Faculty

沈中安 Chung-An Shen photo
Position
Associate Professor
Education
Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Irvine
E-mail
cashen@mail.ntust.edu.tw
Room
IB 714-2

Office Hours
Telephone 886-2-2730-3275
Homepage http://cashen.et.ntust.edu.tw
Laboratory http://cashen.et.ntust.edu.tw
Major Field Wireless communications and networks, Digital signal processing, Digital circuits design, Embedded system design.
Course FPGA system design, VLSI system design, Digital logic design and practice

2012 ~ Present Assistant Professor, Dept. of Electronic Engineering, NTUST
2012 ~ 2012 Senior Engineer, Qualcomm Inc, CA, USA
2011 ~ 2012 Intern Enrineer, Mindspeed Technologies, CA, USA
2008 ~ 2012 Graduate Student Researcher, Wireless Systems and Circuits Lab, UC Irvine
2004 ~ 2007 DSP Engineer and Technical Instructor, Texas Instruments



Research Achievement
  [1]   P.-K. Hsu and C.-A. Shen, "The VLSI Architecture of a Highly Efficient Deblocking Filter for HEVC Systems," IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology," vol. 27, no. 5, pp. 1091-1103, May 2017.
  [2]   T.-W. Chu, C.-A. Shen, and C.-W. Wu " The Hardware and Software Co-design of a Configurable QoS for Video Streaming based on OpenFlow Protocol and NetFPGA Platform," Multimedia Tools and Applications, accepted, May 2017.
  [3]   T.-T. Liao, C.-A. Shen, and Y.-H. Tseng " The Algorithm and VLSI Architecture of a High Efficient Motion Estimation with Adaptive Search Range for HEVC Systems," Journal of Real-Time Image Processing, accepted, May 2017.
  [4]   C.-Y. Lung and C.-A. Shen, " Design and Implementation of a Highly Efficient Fractional Motion Estimation for the HEVC Encoder," Journal of Real-Time Image Processing, on-line access, Dec. 2016.
  [5]   P.-j. Hsu, Y.-H. Tseng, W.-J. Chen, and C.-A. Shen, "The design and implementation of a configurable MIMO detection system on the NOC-based multicore platform, " Elsevier Microelectronics Journal, , vol. 56, pp. 25-37, Oct. 2016.
  [6]   C.-A. Shen, C.-P. Yu, and C.-H. Huang, " Algorithm and Architecture of Configurable Joint Detection and Decoding for MIMO Wireless Communications with Convolutional Codes ," IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 587-599 Feb. 2016.
  [7]   M. S. Khairy, C.-A. Shen, A. M. Eltawil, and F. Kurdahi, " Algorithms and Architectures of Energy-Efficient Error-Resilient MIMO Detectors for Memory-Dominated Wireless Communication Systems," IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I, vol.61, no.7, pp.2159-2171, Jul. 2014.
  [8]   C. P. Sukumar, C.-A. Shen, and A. M. Eltawil, " Joint Detection and Decoding for MIMO Systems Using Convolutional Codes: Algorithm and VLSI Architecture," IEEE Transaction on Circuits and Systems-I, vol. 59, no. 9, pp. 1919-1931, Sep. 2012.
  [9]   C.-A. Shen, A. M. Eltawil, S. Mondal, and K. N. Salama, " A Best-First Soft/Hard Decision Tree Searching MIMO Decoder for a 4 x 4 64-QAM System," IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems, vol. 20, no. 8, pp. 1537-1541, Aug. 2012.
  [10]   C.-A. Shen and A. M. Eltawil, " A Radius Adaptive K-Best Decoder with Early Termination: Algorithm and VLSI Architecture," IEEE Transaction on Circuits and Systems-I, vol. 57, no. 9, pp. 2476-2486, Sep. 2010.
  [11]   C.-A. Shen, K. N. Salama, and A. M. Eltawil, " Evaluation Framework for K-Best Sphere Decoders," Journal of Circuits, Systems, and Computers, vol. 19, no. 5, pp. 975-995, Aug. 2010.
  [12]   S. Mondal, A. M. Eltawil, C.-A. Shen, and K. N. Salama, "Design and Implementation of a Sort Free K-Best Sphere Decoder," IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems, vol. 18, no. 10, pp. 1497-1501, Oct. 2010.
  [1]   W.-E. Liang and C.-A. Shen " A High Performance Media Server and QoS Routing for SVC Streaming based on Software-Defined Networking ," to appear in ICNC, Jan. 2017.
  [2]   W.-Y. Chen, Daniel Guenther, C.-A. Shen, and Gerd Ascheid " Design and Implementation of a Low-Latency, High-Throughput Sorted QR Decomposition Circuit for MIMO Communications," to appear in IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems (APCCAS), Oct. 2016.
  [3]   T.-T. Tseng, W.-E. Liang, and C.-A. Shen, "The Design of an Emulation Framework for Variable Run-Time MIMO Detection Systems based on FPGA Platform," 2016 International Conference on Future Computer and Communication (ICFCC), 2016.
  [4]   C.-H. Huang, C.-P. Yu, and C.-A. Shen, "Tree search based configurable joint detection and decoding algorithms for MIMO systems," 2016 International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC), 2016, pp. 1-5.
  [5]   C. Panjaitan , C.-A. Shen, and S.-J. Ruan, " A Low Complexity Depth Map Compression Approach for Microsoft Kinect Devices," IEEE Global Conference on Consumer Electronics (GCCE) 2015.
  [6]   Z.-T. Liao and C.-A. Shen, "A novel search window selection scheme for the motion estimation of HEVC systems," 2015 International SoC Design Conference (ISOCC), 2015, pp. 267-268.
  [7]   P.-H. Hsiung, C.-A. Shen, and H.-C. Wang, " The Joint Detection and Decoding Approach for MIMO Systems with Turbo Codes," in proceeding of IEEE ISCAS 2015.
  [8]   C.-Y. Lung and C.-A. Shen, " A High Throughput Interpolator for the Fractional Motion Estimation of High Efficient Video Coding (HEVC) Systems," in proceeding of IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems (APCCAS), Nov. 2014. [Best Paper Award]
  [9]   W.-Y. Chen and C.-A. Shen, " Architectural Optimization of Low Latency QR-Decomposition for MIMO Communications," in proceeding of IEEE Asia Pacific Wireless Communications Symposium (APWCS), Aug 2014.
  [10]   C.-A. Shen, M. S. Khairy, A. M. Eltawil, and F. Kurdahi, " Low Power Reduced-Complexity Error-Resilient MIMO Detector ," in proceedings of IEEE ISCAS 2014, pp.1688-1691, Jun 2014.
  [11]   M. K. Khairy, C.-A. Shen, A. M. Eltawil, and F. Kurdahi, " Error Resilient MIMO Detector for Memory-Dominated Wireless Communication Systems," to appear in IEEE Global Communications Conference ( Globecom), Dec. 2012.
  [12]   C.-A. Shen and A. M. Eltawil, "An Adaptive Reduced Complexity K-Best Decoding Algorithm with Early Termination," in proceedings of IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference(CCNC), pp. 1-5, 2010.
  [13]   C.-A. Shen, A. M. Eltawil, S. Mondal, and K. N. Salama, " A Best-First Tree-Searching Approach for ML Decoding in MIMO System," in proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), pp. 3533-3536, 2010.

Research Achievement
Title Total Amount Conduct From Conduct Until Client
基於FPGA之電信網路分析系統設計與實現 300000 10510 1069 E-element
針對OpenFlow網路之高節能和高安全性整合設計平台技術研究與開發子計畫三(3/3) 0000000 1058 1067 Ministry of Science and Technology
基於嵌入式平台之機器視覺系統設計與實現 250000 1056 1065 亞郁科技
針對OpenFlow網路之高節能和高安全性整合設計平台技術研究與開發子計畫三(2/3) 0000000 1048 1057 MOST
The VLSI Architecture and Circuit of a Low Complexity Motion Estimation System for the HEVC Standard with UHD Video 600,000 1048 1057 Ministry of Science and Technology
Design and Implementation of a IC Inspection System on the Embedded Platform 000000 1041 10412 亞郁科技
針對OpenFlow網路之高節能和高安全性整合設計平台技術研究與開發子計畫三(1/3) 0000000 10311 1047 MOST
Design and Implementation of QvSwitch software for Software Defined Networking 000000 10310 1046 Qnap Inc.
Low power efficient wireless receiver based on joint MIMO detection and Turbo code decoding 1,456,000 1028 1047 NSC
Joint MIMO detection and channel decoding for generalized system configurations: Algorithms and VLSI architectures 680,000 1018 1027 National Science Council, R.O.C

Student
Academic Year Thesis Title Student
M.S
Academic Year Thesis Title Student
105 A High Performance Media Server and QoS Routing for SVC Streaming Based on Software-Defined Networking 梁維恩
105 The Design and Implementation of an OpenFlow Switch Supporting Configurable QoS based on NetFPGA-CML 出騰偉
105 The Hardware and Software Co-Design for a Software Defined Networking Switch System 劉祐齊
105 The VLSI Architecture of a High-Throughput Configurable Pre-processor for MIMO Detections 曾梓庭
105 The Algorithm and VLSI Architecture of a High-Throughput Motion Estimation with Adaptive Search Range for HEVC Systems 廖紫廷
104 VLSI Architecture of High Throughput Deblocking Filter for HEVC Systems 許博凱
104 The VLSI Architecture of a Low-Latency High-Throughput Sorted QR Processor for MIMO Systems 陳威揚
104 The Design of A Large-Scale MIMO Detection System on The NOC Based Multicore Platform 許柏仁
104 The VLSI Architecture of a Low Complexity Fractional Motion Estimation for HEVC Systems 龍純瑜
103 VLSI Architecture of Configurable Joint Detection and Decoding for MIMO Wireless Communication Systems 游家博
103 Tree Search Based Configurable Joint Detection and Decoding Algorithms for MIMO Wireless Communications 黃建豪
102 An industrial IC chip marking inspection system based on the Quad-Core embedded processor 莊賀任
Academic Year Project Title Student
103 基於NAS(Network Attached Storage)之SDN(Software Define Networking)環境開發 彭立宇
103 基於軟體定義網路標準之openflow交換器實現 孔德翰, 謝禾彥
103 基於軟硬體共同設計之智慧型交通辨識系統 謝禾彥, 鄭仁豪
103 基於嵌入式系統之條碼辨識 陳奐廷 , 林佑晟
102 基於嵌入式系統之IC檢測系統(最佳專題) 許梵豪
Year Deeds
2015 陳威揚論文名列 VLSI Design/CAD Symposium 2015 最佳論文候選
2014 陳威揚, 許柏仁榮獲教育部積體電路設計競賽標準元件組特優
2014 龍純瑜榮獲 IEEE APCCAS 最佳論文獎