Chen-Peng Chiu, a master’s student, and Chun-Chi Fang, an undergraduate researcher from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Yuan Ze University, received the Outstanding Student Paper Award for their paper entitled “An Energy-Efficient Routing Mechanism Based on Graph Attention Network-Assisted Multi-Agent Double Deep Q-Networks in Low-Earth-Orbit Satellite Networks” at the MC 2026 & WASN 2026 Conference on Mobile Computing and Wireless, Ad Hoc, and Sensor Networks. The research was conducted under the supervision of Yi-Huai Hsu.

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Yuan Ze University achieved another outstanding accomplishment. Under the supervision of Professor Yi-Huai Hsu, master’s student Chun-Yen Li received Honorable Mention in the 2025 Best Master’s Thesis Award by the Institute of Information & Computing Machinery (IICM) for his thesis titled “A Deep Reinforcement Learning-Based Coexistence Mechanism for eMBB and URLLC Services in Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access Networks.”

Students from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Informatics, Yuan Ze University, delivered outstanding performances at the 2026 Chinese Institute of Engineers Student Paper Competition. In the Computer Science and Engineering Division, they received one Excellence Award and two Honorable Mention Awards, earning a total of three awards and demonstrating the department’s research strength and innovative achievements in artificial intelligence, edge computing, and intelligent sensing.

Yen-Chang Chen, a faculty member of the Department of Information Communication, Yuan Ze University, recently received the Golden A’ Design Award in the category of Advertising, Marketing, and Communication Design at the A’ Design Award & Competition in Italy for his work The Kaobei.

The 61st Venice Biennale (La Biennale di Venezia) in 2026 adopted “In Minor Keys” as its central theme, focusing on issues of introspection, memory, and the perception of life. Yi-Chun Chen, a transmedia artist and faculty member of the Department of Art and Design at Yuan Ze University, was invited to hold a solo exhibition, Soul Data Center, as part of the Biennale’s parallel exhibitions.

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Yuan Ze University once again achieved outstanding results at the Ministry of Economic Affairs’ 2026 Best AI Award. With the project “AR-Based Virtual–Physical Integrated Attention-Aware Interactive Learning Robot,” the team received an Honorable Mention in the AI Application Category, marking the Department’s second consecutive year of recognition in this national-level AI competition. The achievement highlighted the Department’s strong research and development capabilities in artificial intelligence, embedded systems, and intelligent interactive applications.