Educational Background: 

• Ph.D.,               National Taiwan University (Electrical Engineering), 2009. 

• M.B.A.,             National Taiwan University (Business Administration), 2007. 

• M.S. program*, National Taiwan University (Electrical Engineering), 2000 - 2002. 

• B.S.,                 National Taiwan University (Mathematics), 2000. 

* Directly entering into Ph.D. program in 2002.

Areas of Research Interest:

• Smart Manufacturing

• Metaheuristic Algorithms

• Machine Learning

• Internet of Things

• Wireless Networks

• Information Visualization

• Computational Management Science

Current Appointments: 

• 2020 - present: Distinguished Professor, NYCU.

• 2016 - present: Professor, Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management (IEM), NYCU.

• 2017 - present: Associate Dean, College of Management, NYCU.

• 2019 - present: Professor, EMBA Program, NYCU.

• 2023 - present: Chair Professor (Adjunct), National Chin-Yi University of Technology (NCUT), Taiwan.

• 2024 - present: Research Fellow (Joint Appointment), Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institute (TSRI), National Applied Research Laboratories (NARLabs), Taiwan.

• 2022 - present: Associate Editor, Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing (SCI-indexed).

• 2022 - present: Area Editor, International Journal of Operations Research (IJOR).

• 2024 - present: Supervisor, Operations Research Society of Taiwan (ORSTW) (also, INFROMS Taiwan Chapter).

• 2022 - present: Director, Chinese Institute of Industrial Engineers (CIIE), Taiwan.

• 2017 - present: IEEE Senior Member.

Experiences:

• 2020 - 2023: Chair Professor (Adjunct), Dept. of Business Administration, Asia University, Taiwan.

• 2020 - 2023: Consultant, Dept. of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, Taiwan.

• 2020 - present: President (2022-23), Supervisor (2024-present), Executive Director (2020-21), ORSTW.

• 2020 - 2023: Director, Association of Algorithm and Computation Theory (AACT), Taiwan.

• 2017 - 2019: Treasurer, IEEE Taipei Section.

• 2016 - 2017: Director, IEM MBA Degree Program at College of Management, National Chiao Tung University (NCTU).

• 2013 - 2016: Associate Professor, IEM Dept., NCTU.

• 2012/8/1-31: Visiting Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo, Japan.

• 2011 - 2013: Assistant Professor, IEM Dept., NCTU.

• 2010 - 2011: Assistant Professor (Computer Science), University of Taipei.

• 2009 - 2010: Assistant Professor (Computer Science), National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology.