Universities whose names appeared during a presentation on Sunday by Nvidia Corp chief executive Jensen Huang (黃仁勳) yesterday expressed their support for Nvidia’s vision.
In a speech at the National Taiwan University (NTU) Sports Center on Sunday night, in which Huang described artificial intelligence (AI) as the driving force behind a new industrial revolution, the names of 17 local universities appeared on a slide in the background, along with others.
The schools included nine national universities — NTU, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST), National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU), National Tsing Hua University (NTHU), National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, National Central University, National Cheng Kung University, National Sun Yat-sen University and National Taipei University of Technology — and eight private universities — Chung Yuan Christian University, Fu Jen Catholic University, I-Shou University, Shih Chien University, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Tamkang University, Tunghai University and Yuan Ze University.
Photo: screen grab from Nvidia’s YouTube channel
NTU executive vice president Ting Shih-tung (丁詩同) said that Nvidia has been collaborating with his university for more than a decade.
More than a year ago, it donated NT$50 million (US$1.54 million) to promote an AI research center project along with other collaborative projects, and provided NTU with software to use in the classroom, Ting said.
NTNU executive vice president Frank Ying (印永翔) said that his university started collaborating with Nvidia and Gigabyte Technology Co early last year.
The university built Taiwan’s first metaverse motion capture lab and the Nvidia Studio X Gigabyte Co-working Space, with the Graduate Institute of AI Interdisciplinary Applied Technology established in October last year to nurture talent for the AI application industry, Ying said.
NTNU has collaborated with Nvidia on the metaverse and virtual reality, and founded the College of Interdisciplinary Industry Academia Innovation last year, expecting to build a long-term relationship with Nvidia and the broader industry, he added.
NTUST vice president J.C. Liu (劉志成) said that although his school does not directly cooperate with Nvidia, it endeavors to promote AI education.
Meanwhile, NTHU signed contracts in November last year with Nvidia and established a joint innovation center to promote AI education and research.
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