Yen-Lin Chen received a BS and PhD in Electrical and Control Engineering from National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan in 2000 and 2006, respectively. From February 2007 to July 2009, he was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan. From August 2009 to January 2012, he was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, and from February 2012 to July 2015 and from August 2015 to July 2021, he was an Associate Professor and Full Professor at the same institute. Since August 2021, he has been a Distinguished Professor at the same institute. He is a Fellow of the IET, a Senior Member of the IEEE, and a member of ACM, IAPR, and IEICE. In 2012, he earned the Best Annual Paper Award sponsored by the Intelligent Transportation Society of Taiwan. In 2003, he received the Dragon Golden Paper Award sponsored by the Acer Foundation and the Silver Award of Technology Innovation Competition sponsored by AdvanTech. He also earned the Silver Invention Award from the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Taiwan and received the best annual ITS Paper Award two times in 2011 and 2012. His research interests include artificial intelligence, intelligent image analytics, embedded systems, pattern recognition, intelligent vehicles, and intelligent transportation system.