Probably only a person with some mathematical knowledge
would think of beginning with 0 instead of with 1.
---Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy
Bertrand Russell

Education | Positions Held | Research | Courses | Students | Hobbies | Contacts

Education

• Ph.D. (1990), Department of Computer Science, Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University
  • Thesis: An Information Dispersal Approach to Issues in Parallel Processing (published by the Cambridge University Press as Information Dispersal and Parallel Computation)
  • Adviser: Prof. Michael O. Rabin
• M.S. (1989), Department of Computer Science, Harvard University
• B.S. (1984), Department of Information Engineering, National Taiwan University
• High School (1980), Kuang Jen (Catholic) High School（光仁中學）

Positions Held

• 共同發起人（2014），中華財務管理科技學會
• Professor (2009/08/01-present), Graduate Institute of Networking and Multimedia, National Taiwan University
• Department Chairman (2008/08/01-2011/07/31), Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Taiwan University
• Associate Dean (2008/08/01-2011/07/31), College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, National Taiwan University
• Associate Department Chairman (2008/02/01-2008/07/31), Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Taiwan University
• Professor (2000-present), Department of Finance, National Taiwan University
• Professor (1999-present), Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Taiwan University
• Associate Professor (1995-1999), Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Taiwan University
• Adjunct Associate Professor (1996-present), Department of Information Management, National Chi-Nan University
• Assistant Vice President (1994-1995), Fixed Income Research, Citicorp Securities, New York City
• Research Scientist (1990-1994), NEC Research Institute, Princeton, New Jersey
• Member of Technical Staff (summer 1987), Bell Labs (now of Alcatel-Lucent), Holmdel, New Jersey

Research

• Design and Analysis of Algorithms
  • algorithms: parallel, distributed, on-line, and randomized
  • reconfigurable architectures
  • interconnection networks, graph theory, fault tolerance
• Theory of Computation
  • computational complexity
  • randomness
  • cryptography and security
• Financial Computation
  • risk management and derivative pricing
  • financial software: The Capitals
  • financial software: Convertible Bond Information System (CBIS) of 時華科技
• Published Works and Selected Talks

Course Information

• Computing Theory (graduate level)
• Discrete Mathematics (undergraduate level)
• Principles of Financial Computing (graduate level)
• Financial Engineering and Computation, 1 & 2 (graduate level & B-school; not offered in the academic year)
• Financial Computation (graduate level; not offered in the academic year)
• Financial Computation (6 hours, ungraduate level)
• Parallel and Distributed Computation (graduate level; not offered in the academic year)
• Parallel and Distributed Computation (graduate level; not offered in the academic year)
• Random Structures (graduate level; not offered in the academic year)

Students and Their Fine Dissertations

• Students
  • English Version & Meeting Times
  • Chinese Version with Photos
  • Photos for Social Occasions
• Dissertations
  • Guidelines
  • Past Dissertations
  • Sample Dissertation: Word Version
  • Sample Dissertation: LaTeX Version (Its PDF Output)
  • 《Paper、論文、報告如何寫作》； 勘誤表；博客來；三民網路書店
  • 安可編譯社—英文學術論文編修（台大資訊工程博士何恩Aaron Heidel）
• In Praise of Idleness by Bertrand Russell (1932)
• Message to My Freshman Students by Keith M. Parsons (2015)
• Research vs. Undergraduate Teaching in the U.S. (New York Times)
• The Trouble with Harvard by Steven Pinker (2014)
• Effortless Perfection (at Harvard) by Isabel Ruane
• Learning To Think, and Live by David Brooks (New York Times)
• Ten Simple Rules for Getting Published by Philip E. Bourne
• How To Decipher a Letter of Recommendation
• Phrases To Use in a Letter of Recommendation