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precision processing technology for contact lenses for Asians and Africans". This project, which is being conducted in collaboration with Prof. Khaled Abou-El-Hossein of the Republic of South Africa's Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, has the objective of developing improved technology for the production of customized contact lenses suitable for different ethnic groups. Prof. Khaled Abou-El-Hossein has expressed his hope that this collaboration with ITRC will kickstart the development of an optoelectronics industry in South Africa. This collaborative project shows that ITRC's ultra-precision processing technology has earned the attention of first-rate international R&D teams. d. ICG fluorescence onsite visualization and assessment system With support from MOST's Germination Program, a fluorescence imaging team organized by ITRC, NTU Hospital, Computer Science and Information Engineering Department, National Taiwan University, and Wan Fang Hospital developed a prototype indocyanine green (ICG) onsite real- time surgical visualization and assessment system. This innovative instead uses projection to guide the marked fluorescent area, and resolves the difficulty affecting all current ICG fluorescence imaging methods in that they depend on a screen to indirectly judge the location of the fluorescent image. It therefore allows surgeons' actions to be more intuitive and continuous. The system received 12 th National Innovation Award from the Institute for Biotechnology and Medicine Industry in 2016. e. Taiwan's first 3D printed artificial joint enters international markets With assistance from ITRC, Xinke New Materials, Taiwan's first biomedical grade 3D metal printing powder firm to pass preclinical animal experiments, teamed up with Tongtai Machine & Tool to develop 3D metal printing equipment, and has successfully printed a joint orthopedic medical device that has passed strict international ISO- 10993 biocompatibility certification. Obtaining this ticket to enter the international market represents an important milestone for Taiwan's high-tech precision medicine. f. ITRC helps traditional industry step up to advanced biomedical technology Taiwan's biomedical technology is making a great leap forward, and the ability of traditional industry to transform itself should not be underestimated. In this context, with ITRC's encouragement and assistance, Xinke New Materials has become Taiwan's first biomedical grade 3D metal printing powder firm to pass preclinical animal experiments. Xinke has also joined forces with Tongtai Machine & Tool to develop 3D metal printing equipment, which represents a major advance in Taiwan's ability to develop and manufacture 3D printed medical devices. At the "Ceremony to mark the entry of Taiwan's biomedical technology into international markets" and the "Inaugural ceremony for the NARLabs/Tongtai Machine & Tool/China Steel/ Xinke New Materials joint 3D printing laboratory" held on July 14, 2016, NARLabs proclaimed that it will actively participate in the promotion of Taiwan's biotech medical equipment in international markets. (3) National Center for High-Performance Computing a. TWAREN 100G research network begins operation In the TaiWan Advanced Research and Education Network (TWAREN) 100G bandwidth expansion project jointly conducted by the National Center for High-Performance Computing (NCHC), Ministry of Education, and Academia Sinica, after over two years of implementation, transfer, adjustment, and testing, the new network system finally went online in 2016, and was formally opened to use in October. This event marks TWAREN's entry into the high-performance 100G age. b. Laying the groundwork for petaflop computing powe r : P l ann i ng a nex t - gene r a t i on h i gh - performance computing platform meeting domestic scientific research needs In order to lay the groundwork for a new- generation petaflop high-performance computer and green energy equipment room, NCHC continued to make plans for hardware and future operations during 2016, and the Executive Yuan Board of Science & Technology approved budget funding in 2017. Looking ahead to the future, the new petaflop supercomputer is expected to achieve a computing speed in excess of 1.4 petaflops, which is 7-8 times that of the existing Advanced Large-scale Parallel Supercluster (ALPS). NCHC hopes that the planned petaflop supercomputer will be able to handle large- scale computing applications, transcend existing computing dimension limits, and accelerate the output of results. c. Providing value-added application services using a big data analytics platform Braavos is NCHC's first big data analytics platform providing service to external users, and MOST Ministry of Science and Technology Ministry of Science and Technology 62 2016 ANNUAL REVIEW