1. The Physical Society of Taiwan Student Chapter Bylaws:

    https://www.ps-taiwan.org/tw/modules/about/branch

2. Candidate Eligibility: Must be a student member of the Physical Society of Taiwan in 2023.

3.Registration period: Until June 7, 2023 (Wednesday).

4. Term of office for the elected candidates: From July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024.

5. Online voting period: From 8:00 AM on June 9, 2023, to 8:00 PM on June 14, 2023.

6. Vote counting: June 15, 2023.

7. Announcement of election results: June 16, 2023.

8. Voters: All student members of the Physical Society of Taiwan have voting rights.

If you want to sign up, please provide your name and the copy of student ID card to office@ps-taiwan.org

March 3^rd, 2022

The Physical Society of Taiwan (TPS) strongly condemns the continuing attack against Ukraine by the Russian Federation.

While we believe that scientific research transcends national borders, the recent military action of the Russian government against Ukraine, a fellow democratic and sovereign country, has caused immeasurable human suffering and seriously undermines the fundamental principles for the advance of human civilization through scientific endeavors.

Taiwan, despite obvious geopolitical differences, shares many of the ideals, experiences and struggles Ukraine has. We at TPS, would like to express our deepest solidarity with all Ukrainian citizens whose basic livelihood and freedom are gravely threatened by the current presence of a foreign military force.

TPS would therefore like to call on the entire Taiwanese scientific community to protest unequivocally and take the appropriate punitive measures against the Russian federation for its ongoing violences within Ukraine.

As part of the international physics community, TPS will do the utmost within its capability to support our colleagues in Ukraine whose research may have been severely impacted by the current tragic circumstance, in order to ensure the continuity of their careers.

We are keenly aware that a large number of Russian scientists have signed an open letter against the invasion of Ukraine. We sincerely sympathize with them and would also like to stand in solidarity for any Russian scientists’ courageous action against an authoritarian regime.

The Taiwanese scientific community has long-established research collaborations with Russian scientists. However given the military action taken by the Russian government against Ukraine, TPS would like to call on relevant Taiwanese governmental agencies to carry out the following measures immediately:

(1) Suspend all joint research programs co-sponsored by Taiwan and the Russian governments.

(2) Expedite the visa application processes for Ukrainian scientists, scholars, or students to visit Taiwan.

In this dark hour as Ukraine is experiencing, TPS strongly believes these measures will support our Ukrainian friends in need and lead to a brighter future.

The Physical Society of Taiwan

2022年3月3日

儘管我們深信科學研究超越國界，但最近俄羅斯對民主主權國家烏克蘭的侵略，已經造成無數人道危機，並嚴重踐踏我們以科學作為幫助人類邁向文明的基本價值。

儘管台灣在地理位置和國情政治上與烏克蘭有所差別，但是我們擁有許多共通的價值， 經驗和困境。我們的自由與基本生活亦同樣面臨類似的武力威脅, 因此台灣物理學會在此聲明，我們將與遭受此脅迫的烏克蘭人民站在一起。

台灣物理學會同時在此呼籲全體台灣科學家社群，共同採取行動抵制並強烈抗議俄羅斯政府對烏克蘭掀起的戰爭暴行。

身為國際物理學界的一員，台灣物理學會將盡己力幫助目前身陷危機的烏克蘭同僚們，並設法支持他們的學業以及研究工作能夠延續。

我們知悉已有許多俄羅斯科學家公開反對俄羅斯對於烏克蘭的入侵行為，我們感同身受並且對他們面對獨裁政府時的勇敢行動表示欽佩與支持。

台灣與俄羅斯的科學家們有著深厚長久的研究合作關係；但在俄羅斯對烏克蘭進行武力侵略的當下，我們呼籲政府相關單位立即採取下列措施：

1、暫停與俄羅斯政府的所有合作研究計畫。

2、簡化簽證申請程序，以利被戰火波及的烏克蘭籍科學家、學者、與學生們停留訪問台灣。

正值烏克蘭遭受襲擊的黑暗時刻，台灣物理學會相信上述措施會幫助我們的烏克蘭朋友們度過此危機, 迎向明日的曙光。

台灣物理學會

2022 Annual Meeting of TPS: AAPPS Award Winner

Award Winner

Organization

Pub. no.

Thi-Nga Do

National Cheng Kung University

A3-OAS-001

Adzilah Shahna Rosyadi

National Taiwan University of Science and Technology

B3-OAS-002

阮林燕詩

National Chung Cheng University

E3-OAS-001

National Sun Yat-sen University Department of Physics Prof. Feng-Chuan Chuang

latest published article: Tailoring Topological Phases in Two-dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenides

Selected as AAPPS Bulletin Research Highlight!

We need more basic sciences to achieve Agenda 2030 and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals. This is the message sent to the world by the United Nations General Assembly on 2 December 2021: Member States approved by consensus the resolution 76/A/L.12 promulgating the year 2022 as the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development (IYBSSD2022).

With this resolution, the United Nations General Assembly ‘invites all [its] Member States, organizations of the United Nations system and other global, regional and subregional organizations, as well as other relevant stakeholders, including academia, civil society, inter alia, international and national nongovernmental organizations, individuals and the private sector, to observe and raise awareness of the importance of basic sciences for sustainable development, in accordance with national priorities’.

The United Nations General Assembly motivated its decision with ‘the high value for humankind of basic sciences’, and with the fact that ‘enhanced global awareness of, and increased education in, the basic sciences is vital to attain sustainable development and to improve the quality of life for people all over the world’. It also stressed that ‘basic sciences and emerging technologies respond to the needs of humankind by providing access to information and increasing the health and well-being of individuals, communities, and societies’. The successes and difficulties of the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic have been for two years a stark reminder of this importance of basic sciences, such as (but not limited to) biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics and anthropology.

The vote is the result of the mobilization of the international scientific community, led since 2017 by the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP), CERN (The European Laboratory for Particle Physics), and 26 other international scientific unions and research organizations from different parts of the world, under the auspices of UNESCO. Over 90 national and international science academies, learned societies, scientific networks, research and education centers are also supporting this initiative. They will organize events and activities all over the planet during this special year, to showcase and improve the links between basic sciences and the 17 SDGs.

The resolution was proposed to the United Nations General Assembly by Honduras, and co-sponsored by 36 other countries. Its vote confirms resolution 40/C 76 adopted unanimously by UNESCO General Conference, 25 November 2019.

The International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development (IYBSSD2022) will be officially inaugurated with an opening conference 30 June - 1 July 2022 at UNESCO headquarters in Paris. Events and activities will be organized around the world until 30 June 2023.

Contacts:

Michel Spiro, president of the Steering Committee for IYBSSD2022 – michel.spiro@iybssd2022.org

Luc Allemand, secretary general of IYBSSD2022 - luc.allemand@iybssd2022.org

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    Division of Condensed Matter Physics

    Association of Asia Pacific Physical Societies

   2^nd Circular on

Asia-Pacific Conference on Condensed Matter Physics 2021

December 1^st to 3^rd, 2021

            and

   Asia-Pacific Condensed Matter Physics Week

　The AC2MP2021 invited speaker list has been confirmed. The selection from contributed presentation is underway. We have already about 100 registrations of participants. Considering the short notice period for submission of presentation, the program committee has decided to extend the submission deadline for contributed talk by Oct. 16^th. Also, we call for poster presentations from younger generation such as students. The deadline for poster presentation will be Oct. 30^th. When you submit your contribution, please specify your preference.

　Participation fee is free, but you need to register to have the access to the online conference URL. Please join to this historical event in condensed matter physics in Asia-Pacific area.

Specialty of Conference

1.    Tutorial lectures on current topics

2.    Keynote talks by the leading scientists

3.    Session dedicated for young invited speakers

4.    Combination of short oral talks and interactive discussions

5.    Free participation fee

Invited Speaker list and Titles of Talks

*Some of titles are tentative

 Tutorials

 Keynotes

 Invited Speakers

 Invited Speakers for Session dedicated for Young Researchers