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The Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics Preparatory Office (ASIAA) was re-established in 1993 after approval by the Academia Sinica Council upon the recommendation of Academician C.C. Lin. 
The Preparatory Office was inaugurated with Prof. Frank H. Shu chairing the Advisory Panel, and with Dr. Typhoon Lee as the first director. Succeeding directors are Prof. Chi Yuan (1994-1997), Prof. Fred K.Y. Lo (1997-2002), Prof. Sun Kwok (2003-2005), and Prof. Paul T.P. Ho (2002-2003, and Sept. 2005 - present).
We are located on the campus of the National Taiwan University (NTU) since 2001, and we operate a field office in Hawaii. ASIAA currently has a staff of about 160, including research, technical, and support personnel, as well as research students, and plans to become a full-fledged institute in a couple of years.
ASIAA aspires to work at the forefront of astronomical research. By concentrating our efforts in specific directions, ASIAA has built up core groups in instrumentation, experimental astrophysics, and theory. Research topics carried out at ASIAA range from solar system studies to cosmology. ASIAA also sponsors international workshops and conferences on a regular basis. The goal of ASIAA is to become a research institute competitive with the best in the world.
ASIAA aims to collaborate with the university groups in developing astronomical research in Taiwan. Collaboration with NCU has been underway for a number of years through our partnership on the TAOS project. Collaboration with NTU has also been ongoing through our partnership on the AMiBA project as part of the Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics (CosPA) effort. Collaboration with National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) has been ongoing in the fabrication of SIS junctions. In 2004, the Theoretical Institute for Advanced Research in Astrophysics was established on the campus of NTHU.
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