Teaching and Service Experience

• Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Electronic Engineering, National Formosa University (2025/02 - Present)
• Past Experiences:
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Electronic Engineering, National Formosa University (2020/08 - 2025/01)
  • Consultant, Yunlin County Government (2019/12 - Present)
  • Curriculum Committee Member, Department of Applied Mathematics, National University of Tainan (2018/08 - 2020/07)
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National University of Tainan (2016/02 - 2020/07)
  • Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Yong-Rui Smart Technology (2016/01 - 2020/07)
  • R&D Manager, Yong-Rui Smart Technology (2013/10 - 2015/12)
  • Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University (2012/06 - 2013/09)
  • Senior Engineer, Design and R&D Center, Himax Imaging, Inc. (2010/08 - 2012/05)
  • Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National University of Tainan (2008/02 - 2008/07)
  • Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Leader University (2005/02 - 2007/01)

Expertise

• Artificial Intelligence
• Deep Learning
• Computer Vision
• Pattern Recognition
• Image Processing

Publications

1. Yung-Ming Kuo, Jiann-Shu Lee, and Pau-Choo Chung, “A Visual Context Awareness Based Sleeping Respiration Measurement System,” IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine (TITB). Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 255-265, 2010. (SCI, category of Mathematical & Computational Biology. The current retitled publication is IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics.)
2. Jiann-Shu Lee, Yung-Ming Kuo, Pau-Choo Chung and E. L. Chen, “Naked image detection based on adaptive and extensible skin color model,” Pattern Recognition, No. 40, pp. 2261-2270, 2007. (SCI, category of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence.)

1. Yung-Ming Kuo, Jiann-Shu Lee and Pau-Choo Chung,“The Nude Image Identification with Adaptive Skin Chromatic Distribution Matching Scheme,” Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Computer Engineering and Technology (ICCET), Vol. 7, pp. 117-120, 2010.
2. Yung-Ming Kuo, Jiann-Shu Lee and Pau-Choo Chung,“The Naked Image Detection Based on Automatic White Balance Method,” Proceedings of the 2006 International Computer Symposium (ICS) on Image Processing, Computer Graphics and Multimedia Technologies, pp. 990-994, 2006.
3. Jiann-Shu Lee, Yung-Ming Kuo and Pau-Choo Chung, “The Adult Image Identification Based on Online Sampling,” Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (WCCI) - International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN), pp. 4873-4878, 2006.
4. Jiann-Shu Lee, Pau-Choo Chung, Yung-Ming Kuo and E. L. Chen, “The nude image detection,” Proceedings of the 2004 IASTED International Conference on Signal and Image Processing, pp. 145-150, 2004.

Special Achievements

1. [Patent] Method for Detecting Naked Human Images (Country: Republic of China (Taiwan), Category: Invention, Patent No.: I263944)

1. Co-advised Chih-Ying Lin, a master's student in the Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering at the National University of Tainan, who won the Honorable Mention Award in the Information Category (College Group) at the 7th National Electronic Design Creative Competition in 2011. (Topic: Visible Respiration)

1. Yung-Ming Kuo, Pau-Choo Chung, and Wan-Ping Yang, “Introduction to Telecare,” National Network and Communication Program Newsletter, Issue 14, pp. 8-13, 2010.