Professor Wen-Chih Peng of the Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering has been honored with the 2025 National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Distinguished Research Award. The selection committee highly commended his prolific achievements in the fields of "Multi-dimensional Spatiotemporal Sequence Data Analysis" and "AI-Driven Precision Sports Science." Professor Peng's research is not only forward-looking within the domain of data mining but also creates highly impactful application scenarios for Taiwan's competitive sports industry and human-AI collaboration models through the vertical integration of artificial intelligence technologies.

Professor Peng has long been dedicated to spatiotemporal sequence data analysis, focusing on the development of high-level algorithms capable of handling complex environments. During his leadership of two phases of the NSTC "Precision Sports Science" project, his team successfully constructed the "Closed-Loop Badminton AI" framework. The core value of this technology lies in "letting the data speak." By performing deep automated processing on footage from over 300 elite international matches, Professor Peng transformed fragmented and subjective manual scouting into precise micro-data, completely reshaping the dimensions of competitive analysis. He has demonstrated remarkable technical insight in this field; his proposed "Single-Shot Impact Analysis" provides a nuanced deconstruction of the strategic weight of every return, while the "Badminton Match Simulator" breaks through the limitations of traditional statistics, allowing players to rehearse an opponent's patterns through digital twin technology. These impressive results have not only garnered acclaim at academic conferences but also led a Taiwanese team to the global finals of the 2025 MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, showcasing Taiwan's leading prowess in sports technology to the world.

In addition to his work in sports, Professor Peng keenly recognized the potential of combining Large Language Models (LLMs) with numerical time-series data. He has championed a "Human-AI Co-Pilot" model specifically designed to address real-world pain points such as incomplete data and excessive noise. By integrating expert knowledge, causal inference frameworks, and cross-modal transfer learning, Professor Peng successfully empowered language models to understand complex data trends, effectively overcoming the academic challenge of achieving accurate predictions with few-shot learning. This intelligent architecture further establishes a natural language analysis interface, lowering the barrier to professional data analysis and realizing an intuitive human-AI collaborative environment, which has a profound impact on future industrial digital transformation.

Upon receiving the award, Professor Peng stated that this honor belongs to the collective efforts of all the Master's and Ph.D. students in his laboratory. He thanked them for their persistence and hard work over the years, from conceptualizing research topics and literature collection to methodological improvements. Professor Peng also expressed his gratitude for the encouragement of mentors in the academic community, the research resources provided by the university, college, and department, and the support of industry partners. He especially emphasized that his family's support has been the greatest motivation for his full devotion to research. In the future, he will continue to enjoy the "trials and triumphs" of research and persist in promoting research results that have international influence and practical implementation.

Professor Wen-Chih Peng has always adhered to the motto "Dare to challenge, never give up, and surpass oneself," constantly striving for excellence in his academic journey. His research achievements have not only advanced the development of precision sports and intelligent data analysis but have also laid an important foundation for human-AI collaboration in future society. The faculty and students of the College extend their heartiest congratulations to Professor Peng on this prestigious honor and look forward to his continued creation of outstanding research and achievements.