Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics
The Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (also known as the Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, abbreviated as ASIAA or IAA. Chinese: 中央研究院天文及天文物理研究所) is a research institute of the national academy of Taiwan, Academia Sinica.
 Astronomy-Mathematics Building on the Campus of National Taiwan University. | |
| Established | 2010, 7 years ago |
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| Director | You-Hua Chu |
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| Address | 11F of Astronomy-Mathematics Building, AS/NTU. No.1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd, Taipei 10617, Taiwan |
| Website | Official website |
ASIAA is currently located in the Astronomy and Mathematics Building at the National Taiwan University in Taipei, Taiwan and also has a field office in Hilo, Hawaii.
ASIAA was officially established on June 1, 2010, with Paul Ho being the first director.
Research
The research areas of ASIAA range from the Solar System, to star formation, to galaxies and cosmology. ASIAA has either led or co-led the construction and operation of several telescopes, including, the (AMiBA Telescope to study the cosmic microwave background radiation, also known as "Lee Array"), the Taiwanese-American Occultation Survey, the Submillimeter Array and many other research projects.
Projects
ASIAA is involved in several research projects, including:
- Taiwanese–American Occultation Survey (TAOS)
- Transneptunian Automated Occultation Survey (TAOS II)
- Yuan Tseh Lee Array for Microwave Background Anisotropy (AMiBA)
- Theoretical Institute for Advanced Research in Astrophysics (TIARA)
- Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) Survey
- Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA)
- The Greenland Telescope
- Space Infrared Telescope for Cosmology and Astrophysics (SPICA)
Observatories
ASIAA has access to several observatories:
- Submillimeter Array (SMA)
- Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT)
- Subaru Telescope
- The Greenland Telescope
Directors
Directors for the re-establishment of ASIAA
- Typhoon Lee (1993–1994)
- Chi Yuan (1994–1997)
- Fred Lo (1997 – 2002 August)
- Paul Ho (September 2002 – August 2003)
- Sun Kwok (September 2003 – 2005 August)
- Paul Ho (September 2005 – May 2010)
Directors of ASIAA
- Paul Ho (June 2010 – August 2014)
- You-Hua Chu (September 2014–present)
Education and public outreach
Academia Sinica Headquarters organizes its Open House Day annually in late October or November to raise awareness and interest in science among the public. All of the 31 institutes of the Academia Sinica actively participate in educational entertainment programs.