Bio
Herng-Yow Chen, born in 1969, Taipei, Taiwan, received his B.S. degree from TamKang University in 1989 and his Ph.D. degree from National Taiwan University in 1996, both in Computer Science. He has been living in Puli and teaching at National Chi Nan University since 1996 and is now a full-time distinguished Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, where has been serving as the department's Chairman from 2021 to 2023. He has also been a Joint Faculty Professor at the Graduate Institute of Teaching Chinese as a Second/Foreign Language and Graduate Institute of Curriculum Instruction and Technology since 2010.
Dr. Chen is passionate about how human beings acquire and learn language and music, and how technology can help. His research interests include learning psychology, accessible and assistive music technology, language education, brain science, and multimedia. He visited Indiana University, 2005-2006, as a visiting professor at the Language Education Department, to explore knowledge in language. He served as the Director of Language Teaching and Research Center, National Chi Nan University, 2004-2012. He decided to learn music at his 43. He picked up Cello and Violin in 2010 and then Piano in 2012, and started to join Young Artist Orchestra (playing cello) in Puli, 2012, where he could meet musicians weekly and discover interesting ideas. His lab focuses on music and language technology.
