On August 26, 2024, the National Applied Research Laboratories (NARLabs), under the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), holds a handover ceremony for the director-general of the Science and Technology Policy Research and Information Center (STPI). Professor Huang Shi-Yu from the Department of Electrical Engineering at National Tsing-Hua University (NTHU) takes over as the new director-general.  President Tsai Hung-Yin of the NARLabs expresses gratitude to the outgoing director-general Lin Bou-Wen, for his dedicated efforts over the past four years, and encourages Director-General Huang to continue leading STPI in fulfilling its role as a national think tank for science and technology policy research, supporting the policy planning of the NSTC and other government agencies.  The NARLabs will also leverage Director-General Huang's extensive experience in forward-looking technology research, ensuring that STPI not only serves as a key advisory institute with strong academic capabilities and empirical research expertise but also plays a comprehensive role in assisting the government in advancing national science and technology development within Taiwan's technological ecosystem.

(Above) NSTC Deputy Minister Lin Faa-Jeng delivers opening remarks

Director-General Huang Shi-Yu holds a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from National Taiwan University and earned his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of California Santa Barbara in 1997. He worked at National Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. in Silicon Valley and at Worldwide Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. (WSMC, which later merged with TSMC) in Hsinchu Science Park for two years.  In 1999, he began teaching at the Department of Electrical Engineering at NTHU, where he continues to serve until now. Director-General Huang has held various positions, including Deputy Chair of the Department of Electrical Engineering at NTHU, Director of the NTHU IC Design Technology Center, Director of the Innovative Incubation Center at NTHU, Board Chairperson of the Taiwan IC Design Society, Chief Innovation Officer at the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) Southern Region Campus, and Vice President of the Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology.  In 2007, he also co-founded TinnoTek Inc., a company specializing in IC design software.

(Above) Under the officiation of NARLabs President Tsai Hung-Yin (center), Director-General Huang Shi-Yu (left) receives the seal of STPI from Deputy Director-General Li Shih-Chieh (right)

Director-General Huang’s research interests broadly cover VLSI design, automation, and testing, with prior experiences on formal verification, power estimation, fault diagnosis, and resilient nanometer SRAM Design, with the ultimate goal of creating high-quality, highly reliable, and long-lasting "forever-young chips." He has published over 180 academic papers (including 52 IEEE journal publications) and has received six best paper awards both domestically and internationally. Director-General Huang has actively served in the IEEE community as Program/General Chairs/Co-Chairs in several IEEE technical conferences and Editor for 2 IEEE journals.

(Above) STPI Director-General Huang Shi-Yu (left) receives the certificate of appointment from NARLabs President Tsai Hung-Yin (right)

Upon assuming his new role, Director-General Huang states that he will focus on integrating information services with academic and research talent networks to strengthen Taiwan's science and technology policy supporting system. He also plans to actively incorporate intelligent tools to broaden the scope of research topics, providing the NSTC with more professional science and technology information analysis capabilities. This will further STPI's mission as a key think tank for the government, academia, research and industry sectors, ultimately enhancing Taiwan's innovation system, improving the efficiency of sci-tech policy and industrial innovation, and boosting international competitiveness.