taiwan University

    ※ Registration website: https://www.econ.sinica.edu.tw/asntu2025/posts/7585

  • 14:00-19:30
    Eco-Evo-Devo: Looking into the interplay between form, function, genetic architecture, and interactions in an ever-changing environment Institute of Cellular and Organismic Biology, Biodiversity Research Center
    1F Auditorium, Institute of Cellular and Organismic Biology

    Language: English

    Description: The diversity of life on Earth is huge. The domains of ecology, evolution, and evolutionary developmental biology (evo-devo) seek to catalog this diversity, understand interactions among species and with the environment, uncover the driving forces for such diversification, and determine the molecular basis for the development and evolution of phenotypic variation. This symposium will highlight recent discoveries made by our faculty at Academia Sinica in these three domains. These research advances often deploy, or even develop, new technologies and methods to solve difficult problems, and thus, sharing of these approaches may inspire ambitious new ideas in ecology, evolution, and evo-devo. This symposium includes two oral presentation sections and one poster section for discussion and social networking.

    Organizers:
    John Wang (BRC), Jr-Kai Sky Yu (ICOB)

    Speaker list:
    Kuo-Fang Chung (BRC)
    Hui-Yu Wang (BRC
    Chih-Ming Hung (BRC)
    Trees-Juen Chuang (GRC)
    Chuan Ku (IPMB)
    Isheng Jason Tsai (BRC)
    Jun-Yi Leu (IMB)
    Ting-Ying Wu (IPMB)
    Yi-Jyun Luo (BRC)
    Konstantin Khalturin (ICOB)
    Yi-Hsien Su (ICOB)
    Vincent Laudet (OIST, ICOB)

  • 15:30-17:00
    AS Conference, IIAS Pararell Session:Rule of Law and Human Rights in Taiwan: Past, Present, and Future (1) Institutum Iurisprudentiae
    Conference Room 1, 9F, Humanities and Social Sciences Building (HSSB)

    Language: Chinese

    Description: 1. 吳宗謀副研究員,作田人的民主與其衰落:120年間的台灣灌溉團體法制 (1901-2020)
    2. 楊雅雯助研究員,臺灣移工制度是否違反消除強迫勞動的國家人權義務?
    3. 陳禮工助研究員,The Open System and Functions of Law

  • 15:30-17:30
    Gendered Pronouns and Linguistic Amelioration: Beyond Anglocentrism Institute of European and American Studies
    1F Conference Room, Institute of European and American Studies

    Language: Chinese

    Description: Moderator: Norman Y. Teng (Distinguished Research Fellow and Director, Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica)

    Speaker: Hsiang-Yun Chen (Associate Research Fellow, Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica)

    Discussants: Chia-Ming Chen (Associate Research Fellow, Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, Academia Sinica), Chung-chieh Shan (Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Indiana), Ellie Hua Wang (Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Philosophy, National Chengchi University), Tse-Mei Wu (Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, National Taiwan University)

  • 16:00-17:00
    Panel Study of Family Dynamics Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences
    Conference Room, 1 and 2, RCHSS, Academia Sinica

    Language: Chinese

    Description: Center for Survey Research, RCHSS