Director Paul Ho, Distinguished Research Fellow of the Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, is going to the United States for academic affairs from May 13-28, 2012. During his absence, Deputy Director Ming-Jye Wang is the acting director.

Director Chung-Hsuan Chen, Distinguished Research Fellow of the Genomics Research Center, is going to the United States for academic affairs from May 11-25, 2012. During his absence, Deputy Director An-Suei Yang is the acting director.

Director Chin-shing Huang, Distinguished Research Fellow of the Institute of History and Philology, is going to China for academic affairs from May 25 to June 3, 2012. During his absence, Deputy Director Fu-shih Lin is the acting director.