21/01/2026
National University of Tainan Overseas Program
Prof. Chang-Shing Lee’s Research Team,
Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering
The research team from the National University of Tainan (NUTN) conducted an overseas teaching and research program in Osaka, Japan, from January 15 to January 26, 2026. This initiative aimed to promote the internationalization of Taiwan’s indigenous languages and to advance the practical implementation and academic exchange of human–machine co-learning models integrating Quantum Computational Intelligence (QCI) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in international educational settings. This overseas teaching and research program was centered on the open-source Whisper-Taiwanese Tv0.9.5b model, jointly developed by NUTN through the outcomes of a National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) industry–academia collaboration project and supported by computational resources from the National Center for High-Performance Computing (NCHC). The NUTN team collaborated with researchers from Osaka Metropolitan University (OMU) to conduct Taiwanese–English–Japanese multilingual model validation. The Heart Sutra, a classical text of human wisdom, was adopted as the core corpus to examine the model’s potential for cross-lingual and cross-cultural semantic transformation and understanding.
The international collaborative activities of this overseas teaching program were jointly planned by NUTN and Osaka Metropolitan University. Prof. Chang-Shing Lee’s team conducted collaborative research at the Computational Intelligence Laboratory (E428), Graduate School of Informatics, located on the fourth floor of Building B4, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Nakamozu Campus, Osaka Metropolitan University. Participants included Professor Yusuke Nojima, Associate Professor Naoki Masuyama, Associate Professor Ryosuke Saga, and three graduate students, who jointly engaged in the construction of a Taiwan–Japan bilingual Heart Sutra AI language model. On the afternoon of January 19, the NUTN team introduced the latest Whisper-Taiwanese Tv0.9.6b model in Professor Yusuke Nojima’s Computational Intelligence course, demonstrating its integration with QCI software and hardware learning tools for everyday applications. During the overseas teaching period, the NUTN team also visit to Vice President Toshiyuki Matsui of Osaka Metropolitan University and presented commemorative gifts from NUTN. Vice President Matsui provided guidance on the structural design of the Japanese version of the Heart Sutra text and facilitated in-depth discussions comparing the Chinese and Japanese versions. These discussions further explored the semantic content, knowledge modeling, and future applications of the Taiwanese–English–Japanese Heart Sutra AI model. Through cross-institutional and cross-national hands-on exchanges in AI language modeling and QCI, students and researchers gained practical experience in the design, validation, and application of multilingual data models, thereby deepening the integration of AI with classical humanistic texts and educational contexts toward future AI-humanities innovation.
During the Osaka overseas teaching program, the NUTN team collaborated with the IEEE Asia-Pacific Region (R10) Educational Activities Committee to organize the “2026 IEEE HSO Workshop on Quantum CI & AI” at Kansai University on January 21. This workshop focused on experiential teaching and research related to the integration of Quantum Computational Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence. Additionally, from January 23 to January 25, the team participated in the “2026 IEEE SMC Japan Workshop” at the Rinku Campus of Osaka Metropolitan University. Through these international academic workshop platforms, NUTN faculty and students shared their research experiences in Taiwanese-English-Japanese-Hakka multilingual models and QCI-based human–machine co-learning educational applications, further enhancing the international visibility of Taiwan’s research achievements. Professor Chang-Shing Lee expressed his sincere appreciation to Professor Yusuke Nojima of Osaka Metropolitan University for providing an excellent international academic exchange environment and collaborative learning platform for NUTN faculty and students. Special thanks were also extended to Professor Hiroshi Tsuji, former President of Osaka Prefecture University, who personally guided the NUTN team on an in-depth visit to traditional Japanese sake brewing culture in Itami City, Hyogo Prefecture, and introduced them to the cultural experience of sumo hot pot cuisine. NUTN presented gifts and commemorative items to express gratitude to Professor Tsuji for his long-standing contributions to promoting international exchange between Taiwan and Japan and for fostering interdisciplinary, forward-looking global talent in advanced technologies.
