A new phase of the partnership with Sweden in advanced technologies is to expand into 10 major strategic areas, including quantum technology, neuroscience and ocean exploration technologies, National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Deputy Minister Chen Bing-yu (陳炳宇) said on Thursday.
Chen made the remarks at a seminar on collaboration between the NSTC and the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) in Yilan County, which continued through yesterday.
The National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, entrusted by the council to host the seminar, said the NSTC and the SSF since 2020 have been working on a flagship bilateral collaboration project spanning various fields, including semiconductor production, quantum technology development, 6G network development, artificial intelligence, sustainable and renewable energy, and advanced materials science.
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The seminars also included sessions where doctoral students and young academics could mingle and discuss their findings, as well as themed discussions on industry-academic collaboration to have Taiwan assume a more significant role in international science and research networks, the university said.
Topics of study from 2024 to last year included using gallium nitride in high electron mobility transistors, the development of anode-free solid-state lithium batteries (AFSSBs), 2D quantum optoelectronic devices, vacuum-channel transistor technology, beyond 5G antenna technologies and complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor nanopore sensing technologies, the university said.
The research on AFSBBs involved collaboration between the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology’s Sustainable Electrochemical Energy Development Center and a team at Sweden’s Uppsala University, resulting in 20 high-quality papers on in-situ spectral imaging and theoretical calculations, it said.
Chen said that the NSTC had signed a memorandum of understanding with the SSF in July 2024, which provides for continued collaboration between the two groups through 2031.
The new phase of collaboration from this year to 2031 would not only continue to focus on semiconductor production and artificial intelligence development, but would also begin branching out into aerospace, quantum, drones and robots, neuroscience, and maritime observation and exploration technologies, he said.
Swedish Representative to Taiwan Helena Reitberger said that Sweden has collaborated with Taiwan across many fields and the NSTC-SSF collaboration has been widely lauded.
To further bilateral collaboration, the Swedish Trade and Invest Council, Taipei Office is in talks with the Ministry of Education to jointly establish scholarships to foster talent on both sides, Reitberger said.
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