Curriculum vitae of Sung-Ming Yen 

Sung-Ming Yen received his BS degree in electronic engineering 
from the Tamkang University, Taiwan, in 1986.  In 1991 and 1994, 
he received his MS and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from 
the National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan.  He is a professor of the 
Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, 
National Central University, Taiwan, where he directs the Laboratory 
of Cryptography and Information Security (LCIS).  His research interests 
include cryptography, information security, and fast computer arithmetics 
for cryptographic usage.  

Dr. Yen was a recipient of the 5th Acer Long-Tung Master Thesis Award 
in 1991.  Dr. Yen received the best paper award of WISA 2002 granted by 
the Korea Institute of Information Security and Cryptology (KIISC), the 
best paper award of ICS 1998 granted by the Computer Society of Taiwan, 
and also three best paper awards of ISC 2002, ISC 2004, and ISC 2005 
all granted by the Chinese Cryptology and Information Security Association 
(CCISA) of Taiwan. 

He was a consultant for GoldKey Technology Corporation, Taiwan, Network 
Security Technology Corporation, Taiwan, and Korea Information Security 
Agency (KISA), Korea on the issues of smart card security and electronic payment.
Dr. Yen is the inventor of more than 20 local or foreign patents, and authored or 
coauthored over 100 peer-reviewed international journal or conference papers.
Dr. Yen frequently acts as the principle investigator for many local and international 
research projects on cryptography and information security.  He served in numerous 
program committees of international conferences or workshops of cryptography 
and information security. 

More information about his research and interest can be found at 
http://www.csie.ncu.edu.tw/~yensm