Keynote Speech (1)

主講人介紹：

Chung-Yu Wu was born in 1950. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the Department of Electronics Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C., in 1976 and 1980, respectively. In addition, he conducted post-doc research at UC Berkeley in the summer of 2002.

Since 1980, he has served as a consultant to high-tech industry and research organizations and has built up strong research collaborations with high-tech industries. From 1980 to 1983, he was an Associate Professor at National Chiao Tung University. From 1984 to 1986, he was a Visiting Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Portland State University, Portland, OR. Since 1987, he has been a Professor at National Chiao Tung University. From 1991 to 1995, he was rotated to serve as the Director of the Division of Engineering and Applied Science on the National Science Council, Taiwan. From 1996-1998, he was honored as the Centennial Honorary Chair Professor at National Chiao Tung University. Currently, he is the president and chair professor of National Chiao Tung University. He has published more than 250 technical papers in international journals and conferences. He also has nineteen patents including nine U.S. patents. His research interests are nanoelectronics, low-power/low-voltage mixed-signal VLSI design, biochips, neural vision sensors, RF circuits, and CAD analysis.

Dr. Wu is a member of Eta Kappa Nu and Phi Tau Phi Honorary Scholastic Societies. He was a recipient of IEEE Fellow Award in 1998 and a Third Millennium Medal in 2000. In Taiwan, he has received numerous research awards from the Ministry of Education, National Science Council, and professional foundations.

演講摘要：

In this century, one of grand challenges and opportunities is the exploration of the cross-disciplinary frontiers in engineering incorporation with life science, medicine, and biology. Many pioneering and attractive research initiatives have been performed and significant breakthrough has been achieved. In this talk, some interesting researches are presented. Firstly, recent progress in human vision systems and brain is described. Intelligent prostheses on human eyes and brain to recover normal functions are presented. The principles and system structures of retinal prosthesis and experimental results are demonstrated. It is quite feasible to use the systems to recover initial vision of patients with Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) and Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD). Brain neuroprosthesis to patients with spinal cord injury, stroke, depression, etc. to restore mobility are also described. Secondly, the retina-inspired motion chips and their experimental results and potential applications are demonstrated. Finally, perspective and future work are given.