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Tunghai University-News--Professor Fang-Yie Leu supervises national champion to win a gold medal in International Abilympics
Professor Fang-Yie Leu supervises national champion to win a gold medal in International Abilympics
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- Date : 2016-07-06
Held by the International Abilympics Federation, the International Abilympics follows the international Olympics rule and takes place at Europe, Asia, or America every four years. This year, the 9th International Abilympics was hosted by France, in which Taiwanese representative Ms. Yu-Ying Liu received the gold medal in Computer Programming and Design under supervision of Prof. Fang-Yie Leu of Tunghai Department of Computer Science.
The International Abilympics is known to be extremely competitive in all categories of skills. This is an opportunity for a country to demonstrate its strengths in these skills and for international competitors to learn and inspire one another in an international event. Competing countries included Taiwan, Japan, Korea, China, Hong Kong, India, Russia, Iran, and the host, France, and more.
Ms. Yu-Ying Liu became the national champion in Computer Programming in 2014 and proceeded to train for The International Abilympics with Prof. Leu. Suffering from muscular atrophy, Ms. Liu required extraordinary efforts to write and edit codes. During her training, Liu repeatedly practiced tasks appointed by her coach who remotely review the program coding through internet and propose for improvements.
The Taiwan team was led jointly by Director Hung-te Lin from the Skill Evaluation Center of Workforce Development Agency, and Chairman Wei-Chi Liu of Taiwan Abilympics Association, both were once national champions who respectively received a golden and silver medal. With the announcement “the gold medal goes to Chinese Taipei, Liu, Yu-Ying,” Liu in the wheelchair received the honor accompanied by her mother. This year Taiwan competed in twenty-five categories and received ten golds, four silvers, and two bronzes, ranking second as the runner-up to South Korea with China standing the third.
Professor Fang-Yie Leu has been appointed national coach for the Abilympics since 1995. Over the years, competitors under his supervision have been crowned three golds and two silvers. Not only are these champions recognized in the international competition, their programming skills applied at work also impress their employers. Professor Leu hoped more people would join him in assisting the over one million physically or mentally challenged in Taiwan to live up to their potentials and demonstrate professional abilities.