Chien-Nan Jimmy Liu received his BS and PhD degrees in electronics engineering from National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan, in 1996 and 2001 respectively. He is currently a full professor and associate director of the Institute of Electronics of National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan. His research interests include the behavioral modeling of analog designs, analog design automation techniques, high level power and noise modeling, and functional verification of HDL designs. He received the Outstanding Academy-Industry Cooperation Achievement Award granted by the Ministry of Education (MOE), Taiwan, in 2002, and the Outstanding Teaching Award granted by National Central University, Taiwan, in 2006. He also received the Distinguished Young Scholar Award granted by the Taiwan IC Design (TICD) Society in 2011. He has published more than 100 technical papers and been elevated as a Senior Member of the IEEE and ACM, respectively, in 2010. He is also a member of the Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society.