Biography (英文自介)
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Yung-Yao Chen received his B.S. (2004) and M.S. (2006) degrees in Electrical and Control Engineering from the National Chiao Tung University, and his Ph.D. (2013) degree in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University - West Lafayette, IN, USA. He is currently a Professor in the Dept. Electronic and Computer Engineering and the Co-Director of Taiwan Tech Smart Electric Vehicle Research Center https://ai-sev.ntust.edu.tw/, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan. He was an Associate Professor in the Graduate Institute of Automation Technology and Chief of Chinese Language Training Center (CLTC), National Taipei University of Technology (NTUT), Taipei, Taiwan. Before being a faculty member, he has worked in HP Labs - Printing and Content Delivery Lab (HPL - PCDL) as a Full-Time Research Intern for 1 year (2012 - 2013). His current research interests include computer vision, vision-based automation, pattern recognition, color image processing, imaging systems, machine learning, and human-computer interaction.
Educational Background
PhD (Golden Key Honorary Member, top 15%): School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, USA (Advisor: Prof. Jan P. Allebach) Purdue Engineering National Rankings (Best Colleges 2020)
Ranking No. 10 in Computer Engineering ; Ranking No. 9 in Electrical / Electronic / Communications; Ranking No. 4 in Graduate Engineering
MS (Phi-Tau-Phi Honorary Member, top 3%): Department of Electrical and Control Engineering, National Chiao Tung University (NCTU), Taiwan (Advisor: Prof. Sheng-Fuu Lin)
BS: Department of Electrical and Control Engineering (renamed as Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering), National Chiao Tung University (NCTU), Taiwan
Taipei Municipal Jianguo High School, Taipei, Taiwan
Work Experiences
Professor, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology. (From 2024/9 - present)
Co-Director, Taiwan Tech Smart Electric Vehicle Research Center. (From 2021 - present)
Associate Professor, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology. (From 2020 - 2024/8)
Co-PI (Principal Investigator), Industry-Academia Alliance of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, NTUST (From 2020 - present)
Project Review Committee, Taiwan Ministry of Science and Technology (From 2019 - present)
Chief, Chinese Language Training Center (CLTC), National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan. (From 2018 - 2020)
Associate Professor, Graduate Institute of Automation Technology (GIAT), National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan. (From 2018 - 2020)
Delta Electronics Foundation MOOCs 「Automation Program」 lecturer (From 2016 - present )
Assistant Professor, Graduate Institute of Automation Technology, National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan. (From 2013 - 2018 )
Full-Time Research Intern, HP Labs. (2012 - 2013, work for HP-Labs, HPL - PCDL); Supervised by Robert Ulichney and Steve Simske
Research Assistant, EE, Purdue University, USA ( EISL RA: 2010 - 2012, funded by HP-Indigo)
Teaching Assistant, EE, Purdue University, USA (TA: 2008 - 2009, Purdue U. ECE)
Research Assistant, ECE, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan (RA: 2005 - 2006, Image Processing Systems Lab, funded by NSC)
Honors
Frontier Technology Award/STI A* Award, Institute for Information Industry ( https://www.iii.org.tw ) (2024)
Excellent Research Award, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan (2024)
Excellent Teaching Award, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan (2023)
Outstanding Young Professional Award, Taiwan Association of Systems Science and Engineering (2022)
Outstanding Young Professional Award, Taiwan Consumer Electronics Society (2021)
Champion, 2nd Autonomous Cars (Duckiebot) Thematic Contest (2021)
Taiwan Electronics Design Contest, Second Prize Award (2021)
Excellent Research Award, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan (2020)
MOST Ta-You Wu Memorial Award, Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan. (news) (2020)
Distinguished Young Electrical Engineer, The Chinese Institute of Electrical Engineering (2020)
Outstanding Young Scholar Project, Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (2020)
Outstanding Robotics Young Scholar Award, Robotics Society of Taiwan (2020)
Taiwan Electronics Design Contest, Special Award (2020)
Silver Medal, National College Faculty/Staff Basketball Competition (2020)
Best Paper Award, Int. Conf. Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems (2020)
Outstanding Young Scholar Award, National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan (2019)
Innovation and Entrepreneurship contest, Rising Star Award (2019)
Innovation and Entrepreneurship contest, Silver Award (2019)
Taiwan Electronics Design Contest, First Prize Award (2019)
Taiwan Electronics Design Contest, IEEE SPS Excellent Award (from 161 works) (2019)
Fintechers and Innovation Contest (held by Hua Nan Financial Holdings Co. and Institute for Information Industry), Silver Medal (2019)
Best Paper Award, Int. Conf. Communications, Computation, Networks and Technologies (2018)
Best Paper Award, Int. Conf. Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems (2015)
Honorary Member, Golden Key International Honor Society, 2011 (top 15% academic performance)
Fully funded TA Scholarship, Purdue School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (2008)
Honorary Member, Phi-Tau-Phi Scholastic Honor Society, 2006 (top 3% academic performance)
Rotary Foundational Scholarship, Taiwan Rotary Clubs Association. (2005)
(Presidential) Academic Excellence Award, NCTU ECE (2004, 2005)
Ta-You Wu Memorial Award, Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (photo with Minister Tsung-Tsong Wu), 2020
Ta-You Wu Memorial Award (2020); Awarded by Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Taiwan
2024-11 Frontier Technology Award/STI A* Award, Institute for Information Industry ( https://www.iii.org.tw )
Topic: Apply AutoGen/Generative AI/Large Language Model to Develop Multi-model Intelligent Question-Answering Services
Distinguished Young Electrical Engineer Award (2020) ; Awarded by Chinese Institute of Electrical Engineering
2020 Photo with Chairman Jing-Yang Jou (also, President of National Central University) in the Member congress of Chinese Institute of Electrical Engineering
Excellent Research Award, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan (2020)
Outstanding Robotics Young Scholar Award (2020) ; Award by Robotics Society of Taiwan
Outstanding Young Professional Award, Taiwan Consumer Electronics Society (2021)
Excellent Award, 2021 AIGO Competition (AI Project-Talent Problem Solving Competition), Bureau of Economics and Industry
AIGO Project website: https://aigo.org.tw/zh-tw
2021/10/28, Prof. Chen (Second from the left)
News Interview with the NTUST HIS LAB Team
新聞聯結 1 (2021/11/16): https://www.cna.com.tw/news/ait/202111160036.aspx
新聞聯結 2 (2021/11/16): https://www.chinatimes.com/realtimenews/20211116005284-260405?chdtv
(Digitimes Asia News) Taiwan Tech establishes university-level research center for smart EV technology
新聞聯結News Website (2021/10/13):https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20211011VL202.html
Outstanding Young Professional Award, Taiwan Association of Systems Science and Engineering (2022)
AI Cup Award, Taiwan Ministry of Education (2022)
Intel DevCup x openvivo Contest (2021)