EE Building 9F R92903
Professor Chao-Yu Chen
Address
Email

TEL
+886-6-2757575 ext.63328
Lab Weblink
Signal Processing And Code dEsign for Communications (SpaceComm)
(R92983&92922/ext.62400-1683)
Background
Educations
2009/07
Ph.D. in Communications Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
2002/07
M.S. in Communications Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
2000/07
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
Experiences
2023.08 - present
Director, Institute of Computer and Communication Engineering, National Cheng Kung University
2023.08 - present
Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University
2022.08 - 2023.07
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University
2022.08 - present
Jointly Appointed Associate Professor, Department of Engineering Science, National Cheng Kung University
2020.08 - 2022.07
Associate Professor, Department of Engineering Science, National Cheng Kung University
2016.02 - 2020.07
Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering Science, National Cheng Kung University
2026.01 - present
Chair, IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc) Tainan Chapter
2024.01 - 2025.12
Vice Chair, IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc) Tainan Chapter
2019.01 - 2023.12
Vice Chair, IEEE Information Theory Tainan Chapter
2019.07 - 2019.08
Visiting Scholar, School of Mathematics, Southwest Jiaotong University
2018.07 - 2018.08
Visiting Scholar, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA
2009.09 - 2016.01
Senior Engineer/Technical Manager, Communication System Design Division, Mediatek Inc., Hsinchu, Taiwan
2008.08 - 2009.07
Visiting Ph.D. Student, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA
Specialities
- Sequence Design and Its Applications in Communications
- Error-Correcting Codes
- Digital Communications
- NB-IoT/3GPP Mobile Telecommunications Technology/IoT-NTN
Publication
Journal
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- C.-Y. Pai, Y.-X. Zhong, and C.-Y. Chen*, “Two-Dimensional Sparse Golay Complementary Array Sets for Omnidirectional Transmission in Massive MIMO Systems, ” IEEE Commun. Lett., vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 1081 - 1085, Feb. 2026. (SCI)
- A. Prakash, T.-C. Kao, S. Majhi*, P. K. Srivastava, and C.-Y. Chen, “A construction of a two-dimensional zero correlation zone array set based on generalized Boolean functions,” Adv. Math. Commun., vol. 19, no. 6, pp. 1785-1796, Dec. 2025. (SCI)
- C.-Y. Pai, Z. Liu, and C.-Y. Chen*, “Sparse zero correlation zone arrays for training design in spatial modulation systems,” IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 73, no. 11, pp. 10277-10289, Nov. 2025. (SCI)
Conference
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- C.-Y. Pai, H.-G. Yeh, and C.-Y. Chen*, “Training design for generalized spatial modulation systems based on sparse zero-correlation zone arrays,” in Proc. IEEE Int. Workshop on Signal Design and its Appl. in Commun. (IWSDA), Melbourne, Australia, Dec. 2025, pp. 1-5.
- H.-G. Yeh, S. An, H.-H. Chen, and C.-Y. Chen, “Bandwidth-efficient 2-path space-time parallel cancellation with convolutional code,” in Proc. IEEE Global Commun. Conf. (GLOBECOM), Taipei, Taiwan, Dec. 2025, pp. 1-6.
- P.-C. Hsu, F.-K. Liao, Z.-M. Huang, C.-D. Lee, C.-Y. Pai and C.-Y. Chen*, "Sparse Superposition Codes With Short Lengths Based on Zero Correlation Zone Sequence Sets," in Proc. IEEE VTS Asia-Pac. Wireless Commun. Symp. (APWCS), Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 2025, pp. 1-5.
Patent
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- C.-Y. Chen, Hsuan-Po Lin, and Zhen-Ming Huang, “Communication method and communication system using two-dimensional primary synchronization signals,” US Patent NO. US 12,537,634 B2, Jan. 2026.
- C.-Y. Chen, X. -B. Lin, Zhen-Ming Huang, “Communication Method and Communication System Using Two-Dimensional Primary Synchronization Signals,” Taiwan Patent No. I847620, Jul. 2024.
- C.-Y. Chen, Zhen-Ming Huang, “Single-Carrier Spatial Modulation System and Method,” Taiwan Patent No. I807779, Jul. 2023.
Others
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- C.-Y. Chen, “The primary synchronization sequences in LTE,” Encyclopedia of Wireless Networks, Springer, Cham, Jul. 2018, p. 1–4. (ISBN: 978-3-319-32903-1, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32903-1_79-1)
Projects
- AMEC, Development of Synchronization and Despreading Algorithms for VHF Data Exchange System in Maritime Communications, 2025/09/01 ~ 2026/02/28
- NSTC, Training Design for Spatial Modulation Systems Based on Two-Dimensional Arrays(PI), 2024.08 ~ 2026.07
- NSTC, Sparse Superposition Codes Based on Sequences (PI), 2023.8~2026.7
- NSTC, Training Sequence Design for Generalized Spatial Modulation Systems (PI), 2023.3~2025.2
- NCSIST, Research on Controlled Pattern Interference Mitigation Array Techniques for Satellite Navigation (Co-PI), 2023.2~2023.12
- WNC, Development of 5G NR Baseband and TSN Algorithms (PI), 2021/8/1 - 2022/7/31
- MOST, University Participation in 3GPP Standard Meetings (Co-PI), 2021/6/1 - 2025/5/31
- III, Baseband Algorithm Design for Next-Generation NB-IoT (PI), 2021/3/16 - 2021/11/30
- MOST, Constructions of Two-Dimensional Sequences and Their Applications to Communications (PI), 2020/8/1 - 2023/7/31
- MOST, Synchronization Sequence Design for Next-Generation Wireless Communication Systems (PI), 2018/8/1 - 2020/7/31
- ITRI, Development and Evaluation of Positioning Algorithms in NB-IoT Systems (PI), 2018/1/1 - 2018/12/31
- MOST, Constructions of Z-Complementary Sequence Sets and Their Applications to Next-Generation Wireless Communication Systems (PI), 2017/8/1 - 2018/7/31
- MOST, Constructions of Golay Complementary Sequences and Zero Correlation Zone Sequences and Their Applications to Communication Systems(PI), 2016.08 ~ 2017.07
Classes
2025 Spring
2024 Spring
2023 Spring
2022 Fall
2020 Spring
2016 Fall
Students
Current Academic Year Lab Members
Ph.D.
Zhen-Ming Huang
Tzu-Chieh Kao
Po-Chih Hsu
Master
Bing-Chen Wu
Chun-Hsi Sung
Shang-Zhe Lu
Yi-Chen Wu
Lin-Jyun Huang
Wei-Zuo Lin
Yo-Chen Ling
Chun-Chen Hu
Zih-Ying Lee
Pin-Wei Chen
Po-Sheng Chang
Cheng-Han Gan
Ping-Yuan Hung
Yu-Chun Fan
Graduates of all Previous Years
Master
2018
Shing-Wei Wu   Jian-Bin Jhang
2019
Meng-Hsien Kuo   Hung-Ying Chang   I-Hsien Li
2020
Yung-Ting Ni   Yen-Cheng Liou
2021
Zhen-Ming Huang   Yu Lee   Chin-Chieh Huang   Duc-Nhat Nguyen
2022
Chun-Ta Wu   Feng-Kai Liao   You-Qi Zhao   Hsuan-Po Lin
2023
Hu Chen   Chen-Zhuan Hong   Yen-Ting Chen   Jian-Hua Huang
2024
Hsiang-Yu Hsieh   Cheng-Yu Wei   Jing-Yao Lo   Yu-Chun Kuo   Yu-Che Tung   Tzu-Hsiu Hsu
2025
Yi-Ting Hung   Fang-Yu Wu   Pin-Hsien Yang    Yi-Xuan Zhong (Co-Advising)   Yu-Hsiang Wang
Ph.D.
2023
Cheng-Yu Pai
Honors
- 2026, NSTC Telecommunications Program: 2024 Excellent Poster Presentation Award
- 2025, Advised Ph.D. student C.-Y. Pai on winning the "IEEE Tainan Section 2025 Best Ph.D. Thesis Award."
- 2025, Outstanding Mentor Award, National Cheng Kung University
- 2025, World's Top 2% Scientists, Elsevier
- 2024, World's Top 2% Scientists, Elsevier
- 2023, World's Top 2% Scientists, Elsevier
- 2023, Outstanding Poster Exhibition Award, Communications Engineering Program, National Science and Technology Council
- 2023, 2022 Exemplary Reviewers, IEEE Transactions on Communications
- 2023, Best Paper Award, National Symposium on Telecommunications
- 2022, World's Top 2% Scientists, Elsevier
- 2022, 20th Y. Z. Hsu Science Paper Award, Far Eastern Y. Z. Hsu Science and Technology Memorial Foundation, Taiwan
- 2022, Outstanding Poster Exhibition Award, Communications Engineering Program, Ministry of Science and Technology
- 2021, 2020 Exemplary Reviewers, IEEE Communications Letters
- 2021, World's Top 2% Scientists, Elsevier
- 2021, Research Project Award, Communications Engineering Program, Ministry of Science and Technology
- 2018, Best Paper Award for Young Scholars, IEEE Information Theory Society Taipei/Tainan Chapter and the IEEE Communications Society Taipei/Tainan Chapter
- 2017, 15th Y. Z. Hsu Science Paper Award, Far Eastern Y. Z. Hsu Science and Technology Memorial Foundation, Taiwan
- 2017, Best GOLD Member Award, IEEE Tainan Section
- 2017, Innovative Research and Development Results by Young Scholars, Taiwan Comprehensive University System Regulation