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AI Industrialization Application Research Center

AIIA · Prof. Chao-Lieh (Frederic) Chen's Research Group

Research ▸ High-speed AI Vision Systems

23Team members
37SoC development boards
17Research & industry projects
3US patents
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About AIIA

AI Industrialization Application Research Center (AIIA)
College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology (NKUST), Kaohsiung, Taiwan

AIIA is a college-level research center of the College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at NKUST, ranked at the same organizational level as an academic department, and is directed by Prof. Chao-Lieh (Frederic) Chen of the Department of Electronic Engineering. The center is home to his research group. The center was established to build a research and talent-development platform for artificial intelligence (AI) and 5G AIoT applications, to sustain long-term university–industry research and training, and to make the advanced equipment acquired through its projects available to more faculty members and students.

Main missions:

  • Offer hands-on courses on applied AI and AI system implementation.
  • Train AI talent in collaboration with industry partners.
  • Take part in government-sponsored professional training programs on applied AI.
  • Connect the research capacity of AI faculty across the college and promote university–industry collaboration and talent cultivation.

Research Focus

AI Vision Systems & SoC

High-speed AI vision systems co-designed with AI-accelerator SoCs and FPGA prototyping platforms.

SoCFPGAHardware acceleration

Intelligent Transportation

Traffic video analytics for vehicle types, turning volumes, arrival rates and violations, plus lane recognition and forward-collision warning.

Video analyticsADAS5G smart roads

Smart Manufacturing & Logistics

Always-on inventory, closed-loop quality control, and conversational AI for production-line data entry and task dispatching.

Smart warehousingQuality controlConversational AI

Edge AI & Federated AIoT

Multi-level federated AIoT, edge soft computing with SDN and FPGA acceleration, and 5G core network software.

Federated AIoTEdge computing5G

Principal Investigator & Research Group

Prof. Chao-Lieh (Frederic) Chen  陳朝烈

Professor, Department of Electronic Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology (NKUST), Taiwan
Director, AI Industrialization Application Research Center (AIIA), College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, NKUST

  • Email: frederic@nkust.edu.tw
  • Phone: +886-7-601-1000 ext. 32503
  • Official faculty profile: NKUST Department of Electronic Engineering – Prof. Chao-Lieh Chen
  • Education: Ph.D. in Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
  • Previous positions: Professor and Associate Professor, Department of Electronic Engineering, National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology (merged into NKUST in 2018); Associate Professor and Assistant Professor, Department of Electronic Engineering, Kun Shan University
Research Interests
  • High-speed AI vision systems and systems-on-chip (SoC)
  • Intelligent computing for smart manufacturing and transportation
  • Image processing and machine intelligence
  • Theory of computation
Research Group (as of September 2026)
RoleMembers
Principal Investigator1
Ph.D. student1
Master's students (2nd year)5
Master's students (1st year)5
Full-time research staff4
Undergraduate research students7

The complete list of publications, patents, research projects and academic service is given in the sections below.

Publications

Every list is ordered newest first. Source: Prof. Chao-Lieh Chen’s publication record (June 2026).

Journal Papers19
  1. Chun-Chi Chen, Chao-Lieh Chen, “A CMOS Time-Domain Smart Temperature Sensor with Voltage-Measuring Capability through Comprehensive Hardware Repurposing,” Measurement, 2026, DOI: 10.1016/j.measurement.2026.122295. (SCI, IF=6.1)
  2. Chun-Chi Chen, Chao-Lieh Chen, Kai-Hsiang Chang, “All-Digital CMOS Pulse-Shrinking Time-to-Digital Converter with built-in Offset-Error Cancellation and Smart Temperature Sensor,” IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems, vol. 3, no. 9, Sept. 2025, pp. 2597 – 2601. DOI: 10.1109/TVLSI.2025.3585732. (SCI, IF = 3.1)
  3. Chen, CC., Chen, CL., Chu, YC. et al. “An Area-Effective High-Resolution All-Digital CMOS Time-Domain Smart Temperature Sensor,” Circuits, Systems, and Signal Processing (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00034-023-02507-y (SCI, IF = 1.8)
  4. Chun-Chi Chen; Chao-Lieh Chen; Wei Fang; Yen-Chan Chu,“All-Digital CMOS Time-to-Digital Converter With Temperature-Measuring Capability,” IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems, vol. 28, no. 9, Jul., 2020, pp. 2079 - 2083. (SCI, IF = 2.8)
  5. Chun-Chi Chen, Chao-Lieh Chen, Yi Lin, and Song Quan You, “An All-Digital Time-Domain Smart Temperature Sensor With a Cost-Efficient Curvature Correction,” IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems, vol. 27, no. 1, Jan. 2019, pp. 29-36. (SCI, IF = 1.698),
  6. Chao-Lieh Chen, Chia-Chun Chang, Chao-Chun Chen, Ting-Shuo Chang, Xu-Hua Zeng, Jing-Wen Liu, Zhu-Wei Wang, Wei-Cheng Lu, “Developing an Ornamental Fish Warehousing System based on Big Video Data,” Intl. J. AUtomation and Smart Technology (AUSMT), vol. 8, no. 2, 2018, pp. 79-83.
  7. Chun-Chi Chen, Chao-Lieh Chen, and You-Ting Lin, "Accurate Behavioral Simulator of All-Digital Time-Domain Smart Temperature Sensors by Using SIMULINK," Sensors 2016, 16(8), 1256; doi: 10.3390/s16081256, 2016. (SCI, IF = 2.033).
  8. Chao-Lieh Chen, Chao-Chun Chen, and Chun-Ting Chen, “Hierarchical Brokering with Feedback Control Framework in Mobile Device-Centric Clouds,” Mobile Information System, vol. 2016, Article ID 3057397, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3057397. (SCI, IF=0.872)
  9. Chun-Chi Chen, Chao-Lieh Chen, and Yi Lin, “All-Digital Time-Domain CMOS Smart Temperature Sensor with On-Chip Linearity Enhancement,” Sensors, 16, 176, 2016. (doi:10.3390/s16020176) (SCI, IF=2.245)
  10. Chao-Lieh Chen and Chien-Hao Lai, “Iterative linear Interpolation Based on Fuzzy Gradient Model for Low-Cost VLSI Implementation,” IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems, vol. 22, no. 7, 2014, pp. 1526-1538. (SCI, IF = 1.218)
  11. Chao-Lieh Chen, Shen-Chien Chen, and Yau-Hwang Kuo, “Reduction of Interval Type-2 LR Fuzzy Sets,” IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, vol. 22, no. 4, 2014, pp. 840-858. (SCI, IF=5.484).
  12. Chao-Lieh Chen, Jeng-Wei Lee, Chi-Yuan Wu, Y.-H Kuo, “Fairness and QoS Guarantees of WiMAX OFDMA Scheduling with Fuzzy Controls,” Eurasip Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, vol. 2009, ID: 512507, pp. 1-14 (doi:10.1155/2009/512507). (SCI, IF = 0.98).
  13. Chao-Lieh Chen*, Jian-Wei Lee, Chien-Chung Su, Mong-Fong Horng, and Yau-Hwang Kuo, “Noise Referred Packet Length Adaptation and Energy-Proportional Routing for Clustered Sensor Networks,” Intl. Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing, Vol. 3, No. 4, 2008, pp. 224-235. (SCIE, EI, IF = 0.66).
  14. Chao-Lieh Chen, Kuan-Rong Lee, Rong-Shing Wang, and Yao-Hwang Kuo, “An Energy-proportional Routing Algorithm for Lifetime Extension of Clustering-based Wireless Sensor Networks,” Intl. Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications, vol. 3, no. 3, 2007, pp. 304-321.
  15. Chao-Lieh Chen and Yao-Chung Chang, “Self-biased cross-coupled low-cost fully-differential CMOS operational amplifier,” Electronics Letters, vol. 41, no. 9, 28th April 2005, pp. 3 – 4. (SCI, EI, IF = 0.98) , NSC 93-2213-E-168-004-
  16. Yau-Hwang Kuo, Chang-Shing Lee, and Chao-Lieh Chen, “High Stability AWFM filter for signal restoration and its hardware design,” Fuzzy Sets and Systems 114, Sep. 2000, pp. 185-202. (SCI, EI)
  17. Yau-Hwang Kuo and Chao-Lieh Chen, “Generic LR fuzzy cells for fuzzy hardware synthesis,” IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, vol. 6, no.2, pp. 266-285, May 1998. (SCI, EI).
  18. Yau-Hwang Kuo, Chang-Shing Lee, and Chao-Lieh Chen, “Multi-dimension WFM filter and its hardware realization for color image restoration,” Proceedings of Natl. Sci. Counc., (A): Physical Science and Engineering, Vol. 22, No. 5, Sep. 1998., pp. 677-690. (EI)
  19. Chao-Lieh Chen and Yau-Hwang Kuo, “Fuzzy inference processor design with generic LR fuzzy cells,” Journal of Chinese Fuzzy System Association, Vol.2, No.2, Sep. 1996, pp. 75-88.
LNCS Conference Papers (conferences with acceptance rates below 25%)4
  1. Chao-Lieh Chen, Jeng-Wei Lee, Jia-Ming Yang, and Yau-Hwang Kuo, “Efficient and Load-Balance Overlay Multicast Scheme with Path Diversity for Video Streaming,” Lecture Note in Computer Science, Spinger LNCS 4808, 2007, pp. 321-332. (EI)
  2. Chao-Lieh Chen, Jeng-Wei Lee, Yi-Tsung Chen, and Yau-Hwang Kuo, “Generic Energy-efficient Geographic Routing for Ad-Hoc Wireless Networks,” Lecture Note in Computer Science, Spinger LNCS 4809, 2007, pp. 389-399. (EI)
  3. Chao-Lieh Chen, Chia-Yu Yu, Chien-Chung Su, et. al, “Packet Length Adaptation for Energy-Proportional Routing in Clustered Sensor Networks,” Lecture Note in Computer Science, Spinger LNCS 4097, 2006, pp. 32-42. ISBN 3-540-36850-7 (SCI, EI). NSC 94-2213-E-006-081-
  4. Chien-Chung Su, Kuo-Shiang Lu, Mong-Fong Horng, Chao-Lieh Chen et.al, “Service-oriented Device Anycasting using Quality First Search in Wireless Personal Area Network, ” Lecture Note in Computer Science LNCS 4096, 2006, pp. 620-629, ISBN 3-540-36850-7 (SCI, EI), NSC 94-2213-E-006-081-
International Conference Papers41
  1. Chao-Lieh Chen and Huynh Huy Nguyen, “Quantum-Inspired Computing by Linguistic Fuzzy Rules,” 2026 Intl. Conf. on System Science and Engineering (ICSSE’2026), Aomori, Japan, 2026.
  2. Chao-Lieh Chen, "Type Reduction Close-form of General Type-2 LR Fuzzy Sets ,"2024 International Conference on Fuzzy Theory and Its Applications (iFUZZY 2024), Takamatsu, Japan, Aug. 10-13, 2024.
  3. Yan-Xiang Liao, Yi-Te Yeh, Yang-Chi Chen, Zi-Wei Chen, and Chao-Lieh Chen, “Multi-Objective Super-Pipelining and Quantization for Computer Vision Systems,” the 19th Asia Pacific Circuit and Systems (APCCAS) FPGA Grand Challenge, the 1st Runner Award, 2023.
  4. Chao-Lieh Chen and Chia-Chun Chang, “Koi Fish Warehousing Based on Mobile Cloud Computing,” Proc. the 11th International Conference on Ubiquitous and Future Networks, July 2-5, 2019, Zagreb, Croatia.
  5. Chao-Lieh Chen and Chen-Wei Cheng, “Image Retrieval with Degree-2 Iterative Linear Interpolation Polynomial Coefficients,” Proc. 2018 Intl. Conf. on Biomedical Signal and Image Processing (ICBIP 2018), Seoul, Korea, Aug. 22-24, pp. 269-273. (the Best Oral Presentation)
  6. Chih-Yao Tsai and Chao-Lieh Chen, “HDMI Video Scaling on an All-Programmable SoC,” in Proc. of 2016 International Conference On Communication Problem-Solving (ICCP), Taiwan, Sept. 7-9, 2016, pp. 1-2.
  7. Chao-Lieh Chen and Chun-Ting Chen, “Hierarchical Brokering with Feedback State Observation in Mobile Device-Centric Clouds,” to appear in Proc. The 7-th Intl. Conf. on Ubiquitous and Future Networks (ICUFN), Sapporo, Japan, July 7-10, 2015, pp. 410-415.
  8. Wei-Tsung Su, Wo Chen Liu, Chao-Lieh Chen, and Tsung-Pao Chen, “Cloud Access Control in Multi-layer Cloud Networks,” in Proc. of IEEE Intl. Conf. Consumer Electronics – Taiwan (ICCE-TW), 2015, pp. 364-365.
  9. Chun-Ting Chen, Wei-Tsung Su, and Chao-Lieh Chen, “Video sharing with seamless service handoff in mobile device-centric cloud computing environment,” in Proc. of IEEE Intl. Conf. Consumer Electronics – Taiwan (ICCE-TW), 2015, pp. 362-363.
  10. Tzu Chao Lin, Mao-Yuan Pai, Chao-Lieh Chen, and Chao-Chun Chen, “Load-Balanced Cloud Service Interface for the HiBA Mobile Cloud Environment,” in Proc. of IEEE Intl. Conf. Consumer Electronics – Taiwan (ICCE-TW), 2015, pp. 360-361.
  11. Chao-Lieh Chen, Shen-Chien Chen, et. al, "Scalable and Autonomous Mobile Device-Centric Cloud for Secured D2D Sharing," Information Security Applications, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), vol. 8909, pp. 177-189.
  12. Chun-Chi Chen, Chao-Lieh Chen, and Yi Lin," All-Digital Linearity Enhancement Technique for Time-Domain Smart Temperature Sensors, " Eurosensors 2014, the XXVIII edition of the conference series, Dec., 2014, pp.1247-1250.
  13. Chao-Lieh Chen, Chun-Ruei Chang, “Cross-Layer Most-Emergent-First Scheduler for Wireless Local Area Networks,” 2012 the 6th Intl. Conf. on Intelligent Information Hiding and Multimedia Signal Processing, Athens Greece, July 17-20, 2012, pp. 441-444.
  14. Chao-Lieh Chen, Li-Shin Chuo, Wu-Liang Cheng, Chun-Ching Wu, Chien-Hao Lai, “Architecture Exploration of QoS Control Silicon Intellectual Properties for Cross-Layer Designs in Wireless Networks,” 2011 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo (ICME), July. 11-15, 2011, Barcelona, Spain.
  15. Chao-Lieh Chen and Chien-Hao Lai, “Implementation and ESL Verification of New Earliest-Deadline-First Scheduler for Video Streaming over Wireless Network,” the Fifth Intl. Conf. on Intelligent Information Hiding and Multimedia Signal Processing, 2009, Sept. 12-14.
  16. Chao-Lieh Chen, Wu-Liang Cheng, and Chun-Chin Wu, “Hierarchical Cross-Layer Control ESL Verification for Wireless Communications,” ACM 5th Intl. Wireless Communication and Mobile computing Conf. (IWCMC), Jun. 2009, Leipzig, Germany, pp. 160-164.
  17. Jen-Sheng Tsai, Win-Bin Huang, Po-Hung Li, Chao-Lieh Chen, and Yau-Hwang Kuo, “Robust Digital Image Watermarking Based on Principal Component Analysis and Discrete Wavelet Transform,” Proceedings of Pacific-Rim Conf. on Multimedia (PCM), Lecture Notes in Computer Science vol. 5353, 2008, pp 506-514.
  18. Chao-Lieh Chen, J-W Lee, S-Y Chen, Y-H Kuo, “Hierarchical Cross-Layer Fuzzy Control for Compromise of Multiple Objectives in Wireless Mobile Networks,” ACM Mobility2008, Sept. 2008.
  19. Chao-Lieh Chen, “Morphisms from IEEE 802.11 DCF Specifications to Its EDCA QoS Practice with Cross-Layer Interface,” Proceedings of the 13th IEEE Intl. Conf. Parallel and Distributed Systems, ICPADS, July 2007, 1st Asia-Pacific Workshop on Embedded System Education and Research (APESER 2007) (EI).
  20. Chao-Lieh Chen, Jeng-Wei Lee, Jia-Ming Yang, and Yau-Hwang Kuo, “Efficient and Load-Balance Overlay Multicast Scheme with Path Diversity for Video Streaming,” the 2007 IFIP Intl. Conf. on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing (EUC’07), Taipei, December 17 - 20, 2007, pp. 321-332. (EI, LNCS, acceptance rate ~ 25%)
  21. Chao-Lieh Chen, Jeng-Wei Lee, Yi-Tsung Chen, and Yau-Hwang Kuo, “Generic Energy-efficient Geographic Routing for Ad-Hoc Wireless Networks,” IFIP Intl. Symposium on Network Centric Ubiquitous Systems (NCUS), Taipei, December 17 - 20, 2007, pp. 389-399. (EI, LNCS, acceptance rate ~ 25%)
  22. Jeng-Wei Lee, Jia-Ming Yang, Chao-Lieh Chen, and Yau-Hwang Kuo, “Video Streaming Using Overlay Multicast Scheme with Efficient and Load-Balance Path Diversity,” The 3rd Intl. Conf. Intelligent Information hiding and Multimedia Signal Processing, IIHMSP2007 (EI).
  23. Jen-Sheng Tsai, Win-Bin Huang, Chao-Lieh Chen, Yau-Hwang Kuo “A feature-based digital image watermarking for copyright protection and content authentication,” Proceedings of IEEE Intl. Conf. on Image Processing, Sep. 16-19, 2007. (EI)
  24. Chao-Lieh Chen, Hsin-Long Yang, and Wei-Hsiung Huang , “MAC-centric Hierarchical Cross-Layer Fuzzy Control for Video Streaming over the IEEE 802.11e Wireless Networks,” in the 2007 Intl. Conf. on Wireless Networks, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, June 25-28, 2007. (EI, acceptance rate < 28%)
  25. Chao-Lieh Chen, “IEEE 802.11e EDCA QoS Provisioning with Dynamic Fuzzy Control and Cross-Layer Interface,” the 16th Intl. Conf. on Computer Communications and Networks, Honolulu, Hawaii USA, Aug. 13 - 16, 2007, pp.766-771. (EI, ~top 25%)
  26. Chao-Lieh Chen, Chia-Yu Yu, Chien-Chung Su, et. al, “Packet Length Adaptation for Energy-Proportional Routing in Clustered Sensor Networks,” The 2nd IFIP Intl. Symposium on Network Centric Ubiquitous Systems (NCUS 2006), Lecture Note in Computer Science, LNCS 4097, pp. 32-42. ISBN 3-540-36850-7 (SCI, EI, acceptance rate ~ 25%), NSC 94-2213-E-006-081-
  27. Chien-Chung Su, Kuo-Shiang Lu, Mong-Fong Horng, Chao-Lieh Chen et.al, “Service-oriented Device Anycasting using Quality First Search in Wireless Personal Area Network, ” Lecture Note in Computer Science, LNCS 4097, 2006, pp. 32-42 (SCI, EI, acceptance rate ~ 25%). NSC 94-2213-E-006-081-
  28. Chao-Lieh Chen and Hsing-Long Yang, “A Cross-Layer Model Based on Fuzzy Automata and Control for Ad-Hoc WLAN QoS,” 2006 9th Intl. Conf. on Computer Science and Informatics (CSI 2006), ISBN 978-90-78677-01-7. (EI), NSC 94-2213-E-168-008-
  29. Chao-Lieh Chen and Yao-De Huang, “Distributed Fuzzy Controller for the IEEE 802.11e QoS and Its RTL Fast Prototyping,” 2006 World Congress Computational Intelligence (WCCI), the proceedings of FuzzIEEE 2006, pp. 10285-10292. ISBN 0-7803-9489-5 (EI, IEEE CIS major Conf.), NSC 94-2213-E-168-008-
  30. Chao-Lieh Chen, Po-Chein Hsiao “Supporting QoS in Wireless MAC by Fuzzy Control,” Wireless Communications and Networking Conf., 2005 IEEE Vol. 2, 13-17 Mar 2005, pp. 1242 - 1247 (WCNC 2005)(IEEE ComSoC major Conf., EI, acceptance rate < 27%). NSC 93-2213-E-168-004- (cited by 2)
  31. Chao-Lieh Chen, Kuan-Rong Lee, Rong-Shing Wang, and Yao-Hwang Kuo, “An Energy-proportional Routing Algorithm for Lifetime Extension of Clustering-based Wireless Sensor Networks,” Workshop on Wireless, Ad Hoc, and Sensor Networks (WASN 2005), National Central University, Taiwan, July 29 and August 1-2, 2005. (論文獲選擴充受邀改投稿期刊)
  32. Chao-Lieh Chen, “Generalized Fuzzy Automata for Fuzzy Feedback Control with Words,” 2004 Intl. Computer Symposium (ICS 2004), Dec 15-17, 2004, pp. 895-900. NSC 92-2213-E-168-006-
  33. Chao-Lieh Chen, “Programmable Fuzzy Logic Device for Sequential Fuzzy Logic Synthesis,” The 10th IEEE Intl. Conf. on Fuzzy Systems , vol. 1, Dec. 2-5, 2001, pp. 107 –110.(EI, IEEE CIS major Conf.), NSC 90-2213-E-168-008-
  34. Yau-Hwang Kuo, Chang-Hsian Lee, Jar-Shone Ker, Chao-Lieh Chen,"A Neuro-Fuzzy Approach for the Color Correction of Optical Equipments", Proc. of 5th Conf. on Artificial Intelligence and Applications, Nov. 2000, Taiwan, pp.110-116. (EI)
  35. Yau-Hwang Kuo, Chao-Lieh Chen, and Chang-Shing Lee, “Design of adaptive weighted fuzzy mean filter with analog current mode technique,” Int. Symp. On Multimedia Info. Processing, Taiwan, Sep. 1997, pp.407-412. (EI)
  36. Yau-Hwang Kuo, I-Chen Wu, Jar-Shone Ker, Chao-Lieh Chen, Yi-Jai Huang, and Sheng-Yuan Lin, “A Multimedia Functional Unit in General Purpose Microprocessor,” Int. Conf. On Computer Systs. Tech. For Indust. Appls.—Internet and Multimedia (CSIA’97), Sep. 1997, pp.407-412. (EI)
  37. Jin-Fu Ueng I-Chen Wu Kuo, Y.-H. Ling-Yuan Kao Chao-Lieh Chen Yi-Jai Huang Sheng-Yuan Lin Chien-Hua Hsu, “The design and performance analysis for the multimedia functionunit of the NSC-98 CPU,” Information, Communications and Signal Processing (ICSP’97), 1997. (EI)
  38. Chao-Lieh Chen, Chang-Shing Lee, and Yau-Hwang Kuo, “Synthesis of Weighted Fuzzy Mean Filters with Generic LR Fuzzy Cells,” Proceedings of Int. Conf. On Soft Computing (IIZUKA’96), Dec. 1996, Japan, pp. 225-228. (EI)
  39. Chao-Lieh Chen, Chang-Shing Lee, and Yau-Hwang Kuo, “Design of High-Speed Weighted Fuzzy Mean Filters with Generic LR Fuzzy Cells,” Int. Conf. on Image Processing (ICIP’96) Sep., 1996, pp. 255-228. (EI)
  40. Chao-Lieh Chen and Yau-Hwang Kuo, “Fuzzy inference processor design with generic LR fuzzy cells,” Proceedings of the Intl. Joint Conf. of CFSA/IFIS/SOFT’95 on Fuzzy Theory and Applications, Taiwan, June. 1995, pp.10-16.
  41. Chao-Lieh Chen, Yau-Hwang Kuo: Fuzzy Hardware Synthesis with Generic LR Fuzzy Cells. ANNES 1995: 128-131. (EI, DBLP)
Domestic Conference Papers (in Chinese)7
  1. C.-L. Chen and T.-S. Chang, "An image geometric distortion correction algorithm suitable for VLSI implementation," 2014 Symposium on Digital Life Technologies, National University of Kaohsiung, 2014. (in Chinese)
  2. C.-L. Chen and C.-W. Ho, "Iterative linear interpolation with third-order polynomials for real-time high-resolution image-scaling VLSI design," 2014 Symposium on Digital Life Technologies, National University of Kaohsiung, 2014. (in Chinese)
  3. C.-L. Chen and C.-Y. Hung, "An ADC-free direct RF-conversion OFDM QPSK receiver," 7th Symposium on Smart Living Technologies, 2012. (in Chinese)
  4. C.-L. Chen and W.-L. Chang, "A low-power high-performance current-mode sense amplifier based on the Wilson current mirror," 2008 Symposium on Prototyping Systems and Innovative Circuit Design. (in Chinese)
  5. C.-H. Huang, C.-I. Chang and C.-L. Chen, "Operational amplifier design based on a Wilson current-mirror differential pair," 2008 Symposium on Prototyping Systems and Innovative Circuit Design. (in Chinese)
  6. C.-L. Chen, H.-L. Cheng and W.-Y. Hsu, "High-performance multi-dimensional interpolation based on fuzzy theory," 2008 Symposium on Prototyping Systems and Innovative Circuit Design. (in Chinese)
  7. P.-H. Chen, C.-H. Lai and C.-L. Chen, "A background-independent real-time computer-vision human-machine interface," 2008 Symposium on Prototyping Systems and Innovative Circuit Design. (in Chinese)
Books & Book Chapters6
  1. C.-L. Chen and T.-C. Hsieh, Hardware and Software Design for the Xilinx Zynq 7000 SoC, Chuan Hwa Book, 2015. (in Chinese)
  2. C.-L. Chen, C.-C. Wu and Y.-L. Cheng, System-on-Chip Design, Tsang Hai Book Publishing, 2010. (in Chinese)
  3. C.-L. Chen and W.-Y. Hsu, Digital Integrated Circuit Prototyping Systems, Tsang Hai Book Publishing, 2009. (in Chinese)
  4. W.-T. Su, C.-L. Chen, M.-F. Horng, J.-P. Hsu, K.-S. Lu, and Y.-H. Kuo, “Service-oriented Device Arrangement for Ubiquitous Services,” in Ubiquitous Computing and Communication, IDEA Group Publishing, 2007.
  5. M.-C. Lin, R.-L. Wang, K.-J. Tsai, C.-Y. Huang, C.-L. Chen and C.-H. Ko, Digital Control System Design Using VHDL, Chuan Hwa Book, 2001. (in Chinese)
  6. Yau-Hwang Kuo and Chao-Lieh Chen, “Silicon compilations of fuzzy hardware systems based on Generic LR fuzzy cells,” in Fuzzy Hardware: Architectures and Applications (eds. A. Kandel and G. Langholz), Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Invention Patents14+2
Granted
  1. C.-L. Chen and C.-W. Ho, “Ranging system and method based on digital signal differences,” R.O.C. (Taiwan) Invention Patent No. I623767.
  2. C.-L. Chen, W.-T. Su, H.-H. Huang, C.-C. Chen and T.-S. Chang, “Active safety system for vehicles and its control method,” R.O.C. Invention Patent No. I622509.
  3. S.-C. Chen, C.-C. Lin and C.-L. Chen, “Cloud mobile learning and education system and control method thereof,” R.O.C. Invention Patent No. I528338.
  4. C.-L. Chen and T.-S. Chang, “Intelligent road guidance device and control method,” R.O.C. Invention Patent No. I527987.
  5. C.-L. Chen, C.-J. Chang, L.-H. Cho and C.-H. Lai, “Cross-layer control system and method supporting multiple wireless communication protocols,” R.O.C. Invention Patent No. I506995.
  6. C.-L. Chen, C.-C. Huang, Y.-H. Kuo and C.-H. Ko, “Quality-of-service scheduling method for a media access control driver sub-layer,” R.O.C. Invention Patent No. I502942.
  7. C.-L. Chen and P.-H. Chen, “Control device for operating modes of electrical appliances,” R.O.C. Invention Patent No. I471755.
  8. C.-L. Chen and C.-Y. Hung, “Radio-frequency signal processing device and method,” R.O.C. Invention Patent No. I469506.
  9. C.-L. Chen, S.-C. Chen, C.-H. Lin and C.-H. Lai, “Method and system for dynamically clustering client devices into a cloud server,” R.O.C. Invention Patent No. I459209 (NSC 100-2221-E-327-002).
  10. Chao-Lieh Chen, Chueh-Han Lo and Chin-Wei Ho, “Body gesture control system for operating electrical and electronic devices,” U.S. Patent 8,897,488.
  11. Chao-Lieh Chen, Chuang-Chih Chieh and Chun-Cheng Yang, “Method for retrieving original intact characteristics of heavily polluted images and its image processing,” U.S. Patent 7,463,771 (2008/12/9–2028/12/8, NSC 93-2213-E-168-004).
  12. C.-L. Chen, C.-C. Chuang and C.-C. Yang, “High-noise image analysis using fuzzy segmentation,” R.O.C. Invention Patent No. I273514 (2007/2/11–2025/5/25, NSC 93-2213-E-168-004).
  13. Yau-Hwang Kuo, Chao-Lieh Chen and Chang-Shing Lee, “Design and hardware synthesis of adaptive weighted fuzzy mean image filter,” U.S. Patent 6,535,860 B1 (2003/3/18–2019/8/1).
  14. Y.-H. Kuo, C.-L. Chen and C.-S. Lee, “Design and hardware synthesis method of an adaptive weighted fuzzy mean image filter,” R.O.C. Invention Patent No. 111053 (2000/1/1–2018/11/1).
Pending
  1. C.-C. Chen, C.-L. Chen and Y.-T. Lin, “Behavioral simulation method and system for temperature-sensing circuit design with digital output,” R.O.C. invention patent application No. 201824038 (pending).
  2. S.-C. Chen, C.-C. Lin and C.-L. Chen, “Cloud mobile learning and education system and its operating method,” China invention patent application (pending).

Academic Services & Honors

Source: Prof. Chao-Lieh Chen’s record of publications and academic service (June 2026).

Academic Services15
  1. Program committee member, Symposium on Prototyping Systems and Innovative Circuit Design, 2009 and 2010.
  2. Planning and review committee member, NSC open-source software program (2003–2008).
  3. Reviewer and second-stage reviewer for NSTC/NSC research grants (2003–present).
  4. Planning committee member, NSC pilot program on quantum computing science (2003).
  5. Reviewer, MOEA national SBIR program (2007, 2009, 2010, 2014–present).
  6. Reviewer, MOEA local SBIR program, Kaohsiung City (2011, 2013–present).
  7. Chip tape-out reviewer and outstanding-chip judge, Chip Implementation Center (CIC), NARLabs (2004–2006, 2009–2013, 2014–present).
  8. Organizing committee member, MOE National University IC Design Contest (2004–2008).
  9. Host of the 2007 Symposium on Prototyping Systems and Innovative Circuit Design.
  10. Technical advisor, Innovation Technology Service Center, Tainan County Government.
  11. Instructor, VLSI (2003) and embedded systems (2007) industry training programs, Southern Taiwan Science Park.
  12. Instructor, MOEA semiconductor second-skill training program (2003).
  13. Organizing, problem-setting and judging committee member, P&L Alliance National University IC Design Contest (2002–2009).
  14. Organizing and program committee member for domestic conferences (digital life technologies, fuzzy systems, artificial intelligence, object-oriented technologies, etc.).
  15. Convener of the VLSI group, EDA and Unix/Linux server administrator, and head of the VLSI laboratory, Department of Electronic Engineering, Kun Shan University.
Journal and conference reviewing
  • Reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Circuit and Systems II, 2014
  • Reviewer of Federation of International Robot-soccer Association (FIRA) Congress (FIRA 2012, 2013)
  • Reviewer of IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC'12, 13, 14) PIMRC2012/13/14-PHY, PIMRC2012/13/14-MAC,
  • Reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2011
  • Reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 2010, 2013
  • Reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2013
  • Reviewer Multidimensional Systems and Signal Processing, Springer, 2010
  • Reviewer of ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulations (TOMACS), 2009
  • Reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, 2007-2014
  • Reviewers of Micro & Nano Letters, 2011
  • Reviewer of Wireless Networks, 2008, 2013 (Springer)
  • Reviewer of JCIE, 2008
  • Reviewer of IET Electronic Letters, 2008, 2009
  • Reviewer of IEEE Advanced Tech. for Communications (ATC), 2008
  • Reviewer of IEEE Pacific-Rim Conf. on Multimedia (PCM) 2008
  • Reviewer of IEEE GlobalCom 2005, 2006 (IEEE ComSoC major Conf.)
  • Reviewer of IEEE WCNC 2007 (IEEE ComSoC major Conf.)
  • Reviewer of IEEE WCNC 2005 (IEEE ComSoC major Conf.)
  • Reviewer of IEEE ISCAS 2008 (IEEE CAS Conf.)
  • Reviewer of IEEE ISCAS 2005 (IEEE CAS Conf.)
  • Reviewer of Intl. Journal of Information Systems, 2006
Technical program committees and session chairs
  • TPC, International Biometrics & Smart Government Summit (IBMSGS’ 2015), IEEE
  • Member of Technical Program Committee (TPC), Federation of International Robot-soccer Association (FIRA) Congress (FIRA 2012, 2013)
  • Member of TPC, IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), 2012~2014 (PHY, MAC tracks)
  • Member of TPC, IEEE International Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), 2013~2015 (PHY, MAC tracks)
  • IEEE International Conference on Connected Vehicles and Expo (ICCVE) 2012~2014
  • IEEE International Symposium on Industial Electronics and Applications (ISIEA) 2012, 2013
  • Intl Conf. Industrial Automation, Information, Communication Technology (IAICT) 2014
  • Federation of International Robot soccer Association (FIRA), Local Arrangement co-chair, FIRA in 2011, TPC in 2013
  • Member of Program Committee of Pacific-Rim Conf. on Multimedia (PCM) 2008
  • Member of Technical Program Committee of IEEE 17th ICCCN 2008
  • Member of organizing Committee of IEEE 14th RTCSA 2008
  • Session Chairman of IEEE IIHMSP 2007
  • Session Chairman of FuzzyIEEE 2001
  • Session Chairman of FuzzyIEEE 2006, IEEE WCCI 2006
  • Session Chairman of ICS 2004
Honors and Awards36
  1. Advisor, Runner-Up, international FPGA design contest at the Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems, 2023.
  2. NKUST Outstanding Research Award (flexible salary incentive for exceptional academic talent), academic year 2021–2022.
  3. NKUST commendation for excellent teaching-evaluation feedback, academic year 2020–2021.
  4. Outstanding Course Award, MOE IoT Technology and Application Talent Cultivation Program (IoT integration alliance centre), 2020.
  5. NKUST teaching-evaluation commendation (top 7%), spring 2020.
  6. Advisor, Honorable Mention, 2017 MOE Smart Terminal and Human–Computer Interaction Software Design Contest.
  7. Advisor, Honorable Mention, 2015 MOE Smart Terminal and Human–Computer Interaction Software Design Contest.
  8. Outstanding Teaching Award, National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology, 2015.
  9. Advisor, Honorable Mention (Tele-Robot Oxytocin, RobOxytocin), 2013 MOE Intelligent Electronics Innovative Application and Design Contest.
  10. Cloud app technology integrating image processing selected as an outstanding case of the MOEA instant-consulting program, July 2012.
  11. Advisor, Design Completeness Award (core technology group), 2012 MOE Intelligent System Design Contest.
  12. Advisor, Jury Bronze Award (design group), 7th Macronix Golden Silicon Awards, 2009.
  13. Advising Professor Award, 7th Macronix Golden Silicon Awards, 2009.
  14. Advisor, Honorable Mention (programmable logic / FPGA group), 2008 MOE National University IC Design Contest.
  15. Alliance Promotion Contribution Award, MOE Advisory Office, 2007.
  16. Advisor, 3rd place nationally (robots and automatic machinery category), 2007 MOE Microcomputer Application System Design Contest.
  17. Advisor, Excellent Work (audio/video signal processing), international showcase of the 3rd DSP Creative Design Contest, 2007.
  18. Advisor, 3rd place nationally (audio/video signal processing) with invitation to the international contest, 3rd DSP Creative Design Contest, 2007.
  19. Advisor, Winner (design group), Macronix Golden Silicon Awards, 2007.
  20. Advisor, Design Completeness Award (FPGA/SoPC group, three teams), 2007 MOE National University IC Design Contest.
  21. Distinguished Teacher, Kun Shan University, 2006.
  22. Advisor, Design Completeness Award (FPGA/SoPC group), 2006 MOE National University IC Design Contest.
  23. Advisor, Honorable Mention, 2004 Himax Cup IC Layout Contest.
  24. Advisor, Honorable Mention (layout group), 2004 MOE National University IC Design Contest.
  25. Best Advising Professor, 3rd Macronix Golden Silicon Awards, 2003.
  26. Advisor, University Newcomer Award (application group), 3rd Macronix Golden Silicon Awards, 2003.
  27. Advisor, Honorable Mention (hard IP group), 2003 MOE National Silicon IP Contest.
  28. Advisor, Design Completeness certificates (layout group, two teams), 2003 MOE National University IC Design Contest.
  29. Advisor, Excellence Award (Xilinx university group), 2002 MOE National FPGA Prototyping System Design Contest.
  30. Advisor, Honorable Mention (Xilinx university group), 2002 MOE National FPGA Prototyping System Design Contest.
  31. Advisor, Distinction, 2000 MOE National Full-Custom IC Design Contest.
  32. Advisor, Design Completeness Award, 2000 MOE National Full-Custom IC Design Contest.
  33. Advisor, finalist, 2000 MOE National Silicon IP (SIP) Contest.
  34. 1st place, Kun Shan University capstone project showcase, spring 2008.
  35. 2nd place and Honorable Mention, Kun Shan University capstone project showcase, academic year 2002–2003.
  36. Outstanding Contribution Award, Department of Electronic Engineering, Kun Shan University, 2003.
Taught Courses23
Course (Chinese)Course (English)
WiMAX技術設計與效能分析(大四、碩士班)WiMAX Technology Design and Performance Analysis
通訊網路晶片設計(碩士班)SoC Design for Communication & Networking
通訊網路晶片驗證(碩士班)Communication & Networking SoC Verification
數位訊號處理(大三、碩士班)Discrete/Digital Signal Processing (DSP)
機器學習與實作Machine Learning and Labs
嵌入式影像處理(大四、碩) 數位影像處理(產業碩士專班)Image Processing for Embedded Systems Digital Image Processing
軟硬體共同設計(大四)Software-Hardware Codesign
嵌入式系統設計(大四、碩士專班、南科產學)Embedded systems design
系統晶片設計(碩、博) 系統晶片設計實習(碩、博) 平台式系統晶片設計專論(大四、碩士) 矽智財/系統晶片設計概論(大四、碩士)System on Chip Design System on Chip Design Labs Platform-based SoC Design Silicon Intellectual Property/SoC Design
類比VLSI設計(大四) 類比VLSI設計專論(碩士班) VLSI設計、VLSI設計實習(大三、南科產學)Analog VLSI Design Advanced Analog VLSI Design VLSI Design/VLSI Design Practice
Unix/Linux系統程式設計(資管系大三)Programming on Unix/Linux Systems
計算機組織與結構(大三)Computer Organization/Architecture
數位IC雛形設計與製作(大三) FPGA專題實習(大三)Digital IC Fast Prototyping FPGA Monographs
積體電路分析與模擬(大三)IC Analyses and Simulations
數位邏輯/數位電路學(大二)Digital Logic Design/Digital Circuits
微處理機(大二)Microprocessors
系統程式(OS, Compiler, Assembler, Interpreter)(大二)System Software (OS, Compiler, Assembler, Interpreter)
電子工程概論(大一)Introduction to Electronic Engineering
計算機程式(使用C語言)(大二)Computer Program Using C/C++
資料結構(大二)Data Structure
機率與統計(大一)Probability and Statistics
計算機概論(大一)Introduction to Computers
微積分(二) (大一) (下冊多維度部分)Calculus (II)

Research Platforms

The group has developed the following deployable AI systems, spanning edge devices, servers and custom hardware accelerators.

1. Smart Logistics and Warehousing System (always-on inventory)
  • System scope: Near-complete hardware/software system covering the server room (with automatic server-side failover), production-line workstations and warehouse sites; includes a cybersecurity subsystem, and supports design customization, seamless third-party system integration, and system management and licensing mechanisms.
  • Application domains: traditional manufacturing plants, warehousing and logistics, production-line logistics, vehicles.
2. Intelligent Traffic Video Analytics System
  • System scope: Near-complete hardware/software system covering the server room (with automatic server-side failover) and roadside intersection units; includes a cybersecurity subsystem, and supports design customization, seamless third-party system integration, and system management and licensing mechanisms.
  • Application domains: traffic management, traffic-signal control, connected vehicles and roads (V2X), in-vehicle systems.
3. FPGA Prototyping and Verification Platform for AI and Vision Accelerator SoCs
  • System scope: Works with either built-in or external SoCs; automatic system-wide super-pipeline scheduling; automatic data-path quantization; generation of register-to-DDR hierarchical memory fabrics; re-timing of individual silicon IPs (SIPs); and system-level optimization of SIPs against multiple performance metrics.
  • Application domains: system-on-chip design, silicon IP.

Research Projects

Every table is ordered newest first. Sources: Prof. Chao-Lieh Chen’s publication and project record (June 2026) and the NSTC award database. An asterisk (*) marks a contract extension.

University–Industry Projects (since 2021)15
PeriodProjectPartnerRole
2025/10–2025/12Design and Construction of a Rapid-Prototyping Platform for Customized Object Image ClassificationIndustrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)PI
2025/05–2026/05Professional Consulting on the Design of an Intelligent Front-Camera Recognition System矩陣光學有限公司PI
2025/05–2025/12Collaborative Project on Innovative Intelligent Transportation Technologies立德創科有限公司PI
2025/01–2025/12Prototype Verification Platform for Multi-Target AI Vision Accelerator Chip SystemsIndustrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)PI
2023/10–2024/09AI-Based Automatic Traffic Video Detection Software三維工程顧問股份有限公司PI
2023/10–2024/09Intelligent Video Tracking of Traffic Objects on Airport Aprons比特科技有限公司PI
2023/09–2024/08Intelligent Image Recognition System for Steel Billet ReceivingChung Hung Steel CorporationPI
2023/07–2024/06Intersection Turning-Traffic Volume Detection System for 5G Smart Highway Application Services曼塔睿股份有限公司PI
2023/06–2024/05Intelligent Traffic Video Data Collection (III)NCKU Research and Development Foundation (Far Eastern Electronic Toll Collection)PI
2022/05–2022/10Intelligent Traffic Video Data Collection (II)NCKU Research and Development FoundationPI
2021/12–2022/11Consulting Project on Practical AI Applications正方形科技有限公司PI
2021/04–2021/12Driving-Behavior Video Inventory and Image RecognitionNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung UniversityPI
2021/03–2022/02AI System Design Consulting Project勝勢應用科學股份有限公司PI
2021/02–2021/10Intelligent Traffic Video Data Collection (I)NCKU Research and Development FoundationPI
2021/01–2022/07*Development of a Surround-View System for ShipsJong Shyn Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.Co-PI
Technology Transfers6
Contract periodTechnologyLicensee
2024/09–2029/08Test Platform for FM Wireless Video Transmission雙穎科技股份有限公司
2023/02–2024/01Intelligent Image Recognition for the Circular Economy連翔綠能股份有限公司
2022/08–2023/075G Small Cell software (contract changed to 5G core-network software in Oct. 2022)永洋科技股份有限公司
2022/03–2023/08AI-Based Road Surface Evenness Inspection Technology正方形智慧新創有限公司
2022/01–2022/12AI Traffic Video Analytics for Automatic Detection of Vehicle Types, Turning Volumes, Arrival Rates and Violations三維工程顧問股份有限公司
2020Multi-Person Body-Temperature Sensing System Combining Infrared Modules and Visible-Light Cameras協穎科技有限公司
NSTC / MOST Research Projects33
PeriodProjectGrant no.Role
2026/08–2027/07AI-Assisted Generation of Computer-Vision Systems-on-Chip and Chiplet Systems for Edge ComputingNSTC (FY2026)PI
2025/08–2026/07A Multi-Level Federated AIoT System for Near-Automatic Extraction of Hidden KnowledgeNSTC 114-2221-E-992-0040PI
2024/08–2025/07A Multi-Level Federated AIoT System for Near-Automatic Extraction of Hidden KnowledgeNSTC 113-2221-E-992-079PI
2023/08–2024/07A Multi-Level Federated AIoT System for Near-Automatic Extraction of Hidden KnowledgeNSTC 112-2221-E-992-071PI
2021/08–2022/07Edge Soft-Computing Alliance Based on Mobile Software-Defined Networking and FPGA AccelerationMOST 110-2221-E-992-003PI
2020/08–2021/07Development of Intelligent 5G Edge-Computing Hardware and SoftwareMOST 109-2221-E-992-039PI
2018/08–2020/07Adaptive Advanced Driver Assistance Systems Based on On-Road Sample Learning — Overall Project and Subproject 1: Hierarchical Mobile Fog-Cloud Federation for On-Road Optimization of ADASMOST 107-2221-E-992-009-MY2PI
2017/08–2018/07Cloud-Aided Design Optimization of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems — Overall Project and Subproject 1: Hierarchical Clouds of Intelligent Things for ADAS Optimization (II)MOST 106-2221-E-327-001PI
2016/08–2017/07Cloud-Aided Design Optimization of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems — Overall Project and Subproject 1: Hierarchical Clouds of Intelligent Things for ADAS Optimization (I)MOST 105-2221-E-327-027PI
2016/06–2017/05University–Industry Project: Implementation of a Front-Vision System-on-Chip for Advanced Driver Assistance SystemsMOST 105-2622-E-327-001-CC3PI
2014/08–2015/07Proactive Health and Safety Travel Recommendation System with Social Mobile Cloud Computing — Overall Project and Subproject 1: Multi-Cloud Computing on Self-Organized User Devices and Its Performance Development PlatformMOST 103-2221-E-327-048PI
2013/08–2014/07Intelligent Cloud Service Broker Gateway with Multi-Level Context Awareness, Security and QoS Coordination — Overall Project and Subproject 3: Cross-Layer Network Quality Management with Multiple Metrics (III)NSC 102-2218-E-327-002PI
2012/08–2013/07Intelligent Cloud Service Broker Gateway with Multi-Level Context Awareness, Security and QoS Coordination — Overall Project (II)NSC101-2221-E-327-020PI
2012/08–2013/07Intelligent Cloud Service Broker Gateway — Subproject 3: Cross-Layer Network Quality Management with Multiple Metrics in Multi-Level Cloud Environments (II)NSC101-2221-E-327-022PI
2011/08–2012/07Intelligent Cloud Service Broker Gateway with Multi-Level Context Awareness, Security and QoS Coordination — Overall Project (I)100-2218-E-327-001PI
2011/08–2012/07Intelligent Cloud Service Broker Gateway — Subproject 3: Cross-Layer Network Quality Management with Multiple Metrics in Multi-Level Cloud Environments (I)100-2218-E-327-002PI
2010/08–2011/07QoS Management for Cloud Virtual TV Based on Inter-Cloud Cross-Layer TechniquesNSC 99-2221-E-327-050PI
2009/08–2010/07Hierarchical Cross-Protocol Soft-Computing Model for WiMAX Networks and Its Electronic-System-Level Verification (II)NSC 98-2221-E-327-022PI
2009/08–2012/07An Embedded Vehicular Mobile Network Service Platform with Multi-Objective Optimization Using Innovative Cross-Layer Fuzzy ControlNSC 98-2221-E-006-222-MY3Co-PI
2008/08–2009/07Hierarchical Cross-Protocol Soft-Computing Model for WiMAX Networks and Its Electronic-System-Level Verification (I)NSC 97-2221-E-327-035PI
2008/08–2011/07Context-Aware Service Automation Technologies for Smart Home Living SpacesNSC 97-2221-E-006-144-MY3Co-PI
2007/08–2008/07Cross-Protocol QoS Soft-Computing Model and Silicon-IP Verification Platform for IEEE 802 Wireless Networks96-2221-E-168-029PI
2007/08–2008/07Intelligent Home Service Networks for Digital Living (3/3)96-2221-E-006-017Co-PI
2007/08–2008/07Design and Implementation of a Highly Secure and Intelligent Digital Home Platform96-2218-E-006-287Co-PI
2006/08–2007/07Analysis and Implementation of IEEE 802.11e MAC QoS Enhancement Using Fuzzy Feedback Control Models (2/2)95-2221-E-168-029PI
2006/08–2007/10Intelligent Home Service Networks for Digital Living (2/3)95-2221-E-006-371Co-PI
2005/08–2006/07Analysis and Implementation of IEEE 802.11e MAC QoS Enhancement Using Fuzzy Feedback Control Models (1/2)94-2213-E-168-008PI
2005/08–2006/07Intelligent Home Service Networks for Digital Living (1/3)94-2213-E-006-081Co-PI
2004/08–2005/07Generic Fuzzy Automata and Their Learning Algorithms for Media Communication Chip Design (III)93-2213-E-168-004PI
2003/12–2004/10A Study on the Category of Quantum-Dominated Automata92-2218-E-168-018PI
2003/08–2004/07Generic Fuzzy Automata and Their Learning Algorithms for Media Communication Chip Design (II)92-2213-E-168-006PI
2002/08–2003/07Generic Fuzzy Automata and Their Learning Algorithms for Media Communication Chip Design (I)91-2213-E-168-003PI
2001/08–2002/07Programmable Analog Fuzzy Cell Arrays and Their Silicon Automation90-2213-E-168-008PI
MOE Teaching Improvement and Talent Cultivation Projects16
  1. MOE IoT Technology and Application Talent Cultivation Program (2017–2020) — 2019 curriculum (module) development, Smart Space Alliance: lighting/network control and app design (PI).
  2. MOE IoT Technology and Application Talent Cultivation Program (2017–2020) — 2019 curriculum (module) development, Smart Space Alliance: game-based introduction to machine learning (PI).
  3. MOE IoT Technology and Application Talent Cultivation Program (2017–2020) — 2017 curriculum (module) development of the inter-university teaching alliance centre (PI).
  4. MOE 2010 ICT Key-Field Course Promotion Program — Digital Signal Processing (CM106) and WiMAX Design and Performance Analysis (CM405) (PI), 2010/02–2011/01.
  5. MOE Pilot Program for Advanced SoC Design Talent — advanced course development: prototyping substrate layout for system-in-package, 2008/12–2010/06.
  6. MOE Pilot Program for Advanced SoC Design Talent — advanced course development: embedded system design curriculum (co-PI).
  7. MOE key professional curriculum program for ICT/EE fields (2007–2008): advanced SoC design curriculum (co-PI).
  8. 2007 MOE Advisory Office VLSI education improvement program — 2007 Symposium on Prototyping Systems and Innovative Circuit Design (organizer).
  9. 2006 MOE Advisory Office VLSI education improvement program — national SoPC workshop for technical and vocational college teachers (organizer).
  10. 2006 MOE Computer Centre campus RFID pilot project (subproject PI).
  11. 2005 MOE Advisory Office VLSI education improvement program — FPGA workshop for vocational high-school teachers (organizer).
  12. 2004 MOE VLSI education improvement program — Advanced Analog IC Layout course materials.
  13. 2004 MOE VLSI education improvement program — SoPC course materials.
  14. 2003 MOE VLSI education improvement program — IC Layout course materials (two sets of lecture notes).
  15. 2002 MOE VLSI education improvement program — Fast Prototyping course materials (three sets of lecture notes).
  16. 2002 MOE VLSI education improvement program — IC Layout course materials (five sets of lecture notes).
University–Industry Projects and Technology Transfers before 202027
  1. Technology transfer: multi-person body-temperature sensing system combining infrared modules and visible-light cameras, 協穎科技, Oct. 2020.
  2. Mentored the start-up 雲海先進科技 in the Taiwan AI x Robotics Accelerator (TAIRA); selected as the 2nd-place team among more than 100 AI start-ups and 13 large corporations (TSMC, UMC, etc.).
  3. Chunghwa Telecom / MOE 4G Smart Broadband City program — Taiwan High Speed Rail “i-Taiwan” Wi-Fi smart application project: load-balanced media service over 4G mobile networks in high-speed rail carriages, 2017/03–2018/03.
  4. Early technology transfer plus MOST university–industry project (105-2622-E-327-001-CC3): implementation of a front-vision SoC for ADAS, 聯雅科技, 2016/06–2017/05 (PI).
  5. Cloud image recognition and big-data machine learning for agriculture and fisheries: co-advisor (with Prof. Chao-Chun Chen of NCKU) for an MOEA Big-4G program proposal that won MOEA funding for the partner company.
  6. Indoor positioning system for medical assistive devices: cross-campus collaboration with a Tajen University start-up team that secured venture investment.
  7. Technology transfer: porting Android to the Xilinx Zynq 7000 SoC family, 一元素科技, 2014.
  8. Technology transfer: real-time video I/O from NTSC cameras through FPGA, 華亨科技, 2013.
  9. Cloud app technology integrating image processing — selected as an outstanding case of the MOEA instant-consulting program, 雲海先進科技, 2012.
  10. Automatic meter/chart data reader on the Linux USB device side, 聯雅科技, 2010/05–2010/08.
  11. CDK system-on-chip design flow and laboratory development, 虹晶科技, 2009.
  12. MOEA Technology Development Program (industrial): an IPTV technology platform with personalized mobile multimedia services developed with Embedded Linux (with 永洋科技, ITRI ICL, Kun Shan University, Shu-Te University and NCKU), 2007–2008.
  13. Development of color composition simulation software for neon tubes, LECIP Corp. (Japan), 2007/04–2008/03.
  14. Key technologies for smart living spaces supporting elderly care — subproject: reliable and secured data delivery, III innovative forward-looking technology program (2008), with III, NCKU, Shu-Te and Kun Shan universities.
  15. Portable embedded platform computing technology, III (2008), with NCKU and Shu-Te University.
  16. Energy ICT preliminary survey, III (2008), with NCKU and Shu-Te University.
  17. ITRI project FY98-N100: WiMAX research and development collaboration (with ITRI, NCKU and Shu-Te University).
  18. Hardware/software co-design platform for multi-point luminance inspection of LCD panels (Kun Shan University EE with 品展/佳虹科技).
  19. FPGA-assisted fast auto-focus system (with Kun Shan University ME and 東捷股份有限公司).
  20. MPEG4 codec SoC and hardware/software co-design, 2004–2005 (with NCKU EE, the Center for Research of E-life Digital Technology (CREDIT), RDC Semiconductor and 永洋科技).
  21. IP media streaming systems: adapters and servers (with NCKU EE and CREDIT), 2004.
  22. Smart web-camera surveillance systems (with 永洋科技, NCKU EE and CREDIT), 2004.
  23. Wireless home IP telephony gateway, MOEA SBIR Phase II (2002), 永洋科技, 2002/10–2003/09.
  24. IEEE 802.11b WLAN broadband communication gateway, 永洋科技, 2001.
  25. 802.11b+ WLAN broadband communication gateway, 永洋科技, 2002.
  26. ADSL broadband communication gateway, R&D consultant, 2000–2001.
  27. USB ADSL broadband communication gateway, R&D consultant, 永洋科技, 2002.
Other (undergraduate research projects, chip tape-outs, etc.)5
  1. Mobile License Plate Recognition System with Hardware Acceleration Units (NSTC 112-2813-C-992-013-E), NSTC undergraduate research project, advisor, 2023/07–2024/02.
  2. Silicon IP design supporting various fuzzy inference and control schemes (NSC 90-2815-C-168-013-E), NSC undergraduate research project, advisor, 2001/08–2002/08.
  3. Six advanced VLSI chip tape-out reports, plus several educational chips.
  4. FPGA-assisted fast auto-focus system, 2005 Kun Shan University cross-college integration and transferable technology showcase.
  5. MiPATS medical image processing and wireless transmission system, 2004 Kun Shan University cross-college integration and transferable technology showcase.

Laboratory Equipment

Communication / Networking / Security
QtyEquipmentBrand / Model
1Vector network analyzerAnritsu / MS46122A
1Network-attached storage (NAS)Synology / DS1817+
1Network experiment platformApple / A1990 Z0V0
1Network switchZyxel / XGS1250-12
1FirewallShareTech / NU-840
1Wi-Fi signal testerNetScout / AirCheck G2
1Smart managed switch24-port
Electronics / RF / Signal Measurement
QtyEquipmentBrand / Model
1Vector signal generator / analyzerAnritsu / MS2830A
1RF signal generatorKeysight / N9310A
1Signal generatorKeysight / 33500B
1Dual-channel arbitrary waveform generatorKeysight / 33522B
1High-performance oscilloscopeKeysight / DSO-X 3032A
1High-frequency mixed-signal oscilloscopeKeysight / DSO-X 4024A
1Mixed-signal oscilloscopeKeysight / MSOX4104A
1Logic analyzer moduleAgilent / DSOX3MSO
1Benchtop digital multimeterKeysight / 34461A
1Power supplySPD / SPD-3606
1Analog/digital measurement platformAdvantech / ARK-3520P
1Analog/digital measurement platformAdvantech / ARK-1123H
Imaging / Presentation / Peripherals
QtyEquipmentBrand / Model
1Thermal imaging cameraFLIR / ONE Pro (USB Type-C)
1Codec host with cameraSilverStone / PTC-150
1Digital cameraCanon / PowerShot G9
1Network video camera systemSony / TO-413DH, SONY-700TV
2Image sensor moduleYOW DING / XC411
1Vehicle safety monitoring systemMobileye / 660-M
1ProjectorAcer / P1500
1ProjectorAcer / P1387W
1Classroom broadcasting systemNEC / NP1000
1Surveillance systemHiSharp (昇銳) / NK-431F, T057SJ-D
SoC Development Boards and AI Computing Platforms
QtyEquipmentBrand / Model
20SoC development boardEGO-XZ7
10SoC development boardZedBoard
1SoC development boardZybo
3SoC development boardZCU102
3SoC development boardICICLE-KIT
1AI computing systemASUS Ascent GX10
1Edge AI computerNVIDIA Jetson AGX Thor
1Edge AI computerNVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin
1High-performance laptopASUS ROG Strix SCAR 18
1High-performance laptopASUS ROG Zephyrus Flow X13
3AI computing workstationEquipped with high-end GPUs such as NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 / 5080 / 5090
SoC Teaching Laboratory Equipment

Supports the courses SoC Design, SoC Design Practice Labs, and High-Speed PCB Design and Practice, as well as capstone projects and thesis research. Inventory as listed on the Department's SoC Lab page.

QtyEquipmentBrand / Model
31SoC teaching platformDE2, DC2, LCM, CMOS
1SoPC development boardDSP + ARM9 SoC (297 MHz ARM926EJ-S, 594 MHz C64x+ DSP) with Virtex-4 SX35 FPGA
1IC development boardVirtex-E 1000 FPGA
1FPGA verification platformVeriLite USB C6 (Altera EP1C6 FPGA)
1IC debugging toolARMICE/F
32Personal computerASUS / AS-D670
1ServerSun / UltraSPARC IIIi, 1 GHz
1Computer and peripheralsP4-920 dual-core PC with 16-port hub
1Notebook computerCompaq / 1700 (Pentium III, 800 MHz)
1Notebook computerSony / PCG-V505NTP
1Notebook computer4720Z (Intel Pentium Dual-Core T2370)
1Embedded development softwareARM RVDS 4.0
1Mathematical analysis softwareSupplied by Pitotech
1Classroom broadcast moduleIOGER
1Laser printerFuji Xerox / DP203A

Collaboration

We welcome research collaboration with academic and industrial partners, particularly on:

  • AI accelerator chips (including large-language-model accelerators) and industrial computing platforms;
  • cameras and imaging systems.

Collaboration may take the form of joint research, consulting, or technology transfer and licensing. Please contact us at aiiarc@nkust.edu.tw.

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