NTUST CSIE
The Institute of Computer Science and Information Engineering was established on August 1, 1999. Because the founding faculty comes from departments such as Electronic Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Information Management, the graduate program has considerable scope and depth as well as potential for growth. The Institute offers both master and doctoral programs. The current research areas include real-time operating systems, intelligent computation and systems, fuzzy systems, multimedia information systems, broadband Internet applications, parallel and distributed processing, virtual reality, software engineering, bioinformatics, information security, VLSI designs, image, speech, and video processing, etc.

The Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering was established in August 2001, with both two-year and four-year undergraduate programs. The focus is on information systems in particular, and their practical applications. Since intelligent information systems have become part of everyday life, any products, large or small, coupled with intelligent information components, result in a multi-fold increase in added values. Therefore, the potential for intelligent information systems is extremely promising. The practical application of information system technology is another major focus of the development of the department. The potential is particular when combined with the development in telecommunication technologies. Major information technology and application areas such as intelligent agents, mobile computing, digital library, next generation Internet, and 3G mobile services (e.g., IMT2000) are all examples in which a product can be substantially enhanced to have greater flexibility, richer set of functionality, smaller size, and/or much greater added values.

The department strives to further the development of information theory and technology for applications in business and industry. The curriculum provides the training needed for the information industry, including system software, intelligent systems, fuzzy systems, computer networks, multimedia systems, computer architecture, software engineering, bioinformatics, information security, and image/speech/video processing. Particular effort has been put on interdisciplinary integration issues. To support this vision, the department sets up necessary laboratories and encourage a balanced approach to theory and practice in its curriculum. The practical applications of the computer software and hardware will be the focus of our teaching and research efforts. We will also develop the capacity to design and manage large interdisciplinary research projects, especially those in cooperation with public and private business and organizations, thereby advancing the progress of our nation's information industry.