MA-tek Industry-Academia Cooperation Initial Exchange Meeting Successfully Held
The kickoff meeting for the 113th Industry-Academia Cooperation Program was successfully held on the morning of September 26 (Thursday) at MA-tek's SOC headquarters. This year's Industry-Academia Cooperation Program has entered its fourth year, and since 2021, MA-tek has invested NT$20 million annually to promote this program, supporting 20 innovative research projects focused on high-tech product development, manufacturing, packaging, and systems, while providing advanced analytical testing technologies to assist academia in overcoming R&D bottlenecks and accelerating industrial upgrading.
The event began with a presentation by the Director of the R&D Center, Chen Hong-ren, who provided a detailed introduction to the selection criteria and execution methods of this year's cooperation program. The main purpose of the initial exchange meeting was to promote interaction among the selected cooperating professors and to familiarize them with the technical team responsible for managing their testing projects. After the meeting, a laboratory tour was arranged to allow the professors to quickly understand MA-tek's advanced equipment and technology, ensuring that the research projects can be smoothly and efficiently advanced.
The acceptance rate for this year's industry-academia cooperation research proposals is about 40%. The top three universities in terms of application numbers are National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, National Tsing Hua University, and National Cheng Kung University, with the accepted research projects mainly focusing on two categories: "emerging technologies" and "component technology." Director Chen emphasized during the meeting that industry-academia collaboration is one of MA-tek's important strategies for the next 10 years, with the direction of technological development covering six major industry areas: artificial intelligence, silicon photonics, electric vehicles, secure chips, low Earth orbit satellites, and nanobiomedicine. MA-tek provides financial support through industry-academia collaboration to accelerate the research progress of innovative projects in academia, helping more outstanding teams achieve breakthrough results. MA-tek will continue to work hand in hand with academia to create a bright future of mutual prosperity in industry and academia!
