GANDI.net was one of the first domain name registrars approved by ICANN for .COM, .NET, .ORG, .BIZ, .INFO, .NAME, .BE, .FR, .EU domains in France. We now offer over 700 top-level domains, and we continue to add more on a regular basis. At Gandi, we consider ourselves an ethical domain name registrar in an industry that has some 'grey' practices. We value our customers' rights and privacy above all else, and defend these wherever and whenever possible.
Titanium Sponsor
Co-Host Sponsor
COBINHOOD
COBINHOOD is a cryptocurrency service platform for the blockchain era. The team has successfully launched the world’s first zero-trading-fee cryptocurrency exchange, combining with ICO Service in late 2017. Moreover, to reshape the future of the Internet with decentralized technology, the team launched DEXON - the fastest blockchain available on the market aimed at guiding mass adoption within the real-world application requirements. The new blockchain technology uses parallel blockchain systems that work together to form an infinitely scalable, low-latency, energy-efficient, fair and interchain operable fully decentralized transaction processing engine.
Diamond Sponsor
BitRabbit
BitRabbit is the largest digital asset exchange in Australia, which has a matching engine capable of reaching up to one million transactions per second and a novel 'Decentralized Decision Making' system to protect investors' rights and interests. BitRabbit aims to become the next generation digital asset exchange, and bring more services to users, such as investing options and US stocks swaps or trading other financial derivatives in BitRabbit exchange.
OpenChain
The OpenChain Project builds trust in open source by making open source license compliance simpler and more consistent. The OpenChain Specification defines a core set of requirements every quality compliance program must satisfy. The OpenChain Curriculum provides the educational foundation for open source processes and solutions, whilst meeting a key requirement of the OpenChain Specification. OpenChain Conformance allows organizations to display their adherence to these requirements. The result is that open source license compliance becomes more predictable, understandable and efficient for participants of the software supply chain. Learn more here: https://www.openchainproject.org/
KKBOX
KKBOX, Asia's leading music streaming service, was established in 2004 by a group of Taiwanese software programmers with a shared passion for technology and music. With the support from more than 500 international major and local independent music labels, KKBOX features 30 million legal tracks, including the most comprehensive Asia-Pop music library, and is currently available in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand with over 10 million users.
Rayark Inc.
Rayark Inc. was founded in 2011. As of this May, we've released seven titles across platforms like Mobile, PS Vita, Nintendo Switch and more. The seven titles are Cytus, Mandora, DEEMO, Implosion, VOEZ, Cytus II, and Sdorica -sunset-. They span across multiple genres, including music rhythm, action RPG, and causal. Many of our titles were able to reach No.1 overall on both the App Store and Google Play rankings in dozens of regions. Rayark Inc. has always maintained a high standard when it comes to both the content and quality of our games. We want every game to be a treasured classic and give players a longlasting impression. Our resolution is always the one we started with:" The people in this house can make all the difference in the world."
Gold Sponsor
Skymizer
Skymizer is proficient in compiling and virtualization, which helps customers building efficient virtual machine for blockchain and compilers for hardware accelerators of deep learning. Our product “Skymizer C/C++ Intelligent Compiler” is powered by artificial intelligence and compiler techniques which improves both the efficiency and the quality of software automatically. It makes software engineers work smarter and easier.
Appier
Appier is a technology company which aims to provide artificial intelligence platforms to help enterprises solve their most challenging business problems. Appier was established in 2012 by a passionate team of computer scientists and engineers with expertise in AI, data analysis, distributed systems, and marketing. Appier serves over 1,000 global brands and agencies from offices in 14 markets across Asia, including Taipei, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Tokyo, Osaka, Sydney, Ho Chi Minh City, Manila, Hong Kong, Mumbai, New Delhi, Jakarta, Seoul, and Bangkok.
Newegg
Newegg Inc. is the leading electronics-focused e-retailer in the United States. It owns and operates Newegg.com (http://www.newegg.com) which was founded in 2001 and regularly earns industry-leading customer service ratings. It now has a global reach to more than 50 countries in Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America and the Middle East. The award-winning website has more than 36 million registered users and offers customers a comprehensive selection of the latest consumer electronics, entertainment, smart home and gaming products, consistently ranking as one of the best online shopping destinations. Newegg Inc. is headquartered in City of Industry, California. Newegg also operates NeweggBusiness.com and Newegg.ca.
17Media
17 Media is a world leader in live streaming and real-time content sharing mobile application for celebrities, entertainers, and influencers that allows users to create and share live streaming video and photos, and earn royalties for personal content shared. Founded in 2015, 17 Media, the largest live streaming platform by revenue in Developed Asia with a market share of 19.2% in the first quarter of 2018, according to Frost & Sullivan, and 33.3 million registered users.
Industrial Technology Research Institute
Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) is one of the world’s leading technology R&D institutions aiming to innovate a better future for society. Founded in 1973, ITRI has played a vital role in transforming Taiwan's industries from labor-intensive into innovation-driven. It focuses on the fields of Smart Living, Quality Health, and Sustainable Environment.
Over the years, ITRI has cultivated more than 140 CEOs and incubated over 240 innovative companies, including well-known names such as UMC and TSMC. In addition to its headquarters in Taiwan, ITRI has branch offices in the U.S., Europe, and Japan in an effort to extend its R&D scope and promote opportunities for international cooperation around the world. For more information, please visit http://www.itri.org/eng.
EMQ
Headquartered in Hong Kong, EMQ is a financial settlement network with an infrastructure to accelerate a cashless economy and provide access of digital financial services across Asia. Leveraging our strong partner ecosystem, we have established a robust last-mile distribution footprint to reach millions of unbanked population and support the financial inclusion initiatives in the region. EMQ currently has a footprint in China, Hong Kong, Singapore, India, Indonesia, Japan, Vietnam and the Philippines, and we continue to expand across key business markets worldwide spanning Asia, Europe, North American and the Middle East. For more information, please visit https://www.emq.com
Shopee
Shopee is the leading e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan. It is a platform tailored for the region, providing customers with an easy, secure and fast online shopping experience through strong payment and logistical support.
Shopee aims to continually enhance its platform and become the region’s e-commerce destination of choice. Shopee has a wide selection of product categories ranging from consumer electronics to home & living, health & beauty, baby & toys, fashion and fitness
equipment.
Shopee, a Sea company, was first launched in Singapore in 2015, and has since expanded its reach to Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines. Sea is a leader in digital entertainment, e-commerce and digital financial services across Greater Southeast Asia. Sea's mission is to better the lives of consumers and small businesses with technology, and is listed on the NYSE under the symbol SE.
For more information, please visit https://shopee.sg
BiiLabs
BiiLabs is a startup focused on the Blockchain, Distributed Ledger technologies based on IOTA Tangle.
The BiiLabs = Blockchain Innovation & Industry Labs
Our services include
- PaaS based on IOTA
- Notary certification based on TangleID
- IoT Backbone network to help customers offload the cloud
MySQL
MySQL is the world's most popular open source database. With its proven performance, reliability and ease-of-use, MySQL has become the leading database choice for web-based applications, used by high profile web properties including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Yahoo! and many more. Additionally, it is an extremely popular choice as embedded database, distributed by over 3,000 ISVs & OEMs.
To organizations in need of an open source, ACID-compliant transnational database delivering real-time in-memory performance and 99.999 percent availability, Oracle offers MySQL Cluster. MySQL Cluster powers the subscriber databases of major communications service providers and is used in global fraud detection for financial transactions.
Oracle drives MySQL innovation, constantly improving MySQL solutions and delivering new capabilities to power next generation web, cloud, mobile and embedded applications.
For more information, visit http://www.mysql.com/
Microsoft
微軟是全球科技產業的領航者,提供全球領先的軟體、服務、設備和解決方案,自 1975 年成立以來,一直致力於幫助個人和企業用戶,全面發揮科技潛能,實現夢想。
四十多年來,微軟一直專注於技術創新與變革,透過卓越的軟體、設備和服務,能夠幫助用戶提昇生活和工作生產力,讓數億的使用者真正受益於科技。微軟公司總部位於美國華盛頓州 Redmond,在全世界超過 190 個國家和地區設有分公司或是分支機構,擁有超過 125,000 名員工。
微軟執行長 Satya Nadella 在上任後提出了新願景:「在這個行動優先、雲端至上的世界裡,微軟的核心競爭力,就是成為一個提供生產力與平台的公司,幫助在這個地球上的每一個人到每一個組織,都能貢獻更多、成就更大。」
台灣微軟成立於 1989 年,身為政府、學校與企業最值得信賴的夥伴,始終致力於幫助台灣提升創新力、競爭力以及促進經濟繁榮,共同來亮點台灣!
Silver Sponsor
Archilife Research Foundation
Starting from 1987, the Archilife Research Foundation commenced long-term researches in the areas of architecture, environmental sustainability and development, and go on to other areas of knowledge integration and education. During the process of the researches, we discovered that advancements of information technologies and cyberspace over the past decade had profound impacts on us. The sharing and integration of knowledge in these fields should be one of our essential objectives.
Besides giving scholarships in aforementioned areas, Archilife developed different methods including a knowledge bank system, and knowledge keepers to help the application and integration of our understandings of the world. And since 2011, we have been continuing the sponsorships for various Open Source related events, and also started a series of meet-ups among the domestic independent game developers' community, communicating the experiences learned from international game development conferences.
Gamesofa
Gamesofa was founded in 2005. The company‘s pioneering use of the best emerging web technologies allowed Gamesofa to expand on the gaming market, having since developed 20 franchises across multiple platforms including web, Android, and iOS, all of which have cemented Gamesofa’s reputation as one of Taiwan’s leading game development companies.
Gamesofa’s motto, “Fun in Five Minutes” reflects the company’s core philosophy of providing a fun yet casual multiplayer experience. With the creation of “Godgame Mahjong,” Gamesofa successfully brought Taiwan its very first web Mahjong game.
Gamesofa followed up their success with the world’s first browser-based 3D shooter, “Guns Rush.” More recently Gamesofa has gone international, breaking into markets
in Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam with localized Texas Hold’em applications, in India with “Bollywood Teen Patti,” and in Russia with their 3D tank warfare game, “Tank Hit.” Overall, Gamesofa boasts a user base of 50 million registered players worldwide and over 2 million daily active users.
Bronze Sponsor
UniSharp
Unisharp is an open and passionate team proficient in website and API development. We are big fans of FOSS and highly active on github. Making pull requests is our daily routine to contribute to open source. We’ve also developed various useful packages for PHP (Laravel) and NodeJS. Come join us to support COSCUP 2018!
Skymirror
Established in 2011, Sky Mirror Technology Co., Ltd. is a young, start-up company. Core members are from well-known companies and have rich experience in AI、big data、mathematical statistics、UI/UX and circuit design. Backed by excellent technology and professionalism, two high-quality products and service entered the market. They are both given awards by 2018 Future Commerce Awards and gain public praise. In order to satisfy the diversity needs of our customers, we encourage our employees to learn and adapt leading technology in our products. In the coming future, we are moving forward towards the applications of smart technology and realize the sharing and creating idea of company culture and brand value.
Carousell
Carousell is a mobile classifieds app that makes selling as easy as taking a photo, buying as simple as chatting. Launched in August 2012, Carousell began in Singapore and has spread to 19 cities around the world. With over 65 million listings, we are one of the world’s largest and fastest growing marketplaces.
Carousell has been ranked as the top Lifestyle and Shopping app in Singapore, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, and is backed by leading international Venture Capitalists Sequoia India, Rakuten Ventures, 500 Startups, Golden Gate Ventures, and QuestVC. In Taiwan, Carousell has a diverse range of products in 29 categories, including women’s fashion, beauty products, and lifestyle gadgets.
CyberMiles
CyberMiles is a public blockchain designed and optimized specifically for e-commerce. Developed by the Hong Kong-based CyberMiles Foundation, CyberMiles’ mission is to build a decentralized ecosystem for online marketplaces. Building on “smart business contract" technology, the CyberMiles blockchain aims to be the international public blockchain for all e-commerce-related transactions. It has the benefits of a single large network, yet it is maintained and validated by a community of trusted peers. Commercial applications and businesses can build on the CyberMiles blockchain to access an expansive network of buyers and sellers. They also can use the CyberMiles Token (CMT) as the basis for their own marketplace cryptocurrency, to support programs such as shared loyalty points.
CyberMiles has recently released Lity, a new programming language for smart contracts that is a Solidity superset. Compared with traditional Ethereum and Solidity, Lity is safer, more flexible, extensible. The Lity language is dynamically extensible for unlimited native functions. It is highly optimized for applications in e-commerce and finance. It could drastically reduce gas fees and speed up execution. For example, you can now encrypt large-sized data in the blink of an eye without running out of gas anymore. CyberMiles promises to be the future of e-commerce.
For more information: https://www.cybermiles.io/
Join us: hire@cybermiles.io
Taiwan Network Information Center
The TWNIC operates ccTLD, IP allocation, DNS Security, and International Affairs under the supervision of the NCC and the organizational structure of TWNIC’s Board of Directors holds the decision-making power over the Center’s core policies. Also, there are four Committees responsible for drafting policy and providing information and recommendations; and five departments implement and carry out the Center’s missions.
TibaMe
TibaMe is a digital learning platform currently with over 120 thousand members as well as over 600 business partners. TibaMe offers a learning network and a training curriculum designed to address the needs of business and industry and help individuals acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in today’s rapidly-changing employment market.
TibaMe provides step by step guidance for individuals to become highly knowledgeable in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) field thru online courses, offline projects and technical workshops. Moreover, TibaMe focuses on providing training courses in ICT industry, such as AI, IOT, Big Data and programming. We hope to be your best learning partner as you advance your career.
Tokamak Labs
Tokamak Labs is an software/hardware R&D labs led by industry leaders, experienced entrepreneur, and hardcore designer and developers with focus on AI, IoT and blockchain. We are now building “JARVIS.AI” the very first decentralized platform for scalable AI/ML microservice. Together with blockchain-based technology, we can create a marketplace (just like App Store) to collectively explore and build next-gen AI models across the globe without the fear of centralized control and governed by collective morality.
Partner
資策會
The Cultivation of Talent for The R&D of Open Source Applications Project is to support '5 plus 2' program in industry innovation. The purposes of the project are to foster and train ICT talents to be the international leaders of open source technologies, to build the friendly environment of open source, and promote the application development of open source ecosystem.
For the technique of open source software, the project will foster cross-industry talents. All of the professional knowledge will provide advanced digital technologies for talents on the open source software, and increase the R&D achievements of software applications. For more information please visit TWOSS.io
Co-Organizer
Taiwan Tech ECE
Our university is recognized as an application-oriented research-type international university. Comply with this axis of the university, the development goal of our department is set as the education of talent high tech personnel and the supplying of delicate application technology. With this, our department will play a role of connecting the basic technology and industrial application.To follow the technology policy of our government and the internationalized trend of education, the tradition of "emphasizing on practical application" in our department will be continued. With "combination of theory and application" and "balance on IQ and EQ", electronic specialists with "international view and creation capability" will be trained in our department. These engineers will have the ability to design, manufacture, maintain and test the systems and elements in the fields of electronics, information communication and photo-electronics. With the "professional topics for undergraduate students", "cooperation projects from the industry" and "the enforcement of the manufacturing ability of students", our professors will help the industry to develop their required technologies. Cooperation with the neighboring educational and researching institutions, we will boom the energy of our research ability, develop our specialism and lift the global competition ability for the industry of our country.
Open Culture Foundation
The Open Culture Foundation (OCF), is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, founded in 2014 by several members of Taiwan’s open source community. Our main goal is to support local communities advocate the use of open technologies in broader sectors, including open source software, open hardware, and open data. We help government, enterprises, and NGOs better understand the benefits of adopting open source,and promote the importance of open data to the public sphere. We believe that a culture of open collaboration is the foundation for an innovative society, and the engine of a participatory democracy.
Special Thanks
Juice Bear
引進全國第一家通過 CAS 證認的水果供應商福和生鮮做為水果供貨來源,並且提供百分百新鮮水果原料,絕不添加任何化學香精,用心呵護消費者喝的安全與健康的享受;不定期研發新式產品提供顧客多樣選擇。
HackMD
HackMD lets you create realtime collaborative markdown notes on all platforms. It could be used to organize your thoughts, discuss with your teammates, and preview the result in realtime. You write in markdown and we make slides, charts, and math expressions for you!
Since launch, more than 460,000 notes have been taken in HackMD. Come and love it <3