Shyu Jyuo-min () is a

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engineer and politician. He was the Minister of

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from 23 January 2015 until 20 May 2016.

Education

Shyu obtained his bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering from National Taiwan University in 1977 and 1979, respectively. He then obtained his doctoral degree in electrical engineering from

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in the

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in 1988.

Early career

In 1981–1984, Shyu worked as a researcher at

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In 2000–2001, he became the director-general of the SoC Technology Center of Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) and as director-general of Electronics Research and Service Organization of ITRI in 2000–2004. In 2003–2007, he became the executive vice president of ITRI. In 2007–2010, he was the dean of the College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences of National Tsing Hua University and in 2009-2010 as the vice chancellor of

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.http://www.phys.sinica.edu.tw/~tywufund/download/camp/2010/cv/cv_camp2010_JyuoMinShyu.pdf

Minister of Science and Technology

Ministry appointment

On 23 January 2015, the

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appointed Shyu to be the Minister of Science and Technology, replacing former Minister

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References

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