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Chin‑Chen Chang, the Mr. He Yiwu, Chair Professor at Feng Chia University, received an official letter today (12th) from the National Academy of Artificial Intelligence (NAAI) in the United States, congratulating him on being elected as a 2025 Fellow. This year, a total of 86 scholars were selected, including Nvidia founder Jensen Huang, as well as top researchers from Google Brain, Google DeepMind, Facebook AI Research, and OpenAI. Professor Chang is the only fellow elected from Taiwan.NAAI has also invited Professor Chang to attend the induction ceremony in New York in March next year, where he will be formally presented with the Fellow Medal. This marks Professor Chang’s third international fellowship honor, following his election last year to both the Academia Europaea (AE) and the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA)—a testament to his distinguished academic stature worldwide.
Feng Chia University's Mr. He Yiwu, Chair Professor Chin‑Chen Chang Elected Fellow of the National Academy of Artificial Intelligence (NAAI)
NAAI: Advancing the Future of Artificial Intelligence
The National Academy of Artificial Intelligence is dedicated to promoting AI development, enhancing academic collaboration, and strengthening public understanding of AI technologies. The academy brings together leading scientists and engineers who have made significant achievements in machine learning, natural language processing, computer vision, robotics, and intelligent systems.
Its members contribute to AI advancement through research initiatives, academic publications, conferences, workshops, and various forms of public engagement—continuously driving the global frontier of AI innovation and applications.
Breakthrough Research in Multimedia Invisible Digital Watermarking
Over the years, Professor Chang has completed pioneering research in multimedia invisible digital watermarking, including embedding watermarks into multimedia content such as images, videos, and 3D models using cross‑domain deep learning techniques. These technologies are widely applicable to anti‑counterfeiting and tamper resistance, including secure packaging, copyright protection, information security, media integrity, and AR recognition—revealing immense market potential.
A Distinguished Scholar with Global Impact
Professor Chang is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), the Chinese Society of Computer Science (CS Fellow), and the Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AAIA Fellow).
He completed his studies at National Tsing Hua University and National Chiao Tung University, earning Taiwan’s first Doctor of Engineering in Computer Engineering in just two years. He has served as:
- Associate Professor at National Chiao Tung University
- Professor at National Chung Hsing University
- Professor at National Tsing Hua University
- Chair Professor at National Chung Cheng University
- Dean of College of Engineering
- Dean of Academic Affairs
- Acting President
- Director of the Advisory Office, Ministry of Education
He was also a visiting researcher at the University of Tokyo and a visiting scientist at Kyoto University.
Outstanding Research Contributions
Professor Chang has made exceptional contributions to information security, cryptography, multimedia image processing, and artificial intelligence. His achievements include:
- Over 1,000 academic papers
- 40 monographs
- 36 patents across Taiwan, the United States, and China
- Over 100 funded research projects
According to Google Scholar (as of November 2024):
- Nearly 50,000 citations
- H‑index: 101
In 2017, Guide2Research ranked him No. 1 in Taiwan in computer science academic impact. In 2021, Stanford University’s global ranking of the top 2% of scientists placed him No. 189 worldwide in artificial intelligence and image processing among 255,000 researchers.
Multiple Prestigious Awards
Professor Chang has received numerous honors, including:
- Ten Outstanding IT Elite Award (1st year)
- IT Honor Medal
- Youth Medal
- Dragon Laureate Award
- Outstanding Engineering Professor Award
- Two-time Sun Yat‑sen Academic Publication Award
- Five-time Outstanding Research Award, National Science Council
- TECO Technology Award
- Yuan T. Lee Outstanding Talent Chair
- Pan Wen‑Yuan Research Excellence Award
- Global Top 15 Scholar Award (Journal of Systems and Software)
- Best Cited Paper Award (Pattern Recognition Letters)
- Outstanding Research Award, National Science Council
- IET Distinguished Research Award
- Asia Information Security Lifetime Achievement Award (2012)
Recognized Worldwide
Professor Chang has delivered over 1,000 academic talks by invitation and has been appointed as visiting, honorary, or chaired professor at leading universities, including:
- Peking University
- Tsinghua University
- Zhejiang University
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Wuhan University
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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