Industrial Technology Research Institute

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Industrial Technology Research Institute
工業技術硏究院

Company type	Not-for-profit research institute
Industry	Research and development
Founded	5 July 1973
Headquarters	Zhudong, Hsinchu County, Taiwan
Key people	Lee Chih-kung (Chairperson) Edwin Liu (President)
Number of employees	6000+
Website	www.itri.org

The Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI; Chinese: 工業技術硏究院; pinyin: Gōngyè Jìshù Yánjiù Yuàn) is a technology research and development institution in Taiwan.^[1] It was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Hsinchu City, Taiwan, with branch offices in the U.S., Europe,^[2] and Japan.

Since 1973, ITRI has been a significant driver of Taiwan's economy, especially its tech industry,^[3] having contributed to moving Taiwan's industries from labor-intensive to innovation-driven. Its open lab and incubator have fostered emerging industries and startups including UMC and TSMC.

In 2020, ITRI launched the 2030 Technology Strategy & Roadmap, which focuses on the development of technology to meet industrial and societal needs by working with domestic and international partners in academia, industry, and the government.^[4]

History

In 1982, the new Materials Research Laboratories (MRL) was established under ITRI and Otto C.C. Lin was appointed Founding Director.

In 2002, ITRI partnered with Apex Medical and started the development of respiratory therapy product series. This was one of Apex Medical's first major collaborations.

In 2019, ITRI banned all smartphones and computers made by China's Huawei from their internal network for security reasons.^[5]^[6] China's Taiwan Affairs Office reacted negatively to the decision with their spokesperson saying that the decision “jeopardizes the mainland and Taiwan’s regular economic cooperation for political purposes".^[7]

Innovations and applications

Self-driving cars

As of 2019, self-driving cars designed by ITRI had accumulated more than 2,000 km of testing in the Changhua Coastal Industrial Park.^[8]

StarFab

StarFab is a tech accelerator founded by ITRI focusing on innovation in the fields of smart manufacturing, smart medical care, smart finance and smart agriculture.^[9] It is headquartered in Taipei with an office in the Tainan Science Park.^[10]

R&D Focus

Smart Living involves efforts to integrate technologies in information and communication technologies (ICT), cloud services, big data, etc., to develop smart services, logistics, and next-generation handheld devices.
Quality Health focuses on the development of innovative therapeutic biologics, composite medical materials and instruments along with healthcare assistance technologies.
Sustainable Environment centers on green energy, smart transportation, biomass, advanced green manufacturing, and disaster relief technologies.
Intelligentization Enabling Technology includes AI, semiconductor, communications, cybersecurity, and cloud technologies to support technology breakthrough, and ensure data privacy and information safety.

Executives

Chairperson
Name	Tenure
Chih-Kung Lee	2017.10.05 to present
Tsung-Tsong Wu	2016.07.22 to 2017.10.04
Ching-Yen Tsay	2010.02.22 to 2016.07.21
Jin-Fu Chang	2008.10.01 to 2010.02.21
Chin-Tay Shih	2008.06.16 to 2008.09.30
Hsin-I Lin	2004.10.01 to 2008.06.15
Cheng-I Weng	2001.03.05 to 2004.09.30
Hsin-I Lin	2000.08.22 to 2001.03.04
Zhen Sun	1995.01.20 to 2000.08.21
Ta-Hai Lee	1994.03.02 to 1995.11.14
Morris Chang	1988.12.09 to 1994.03.01
Shien-Siu Shu	1978.07.01 to 1988.12.08
Chao-Chen Wang	1973.07.01 to 1978.06.30
President
Name	Tenure
Edwin Liu	2018.04.16 to present
Pei-Zen Chang (Interim)	2018.02.15 to 2018.04.15
Jonq-Min Liu	2015.01.26 to 2018.02.14
Jyuo-Min Shyu	2010.04.16 to 2015.01.25
Johnsee Lee	2003.08.28 to 2010.04.15
Chin-Tay Shih	1994.04.19 to 2003.08.27
Otto C.C. Lin	1988.12.09 to 1994.04.18
Morris Chang	1985.08.20 to 1988.12.08
Hien-Chee Fang	1978.08.01 to 1985.08.19
Chao-Chen Wang	1973.07.01 to 1978.07.31

Honors

2023 - Clarivate Top 100 Global Innovator
2023 - CES Innovation Awards for AI Aquarium
2022 - R&D 100 Awards for High Resolution Full-Color Micro LED Display for AR Glasses, Point-of-Care AI-DR, and GreenTape™ 9KC LTCC and Ag Metallization for mmWave 5G Wireless Devices
2022 - Edison Awards for BioMS-Ti and Portable Edge AI-DR
2022 - Clarivate Top 100 Global Innovator
2022 - CES Innovation Awards for RGB-D AI Robot, iPetWeaR, and All-in-One Thermal Sensing System
2021 - Communication Excellence Awards: Best Technology Gold Winner
2021 - Communication Excellence Awards: Marketing Campaign of the Year Silver Winner
2021 - Public Relations & Marketing Excellence Awards: External Marketing Campaign of the Year
2021 - NYX Marcom Awards: Digital Marketing Campaign Grand Winner
2021 - NYX Marcom Awards: Marketing Material Gold Winner
2021 - R&D 100 Awards for Software-defined Augmented Robot Joint (SARJ), 3D Printing Biomimetic Materials and Structures for Tissue Integration (BioMS-Ti), and Ubiquitous Water Wand (UWAW)
2021 - HR Asia Best Companies to Work for in Asia
2021 - Edison Awards for AI-Based High Density Shuttle Rack Service System and MetabColor
2021 - Clarivate Top 100 Global Innovator
2021 - CES Innovation Awards for iDarlingWeaR
2020 - R&D 100 Awards for Dye-sensitized cell (DSC) as Energy source of Sensors, Networked Amide Epoxy Polymer Electrolyte for Solid State Lithium-Ion Batteries (NAEPE), and A Smart-Care Solution for Chronic Wound, iSCare
2020 - Judges' Choice of the SCF Awards
2020 - Edison Awards for iKNOBEADS and Celluad
2020 - Derwent Top 100 Global Innovator
2020 - CES Innovation Awards for PECOLA (Personal Companion Robot for Older People Living Alone) and iStimUweaR
2019 - R&D 100 Awards for Reconfigurable and Regulatable Battery Array System (RAIBA), Bionic Knobby Magnetic Beads Manufacturing Technology (iKNOBEADS)
2019 - Derwent Top 100 Global Innovator
2019 - Edison Awards for iRoadSafe^[11]
2019 - CES Innovation Awards for Hybrid Power Drone with High Payload and Duration
2018 - R&D 100 Awards for Automatic Police UAV Patrol System, Functional Dyeing Synchronized with CO₂ Supercritical Technology, and Portable UVC LED Water Sterilizer System
2018 - Edison Awards for Fluid-Driven Emergency Rescuer (FDER)^[12]
2018 - CES Innovation Awards for Intelligent Vision System (IVS) for Companion Robots and Handheld Pesticide Residue Detector
2018 - Clarivate Analytics Top 100 Global Innovator^[13]
2017 - R&D 100 Awards for CoolSo, ChemSEI-Linker, The LCD Waste Recycling System, CINmat, BESTAI, CyperEpi, Power and Thermal-Aware Electronic System Level Platform (PT-ESL), and Prognostic and Health Management Software in Semiconductors (PHM)
2017 - R&D 100 Special Recognition Award in Green Tech for The LCD Waste Recycling System
2017 - Edison Awards for Ultrafast Rechargeable Aluminum Battery (URABat)
2016 - R&D 100 Awards for iSmartweaR, Long-Distance Floating Multi-Screen Head-up Display (HUD) technology, Wearable Walking Assistive Exoskeleton Robot (2WA-EXO), Ultrafast Rechargeable Aluminum Battery (URABat) and SpeedPro
2016 - ITRI wins Grand Prize and Design Recognition Award at Taiwan OpenStack Hackathon for a wearable sensor device that measures muscle signals of violinists
2015 - R&D 100 Awards for Plasmon-Coupled Organic Light-Emitting Diode (PCOLED), Fluid-Driven Emergency Lighting, Higher Sensitivity Tactile-Film System for Wearable Orthosis (HSTS) and PolyE Membrane Technology
2015 - Frost & Sullivan Best Practices New Product Innovation Award for In-Line Compact Thermal Analyzer (ICTA)
2015 - Thomson Reuters Top 100 Global Innovators
2014 - R&D 100 Awards for In-Line Compact Thermal Analyzer (ICTA) and High Efficiency Calcium Looping Technology (HECLOT)
2013 - R&D 100 Awards for iAT Technology, FluxMerge, and ButyFix
2012 - The Wall Street Journal's 2012 Technology Innovation Awards for SideLighter and aePLASMA
2012 - R&D 100 Awards for Lignoxy, TEMM, SideLighter, aePLASMA, Light&Light, and AVA-Clamp
2012 - Aviation Week's A&D SIC Award for REDDEX
2011 - The Wall Street Journal's 2011 Technology Innovation Awards for i2R e-Paper and Spray-IT
2011 - ITRI as Excellent Organization, Solar Industry Awards, UK for Solar Radome
2011 - R&D 100 Awards for i2R e-Paper and HyTAC
2011 - Silver Award, The Society for Information Display (SID) Display of the Year Awards (DYA) for ITRI Flexible Substrate for Displays
2010 - Overall Gold, The Wall Street Journal's 2010 Technology Innovation Awards for FlexUPD, Runner-up for MDPS
2010 - R&D 100 Awards for FlexUPD, i2/3DW and REDDEX
2009 - R&D 100 Awards for STOBA
2009 - The Wall Street Journal's 2009 Technology Innovation Awards for FleXpeaker
2009 - iF Design Award for Fluid Driven Lighting System
2009 - Red Dot Design Award for Flexio Radio
2008 - R&D 100 Awards for On-Chip AC LED

See Honors for more information.

ITRI Laureates

In order to recognize outstanding individuals for their contributions to technological advancement, industrial development, and the betterment of humankind, ITRI inaugurated the honorary ITRI Laureates.

2012 ITRI Laureates
Name	Position at Present Year
Morris Chang	Chairman of TSMC
Stan Shih	Chairman of iD SoftCapital Group
Ding-Hua Hu	Chairman of Chien-Pang Venture Capital Corp.
Bruce Cheng	Chairman of Delta Electronics Founder and Honorary
Jonney Shih	Chairman of ASUSTeK Computer
Suhon Lin	Chairman of Chang Chun Group
Tsai Ming-kai	Chairman & CEO of MediaTek
Biing-Jye Lee	Chairman of Epistar
2013 ITRI Laureates
Name	Position at Present Year
Barry Lam	Chairman of Quanta Computer
Chih-Yuan Lu	President of Macronix
Robert Chen	Chairman & CEO of Gloria Material Technology Corp.
Burn J. Lin	Vice President of Research & Development in TSMC
2014 ITRI Laureates
Name	Position at Present Year
Shien-Chang Chen	Vice Chairman of Chang Chun Group
Simon M. Sze	NCTU Honorary Chair Professor
Hwa-Nien Yu	Chairman of ITRI Advanced Research Advisory Committee Honorary
Eric G. Lean	Academia Sinica Academician
Lewis Terman	Former IEEE President and IBM Emeritus Researcher
2015 ITRI Laureates
Name	Position at Present Year
Ching-Chu Chang	Former Chairman of Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation (VIS)
Shang-Yi Chiang	Board Advisor of TSMC
Jack Y. Jau	Chairman and Founder of Hermes Microvision, Inc.
Cheng-Hai Hung	CEO of ECLAT Textile Corporation Ltd.
2016 ITRI Laureates
Name	Position at Present Year
Raymond Soong	Chairman of Lite-On Group
Chenming Hu	TSMC Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley
Archie Hwang	Chairman and CEO of Hermes-Epitek
Houng Sun	Chairman and President of Mirle Automation Corporation
Fei-Liang Tsai	Vice Chairman and CSO of Elite Material Co., Ltd.
2017 ITRI Laureates
Name	Position at Present Year
Chintay Shih	Professor of College of Technology Management & Morris Chang Chair Professor, National Tsing Hua University
Yingzhi Gao	Founder of Eternal Materials Co., Ltd.
Ming-Kuang Lu	Chairman and CEO of Sino-American Silicon Products Inc. and Actron Technology Corp.
2018 ITRI Laureates
Name	Position at Present Year
Kang Lung Wang	Distinguished Professor and Raytheon Chair in the Electrical and Computer Engineering development department at UCLA
Jimmy Chu	Founder and Chairman of FFG
Matthew Miau	Chairman of MiTAC-SYNNEX Group
Yue-Teh Jang	Chairman and CEO of Medeon Biodesign
2019 ITRI Laureates
Name	Position at Present Year
Patrick Y. Yang	Chairman of AbGenomics
Nelson Chang	CEO of Taiwan Cement
Arthur Yu-Cheng Chiao	Chairman of Winbond Electronics
Chen-Tung Yang	Founder and President of Allis Electric Group
Jason Lin	Chairman of Formosa Plastics
2020 ITRI Laureates
Name	Position at Present Year
Mark Liu	Chairman of TSMC
C.C. Wei	CEO of TSMC
Chi-Huey Wong	Chair Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Scripps Research Institute
Hsiang-Tsung Kung	President of Taiwan AI Academy
Yuan-Teh Lee	Former superintendent of NTUH and emeritus professor of NTU
Simon Lin	Chairman and CSO of Wistron Corp.
Evans S.W. Tu	President and CEO of Synnex Technology International Corp.
2021 ITRI Laureates
Name	Position at Present Year
Miin Wu	Chairman and CEO of Macronix International
Rick Tsai	Vice Chairman and CEO of MediaTek
Cheng Wu	Chair of ITRI Advanced Research Advisory Committee
Pan-Chyr Yang	Professor of Internal Medicine at National Taiwan University College of Medicine
Grace Yeh	Chairman and CEO of Onward Therapeutics
2022 ITRI Laureates
Name	Position at Present Year
Paul Por-yuan Wang	Sercomm Corporation Honorary Chairman
T. F. Shiao	Eternal Materials Director and Senior Consultant
Yancey Hai	Delta Electronics Chairman
Bowei Lee	LCY Group Chairman
Samuel Yin	Ruentex Group President
2023 ITRI Laureates
Name	Position at Present Year
K.C. Liu	Advantech Chairman
Ming-Shiang Wu	National Taiwan University Hospital Superintendent
Tzu-Hsien Tung	Pegatron Chairman & CSO
Peter Chen	Qisda Chairman

Publication

ITRI TODAY subscription
ITRI Annual Report

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