Vice President James Chih-Hsin Yang
Current Appointment: Vice President of National Taiwan University (NTU), Distinguished Professor at the College of Medicine, NTU, Director of the NTU Cancer Center, and Director of the NTU Cancer Research Center.
Research Expertise: An internationally renowned expert in oncology and lung cancer research, specializing in precision medicine, targeted therapy, immunotherapy, anticancer drug development, mechanisms of drug resistance, and international multicenter clinical trials.
Academic Leadership: Professor Yang is a pioneer in establishing Taiwan’s clinical trial infrastructure for anticancer therapeutics. He has led numerous global studies on novel lung cancer treatments and played a pivotal role in advancing EGFR-targeted therapy as a standard treatment for advanced lung cancer. His contributions to the development of innovative therapies have significantly improved patient survival outcomes worldwide.
Global Impact: His research findings have influenced international clinical practice guidelines for lung cancer and have positioned him as a leading advocate of precision oncology in Asia.
Honors: Recipient of the Ministry of Education Academic Award, two-time National Chair Professor, and the Special Recognition Award from the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC). He is the first Taiwanese scholar to receive this prestigious international honor and is widely regarded as one of the most influential Chinese scientists in global cancer medicine.
Professor Chung- Chih Wu
Current Appointment: Distinguished Professor and Vice President for Research and Development, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University; Professor of the Graduate Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics and the Graduate Institute of Electronics Engineering.
Research Expertise: A leading scholar in display technologies and optoelectronics, with research interests spanning organic optoelectronic semiconductors and devices, OLEDs, transparent and oxide semiconductors, flexible electronics, thin-film transistors, nanotechnology, and advanced photonic devices.
Academic Leadership: Professor Wu is one of Taiwan’s pioneers in organic optoelectronics and transparent electronics. His research has contributed significantly to next-generation displays, solid-state lighting, and emerging electronic systems, while fostering extensive collaborations between academia and industry.
Industry Influence: His innovations have been widely adopted in display, lighting, and photonic technologies, helping bridge fundamental research and industrial applications.
Honors: Recipient of the Wu Ta-You Memorial Award, Distinguished Research Award from the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), Academia Sinica Young Scholar Research Publication Award, NTU Research Achievement Award, NTU Distinguished Research Achievement Award, Y. Z. Hsu Scientific Paper Award, Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) Outstanding Innovation Award, and the Outstanding Young Electrical Engineer Award from the Chinese Institute of Electrical Engineering.
Professor Ming-Syan Chen
Current Appointment: Chair Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University; former Vice President of NTU, Dean of the College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and Director of the Research Center for Information Technology Innovation, Academia Sinica.
Research Expertise: A pioneering researcher in database systems, data mining, machine learning, social network analysis, mobile computing, and multimedia networking.
Academic Leadership: Professor Chen has made seminal contributions to query processing, association-rule mining, sequential pattern discovery, mobility pattern mining, and privacy-preserving data mining. His work has had a lasting impact on intelligent decision-making systems, network services, and big data analytics.
Research Achievements: He has published more than 350 international journal and conference papers and holds numerous U.S. and Taiwanese patents. His research has been extensively cited by the global academic community.
Honors: Two-time National Chair Professor, recipient of the Ministry of Education Academic Award, NSTC Distinguished Research Award, Pan Wen-Yuan Outstanding Research Award, Y. Z. Hsu Science and Technology Chair Professorship, Li Kuo-Ting “Kwoh-Ting Li” Memorial Award, Information Medal of Honor, and IBM Outstanding Innovation Award. He is both an ACM Fellow and an IEEE Fellow.
Professor Vincent S. Tseng
Current Appointment: Lifetime Chair Professor, Department of Computer Science, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University; former Founding Director of the Graduate Institute of Data Science, National Taiwan University.
Research Expertise: A distinguished scholar in data mining, artificial intelligence, machine learning, biomedical informatics, social network analytics, mobile computing, and temporal data analysis.
Academic Leadership: Professor Tseng has led the development of innovative methodologies in pattern mining, high-utility pattern mining, time-series analytics, and AI-driven healthcare technologies. His research has been successfully applied to disease detection, health risk prediction, smart manufacturing, financial technology, and social media analytics.
Research Achievements: He has published more than 450 international journal and conference papers, holds multiple patents, and has contributed extensively to technology transfer and talent cultivation in data science and AI.
Honors: Recipient of the Future Tech Award for Breakthrough Technology, NSTC Distinguished Research Award, Outstanding Information Technology Professional Award, Information Medal of Honor, National Innovation Award, TECO Award, and Y. Z. Hsu Science and Technology Chair Professorship. He currently serves as a Lifetime Chair Professor at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University and is recognized as a leading figure in data mining and AI research.
Dr. Tei-Wei Kuo
Current Appointment: Chief Technology Officer and Chairman of the Technology and Strategy Advisory Council, Delta Electronics; former Acting President and Executive Vice President of National Taiwan University, Director of the Research Center for Information Technology Innovation at Academia Sinica, and Founding Dean of Engineering at City University of Hong Kong.
Research Expertise: An internationally recognized pioneer in embedded systems, real-time systems, non-volatile memory software and system design, neural-network computing, and in-memory computing architectures.
Academic Leadership: Dr. Kuo’s research group pioneered numerous flash-memory software and firmware technologies and has recently advanced innovations in in-memory computing and edge AI. Many of these technologies have been successfully transferred to leading global storage and semiconductor companies.
Industry Influence: His work has shaped the development of modern storage systems and AI hardware architectures, bridging academic innovation and industrial deployment.
Honors: Recipient of the NSTC Distinguished Research Award, Ministry of Education Academic Award, and the Humboldt Research Award. He is both an ACM Fellow and an IEEE Fellow. His international research team won the Best Paper Award at the ACM/IEEE CODES+ISSS Conference three times within five years, an unprecedented achievement in the field.
Professor Jason Yi-Bing Lin
Current Appointment: Lifetime Chair Professor, Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Taiwan University; former Deputy Minister and Acting Minister of Science and Technology, Vice President of the University System of Taiwan, and Vice President of National Chiao Tung University.
Research Expertise: A pioneer in personal communications networks, mobile computing, wireless communications, Internet of Things (IoT), and system simulation.
Academic Leadership: Professor Lin has made foundational contributions to mobility management protocols, wireless resource allocation, and mobile network architectures. His work has played a critical role in advancing mobile Internet technologies in Taiwan and internationally.
Research Achievements: He has published hundreds of international journal and conference papers and authored several influential textbooks on wireless and mobile networking. His publications have received more than 9,000 citations, with an H-index exceeding 40.
Honors: Recipient of the Ministry of Education Academic Award, NSTC Distinguished Research Award, Executive Yuan Outstanding Contribution to Science and Technology Award, National Chair Professorship, and the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) Prize in Engineering Sciences. He is a Fellow of IEEE, ACM, AAAS, and IET.
Professor Shang-Hong Lai
Current Appointment: Professor, Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Taiwan University; former Associate Dean of the College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Chair of the Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Director of the Computer and Information Networking Center, and Chief Research Director of the Microsoft AI R&D Center Taiwan.
Research Expertise: A leading researcher in artificial intelligence, computer vision, machine learning, image and video analysis, multimedia technologies, and facial image processing.
Academic Leadership: Professor Lai’s research has contributed to advances in intelligent surveillance, robotic vision, automated inspection, medical imaging, and generative AI technologies. His publications have appeared in premier journals and conferences, including IEEE Transactions, BMVC, ICIP, and WACV.
Industry Influence: He has actively fostered academia–industry collaboration with organizations such as Microsoft, NVIDIA, Qualcomm, Novatek, and the Industrial Technology Research Institute, helping accelerate the development and deployment of cutting-edge AI technologies.
Honors: Recipient of the NSTC Distinguished Research Award, National Tsing Hua University Distinguished Research Award, multiple Best Paper Awards at international conferences, and numerous industry–academia collaboration awards. He is widely recognized as one of Taiwan’s most influential scholars in artificial intelligence and computer vision.