Yao-Jen Chang

Professor Yao-Jen Chang, PhD
Phone: +886 3 265 4630
Office: 512, Electronic Hall
Lab: 517, Electronic Hall
email: yjchang at cycu dot edu dot tw

Short Bio:

Dr. Yao-Jen Chang is a distinguished professor at Department of Electronic Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University (CYCU). He joined CYCU in 1995. He has served as a consultant to IBM Asia-Pacific for e-Commerce advancements during 1997~1999. From 2000~2004, he took a leave to join Yam Digital, the largest portal then in Taiwan, as a chief scientist. He returned to CYCU in 2004. In 2007 and 2008, He received the holistic caring award from CYCU for his work on community-based services for persons with a disability. In 2009, he received the service learning award from CYCU. In December of 2009, he co-founded the Association of Equal Opportunities for People with a Disability, a non-profit dedicated for promoting supported employment in Taiwan. His work on services for people with a disability was selected as a showcase on the 23rd National Service Learning Conference, Minneapolis, Apr. 11-14, 2012. He also received the best teaching award and the best service award from CYCU in 2012. He was awarded by Ministry of Education in 2012, for dedication to promoting Internet-based services to academics. In 2012, he supervised a graduate student who won the 3rd place in Student Research Competition of ACM in 14th International Conference on Computers and Accessibility, Boulder, Colorado. Since the July of 2012, Dr. Chang has served on the editorial board of Scientific World Journal. He has also served on several program committees of renowned international conferences on assistive technology since 2007. He is a member of ACM SIGACCESS and IEEE. His research interests include assistive technology, imaging technology, and mobile computing. 

Educational Background
1982~1986 Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University
1988~1992 Ph.D. of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University
1992~1995 Visiting Research Assistant Professor, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Industrial Experiences
1997~1999 EC Technical Consultant for Asaa-Pacific, IBM
2000~2004 Chief Scientist, Yam Digital

Publications
Citations to my articles

Courses offered

1. Java Programming (EL569D)
2. Design of Internet Applications (EL280G)
3. Wireless Broadband Networking (EL532R)
4. Web Service and Advanced Internet Systems (EL695r)
5. Internship in High Tech Sectors (EL353R)
6. Service Learning

Research Interests

1. Assistive Technology
2. e-Learning
3. Mobile Communications and Ubiquitous Computing

International Academic Activities

Journal Editorial Board and Program Comittee

Journal Review