Science and Technology Strengthen Taiwan’s Multi-Hazard Resilience

2026 -08 -30

As Taiwan faces intensifying extreme weather, earthquakes, tsunamis, and aging urban infrastructure, disaster resilience requires more than emergency response. It depends on an integrated system covering risk detection, early warning, decision support, and post-disaster recovery.

From September 17–19 at Taipei World Trade Center Hall 1, the 2026 Future Tech Pavilion will showcase innovations in weather observation, satellite remote sensing, AIoT, structural monitoring, and intelligent disaster management.

Detecting Risks Earlier

A team from National Central University has developed the Thermodynamic Profiling from Multiple-Radar Retrieval System (TPTRS). The technology uses radar-derived three-dimensional wind fields to reconstruct atmospheric thermodynamic structures over complex terrain, improving severe-weather monitoring and short-term rainfall forecasting.

The Taiwan Space Agency’s TRITON Sea Surface Wind Data Processing System uses satellite remote sensing to monitor ocean wind fields. Its specialized high-wind model improves observations around typhoons and can support weather forecasting, route optimization, and offshore wind-farm planning.

Accelerating Early Warning

The National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction has developed a rapid tsunami warning system that automatically retrieves global earthquake data and uses GPU-accelerated simulations to estimate tsunami propagation, coastal wave heights, and potential flooding in approximately 30 seconds. It operates four to seven times faster than conventional CPU-based processing.

For fire prevention, a team from National Cheng Kung University has created a self-powered AIoT protection network. Thermoelectric films convert waste heat from electrical equipment into energy for sensors, while TimesNet and TinyML detect abnormal temperature patterns with millisecond-level response. This allows risks to be identified before smoke or flames appear.

Turning Data into Decisions

National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology’s Multi-Sensor Fusion Target Tracking and Suppression System integrates electro-optical sensors, thermal imaging, radar, and radio-frequency data. AI is then used for target recognition, tracking, and threat assessment. Beyond defense and counter-drone operations, the technology can support critical infrastructure protection, border monitoring, and intelligent vehicles.

The AI Disaster Information Integration and Decision Support Platform brings together weather, hydrological, earthquake, road, CCTV, incident-report, and news data. Combining GIS, generative AI, and 3D visualization, it provides natural-language queries, incident summaries, spatial analysis, and decision support during complex emergencies.

The National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering has also developed intelligent structural monitoring and warning technology. Using long-term vibration data from real buildings, the system can detect abnormalities, issue strong-motion alerts, and rapidly assess structural damage after an earthquake, reducing reliance on time-consuming manual inspections.

Building a More Resilient Future

Together, these technologies demonstrate how disaster prevention is evolving from individual sensors and isolated alerts into integrated systems combining observation, high-speed computing, AI, and cross-sector data.

Through live demonstrations, guided tours, and technology matchmaking, the 2026 Future Tech Pavilion will connect research teams with businesses and public-sector organizations to explore technology adoption, field validation, and future collaboration.

The exhibition will be open to the public free of charge from September 17–19 at Taipei World Trade Center Hall 1.

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