Taiwan to build AI innovation ecosystem, says MOST #DIGITIMES

Taiwan to build AI innovation ecosystem, says MOST Bryan Chuang, Taipei; Adam Hwang, DIGITIMES [Monday 21 August 2017] Taiwan's Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) will undertake five strategic tasks to establish an AI (artificial intelligence) innovation ecosystem in a bid to boost development of AI-related industries and application, according to MOST minister Chen Liang-gee. The first strategic task is, with a 4-year budget of NT$5 billion (US$165 million), to set up high-performance computing capability for common use by enterprises and academic and research organizations to develop deep learning and Big Data analysis technologie...