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

Higher 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

Positions Held

• 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, 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)
• 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)
• 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)
  • (Slightly) Better Dissertation Writing in English for Taiwanese
• Weekly Reports
  • On Weekly Report's Format
  • Template in Microsoft Word
• A Comparison of Degree Requirements for Ph.D. Students between Our Department and Five Other Departments in the U.S.
• Research vs. Undergraduate Teaching in the U.S. (New York Times)
• Learning To Think, and Live (New York Times)
• Ten Simple Rules for Getting Published by Philip E. Bourne
• Are Student Evaluations of Teaching Fair? (Computing Research Association)
• Code of Academic Integrity (Cornell University)
• Robert W. Floyd, In Memoriam by Donald E. Knuth
• How To Decipher a Letter of Recommendation
• Phrases To Use in a Letter of Recommendation
• Classic IQ Test? Super IQ Test?