Looking for research inspiration from life and other disciplines, Tsung-Hsing Ho, an associate professor at the Department of Philosophy in National Chung Cheng University (CCU), has tried to explore potential normative issues such as Robot Ethics and moral dilemmas in life in recent years, making philosophical research more related to ordinary life. Chi-Jen Wang, an associate professor at the Department of Mathematics in CCU, is devoted to the research of the cross-disciplinary application of mathematics, and has published achievements in many fields such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, and materials science. According to CCU’s statement, due to the two teachers’ active engagement and fruitful results in academic research, they were acknowledged by the National Science and Technology Council（NSTC）and were awarded the highest honor for Taiwan’s youth scholars, the "Ta-You Wu Memorial Award" in the academic field. 

Dr. Tsung-Hsing Ho, the associate professor in the Department of Philosophy, whose main research fields focus on epistemology and ethics, has published papers in recent years that are mostly inspired by life. For example, the inspiration for the essay on robot ethics is derived from the ethical issues of self-driving cars. Dr. Ho also pointed out that many discussions often compare "robots" to humans, thinking that robots have a rationality that is comparable to or even higher than that of humans, and because robots will not be disturbed by emotional desires, there are many philosophers in the literature who believe that the robot has the opportunity to become a better moral agent. However, he argues it's a wrong view because those discussions ignore the importance of the roles morality and emotion play in moral judgments.

In addition, Dr. Tsung-Hsing Ho also pondered whether there are behaviors that are morally wrong but still permissible from the foreign news that reports the sharp increase in the proportion of abortions due to the legalization of abortion, and therefore, he delves into the research on the moral position of "justifiable homicide", and further stated that it’s an ethical dilemma that did not receive the attention of ethicists in the past. "Philosophical issues are ubiquitous, whether in human society or the natural world." For Dr. Ho, the fascinating part of philosophy is its quality of openness, and rationality is the only limitation to it; under this limitation, philosophy has various possibilities. He hopes that future research can face the world more directly, and let the public realize that life is full of philosophical issues.

On the other hand, Dr. Chi-Jen Wang, the associate professor in the Department of Mathematics, focuses on the mathematical models in physics and chemistry-related problems. Among his representative research results in the past five years, he mainly uses Schloegl’s second model to describe the catalytic system and analyze the behavior of solutions in various equations, and then he also strengthens the verification of research theory by comparing the model with the results of the Monte Carlo method through numerical analysis in an attempt to make the estimated value and the real value more precise. Dr. Chi-Jen Wang said that he hopes to improve the relevant mathematical model in research to provide a theoretical basis for relevant researchers.

"It’s really happy to see the application of mathematics in other fields, just as a Chinese proverb that says even the falling blossoms in the water seem to be a superb article." Dr. Wang said that, when he was studying at Iowa State University (ISU) in the United States, besides his major in applied mathematics, he also minored in bioinformatics; therefore, he could expand the range of his research field to construct a good foundation for interdisciplinary research. Since he engages in academic research, Dr. Chi-Jen Wang is not only grateful for the support of many benefactors, but also very grateful to his advisor, James Evans, for leading him to keep on going in the academic world. In the future, he will mainly aim at the higher order approximation analysis on the main equation of the catalysis reaction, hoping to provide a feasible way of higher order approximation method for more researchers.