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Taiwan’s national team won three silver and four bronze medals at the 2026 International Olympiad in Artificial Intelligence (IOAI). The event brought together 466 contestants from 108 countries and territories, and Taiwan’s highest-ranked student finished 44th overall.
With support from the K-12 Education Administration of the Ministry of Education, National Central University (NCU) oversaw the selection and training of Taiwan’s national team and coordinated the team’s participation in the competition. Assistant Professor Hui-Ju Hung of NCU’s Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering led the eight-student team, with Assistant Professor Shih-Hung Wu of the Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering at Chaoyang University of Technology serving as deputy leader. Professor Po-Chyi Su, also of NCU’s Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, supported the team selection and training efforts.
At IOAI 2026, held in Astana, Kazakhstan, Taiwan’s silver medalists were Chun-Jui Hung (44th overall) of Taichung Municipal Taichung First Senior High School; En-Han Wen (47th) of Taipei Municipal Zhonglun High School; and Hong-Min Wang (97th) of National Tainan First Senior High School.
Taiwan’s bronze medalists were Kang-Yu Yan (113th overall) of Kaohsiung Municipal Kaohsiung Senior High School; Pin-Hsun Huang (125th) of Kaohsiung Municipal Kaohsiung Girls’ Senior High School; Meng-Shan Hsieh (156th), a student in Taipei City’s non-school-based experimental education program; and Yen-Sung Chiu (162nd) of Chingshin Academy.
With 108 participating countries and territories, IOAI 2026 was the second-largest international science olympiad by that measure, behind only the International Mathematical Olympiad, according to the IOAI organizers.
NCU noted that participating in IOAI gives talented students the opportunity to compete with peers worldwide and highlights Taiwan’s progress in developing AI talent. International competitions also broaden students’ perspectives and help them build the skills needed to succeed in the rapidly evolving field of artificial intelligence.
