Director Shaw Chen Liu, Distinguished Research Fellow of the Research Center for Environmental Changes, is going to China for academic affairs from April 5-10, 2012. During his absence, Deputy Director George Tin-Fuk Wong is the acting director.

Director Paul Ho, Distinguished Research Fellow of the Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, is going to the United States for academic affairs from March 27 to April 19, 2012. During his absence, Deputy Director Shiang-Yu Wang is the acting director.

Director Kuo-hsing Hsieh, Research Fellow of the Institute of Taiwan History, is going to Japan for academic affairs from April 1-5, 2012. During his absence, Deputy Director Lung-chih Chang is the acting director.