Education

Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A.

M.S. in Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A.

B.S. in Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Experience

President, National Central University, Taiwan (2013/02–present)

Kwoh-Ting Li Chair Professor, National Central University, Taiwan (2013/02–present)

Chair Professor of Electronics Engineering Department, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan (2010/02–2013/01)

Deputy Minister of National Science Council, Taiwan (2010/02–2012/02)

Vice Chancellor (Academic Affairs), University System of Taiwan (2007/04–2010/01)

Director General of National Chip Implementation Center, National Applied Research Laboratories in Taiwan (2004/02–2007/06)

President of the Taiwan Integrated Circuit Design Society (TICD) (2006/08–2008/07)

Chairman of Electronics Engineering Department, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan (2000/08–2003/07)

Professor of Electronics Engineering Department, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan (1998/08–2013/01)

Associate Professor of Electronics Engineering Department, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan (1994/08–1998/07)

Member of Technical Staff in AT&T Bell Laboratories, U.S.A. (1986–1994)

Senior Member of Technical Staff in GTE Laboratories, U.S.A. (1985–1986)

Research Specialty

Computer Aided Design

Integrated Circuits and Systems

Computer Architecture

Honors & Awards

CIEE (The Chinese Institute of Electrical Engineering) Outstanding Electrical Engineering Professor Award (2006)

IEEE Fellow (2005)

Outstanding Academy-Industry Cooperation Achievement Award granted by Ministry of Education (MOE), Taiwan, 2002 on "Automatic VLSI Design Verification and Diagnosis Techniques" (2002)