National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Topics
Authentication and Authorization Cryptography and Data Security
Biography
Chun-I Fan received the M.S. degree in computer science and information engineering from the National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, in 1993, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, in 1998. From 1999 to 2003, he was an Associate Researcher and a Project Leader with Telecommunication Laboratories, Chunghwa Telecom Company, Ltd., Taoyuan, Taiwan. In 2003, he joined the faculty of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. He has been a Full Professor since 2010 and a Distinguished Professor since 2019. His current research interests include applied cryptology, cryptographic protocols, and information and communication security. Prof. Fan is the Chairman of Chinese Cryptology and Information Security Association (CCISA), Taiwan, and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Telecom Technology Center (TTC), Taiwan. He also is the Director of Information Security Research Center and was the CEO of "Aim for the Top University Plan" Office at National Sun Yat-sen University. He was the recipient of the Best Student Paper Awards from the National Conference on Information Security in 1998, the Dragon Ph.D. Thesis Award from Acer Foundation, and the Best Ph.D. Thesis Award from the Institute of Information and Computing Machinery in 1999. Prof. Fan won the Engineering Professors Award from Chinese Institute of Engineers - Kaohsiung Chapter in 2016 and he is also an Outstanding Faculty in Academic Research in National Sun Yat-sen University.
