Biography

Education:

2003 Ph. D. Department of Statistics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

Thesis title: A Null-space Algorithm for Overcomplete Independent Component Analysis.

Adviser: Prof. Yingnian Wu (University of California, Los Angeles)

2001 M.S. Department of Statistics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

1996 M.S. Department of Applied Mathematics, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Thesis title: Design Problems in Exact D-and c-Optimality for Weighted Polynomial Models.

Adviser: Prof. Mong-Na Lo Huang (National Sun Yat-sen University)

1994 B.S. Department of Applied Mathematics, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Experiences:

Professor, Department of Statistics & Institute of Data Science, National Cheng Kung University. 2013.8-present.

Vice Dean, Miin Wu School of Computing, National Cheng Kung University, 2023.8-present.

Professor (joint appointment), Miin Wu School of Computing, National Cheng Kung University, 2020.8-present.

Professor (joint appointment), Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, 2022.8-present.

Professor (joint appointment), Department of Applied Mathematics, National Sun Yat-sen University. 2016.8.-present.

Director, Center for Data Science, Miin Wu School of Computing, National Cheng Kung University, 2022.10-2023.7.

Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Office of Academic Affairs, National Cheng Kung University. 2022.8-2023.1.

Director, Center for Teaching and Learning Development, National Cheng Kung University, 2022.8-2023.1. 

Chairman, Department of Statistics, National Cheng Kung University. 2019.8.-2022.7.

Director, Institute of Data Science, National Cheng Kung University, 2019.8.-2022.7.

Director, Institutional Research Division, Office of Research and Development, National Cheng Kung University. 2018.5-2019.7.

Visiting Research Faculty, School of Industrial & Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015.8.-2016.1.

Associate Professor, Department of Statistics, National Cheng Kung University, 2011.2-2013.7.

Director, Institute of Statistics, National University of Kaohsiung, 2008.8-2011.1.

Associate Professor, Institute of Statistics, National University of Kaohsiung, 2008.2-2011.1.

Assistant Professor, Institute of Statistics, National University of Kaohsiung, 2003.8-2008.2.

Honors and Awards:

Outstanding Alumni Award, National Sun Yat-sen University, 2022.

Elected Member of the ISI, 2020.

The 2016 Conference on Technologies and Applications of Artificial Intelligence (TAAI 2016) Best Paper Awards (Domestic Track). 

Ray-Bing Chen, Chi-Chun Hsia, Sheng-Mao Chang and Ping-Yang Chen, Adaptive Shrinkage for Distributed Lag Models with Application in Gas Supply Control, 2016.

2016-2018 MOST Excellent Junior Research Investigator Grant, Ministry of Science and Technology

2014 Excellent Teaching Award, National Cheng Kung University

2013 Excellent Research Award, College of Management, National Cheng Kung  University