INTERESTS

• Design and test of low-power/high-performance VLSI circuits and systems 

• Semiconductor memory test and repair

• Symbiotic neuromorphic computing architecture and hardware 

EDUCATION

• PhD in ECE, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), Dec. 1987

• MS in ECE, UCSB, Dec. 1985

• BS in EE, National Taiwan University, June 1981

• Tainan First Senior High School, June 1977

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

• 1981-1983 Ensign Instructor, Naval School of Communications & Electronics

• 1982 Official License of Professional Electrical Engineer

• 1983-1984 System Programmer, Bureau of Environmental Protection, Executive Yuan

• 1988-1994 Associate Professor, Department of EE, NTHU

• 1990-1993 Adjunct Associate Professor, Feng Chia University, Taichung

• 1991-1992 Adjunct Associate Professor, Chung Hua University, Hsinchu

• 1994-2023 Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering (EE), NTHU

• 1996-1998 Director, University Computer & Communications Center, NTHU

• 1998-1999 Director, Technology Service Center, NTHU

• 1999-2000 Visiting Scholar, Department of ECE, UCSB

• 2000-2006 Member, BOG of IEEE Taipei Section

• 2000-2005 Director, IC Design Technology Center (DTC), NTHU (Founding Director)

• 2000-2003 Chair, Department of EE, NTHU

• 2001-2003 Vice Chair, Technical Meetings Group, TTTC, IEEE Computer Society

• 2004-2005 Chair, Technical Meetings Group, TTTC, IEEE Computer Society

• 2002-2014 Member, BOG of Taiwan IC Design (TICD) Society

• 2003-2004 Vice Chair, Steering Committee of IEEE Asian Test Symposium

• 2005-2006 Chair, Steering Committee of IEEE Asian Test Symposium

• 2003-2007 Technical Adviser, SOC Technology Center, ITRI

• 2004-2007 Dean, College of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, NTHU

• 2006-2011 Coordinator, National SOC Program (NSOC), NSC

• 2006-2014 Tsing Hua Chair Professor

• 2007-2009 General Director, SOC Technology Center, ITRI

• 2007-2014 Chair, IC Design Committee, TSIA

• 2010-2014 VP & General Director, Information and Communications Research Labs, ITRI

• 2011-2015 Adviser, National Program for Intelligent Electronics (NPIE), NSC

• 2012-2013 Member, Executive Committee, Design Automation Conference (DAC)

• 2013-present Member, BOG, Chinese Institute of Electrical Engineers (CIEE)

• 2014-2023 Tsing Hua Distinguished Chair Professor

• 2014-2016 Senior Vice President for Research, NTHU

• 2014-2016 Member, BOG, Taiwan Society for Precision Engineering (TSPE)

• 2014-2020 Senior Adviser, ICL, ITRI

• 2014-2019 Chair of Expert Review Board, National 4G-Centric Smart City Program, IDB, MOEA

• 2015-2016, 2018 Adviser, Ministry of Education (MOE)

• 2016-2019 Director, IC Design Technology Center (DTC), NTHU

• 2016-2017 Chair, Steering Committee of IEEE International Test Conference-Asia (ITC-Asia)

• 2018-2020 Chair of Expert Review Board, Smart City Taiwan Program, IDB, MOEA

• 2018-2020 Member of ARAC and Chair of TAC-ICT, ITRI

• 2016-2022 Member, Steering Committee of IEEE International Test Conference (ITC)

• 2016-present Member, Steering Committee of IEEE International Test Conference in Asia (ITC-Asia)

• 2019-2021 EVP, NCKU

• 2020-2022 SVP, ITRI, and General Director, ITRI Southern Campus

• 2022-2023 SVP and Chief Technology Expert, ITRI

• 2020-present Member of the BOG,  Miin Wu School of Computing, NCKU

• 2021-2023 Chair Professor, Miin Wu School of Computing, NCKU

• 2023-present Chair of the BOG, Taiwan Institute of Sports Science, Ministry of Education (MOE)

HONORS AND AWARDS

• Distinguished Teaching Award, National Tsing Hua University (NTHU), 1996

• Outstanding Electrical Engineering Professor Award, Chinese Institute of Electrical Engineering (CIEE), 1997

• Certificates of Appreciation for dedicated service to the Asian Test Symposium and TTTC, IEEE Computer Society, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2010

• Distinguished Research Award, National Science Council (NSC), 2000

• Industrial Collaboration Awards, Ministry of Education (MOE), 2001 and 2003

• Distinguished Research Award, NSC, 2002

• Best Paper Award, IEEE International Workshop on Design & Diagnostics of Electronic Circuits & Systems (DDECS), 2002

• Technology Licensing Award, NSC, 2003

• Best Paper Award, IEEE Asia & South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC), 2003 

• Special Feature Award, University Design Contest, ASP-DAC, 2003

• Fellow, IEEE, 2004

• NSOC Distinguished Innovative Achievements Award, NSC, 2004

• CIC Excellent Design Award, NSC, 2004

• Academic Award, MOE, 2005

• Continuous Service Award, the IEEE Computer Society, 2005

• Outstanding Contribution Award, the IEEE Computer Society, 2005

• Golden Core Member, the IEEE Computer Society, 2006

• Technology Licensing Award, NSC, 2006

• Distinguished Teaching Award, NTHU, 2006

• Tsing Hua Chair Professorship, NTHU, 2006

• IEEE VLSI Test Symposium (VTS) Best Innovative Practices Session Award, IEEE Computer Society-TTTC, 2007

• Distinguished Industrial Collaboration Award, NTHU, 2007

• The 18th VLSI Design/CAD Symposium Best Paper Award, 2007

• NSOC Distinguished Integrated Research Project Award, NSC, 2008

• Distinguished Alumnus Award, Tainan First Senior High School, 2008

• National Invention Award, Silver Medal, Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), 2009

• Distinguished Alumnus Award, Tainan Municipal Jincheng Junior High School, 2009

• Distinguished Research Award, NSC, 2009

• TECO Award, TECO Technology Foundation, 2010

• NSOC NSC Service Contribution Award, NSC, 2011

• NSOC Excellent Project Award—Project HOY, NSC, 2011

• Distinguished IP Commercialization Award, NTHU, 2012

• Fellow, ROC Technology Management Society, 2013

• National Industrial Innovation Award--Distinguished Innovative Organization, MOEA, 2013 (Representing ICL, ITRI)

• National Endowed Chair Professorship, MOE, 2013

• Tsing Hua Distinguished Chair Professor, NTHU, 2014

• Distinguished Technology Transfer Contribution Award, Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), 2014

• Electrical Engineering Medal, CIEE, 2015

• IEEE ATS 25th Anniversary “Most Contribution Author Award,” TTTC, IEEE Computer Society, 2016

• IEEE ATS 25th Anniversary “Most Influential Paper Award,” TTTC, IEEE Computer Society, 2016

• Best Paper Award, IEEE 25th Asian Test Symposium (ATS), 2016

• Distinguished Designated Researcher Award, Ministry of Science and Technology, 2018

• Distinguished Achievement Award, the Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society of the ROC, 2019

• Best Paper Award, IEEE 28th Asian Test Symposium (ATS), 2019

• Distinguished Research Award, Pan Wen Yuan Foundation, 2020

• Industry Contribution Award, SEMI, 2020

• Best Paper Award, VLSI Test Technology Workshop (VTTW), 2020

• Best Paper Award, the 2020 International Test Conference in Asia (ITC-Asia), 2021

• Best Design Award, the 2022 International Test Conference in Asia (ITC-Asia), 2022

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

• Fellow, IEEE

• Fellow, ROC Technology Management Society  中華民國科技管理學會

• Life member, Chinese Institute of Electrical Engineers  中國電機工程學會

• Life member, Taiwan IC Design Society  台灣IC設計學會

• Member, Taiwan Society for Precision Engineering  台灣精密工程學會