Cheng-Kai Lu (Senior Member, IEEE) earned his B.S. and M.S. in Electronics Engineering from Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei, in 2001 and 2003, and his Ph.D. in Engineering from The University of Edinburgh, UK, in 2012. Afterward, he served as Director of R&D at Chyao Shiunn Electronic Industrial Co. (Shanghai) before joining the Science & Technology Policy Research and Information Centre at Taiwan’s National Applied Research Laboratories. He held an executive role at IEEE EMBS Malaysia Chapter (2017–2018) and leads the IEEE ED/MTT/SSC Penang Joint Chapter since 2018. Since February 2022, Dr. Lu has been with NTNU’s Department of Electrical Engineering as an Assistant Professor and regained the Associate Professor rank after two years following reassignment. From 2016 to 2021, he was Senior Lecturer (UK system) at Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia. His research interests include medical imaging, embedded systems, AI, and clinical decision support. With over 8 years in industry, Dr. Lu has published extensively and holds licensed patents, including a PS keyboard system adopted by the Republic of China Air Force and applied in aviation. His industrial innovations in production line automation significantly reduced labor costs, reflecting his blend of academic and applied engineering expertise.