TAINAN, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

10 delegates from Israel and 20 delegates from Taiwan convened in National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), southern Taiwan, to attend a two-day workshop and share research findings on artificial intelligence and ocean science.

The workshop, Taiwan-Israel Artificial intelligence and learning algorithms &Effect of human activities on marine environment, held at Zenda Suites, Tainan, Nov. 6 was under the auspices of the Israel Ministry of Science and Technology (MST) and Taiwan National Science Council (NSC).

Yon-hua Tzeng, NCKU Dean of the College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science welcomed all the delegates from Israel and around Taiwan to NCKU on behalf of NCKU President Hwung-hweng Hwung.

NCKU has a close tie with scientists in Israel including our common friend, Professor Aaron Ciechanova, who is an honorary doctor of NCKU and has visited with us many times, according to dean Tzeng.

He also said that Taiwan and Israel have many features in common. Both people pay much attention to education, disciplines and profession ethics and are living in countries of small land with poor natural resources except the lifeline ocean.

Dr. Larry Manevitz from Department of Computer Science, University of Haifa, Israel, agreed to Tzengs observation and added that global warming, ocean acidification and human activities on marine environment and ecosystem are very important to both countries.

Without rich natural resources, knowledge based economy is, therefore, essential to both countries, according to Dr. Sheng-tzong Cheng of Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, adding that artificial intelligence such as machine learning techniques and intelligence algorithms is among the core economic ingredients for both countries.

Both ocean science and artificial intelligence are among the strengths of NCKU, Dr. Cheng added.

This is a follow-up interaction after the 2011 Workshop held in the University of Haifa, Israel, according to Prof. Gwo-ching Gong of National Taiwan Ocean University, adding that continuous supports from Israel MST and Taiwan NSC are instrumental in the collaborated success.

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