Synthesizable multi-core Java SoC designs, Synthesizable multi-core RISC SoCs with hardwired OS kernel designs, HW-SW codesign, Neural network architecture designs and application implementations, computer vision systems, algorithms, and circuit designs.

1. Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, NCTU, 2014-present

2. Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, NCTU, 2005-2014

3. Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, NCTU, 2002-2005

4. MPEG delegate for US National Body, 2000-2012, with ISO official recognitions

on the following International Standards:
(1) Project lead of ISO/IEC 23002-4:2010 – Information technology -- MPEG video
technologies -- Part 4: Video Tool Library.
(2) Project lead of ISO/IEC 23001-4:2009 – Information technology -- MPEG systems
technologies -- Part 4: Codec Configuration Representation.
(3) Project editor of ISO/IEC TR 21000-12:2005 – Multimedia Framework (MPEG-21)
Test Bed for MPEG-21 Resource Delivery.
(4) Project editor of ISO/IEC 14496-4:2004/Amd.3:2005 – Coding of Audio-Visual
Objects (MPEG-4) – Part 4: Conformance Testing, Amendment 3: Visual New
Levels and Tool.
(5) Project editor of ISO/IEC 14496-2:2001/Amd.3:2003 – Coding of Audio-Visual
Objects (MPEG-4) – Part 2: Visual, Amendment 3: Visual New Levels and Tool.
5. Principal Member, Senior Member, Technical Staff, Packet Video Corp., San Diego,
CA, USA, 1999-2002