Dr. Kea-Tiong (Samuel) Tang received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from National Taiwan University,
Taiwan in 1996, and received the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena, CA, USA, in 1998 and 2001, respectively
During 2001–-2006, Dr. Tang was a Senior Electrical Engineer with Second Sight Medical Products, Inc., Sylmar, CA,
USA. He designed mixed signal ASIC for the Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System, which became the first FDA approved device
for retinal prosthesis. Since 2006, he joined the Electrical Engineering Faculty at National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu,
Taiwan, and is currently a full Professor. His research interests include bio-inspired learning chip, miniature electronic system,
and biomedical implantable prosthetic device. He has actively collaborated with researchers in Nanoengineering and Microsystems,
Chemistry, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Life Science, and Medical doctors, and has published more than 180
peer-reviewed journal and conference papers in these research areas. He has led the largest electronic nose team in Taiwan to
develop a system that can early detect and rapid diagnose ventilator-associated pneumonia. In 2017, Dr. Tang’s team has joined
the Dynamical Biomarkers Group to win for 2nd place of the $10 million Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE, the global competition to
revolutionize digital healthcare. He is a recipient of numerous awards, including Outstanding Young Scholar Award, Wu Ta-You
Memorial Award, National Innovation Award, and Outstanding Electrical Engineering Professor Award.
Dr. Tang is a senior member of IEEE. He is member of IEEE SSCS, CASS, EDS, and EMBS. He is also TC member of IEEE Biomedical
and Life Science Circuits Systems Technical Committee (BioCAS), currently serving as TC Chair. He is the current Associate
Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems (TBioCAS), Associate Editor of IEEE Sensors Journal,
and Guest Editor of IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems (JETCAS). He is TPC member of ISCAS,
BioCAS, and IEDM. He was IEEE CAS Chapter Chair of Taipei Section (2017-2018). He is now Chair of IEEE Taipei Section. He is a
Board of Governor (BoG) of CAS Society, serving as Representative of Region 10.