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History

The Graduate Institute of Networking and Multimedia (GINM) is the latest graduate institute in the College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) at National Taiwan University (NTU). The Ministry of Education approved the GINM to offer master and doctoral programs starting in August 2004. GINM pursues an educational and research mission to educate the information technology professionals who will support the development of industry and research institutes in the country for the next century, and has brought together research disciplines such as multimedia, networking, and embedded systems.
 
Over the last decade, computer networking and multimedia have become an important part of our daily life. With the strong support of academic institutes and government, the Computer, Communication, Consumer Electronics, and Content (so called 4C) industry has become a strong and important business section in the country. To meet the great demand of information technology professionals, the members of the Department of CSIE and CML have increased remarkably. In order to provide better education programs and research facilities, Prof. Ja-Ling Wu started organizing the GINM Planning Committee in 2000. The committee members were well-established faculty members included Prof. Shyh-Kang Jeng, Prof. Hsu-Chun Yen, Prof. Sy-Yen Kuo, Prof. Ming-Syan Chen, Prof. Wan-Jiun Liao from the Computer Science division of the Department of Electrical Engineering, Prof. Ching-Chi Hsu, Prof. Ja-Ling Wu, Prof. Ming Ouhyoung, Prof. Wen-Chin Chen and Prof. Tei-Wei Kuo from the Department of CSIE. Prof. Ja-Ling Wu served as the committee chairman. With the strong support of the Ministry of Education and NTU, the GINM debuted in August 2004.
 
With the strong support of the Ministry of Education and NTU, the GINM was founded in August 2004. With the lead of Prof. Ja-Ling Wu, the first Director of GINM, and the full cooperation of whole faculty, the institute affairs ran smoothly and a solid foundation for different aspects has been established. Then, Prof. Yi-Ping Hung and Prof. Ai-Chun Pang were respectively elected as the Director of GINM in 2007 and 2013. We expect that GINM will have further developments in education and research, and can make a better contribution in improving the quality of life for the whole human being.