Director Ting-Kuo Lee, Distinguished Research Fellow of the Institute of Physics, is going to France for academic affairs from November 2-9, 2012. During his absence, Deputy Director Yang-Yuan Chen is the acting director.

        Director Shaw Chen Liu, Distinguished Research Fellow of the Research Center for Environmental Changes, is going to China for academic affairs from November 4 -10, 2012. During his absence, Deputy Director George Tin-Fuk Wong is the acting director.

        Director Fu-Tong Liu, Distinguished Research Fellow of the Institute of Biomedical Sciences, is going to the United States for academic affairs from November 8-25, 2012. During his absence, Deputy Director Hsiu-Ming Shih is the acting director.

        Director Ming-Che Shih, Distinguished Research Fellow of the Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, is going to the United States for academic affairs from October 27 to November 1, 2012. During his absence, Deputy Director Lie-Fen Shyur is the acting director.