Ching-Han Chen

• 01

  Smart-Home AIoT

  智慧家庭 AIoT 平台

  Focused on health care for long-term-care families and seniors living alone: sensor networks, smart switches, and advanced gateways, with AI for anomaly detection, daily-activity monitoring, and early warning.

• 02

  UAV Flight-Control SoC

  無人機飛控系統晶片

  Flight-control chips, sensor-fusion chips, DDS communication chips, swarm flight, and autonomous localization — from educational drones to large cargo UAVs for rural supply delivery and medical support.

• 03

  Long-Term-Care AI & Robotics

  長照 AI 與機器人

  Automated construction of personalized knowledge graphs with LLMs, combined with wearable and contactless sensing, to support home care of the deaf, blind, and dementia-impaired; developing companion robots for seniors living alone.

• 04

  Edge-AI SoC Design

  邊緣 AI 系統晶片設計

  Binary convolutional neural network (BCNN) hardware accelerators, including BCNN-ResNet classifiers and a YOLOv8 accelerator; ongoing work combines the MIAT methodology with LLMs for FPGA HW/SW co-design.

• 05

  Humanities AI

  人文 AI

  LLMs, ontology knowledge graphs, and RAG architectures to build reliable, explainable domain AI agents for smart healthcare, education support, legal consulting, and complex engineering reasoning.

• 06

  MIAT Methodology 2.0

  MIAT 方法論 2.0

  Hierarchical module decomposition with IDEF0 and discrete-event modeling with GRAFCET, down to minimal implementable units; LLMs then co-generate and optimize HW/SW modules — spanning algorithms, C/Python, MCU/RTOS, FPGA, and IC design.

Recent projects funded by Taiwan’s National Science and Technology Council (formerly MOST), spanning embedded AI acceleration, 3D scanning & SLAM, smart glasses, and the industrial IoT.

• 2026–2027MIAT Methodology × Large Language Models: A Multi-Agent HW/SW Co-Design Automation PlatformNSTC
• 2023–2026FPGA-Based Hardware Accelerator Design for YOLO Object-Detection Inference (3-year)NSTC
• 2020–2021Embedded 3D Scanning and Robot SLAM System Combining Dual-Line Laser and Visual SensingMOST
• 2020–2021Smart Guide Glasses with Described Audio and Spoken DialogueMOST
• 2018–2019Design and Hardware Implementation of Intelligent Perception Controllers for a General-Purpose Robotic Embedded Computing PlatformMOST
• 2017–2020Waveguide Eyeglasses for 3D Virtual Reality (3-year)MOST
• 2017–2018Hardware-Reconfigurable Morphological Image Processor for Ultra-High-Speed Visual InspectionMOST
• 2016–2017High-Performance Structured-Light 3D Scanning Algorithms and Their Embedded System DesignMOST
• 2015–2017Collaborative Multi-Core Fieldbus Gateway for the Industrial IoTMOST
• 2014–2016High-Performance Lens Distortion-Correction Chip and Smart Camera DevelopmentMOST

Fifteen industry collaboration projects over the last five years — developing new products and technologies with seven companies, plus smart-agriculture systems for agencies of the Ministry of Agriculture.

Journal and international conference papers spanning embedded vision, edge-AI accelerator chips, the industrial IoT, and knowledge-graph applications.

Papers (PDF)（22）

• 2026

  Behavior-Oriented Online Testing Architecture for UAV Systems With CI–PI Evaluation

  W. L. Chang, C. H. Chen

  IEEE Access, vol. 14, pp. 144942–144956 · doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2026.3735121

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• 2026

  PulseSync: Deterministic MCU–NPU Streaming Co-Design for SRAM-Only rPPG Inference

  P. H. Chen, C. H. Chen

  IEEE Embedded Systems Letters

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• 2026

  RYv8_BNH: A 10 μs Ultra-Low-Power Binarized YOLOv8 Accelerator for Smart Home Edge AI

  C. H. Chen, B. J. Chen, Y. A. Shen

  ICRAS 2026 · Kyoto, Japan

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• 2026

  An Explainable Pit Bull-Type Dog Breed Identification System Using Vision-Language Models and Official Breed Standards

  Y. K. Chiang, C. H. Chen, W. J. Huang

  IEEE ICCE-TW 2026

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• 2026

  Enabling AI-Driven Real-Time Communication and Computation With DDS for IoT-Assisted Home Care

  C. H. Chen, C. H. Chang, C. W. Peng, G. W. Lan

  IEEE Internet of Things Magazine · doi:10.1109/MIOT.2025.3637839

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• 2025

  Human-AI Collaborative Design of ReActNet-XGBoost Hardware Accelerator for Personalized Wearable ECG Monitoring

  C. H. Chen, J. S. Hsiao, K. S. Lin

  IEEE ICTAI 2025 · doi:10.1109/ICTAI66417.2025.00215

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• 2025

  KAQG: A Knowledge-Graph-Enhanced RAG for Difficulty-Controlled Question Generation

  C. H. Chen, M. F. Shiu

  IEEE Access · doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3633838

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• 2024

  High-Performance Chip Design With Parallel Architecture for Magnetic Field Imaging System

  M. Y. Lin, S. H. Hsieh, C. H. Chen, C. H. Lin

  IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 73, 9502313 · doi:10.1109/TIM.2023.3334351

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• 2022

  High-Precision Time Synchronization Chip Design for Industrial Sensor and Actuator Network

  C. H. Chen, M. Y. Lin, Y. C. Shih, C. C. Chen

  Microprocessors and Microsystems, vol. 91, 104507 · doi:10.1016/j.micpro.2022.104507

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• 2021

  Use Learnable Knowledge Graph in Dialogue System for Visually Impaired Macro Navigation

  C. H. Chen, M. F. Shiu, S. H. Chen

  Applied Sciences, 11(13), 6057 · doi:10.3390/app11136057

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• 2021

  Intelligent Brushing Monitoring Using a Smart Toothbrush with Recurrent Probabilistic Neural Network

  C. H. Chen, C. C. Wang, Y. Z. Chen

  Sensors, 21(4), 1238 · doi:10.3390/s21041238

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• 2022

  Gigabit Modbus User Datagram Protocol Fieldbus Network Integrated with Industrial Vision Communication

  M. Y. Lin, C. H. Chen, Z. B. Dong, C. C. Chen

  Microprocessors and Microsystems, vol. 94, 104682 · doi:10.1016/j.micpro.2022.104682

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• 2022

  Wireless Fieldbus Networking with Precision Time Synchronization for a Low-Power WSAN

  C. H. Chen, M. Y. Lin, W. P. Tew

  Microprocessors and Microsystems, vol. 90, 104509 · doi:10.1016/j.micpro.2022.104509

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• 2021

  Automatic Fish Segmentation and Recognition in Taiwan Fish Market using Deep Learning Techniques

  C. H. Chen, L. H. Chen, C. Y. Chen

  Journal of Imaging Science and Technology, 65(4), 040403 · doi:10.2352/J.ImagingSci.Technol.2021.65.4.040403

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• 2021

  A 3.5-tier container-based edge computing architecture

  C. H. Chen, C. T. Liu

  Computers and Electrical Engineering, vol. 93, 107227 · doi:10.1016/j.compeleceng.2021.107227

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• 2021

  Person Re-Identification Microservice over Artificial Intelligence Internet of Things Edge Computing Gateway

  C. H. Chen, C. T. Liu

  Electronics, 10(18), 2264

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• 2021

  Indoor Positioning Using Magnetic Fingerprint Map Captured by Magnetic Sensor Array

  C. H. Chen, P. W. Chen, P. J. Chen, T. H. Liu

  Sensors, 21(17), 5707

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• 2021

  Cooperative People Tracking by Distributed Cameras Network

  Y. C. Wu, C. H. Chen, Y. T. Chiu, P. W. Chen

  Electronics, 10(15), 1780

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• 2021

  CellS: A Cell-Inspired Efficient Software Framework for AI-Enabled Application on Resources-Constrained Mobile System

  C. H. Chen, M. C. Wu

  Electronics, 10(5), 568

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• 2020

  Fingerprint Quality Assessment Based on Texture and Geometric Features

  C. H. Chen, C. S. An, C. Y. Chen

  Journal of Imaging Science and Technology, 64(4)

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• 2019

  Singular Points Detection in Fingerprints Based on Poincare Index and Local Binary Patterns

  C. H. Chen, C. Y. Chen, T. M. Hsu

  Journal of Imaging Science and Technology, 63(3), 030401

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• 2018

  Edge Computing Gateway of the Industrial Internet of Things Using Multiple Collaborative Microcontrollers

  C. H. Chen, M. Y. Lin, C. C. Liu

  IEEE Network, 32(1), 24–32

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Conference Papers（9）

• 2026

  RYv8_BNH: A 10 μs Ultra-Low-Power Binarized YOLOv8 Accelerator for Smart Home Edge AI

  C. H. Chen, B. J. Chen, Y. A. Shen

  ICRAS 2026 · Kyoto, Japan · 12–14 Jun 2026

• 2026

  An FPGA based Spiking Neural Network Accelerator for Real-Time ECG Anomaly Detection with RISC-V Control

  W. J. Huang, C. H. Chen

  IEEE ICCE-TW 2026 · Taoyuan · 1–3 Jul 2026

• 2026

  An Explainable Pit Bull-Type Dog Breed Identification System Using Vision-Language Models and Official Breed Standards

  Y. K. Chiang, C. H. Chen, W. J. Huang

  IEEE ICCE-TW 2026 · Taoyuan · 1–3 Jul 2026

• 2025

  Human-AI Collaborative Design of ReActNet-XGBoost Hardware Accelerator for Personalized Wearable ECG Monitoring

  C. H. Chen, J. S. Hsiao, K. S. Lin

  IEEE ICTAI 2025 · Athens, Greece · 3–5 Nov 2025

• 2025

  Architecting Intelligence: A Structured Framework for High-Efficiency Multi-Agent LLM Collaboration

  C. W. Teng, C. H. Chen

  IEEE ICCE-TW 2025 · Kaohsiung · 16–18 Jul 2025

• 2024

  ERCNet: Enhancing ReActNet with a Compact ECA Branch

  Y. T. Chen, C. H. Chen

  IEEE ICCE-TW 2024 · Taichung · 9–11 Jul 2024

• 2024

  ReActXGB: A Hybrid Binary Convolutional Neural Network Architecture for Improved Performance and Computational Efficiency

  P. H. Chu, C. H. Chen

  IEEE ICCE-TW 2024 · Taichung · 9–11 Jul 2024

• 2022

  Intelligent Industrial Controller Network Based on Modbus Fieldbus

  C. H. Chen, W. L. Chang, M. Y. Hsieh

  IEEE/ASME MESA 2022 · Taipei · 28–30 Nov 2022

• 2020

  A Navigation Aid for Blind People Based on Visual Simultaneous Localization and Mapping

  C. H. Chen, C. C. Wang, S. F. Lin

  IEEE ICCE-TW 2020 · Taoyuan · 28–30 Sep 2020

Research topics of recently completed M.S. theses at the MIAT Laboratory, grouped by technical area. Thesis titles are shown in their original language (Chinese).

250+

Supervised theses

30

M.S. theses, 2020–2025

25

On-the-job M.S. theses

2

Ph.D. dissertations

Recent invited talks on AI and the humanities. Full transcripts available for download (DOCX).

• 2026-04-16

  Humanistic AI Education in an Age of Uncertainty

  College of Liberal Arts, National Central University

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• 2026-04-10

  Systems Engineering for Multi-Agent Systems: From Vibe Coding to Agentic Engineering

  Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering, Yuan Ze University

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• 2026-03-26

  Solopreneur: An Alternative Career Path for Liberal-Arts Students in the AI Era

  College of Liberal Arts, National Central University

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• 2025-10-22

  Rethinking the Nature of AI: From Merleau-Ponty’s Embodied Phenomenology to Ant Colony Intelligence

  Institute of Philosophy, National Central University — Humanistic AI Forum

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• 2025-09-24

  Incorporating Personalized Knowledge into Large Language Models

  College of Liberal Arts, National Central University — Humanistic AI Forum

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• 2025-09-19

  From Large Language Models to Ant Colony Intelligence

  Dept. of Electrical Engineering, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology

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Selected demo videos of research results over the years.

For students considering the MIAT Laboratory: the full training path, research topics, and how to apply.

1. 1963

   Born in Yangzhai, Kinmen; studied geophysics at National Central University (B.S. and M.S.).

2. 1991

   Studied in France, earning a Ph.D. in Computer & Automation Engineering from the Université de Franche-Comté (1995).

3. 1995

   Returned to Taiwan as a postdoctoral researcher at NTU’s Center for Global Change Research, then joined I-Shou University.

4. 1996

   Founded the MIAT Laboratory and began building the MIAT system-design methodology.

5. 2006

   Joined the Department of CSIE at National Central University; now Professor.

6. 2011–2014

   Served as Director of the IP & Technology Transfer Division, Office of R&D, NCU.

7. 2018

   Published the Kinmen Village History; First Prize, Short Story, 15th Wu-Dao Literature Award (April Wheat Field).

8. 2020–2025

   Supervised 2 Ph.D., 30 M.S., and 25 on-the-job M.S. theses; co-founded the NCU–町洋 Joint R&D Center and the Long-Term-Care AIoT Industry–University R&D Center, and spun off two startups.

9. 2023–2026

   Led the three-year NSTC project on FPGA-based YOLO hardware accelerators.

10. 2024

    Integrated large language models into the methodology — MIAT Methodology 2.0 for human–AI collaborative complex-system design.

11. 2026

    Launched the multi-agent HW/SW co-design automation platform project; received the MOE Literature & Arts Creation Award and the Global Chinese Literature Xingyun Award.

Companies looking for an R&D partner and scholars seeking international collaboration are all welcome to get in touch.