Research Statement

My research interests include analysis and design of algorithms, computational molecular biology, parallel processing and computer aided engineering. Fifty of my papers are published in prestigious journals of computer science. In the past years, I have developed tools for multiple sequence alignments and evolutionary trees by using the concept of compact set and the technologies of approximation. Recently, I am developing tools that help enzyme biologist to search active sites. The functions of the new tools cover the sequence alignment and the consensus finding with structure information. For the comparative genomics, I design several different algorithms to predict exons and alternative splicing. I hope to develop tools for pathway verification by using the technologies of computing theory and computer aided engineering. I have plentiful experiences to lead the cooperation of computer scientists and biologists.

Education

Professional Experience

-         Professor, Department of Computer Science, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, ROC, 1992 – Now

-         Professor and Chairman, Department of Computer Science, National Tsing Hua  University, Taiwan, ROC, 1999–2003

-         Deputy Dean,   Academic Affairs, National Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan, ROC, 2004 – Now

-         Convener, Division of Computer Science and Information Engineering I, National Science Council, ROC, 1992– Now

-         Director, NTHU Student Affairs, 1995 – 1996

-         Associate Professor,  Department of Computer Science, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, ROC, 1985 – 1992

-         Director, Recording Books Services Center for the Blind, 1995 – Now

  AWARDS

  Outstanding Research Award (2000 and 2003),  National Science Council, ROC

  Professional Activities (within 5 years)

1.     Finance Chair of 6^th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications (DASFAA'99), HsinChu, Taiwan, ROC, 1999.

2.     Registration Chair of the 20^th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS2000), Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, 2000.

3.     Program committee chair of 2002 International Computer Symposium (ICS2002) Workshop on Algorithms and Computational Molecular Biology,   National  Dong Hwa University, Hualien, Taiwan, R.O.C., 2002.

4.     Bioinformatics Track Co-Chair of IEEE Fifth International Symposium on Multimedia Software Engineering (MSE2003), Taichung, Taiwan,      
  R.O.C

5.     Program Co-Chair of IEEE Fourth Symposium on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering (BIBE2004), Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C.

6.     Program committee member of the International Symposium on Parallel Architectures, Algorithms, and Networks (I-SPAN 2004), Hong Kong,  

        China.