Here are some reference materials for students.

Congratulations! You've become a university student, and you've probably given it your all. This stage marks a new beginning for you. On campus, you'll need to adapt quickly to the new learning style and environment to succeed. Of course, you'll find that your weekly schedule must include many activities besides classes. Some students make full use of these, such as joining clubs, preparing for certifications and competitions, engaging in sports, and making new friends. Time is your most loyal friend; every decision you make will affect your future. Soon, you'll no longer be a freshman, and many courses will have helped you improve your professional knowledge and skills. Next, you'll plan and practice your capstone project. This is an important stage for confirming your interests and goals. In any case, I want you to know that "Artificial Intelligence" has become a key element in learning and problem-solving. If you become familiar with it early, your future will be broader. On the other hand, if you are a graduate student, you will need strong willpower to face potential challenges. We often rely heavily on the IEEE database to identify problems we want to solve. In your daily work, you'll be responsible for maintaining continuous growth and progress toward your goals. Your advisor is simply a mentor. Additionally, we encourage students to focus their research topics on real societal needs so that their learning outcomes align with industry expectations. Most importantly, every life is unique; you don't have to follow the same path as others. You need to find your own meaning in life. I also believe this will help you discover your true self and prepare for your future.

Famous Quotes:

• Some people die at 25 and aren't buried until 75. — Benjamin Franklin

• Go big or go home.

• If your dream doesn’t scare you, go back to sleep and dream bigger. — Suhf（林聖夫：夢不夠大，起來重睡。）[music]

• All is not gold that glitters, but gold will glitter forever. —Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

• Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire. — William Butler Yeats

• Genius only means hard-working all one’s life. — Mendeleyev

• If I looked compared to others far, is because I stand on giant’s shoulder. — Newton

• Imagination is more important than knowledge. — Albert Einstein

• The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. — Steve Jobs

• Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value. — Albert Einstein

• Until we can manage time, we can manage nothing else. — Peter F. Drucker

• You have to believe in yourself. That’s the secret of success. — Charles Chaplin

• Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish. — Steve Jobs

This initiative is designed to maximize your extracurricular potential through structured self-improvement. Capitalizing on this opportunity requires a genuine commitment to personal growth, alongside a willingness to dedicate significant passion and time to independent study. Prospective candidates are strongly encouraged to review our laboratory website to familiarize themselves with the Principal Investigator’s (PI) research trajectory and the lab's core objectives; more importantly, this serves to evaluate alignment with our foundational values. Upon admission, we will collaboratively design a tailored curriculum aligned with your long-term career aspirations. Given the highly competitive environment, developing psychological resilience is essential for success. Engaging in regular physical activity is a highly effective strategy for stress management; to this end, I actively welcome research partners to join me in running, basketball, and fitness training. Ultimately, this program offers a rigorous environment to acquire advanced knowledge and cultivate specialized skills. We are specifically seeking highly motivated individuals dedicated to achieving excellence. Best of luck with your application.

Upon successful completion of the foundational Petri Dish Program, students demonstrate a robust technical baseline and high research autonomy. To cultivate this potential, the Principal Investigator (PI) provides advanced, high-impact challenges designed as catalyst platforms for professional growth. These opportunities span five core pillars: competitive tournaments, collaborative research projects, international exhibitions, scholarly publications, and industry internships. Among these, competing in high-level tournaments serves as a cornerstone of our goal-oriented pedagogy, compelling students to master team dynamics, refine specialized skills, and deliver deliverables under rigorous time constraints. The lab’s core research portfolio is heavily backed by government grants and corporate sponsorships, focusing primarily on smart manufacturing, industrial automation, and advanced robotics. Furthermore, international exhibitions represent a distinctive hallmark of this laboratory, offering students invaluable exposure to global audiences and strengthening their professional communication skills. The lab also boasts a distinguished track record of excellence; since 2022, the PI has successfully nominated seven students who subsequently received the prestigious Academia Sinica Scholarship. Complementing these academic achievements, the lab maintains strong pipelines for industry internships, featuring placements at market-leading firms such as Delta Electronics. Ultimately, this comprehensive training ecosystem significantly elevates students' global competitiveness and career trajectories.

We often collaborate with partners (Academia Sinica, NTUST, YCM) on challenging research topics. We all believe that "research" should not just copy and paste, but should spend many days and nights, enthusiasm, and resources to water it into a moving flower. However, the main elements of the research work include measurement, analysis, control, artificial intelligence, and system integration. 

Most of the research topics we focus on are related to industry. We hope students can have good vision and ability and shine in the workplace.

• Academia Sinica: Our cooperative relationship is based on issues of common concern related to data science and AI. Over the past few years, several promising students have received scholarships. Usually, you have to pay for enthusiastic research work for several months and prove your contribution before you have the opportunity to challenge the award.

• NTUST: IMIC and ours have the same goal and work together to demonstrate the power of smart manufacturing. The IMIC field has rich resources waiting for you to practice and make yourself stronger.

• Manufacturing industry: Solve practical problems with smart automation systems as the core, such as material management, visual inspection, smart control, etc. You'll be able to hone the skills required by industry on campus, making you better than you were yesterday.

• Drones: It changes the game rules and brings us more imagination and possibilities. We also have some students who have developed promising technologies. Of course, we need more drone enthusiasts to join us.

The Principal Investigator (PI) is looking for individuals who are passionate about learning and eager to step out of their comfort zone. If you are an undergraduate or graduate student, we invite you to join us. sclin[at]fcu.edu.tw

Here are some eye-opening channels:

• News

• Academic literature

• Hands-on

• Youtube Channel

• Competition

Describe: This is problem-based learning, and you will need to train your systemic thinking skills and solve problems using powerful tools (MATLAB/Python). Since this is usually an open source, you must search and study the academic literature to learn from other sources.

Describe: This is also problem-based learning or limited free play. You must also develop systems thinking, creative thinking, implementation, and analysis skills. Specifically, this will require more comprehensive capabilities to support it.

Describe: Usually, when you complete the above tests, you will have the opportunity to experience the best paper award competition in the academic field.