Institute for Information Industry

The Institute for Information Industry (III;, abbreviated ) was established in 1979 as a non-governmental organization (NGO) to support the communication sector in Taiwan under the supervision of the Ministry of Economic Affairs. It has international partnerships with InBIA,[1] IEEE[2] and Cisco Networking Academy.[3]

Organization

III is supervised by a Board of Directors and led by the President/CEO. The organization is composed of 3 functional groups: R&D Institutes, Service Units and Operational Supports.[4]

Core Competences

Research and Development

  • Network and Multimedia
  • ITeS
  • Digital Education
  • Green ICT

Industry Services

  • Industry Think Tank
  • Science and Technology Law
  • Industry Incubation

Intellectual Property

  • Technology Transfer
  • Patents

Locations

Headquarters

III’s headquarters occupies the 8th to 11th floors of the Science and Technology Building.

Branch Offices

  • 5F, 7F, 8F, 14F, No. 133, Sec. 4 Minsheng East Road, Taipei City 105, Taiwan, R.O.C.
  • 8F, No.151, Sec. 3, Xinyi Road, Taipei City 106, Taiwan, R.O.C.
  • 19F, 22F, No. 216, Sec. 2, Dunhua South Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan, R.O.C.
  • 3F-3, No. 2, Fuxing 4th Road, Kaohsiung City, 80661 Taiwan, R.O.C. (Kaohsiung Software Technology Park)
  • No.2, Wenxian Rd., Nantou City, Nantou County 540, Taiwan (R.O.C.)

Leadership

  • Chairman
  • 2009–2012: Chintay Shih
  • 2012–2016: Jin-Fu Chang
  • 2016.5-2016.8: Ta-Sheng Lo (Acting chairman)
  • 2016.8-2017.9: Yau-Hwang Kuo
  • 2017.10-present: Dr. Chih-Kung Lee
  • President
  • 2010–2012: Chih-Kung Lee
  • 2012–2016: Ruey-Beei Wu
  • 2016.5-2016.8: Jonq-Min Liu (Acting president)
  • 2016.8-2017.10: Jonq-Min Liu
  • 2017.11-2018.10: Hsiao-Pin Yu (Yuster)
  • 2018.10-2019.1: Po Jen Hsiao (Acting president)
  • 2019.1-present: CH Cho

References

  1. Global Ambassadors^
  2. Institute for Information Industry Reaches MoU with IEEE Computer Society and Becomes Global Partner | IEEE Computer Society^
  3. Digital Education Institute, Institute for Information Industry 17 April 2018^
  4. The Institute for Information Industry website^