All Ph.D. students, please take note of this announcement.

To encourage you to work harder, earn your Ph.D. as soon as possible, and conserve project funding, the following requirements apply. You may apply for your doctoral defense after satisfying one of requirements 1–5 and all of requirements 6–8.

1. One IEEE full paper and two IEEE short papers
2. One IEEE full paper and two SCI papers approved by the professor
3. One IEEE full paper, one IEEE short paper, and one SCI paper approved by the professor
4. Two IEEE full papers
5. Three SCI papers approved by the professor
6. Write at least one project proposal and submit it to the National Science Council or another organization on behalf of the laboratory. The proposal does not need to be accepted, and it may be written in collaboration with others.
7. Publish at least three conference papers at international or domestic conferences.
8. Attend at least one international conference abroad and present a paper.

Most importantly:

A. Effective September 1, 2007, first- and second-year Ph.D. students who do not complete their degrees within four years will no longer receive financial support from me.

B. Third-year and more senior Ph.D. students who do not complete their degrees within three years will no longer receive financial support from me.