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1.Goal |
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2.Backgrounds
and History To solve the labor shortage and increase productivity in Taiwan agriculture, the central government launched a ten-year project, named the “Agricultural Automation Project, in 1990. In accordance with the policy, The ROC Council of Agriculture sponsored a ten-year research and extension project. Besides that, the Ministry of Education provided a special fund for promoting training and education in automated agriculture. |
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The College of Bio-Resources and Agriculture at National Taiwan University took this opportunity to establish the Education Center for Agricultural Automation (ECAA) in 1992. ECAA was upgraded into the Education and Research center for Agricultural Automation (ERCAA) in 1997 to conduct advanced research in automated agriculture. Finally, to accommodate the rapidly developing bio-industry, the center was renamed the Education and Research Center for Bio-Industrial Automation (ERCBA) in 2005. |
3.Organization The Center brings together faculty members from the College of Bio-Resources and Agriculture and coordinates an interdisciplinary program in the study of automated bio-industry. The Center is governed by an advisory committee. The Dean of Bio-Resource and Agriculture serves as the chairman of the committee, and each department elects one member (the elected member should be a full-time faculty of the College). Currently, there are 13 committee members. The Director of the Center is appointed by the Dean of the College from among the members of the committee. The section chief of Teaching and Research is also appointed and responsible for the internal management of research and teaching related affairs. |
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4.Current Members The chairman of the
committee, Bao-Ji Chen
Section Chief of Research, Chien-Yu Chen Section Chief of Teaching, Chen-Kang Huang Technician, Yu-Chun Wang |
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