The Cloud Service Research Center was founded in 2010 (ROC Year 99) by Professor Hung-Mou Yeh and Professor Tzu-Li Chen of the Department of Information Management, College of Management, with NT$1.03 million in support from Trend Micro. The Center's founding mission responded to Taiwan's "digital divide": large firms could afford costly ERP systems to raise efficiency, while small and medium enterprises (SMEs) often lacked the capital and IT staff to digitalize. Cloud computing let SMEs adopt cloud-based ERP and management tools at very low cost, so the Center's early mission centered on helping SMEs move to the cloud, narrowing the wealth gap, and advancing social justice — consistent with Fu Jen's identity as a Catholic university.
In response to rapid advances in cloud computing and artificial intelligence, the Center now integrates AI, the Internet of Things (IoT), large language models (LLMs), digital twins, data analytics, smart healthcare, and data governance to advance research, education, industry collaboration, and field validation, evolving from a single cloud-services focus into an integrated "Cloud × AI × Smart Healthcare × Cross-Domain Data Governance" research platform.
Positioning: An integrated, college-level research platform (under the College of Management) for cloud services, AI applications, smart healthcare, and interdisciplinary data governance.
Core Missions: Cultivate interdisciplinary talent with cloud thinking, AI literacy, and practical skills; advance cloud and AI research, curriculum development, industry collaboration, and research translation.
Cloud Service Trends Program: Launched with Trend Micro in Academic Year 100, the program provides a complete pathway from cloud-computing fundamentals to hands-on practice and progressively incorporates generative AI and digital-twin applications; AY114 approved enrollment reached 27 students, the highest of any program university-wide.