Dr. WEI-CHENG LIEN
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Biography
Wei-Cheng Lien received BS and PhD degrees from the Department of Electrical and Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, in 2007 and 2014, respectively. His research interests include VLSI design and testing, Wafer Diagnosis, AIoT integration, and Image Processing. He has published 10 patents and >50 technical papers, including 10 best paper awards and 4 best PhD thesis awards. Lien founded Hyson Technology Inc. (HysonTech), which has been an AIoT startup since 2018. In the past few years, HysonTech team has launched several famous and successful AIoT products for >20 different industries, and received >80 industry, government, and academic awards around the world. The innovation results were widely reported by domestic and foreign media, and twice summoned by Taiwan's President to report to the Taiwan President Office. He also holds APEC Engineer certification and IPEA International Professional Engineer certification, and is an IEEE Senior Member. Lien was a recipient of Outstanding Young Alumni Award from National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan Outstanding Social Youth Award, and Republic of China Youth Medal Award, Outstanding Young Engineer Award from both Chinese Institute of Engineers and Chinese Institute of Electrical Engineering, Excellent AI Best Speaker Award from Taiwan Artificial Intelligence Association, Outstanding Youth Award from Taiwan Association of Systems Science and Engineering, and Outstanding Alumni of Taichung First Senior High School.
Affiliations
Hyson Technology Inc.
Taipei, Taiwan
Honors and Awards
2011 VLSI Design/CAD Symposium, Best Paper Award
VLSI Design/CAD Symposium
Paper Title: Test Response Compaction via Accumulator-Based Output Selection
2012 VLSI Test Technology Workshop, Best Paper Award
VLSI Test Technology Workshop
Paper Title: Test Response Compaction Based on a Single Counter
2012 MediaTek Doctoral Fellowship Award
MediaTek Inc.
2012 Liao-Tsung Lin Research Scholarship Award
National Cheng Kung University
2012 Research Abroad Scholarship Award of National Science Council
Taiwan National Science Council
2013 IEEE Design Automation Conference PhD Forum
ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference
PhD Forum of The 50th Annual Design Automation Conference (DAC), Austin Texas, 29 May - 7 June 2013
2014 VLSI Design/CAD Symposium, Best Poster Award
VLSI Design/CAD Symposium
Paper Title: An Efficient Stuck-at-Fault Diagnosis Method Using a Single Circuit Model
2015 Taiwan IC Design Society, PhD Thesis Award
Taiwan IC Design Society
Doctoral Thesis: Output Bit Selection Methodology for Test Response Compaction
2015 Taiwan Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Best PhD Thesis Award
Taiwan Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Doctoral Thesis: Output Bit Selection Methodology for Test Response Compaction
2015 Taiwanese Association for Consumer Electronics, PhD Thesis Award
Taiwanese Association for Consumer Electronics
Doctoral Thesis: Output Bit Selection Methodology for Test Response Compaction
2015 IEEE Asian Test Symposium, Best Doctoral Thesis Award
Asian Test Symposium
Semi-Final of TTTC's E. J. McCluskey Doctoral Thesis Award (Doctoral Thesis: Output Bit Selection Methodology for Test Response Compaction)
2016 IEEE Workshop on RTL and High Level Testing, Best Paper Award
IEEE Workshop on RTL and High Level Testing
Paper Title: A Circular BIST Architecture Using Internal Responses of Circuits for Reseeding and Extra Observation
2017 Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award
Marquis Who's who
2019 Winning Prize of U-start Innovation Workshop
Youth Development Administration, Taiwan Ministry of Education
2019 Top-50 Future Star Award of Small Business Innovation Research
Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs
2019 Bio-Mechatronics Engineering and Agricultural Machinery, Best Oral Paper Award
Bio-Mechatronics Engineering and Agricultural Machinery Conference
Paper Title: Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation of AI Super-Resolution on Smart Farming Fishery
2019 Coopathon Hackathon for Food in Sustainability: 1st-place
Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab & Ministry of Culture
2019 MediaTek Digital Innovation Competition: 1st-place
MediaTek Foundation
Award Percentage = 1/360 = 0.24%
2020 Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award of TiC100 Society Enterprise Innovation Competitio
TiC100 Society
Satisfied United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals, i.e. SDG-2, SDG-8 and SDG-14.
2020 Best Startup Selection of Taoyuan Startup Entrepreneurship Competition
Dept. of Youth Affairs, Taoyuan Government, Taiwan
2020 Best Startup Selection of Shanghai Cross-Strait Youth Entrepreneurship Competition
Shanghai Cross-Strait Youth Entrepreneurship
2020 Best Popularity Award of Social Innovation Contest in Demo Day
Taipei Computer Association
2020 Social Innovation Contest: 2nd-place
Taipei Computer Association & Industrial Dev. Bureau of Ministry of Economic Affairs
2020 Open-API Digital Application Award of Social Innovation Contest
Taipei Computer Association & Industrial Dev. Bureau of Ministry of Economic Affairs
2020 AI in Taiwan Hackathon: 1st-place
Taiwan Artificial Intelligence Association and Institute for Information Industry
2021 AI for Sustainable Development Goals Award (AI4SG)
SYSTEX
2021 Agricultural Open-Data Application Contest: 1st-place
Taipei Computer Association & Taiwan Council of Agriculture
2021 Best Product Innovation Award of Future Commerce
Business Next Magazine and Future Commerce Exhibition
2021 LINE ChatBot Design Contest: 1st-place
LINE PROTOSTART and National Taipei University of Business
2021 AIGO Contest: Excellent Award
Institute for Information Industry and Industrial Dev. Bureau of Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs
Co-work with Kaohsiung City Police Department
2021 AI+ Contest: 1st-place
Taipei Computer Association and Taiwan Ministry of Digital Affairs
Co-work with AUO
2021 Taiwan Small & Medium Enterprise Innovation Award
Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs
2021 NCKU Outstanding Young Alumni Award
National Cheng Kung University
2021 EE-Times Asia Award - Most Investable Start-Up Team
EE Times
2021 Excellent Award of Civil IoT Datathon
Taiwan Science & Technology Policy Research and Information Center NARLabs
2021 ChungHwa Telecom 5G Innovation Application Competition: 2nd-place
ChungHwa Telecom
2021 APICTA Award - Industrial General Application: Silver Medal
Asia Pacific ICT Alliance (APICTA)
Merits Award to Hyson Technology, Award Percentage <1%, >260 companies from 15 countries
2021 APICTA Award - AI Technology: Silver Medal
Asia Pacific ICT Alliance (APICTA)
Merits Award to Hyson Technology, Award Percentage <1%, >260 companies from 15 countries
2022 Smart City Innovation Application Award - Enterprise Application
Taiwan Smart City Solutions Alliance and Taipei Computer Association
2022 Taiwan Outstanding Social Youth (Tainan City Representative)
China Youth Corps
2022 ACM TODAES Distinguished Reviewer
ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems
2022 Startup Terrace Award
2022 InnoVEX Pitch Contest
2022 Qualcomm Innovation Award
2022 InnoVEX Pitch Contest
2022 New Taipei City Enterprise Classic Award
New Taipei City Government
2022 Chao Maker Competition: 3rd-place
Chao Maker Society
2022 AIGO Contest - High Distinction Award (1st-place)
Administration for Digital Industries, Taiwan Ministry of Digital Affairs
2022 Outstanding Youth Engineer Award
Chinese Institute of Engineers
2022 GO-NEXT Digital Technology Solution Competition: 1st-place
Administration for Digital Industries, Taiwan Ministry of Digital Affairs
2022 Outstanding Youth Electrical Engineer Award
The Chinese Institute of Electrical Engineering
2022 EE-Times Asia Award - Most Investable Start-Up Team in Asia
EE Times and EDN
2023 Excellent Award of AI Award Best Speaker
Taiwan Artificial Intelligence Association
2023 Outstanding Youth Award
Taiwan Association of Systems Science and Engineering
2023 Excellent Team of Presidential Hackathon International Track
Office of the Taiwan President and Executive Yuan
2023 Invention Medal Award of Taiwan InnoTech Expo (TIE) (Patent: I718572)
Taiwan InnoTech Expo
Taiwan Invention Patent: I718572, "Computer-Stereo-Vision-Based Automatic Measurement System and Its Approaches for Aquatic Creatures"
2023 AI Talent Contest: 2nd-place
Taiwan Digital Industries of Ministry of Digital Affairs
2023 AI Good Contest - High Distinction Award (1st-place)
Taiwan Digital Industries of Ministry of Digital Affairs
2023 High Distinction Award of Industry-Academia Collaboration Project
Taiwan National Science and Technology Council
2023 EE-Times Asia Award - Product Award - Best AI of the Year
EE Times and EDN
2024 Scientific and Technological Agribusiness R&D Award
Taiwan Ministry of Agriculture
2024 Republic of China Youth Medal Award
China Youth Corps
2024 IEEE ICEIB Best Conference Paper Award: AI-Enhanced Mite Detection and Classification
IEEE International Conference on Electronic Communications, Internet of Things and Big Data
Paper Title: AI-Enhanced Mite Detection and Classification
2024 Taiwan AI Award
Business Next Magazine and Taiwan Ministry of Digital Affairs
2024 Cross-Strait Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition: 3rd-place
Cross-Strait Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition in Changzhou City
2024 Best Startup Selection of Beijing Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition
Beijing Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition
2024 Invention Medal Award of Taiwan InnoTech Expo (TIE) (Patent: I857886)
Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRE)
Taiwan Patent: I857886, "Intelligent Auto-Feeder and Growth-Monitoring System for Shrimp and Crab Farming"
2024 Invention Medal Award of Taiwan InnoTech Expo (TIE) (Patent: M652069)
Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRE)
Taiwan Patent: M652069, "Fully Automatic Self-Learning System and Method for Price Prediction Based on Artificial Intelligence"
2024 Investigative Technology and Forensic Science Symposium, Best Paper Award
Investigative Technology and Forensic Science Symposium
Paper Title: AI Traffic Violation Detection based on Depth and Gradient Angle Change , Award Percentage = 1/89 = 1.1%
2024 Top-50 Urban Governance Excellence Award
CommonWealth Magazine, R.O.C.
Award to Kaohsiung City Police Department coworked with Hyson Technology
2024 National Police Award
National Police Agency, Ministry of the Interior, Taiwan
Best Award from Taiwan National Police Agency. Award to Kaohsiung City Police Department coworked with Hyson Technology
2024 Greentech Startup Challenge Award
Ministry of Economic Affairs, R.O.C.
Low Carbon Smart Electronic Material System for P/N Monitor and Removal
2024 AIGO Contest - Potential Award
Institute for Information Industry and Administration for Digital Industries of Taiwan Ministry of D
Award to Hyson.AI team, Award Percentage =17/39=43.6%.
2024 AIGO Contest - High Distinction Award (1st-place)
Institute for Information Industry and Administration for Digital Industries of Taiwan Ministry of D
AI Identification and Comparison for Counterfeit Corporate and Government Seals
2024 EE-Times Asia Award - Best AI Solution Platform
EE Times and EDN
Best Technology Platform of AI Image Defog and Color Restoration for Ground and Underwater Images Award to Hyson Technology, Award Percentage < 4/400=1%.
2024 Buy Power Award
Small and Medium Enterprise and Startup Administration, Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs
Award to Kaohsiung City Police Department coworked with Hyson Technology
2025 Best Researcher of International Academic Excellence Award - AI Category
International Academic Excellence Award
2025 Outstanding Alumni of Taichung Municipal Taichung First Senior High School
Taichung Municipal Taichung First Senior High School
2025 IEEE ICEIB Best Conference Paper Award: Seal Image Retrieval System via Multiple-Stage AI model
IEEE International Conference on Electronic Communications, Internet of Things and Big Data
Paper Title: Seal Image Retrieval System via Multiple-Stage AI model
2025 IEEE ICEIB Best Conference Paper Award: Enhanced Turtle Recognition using Advanced Data Augment
IEEE International Conference on Electronic Communications, Internet of Things and Big Data
Paper Title: Enhanced Turtle Recognition using Advanced Data Augment
2025 Excellent Award of AI Award Best Solution
Taiwan Artificial Intelligence Association
2025 Best AI Award of Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs: Bronze Medal
Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs
2025 Wuhan Cross-Strait Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition: 3rd-place
Wuhan Cross-Strait Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition
Award to Low Carbon Smart Electronic Material System for P/N Monitor and Removal
2025 Wuhan Cross-Strait Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition: 3rd-place (2nd award)
Wuhan Cross-Strait Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition
Award to HysonTech Intelligent Contraband Detector
2025 Changzhou Cross-Strait Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition: Best Selection
Changzhou Cross-Strait Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition
Award to Low Carbon Smart Electronic Material System for P/N Monitor and Removal
2025 Changzhou Cross-Strait Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition: 2nd-place
Changzhou Cross-Strait Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition
Award to HysonTech Intelligent Contraband Detector (Award Percentage = 15/280 =5.4%)
2025 Beijing Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition: Best Selection
Beijing Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition
Award to Low Carbon Smart Electronic Material System for P/N Monitor and Removal (Award Percentage = 28/392=7.14%)
2025 Beijing Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition: 1st-place
Beijing Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition
Award to HysonTech Intelligent Contraband Detector (Award Percentage = 1/392=0.26%)
2025 Digital Transformation Model: Service Innovation Award and Application Innovation Award
Taiwan Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Association
HysonTech team co-worked with the Kaohsiung City Police Department to develop the world's first "AI-Assisted Traffic Accident Speed Estimation System". The AI-assisted speed calculation of the vehicle at the time of the accident is based on the input images from the intersection monitor and driving dash cam to automatically generate reports that can be used in court. This system is also the First Scientific Forensic Evidence in Taiwan to use AI-assisted computing.
2025 Outstanding Alumni of Taichung Municipal Da-Jia Junior High School
Taichung Municipal Da-Jia Junior High School, Taiwan
2025 AIGO Contest - High Distinction Award (1st-place)
Institute for Information Industry and Administration for Digital Industries of Taiwan Ministry of D
The third-generation AI speed identification system can be used to identify the speed of vehicles involved in traffic accidents from various video sources, including motorcycles, cars, and CCTV footage, with an accuracy rate exceeding 92%.
2025 EE-Times Asia Award - Innovation Commitment Award
EE Times and EDN
Over the past 7 years from 2018 to 2025, HysonTech team has developed and launched multiple AIoT commercial products. These products have been successfully applied in more than 20 different fields, including aquaculture, smart traffic enforcement, automated manufacturing inspection, medical diagnostics, biotechnology analysis, marketing prediction.
2025 ITEC Global Startup Competition: 3rd-prize
Beijing International Talent Entrepreneurship Conference
The International Talent Entrepreneurship Conference (ITEC) Global Startup Competition is one of the largest annual startup competitions in Beijing, attracting 5,215 startups from around the world in 2025. (Award Percentage = 33/5215=0.63%)
2026 IEEE ICEIB Best Conference Paper Award
IEEE International Conference on Electronic Communications, Internet of Things and Big Data
Paper Title: Image-Assisted Diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease via Dual-Branch Fusion Networks
Experience
President, CEO or Director
Hyson Technology Inc., Taipei, Taiwan
01 Mar 2018 - present
Research Interests
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