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TANet
The Taiwan Academic Network (TANet) was founded in 1980 by Ministry of Education (Taiwan) and Taiwanese universities in order to assist with teaching and research activities for educational and research institutions. In 2006, TANet provided services to almost 4 million people. As of 2014, all colleges and universities are connected to the network, as well as another 4,000 primary and secondary schools. History In mid 1980, The Ministry of Education introduce BITNET university teaching and research network system, providing research network with international e-mail and files transfer services. In late 1980, Ministry of Education Science and Technology Advisory Office (Renamed tAdvisory Officein 1990)Director Chang Jin-fu provision is made and commissioned by the Science and Technology Advisory Wen-Tsuen Chen to subsidy mainly the National Universities to build a universities network. July 1990, Ministry of Educatiocomputer centerinvite those universities to set up a "Taiwan Acad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wen-Tsuen Chen
Chen Wen-tsuen (; born 27 May 1948) is an ethnic Taiwanese computer scientist, a distinguished research fellow at the Academia Sinica and a lifelong national chair of the Ministry of Education, Taiwan. From 2006 to 2010, he was the president of the National Tsing Hua University, a premier research university in Taiwan. Early life Chen received his B.Sc. degree (1970) in nuclear engineering at the National Tsing Hua University, and his M.Sc. degree (1973) and Ph.D. degree (1976) in electrical engineering and computer sciences at the University of California, Berkeley. He has been with the National Tsing Hua University since 1976 when there were no computer, communication, and IC industries in Taiwan. He has since witnessed and contributed to its development from an agrarian economy to a world center for ICT technologies and products. Career Chen started his academic career as a faculty member of the computer science program of the Institute of Applied Mathematics of National Tsing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |