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Brief Bio

From Jan 2003 to Sep 2003, I was a visiting scholar at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, Indiana, USA. (Hosts: Prof. V. Balakrishnan and Prof. C.-K. Koh)

I got hired in Dec 2003 by my mother school and now I am working as an Associate Professor there (here).

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Contact

Vacancy

Teaching

• MATH1853 : Linear Algebra, Probability and Statistics (Fall, 2013 - now)
• ENGG1003 : Mathematics I (Fall 2012)
• ELEC3206 : Control Systems (Spring 2005)
• ELEC3612 : VLSI Design Principles (Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010, Spring 2009, Spring 2008, Spring 2007, Spring 2006)

• ELEC6027 : Integrated Circuit Systems Design(Spring 2004)
• ELEC6049 : Digital System Design Techniques (Fall 2008, Fall 2006, Spring 2006, Fall 2004)
• ELEC6077 : CMOS Analogue Integrated Circuit Design (Spring 2008)
• ELEC8201 : Introduction to Robust Control (Fall 2007, Fall 2005)
• ELEC8303 : VLSI Interconnect Modeling and Optimization (Fall 2006)
• ELEC8503 : Top Algorithms in Science and Engineering (Fall 2010, Fall 2008)
• ELEC8506 : Lumped System Theory (Fall 2011, Fall 2009)

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Research

External Grants

1. "Minimalist Hundred-Kilobyte Lookup Tables for Efficient Image Enhancement" GRF Code: 17203224 (Award date: 30 Jun 2024, Project Period: 01 Sep 2024 - 31 Aug 2026 (24 months))
2. "ReRACE: ReRAM AI Chips on the Edge" TRS Code: T45-701-22-R (Award date: 12 Jul 2022, Project Period: 01 Nov 2022 - 31 Oct 2027 (60 months))
3. "Demystifying and Exploiting the Constant Rank Phenomenon in Convolutional Neural Networks" GRF Code: 17209721 (Award date: 30 Jun 2021, Project Period: 01 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2023 (24 months))
4. "Vulnerability Study of Binary Neural Networks" GRF Code: 17206020 (Award date: 30 Jun 2020, Project Period: 01 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2022 (24 months))
5. "A New Tensor-Based Volterra Series for Multiple-Input Multiple-Output Nonlinear System Modeling" GRF Code: 17246416 (Award date: 30 Jun 2016, Project Period: 01 Jan 2017 - 31 Dec 2018 (24 months))
6. "Novel Tensor-Based Circuit Modeling and Simulation" GRF Code: 17212315 (Award date: 30 Jun 2015, Project Period: 01 Jan 2016 - 31 Dec 2017 (24 months))
7. "Back to the Roots: Polynomial-Based Nonlinear Circuit Design" GRF Code: 17208514 (Award date: 30 Jun 2014, Project Period: 01 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2016 (24 months))
8. "New Analytic and Computational Tools for Nonlinear Circuit Modeling and Simulation" GRF Code: 718213E (Award date: 30 Jun 2013, Project Period: 01 Jan 2014 - 31 Dec 2015 (24 months))
9. "Advanced Nonlinear Parametric Compact Modeling Techniques for Analog/RF Simulation" GRF Code: 718711E (Award date: 30 Jun 2011, Project Period: 01 Jan 2012 - 31 Dec 2014 (36 months))
10. "Canonical Projector Techniques with Applications in VLSI Modeling and Simulation" GRF Code: 718509E (Award date: 30 Jun 2009, Project Period: 01 Jan 2010 - 31 Dec 2011 (24 months))
11. "Versatile Model Order Reduction of Frequency-Dependent VLSI Interconnect Models" RGC Code: HKU 717407E (Award date: 29 Jun 2007, Project Period: 01 Sep 2007 - 31 Aug 2010 (36 months))
12. "Very Fast VLSI Model Reduction For CAD Applications," RGC Code: HKU 7173/04E (Award date: 03 Aug 2004, Project Period: 01 Jan 2005 - 30 Apr 2007 (28 months))
13. "Low-power Integrated Circuit Design Techniques for Digital Audio Coder/Decoder," (joint project w/ Solomon Systech Ltd.) ITF Proj. Ref: UIT/079 (Period: 01 Sep 2005 - 31 Aug 2007)
14. ASTRI industrial project: R & D Collaboration for CCD (Charge-Coupled Device) Project (Completed)
15. ASTRI industrial project: Near Field Antenna Array Design (Completed)

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Publications

Duties

• EEE Admission Tutor and Engineering Admission Committee (2005 till now)

Personal

1. A book that I enjoy reading, though I haven't really started reading it. The book implies that if human's life is convex, we can optimize it. Please kindly observe its copyright.
   (SIMPLE PROOF FOR THE CONVEXITY OF LIFE: you were alive when you were born, you are alive at this moment, you must be alive any point in between, that implies everyone's life is a convex one.)
2. Selected topics, again, regarding some algorithms. I found these stuff extremely inspiring as they represent the distilled knowledge over many generations.
3. I do some photography in leisure time, a good source of technical references can be found here. I go here for artistic references. I use both film & digital cameras. A golden rule is that camera doesn't matter, PERIOD. It's the photographer's job to maximize the gain from whatever gear he/she's given. For example, I use Canon A70 for this pic (Montreal, Canada, May 2004). And a Nikon F65 plus a popular 28-105mm lens for this, this, this and this (Greek islands, Aug 2002). The F65 and the lens are still with me, functioning superb, and I use A70 mostly for documentary purpose. Nowadays, since most film stores and developers are dying, I also hold a Nikon D70s and I'm happy shooting without worrying too much about camera bodies.

Last updated: Oct 2024