Staff writer, with CNAPeople with skills in developing artificial intelligence (AI) are in high demand in Taiwan, with an online job bank reporting up to 6,000 openings for such jobs in the local market. As AI transitions from research laboratories to the marketplace, there is an urgent need by companies for data scientists, algorithm engineers and robotics engineers who can work on developing AI, job bank head of data analysis Lu Cheng-yu (呂承諭) said. The urgency of the demand is evident in the high compensation that these companies are willing to offer AI-related talent that they hire. The job bank found that data scientists on average earn an annual salary of NT$1.22 million (US$41,630), while algorithm engineers enjoy an annual salary of NT$880,000 and robotics engineers NT$830,000. AI requires both hard and soft skills, so it is a field that is not exclusive to those with an engineering background, he added.

Source: Taipei Times February 23, 2018 16:02 UTC