Biomedical Artificial Intelligence & Robotics (BAIR) Lab

Cheng-Kai Lu (Senior Member, IEEE) received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electronics Engineering from Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan, in 2001 and 2003, respectively, and his Ph.D. in Engineering from The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, in 2012. Following his doctoral studies, he served as Director of the Research and Development Division at Chyao Shiunn Electronic Industrial Co. (Shanghai), before transitioning to the Science & Technology Policy Research and Information Centre at the National Applied Research Laboratories, Taiwan. Dr. Lu has held key roles in professional organizations, including serving in an executive position with the IEEE EMBS Malaysia Chapter from January 2017 to February 2018, and continuing his leadership with the IEEE ED/MTT/SSC Penang Joint Chapter from 2018 onward. Since February 2022, he has been serving as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU), Taipei, Taiwan. After two years, he regained the rank of Associate Professor, following a period of reassignment. Prior to NTNU, Dr. Lu was a Senior Lecturer (UK system) in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP), Malaysia, where he served from 2016 to 2021. 

Dr. Lu’s research interests encompass medical imaging, embedded systems, artificial intelligence, and clinical decision support systems. His expertise spans both academia and industry, with over 8 years of experience in the industrial sector. His scholarly output includes peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, conference papers, and technical reports, complemented by a portfolio of patents, several of which have been successfully licensed. Notably, one of his inventions, a PS keyboard system (TW Patent, 2006), has been adopted by the Republic of China Air Force, with further applications in light aircraft and long-haul flight systems. 

Among his most impactful contributions is his work on production line automation during his tenure at Chyao Shiunn Electronic Industrial Co., where his innovations led to a substantial reduction in labor costs. Dr. Lu’s industrial contributions, together with his academic endeavors, underscore his distinguished career at the intersection of engineering and applied research. 

Artificial Intelligence applications

Medical Image

Biodata analysis

Embedded System

Internet of Things

Robotics

Associate Professor at Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan Normal University, February  2024 – present.

Assistant Professor at Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan Normal University, January 2022 – January 2024.

Program Manager, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia, September 2018 – December 2021.

Senior Lecturer (UK system), Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia, September 2016 – December 2021.

Adjunct Associate Researcher, Science & Technology Policy Research and Information Center (STPI), National Applied Research Laboratories (NARLabs), Taiwan, June 2017 – June 2020.

Assistant Researcher and Technical Manager, Science & Technology Policy Research and Information Center (STPI), National Applied Research Laboratories (NARLabs), Taiwan, July 2014 – August 2016.

Director, Research and Development Division, Chyao Shiunn Electronics Co. Ltd, Shanghai, China, December 2012 – June 2014.

Research Fellow, NHS Lothian, United Kingdom National Health Service, United Kingdom, April 2009 – April 2011.

Section Manager, Research and Development Division, Chyao Shiunn Electronics Co. Ltd, Shanghai, China, September 2006 – September 2008.

Firmware, Hardware Engineer & Project Manager, Becker Avionics R & D Center, Taiwan, October 2003 – September 2005.

Assistant Researcher, Electronic System Institute, Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (CSIST), Taiwan, October 2003 – May 2005.

Reviewer, Taiwan NSTC (Taiwanese Overseas Pioneers Grants, TOP Grants) since 2024.

Technical Committee Member, Consumer Systems for Healthcare and Wellbeing (CSH) since 2023.

Associate Editor, International Journal of Fuzzy Systems, February 2021 – present. (SCI, Q1).

Moderator, IEEE Distinguished Lecture: Two-dimensional materials based electronic devices, Virtual Online, 17 September 2022. (Co-sponsored by TAM Malaysia, IET Malaysia, IEM Penang branch, Tech Dome Penang)

Session Chair, IC06: [SS] Computational Intelligence for Robotic Systems, 2022 International Conference on System Science and Engineering (ICSSE 2022), Taichung, Taiwan, May 26-29.

To link up Embassy of Malaysia (Beijing), and to collaborate with Ocean College of Zhejiang University and Xi'an Shiyou University, and further enhance the trilateral relationship toward the successful establishment of a Malaysia Education & Culture Center & Belt and Road Petroleum Education Research Center in China. 

SSC Technical Session Chair, IEEE International Microwave, Electron Devices, Solid-State Circuits Symposium (IMESS) 2019, "AI, 5G and IOT: Technology Convergence for Betterment of Humanity," Penang Skills Development Centre (PSDC), Penang, Malaysia, 8-9 October 2019. 

Taiwan MOST LEAP Program, Progress Review Committee Member since 2018.

TPC member, 3rd International Conference on Intelligent Green Building and Smart Grid (IGBSG 2018), Yi-Lan, Taiwan, 22-25 April 2018.

Treasurer, World Engineering, Science and Technology Congress (ESTCON), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 13-14 August 2018.

Organizer, Asia-Pacific Winter School on Bio-inspired Systems and Prosthetic Devices (BioPRO), Perak, Malaysia, 5-9 December 2016.

Paper Reviewer for 

Array (SCI, Q2)

iScience (SCI, Q1)

Measurement (SCI, Q1)

Brain Research (SCI, Q2)

Neurocomputing (SCI, Q2)

Scientific Reports (SCI, Q1)

Cluster Computing (SCI, Q2)

Result Engineering (SCI, Q1)

Applied Intelligence (SCI, Q2)

BMC Ophthalmology (SCI, Q3)

Information Sciences (SCI, Q1)

IEEE Sensors Journal (SCI, Q1)

IET Electronics Letters (SCI, Q3)

Knowledge-Based Systems (SCI, Q3)

Alexandria Engineering Journal (SCI, Q1)

IEEE Signal Processing Letters (SCI, Q1)

Artificial Intelligence In Medicine (SCI, Q1)

Journal of Vibration and Control (SCI, Q1)

Medical Engineering and Physics (SCI, Q2)

Expert Systems With Applications (SCI, Q1)

IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics (SCI, Q1)

Advanced Engineering Informatics (SCI, Q1)

Robotics and Autonomous Systems (SCI, Q1)

Computers in Biology and Medicine (SCI, Q1)

Signal, Image and Video Processing (SCI, Q3)

Computers and Electrical Engineering (SCI, Q1)

International Journal of Fuzzy Systems (SCI, Q1)

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture (SCI, Q1)

Biomedical Signal Processing and Control  (SCI, Q1)

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics (SCI, Q1)

Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering (SCI, Q1)

Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering  (SCI, Q2)

IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics (SCI, Q1)

Journal of the Chinese Institute of Engineers (SCI, Q3)

Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence (SCI, Q1)

IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics (SCI, Q1)

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems (SCI, Q1)

International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence (SCI, Q4)

Frontiers In Medicine

Frontiers In Electronics

IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics - Taiwan (IEEE 2023 ICCE-TW)

IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics - Taiwan (IEEE 2022 ICCE-TW)

BioCAS 2017

藍宇鴻， 114年 中國工程師學會學生分會工程論文競賽 優等 

Wong Lin Yong (UG student), People Choice Award, Xylem Global Student Innovation Challenge 2021.

Gold Medal, (International Invention, Innovation & Technology Exhibition), ITEX 2019.

Achievement of Final Year Project supervision:

      Tiong Woan Xin, Gold medal, 2021 IEEE Malaysia Section Best FYP Award (Track: Women in Engineering Affinity 

      Group Malaysia)

      Ding Su Yen, Gold medal, 2021 IEEE Malaysia Section Best FYP Award (Track: Systems, Man and Cybernetics   

      Society Malaysia Chapter)        

      Lee Lok Hua, Bronze medal, 2021 IEEE Malaysia Section Best FYP Award (Track: Processing Society Malaysia     

      Chapter)

      Tiong Woan Xin, Bronze medal, 2021 IEEE Malaysia Section Best FYP Award (Track: Engineering in Medicine &   

      Biology (IEEE-EMBS))

      Roslina binti Rosli, Bronze medal, 40th SEDEX 2018.

      Roslina binti Rosli, Silver medal, 2018 IEEE Malaysia Section Best FYP Award (Track: Engineering in Medicine &   

      Biology (IEEE-EMBS))

      Andre Koh Yung Chien, 2018 IEEE FYP Award (University level). (Track: Engineering in Medicine & Biology (IEEE-

      EMBS))

     Faten Syazwani Binti Fakhruddin, 2018 IEEE FYP Award (University level). (Track: Engineering in Medicine & 

     Biology (IEEE-EMBS))

Silver Medal, SIRIM Invention, Innovation & Technology Expo (SI2TE), 2017.

Admission offer from Downing College of University of Cambridge, 2009.

Admission offers from University College and St. Catherine of University of Oxford, 2006-2008.

The certificate of Patent training course provided by CSIST, Taiwan, 2005.

Honorary member of the Phi Tau Phi Honour Scholastic Society, 2003.

Shin Kong Life Scholarship Foundation’s Honours Award (MS), 2001.

Fu Jen Catholic University Scholarship of the Ministry of Education (MS), 2001.

The certificate of Calamity Prevention Pioneer Camp Ministry of Education, 2000.

Shin Kong Life Scholarship Foundation’s Honours Award (BS), 1997 and 1999.

Fu Jen Catholic University Presidential Award (BS), 1997 and 2000.

Executive Committee member, IEEE Penang Joint Chapter (IEEE Malaysia ED/MTT/SSC), February 2018 – February 2023.

Executive Committee member, IEEE- Engineering in Medicine & Biology (IEEE-EMBS) Society Malaysia Chapter, February 2017 – February 2018.

Member, Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM).

Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IET).

Computer-Aided Spotting System of Pulmonary Tuberculosis Cavities Using X-ray Images (The Murata Foundation, PI, 2017 to 2018, ~NTD 168,000)

Deep Reinforcement Learning for Robotic Manipulation (STIRF, PI, 2017 to 2019, ~NTD 168,000)

Big Data Detection of Cognitive Frailty (MoHE LRGS, Co-PI, 2019 to 2021, ~NTD 11,865,800)

Good Health and Wellbeing of Ageing Population (MoHE LRGS, Member, 2019 to 2021)

Development of Manipulation Mechanism And Collision-Free Strategy For Internet of Things (IoT) Offshore Crawler Robots (YUTP, PI, 2018 to 2021, ~NTD 1,506,600)

Investigation of near infrared spectroscopy based neurofeedback training for dementia diagnosis and prevention (MoHE LRGS, Member, 2019 to 2022, ~NTD 726,800)

Development of Productivity Nominal Analytics System (PNA)   (PETRONAS, Member, 2020 to 2021, ~NTD 2,093,500)

Investigation on How Case-Based Reasoning may help explain AI for Detection of Colon Polyp (MoHE FRGS, PI, 2020 to 2022, ~NTD 490,590)

Deep-learning retinal fluid and layer detection and segmentation in optical coherence tomography (NTNU, Research Project for Newly-recruited Personnel, PI, 2022/8/1-2023/7/31, NTD 210,000)

Deep Learning-Based Music Therapist Robot (NSTC, Research Project for Newly-recruited Personnel, PI, 2022/8/1-2023/7/31, NTD 990,000)

Deep-learning and federated learning framework based retinal fluid detection and segmentation in optical coherence tomography (Ⅰ) (NSTC, PI, 2023/8/1-2024/7/31, NTD 1,110,000)

Deep-learning and federated learning framework based retinal fluid detection and segmentation in optical coherence tomography (Ⅱ)-(Ⅲ) (NSTC, PI, 2024/8/1-2026/7/31, NTD 2,400,000)

MAML及自蒸餾與關係對比蒸餾在嵌入式系統上分類肺炎之效能探討與分析  (NSTC, PI, 2025/8/1-2026/2/28, 國科會大專生專題研究計畫輔助)