[Education]

• B.S. Degree, Department of Electronics Engineering, National Chiao Tung University (1997/09–2002/06)

• M.S. Degree, Department of Electronics Engineering, National Chiao Tung University (2002/09–2004/02)

• Ph.D. Degree, Department of Electronics Engineering, National Chiao Tung University (2004/02–2010/11)

[Work Experience]

Assistant Professor, International College of Semiconductor Technology (ICST), NCTU (2017.02 ~ now)

• Visiting Postdoctoral Scholar, Electical Engineering Department, UCLA (2014.11~2016.11)

• Associate Research Fellow, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, NCTU (2015.10~2017.01)

• Assistant Research Fellow, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, NCTU (2014.01~2015.10)

• Assistant Research Fellow, Department of Electronics Engineering, NCTU (2011.01~2013.12)

• Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Electronics Engineering, NCTU (2010.12~2011.01)

[Research Interests]

• Acceleration design for AI and machine learning applications

• 3D-IC design (Monolithic 3D-IC & TSV 3D-IC)

• Energy-Efficient digital IC (VLSI) design

• Low-power embedded memory design (Latch, SRAM, Register-File, FIFO, CAM/TCAM)

• Computation-in-memory circuits and architecture

• Memory sub-system for heterogeneous multi-core SoC/SiP

• Ultra-low voltage IC design for IoT and biomedical applications

• Accelerator-rich and memory-rich computer architectures for domain-specific computing

• Compression techniques of memory accesses for mmWave wireless communications and Radar

[Honors & Awards]

• Student Outstand Research Award, MOEA/DoIT, 2005.

• Outstanding Oral Paper Award, Electronics Technology Symposium (ETS), 2009.

• Ph.D. Teaching Assistant Scholarship, National Chiao Tung University (NCTU), 2009.

• High Achievement of 2010 Ph.D. Dissertation, Institute of Electronics, NCTU, 2010.

• Best Integrated research Project Award, National Science Council (NSC), Taiwan, 2010.

• Outstanding Chip Design Award, National Chip Implementation Center (CIC), Taiwan, 2014.

• TSIA Young Researcher Award, Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Association (TSIA), 2016.

• Future Technology Award, Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Taiwan. Dec. 2019.

• Excellent Young Researcher Project Award, Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Taiwan, 2020-2023

• 陽明交通大學績優導師, 2021.

• 陽明交通大學優良教學獎, 2021.

• 陽明交通大學醫學系教學優良教師, 2021.

• Macronix Outstanding Chair Professor, 2021-2023.