CosPA 5

National Infrastructure

In concern with the call for proposals by the MOE and NSC to upgrade the national infrastructures so that research groups in Taiwan universities can obtain/maintain the cutting edge in frontline science and technology, the astronomical community in Taiwan has proposed to build up the facilities at the Lu-Lin Observatory in the Yu-Shan National Park. This effort which is to be coordinated by the Institute of Astronomy of the Central University will focus on the road construction, water and power supplies, communication links and other items necessary for the establishment and maintenance of the Lu-Lin Observatory as an inter-university astronomical facility for research and education. Members currently involved in this joint venture are Central University (which is operating the Lu-Lin Observatory), Tsinghua University and Taiwan University, but we have the vision that many more universities will be included in this consortium in the near future. We believe that the proposed national infrastructure will promote Taiwan's role in many first-class astronomical projects-from solar system astronomy to cosmology-in view of its capability to provide key longitudinal and time coverage.

http://www.astro.ncu.edu.tw/contents/cospa/cospaindex.htm
http://www.lulin.ncu.edu.tw/