William C. Chu

William Cheng-Chung Chu (SM’19) received the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in computer science from Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA, in 1987 and 1989, respectively. He is currently a Distinguished Professor with the Department of Computer Science, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan, where he had served as the Director of Software Engineering and Technologies Center from 2004 to 2016 and as the Dean of Research and Development office from 2004 to 2007. From 1994 to 1998, he was the Dean of Engineering College and an Associate Professor with the Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science, Feng Chia University. He was a Research Scientist with the Software Technology Center, Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, Inc. In 1992, he was also a Visiting Scholar with Stanford University. He has edited several books and authored or coauthored more than 100 referred papers and book chapters, as well as participated in many international activities, including organizing international conferences, serving as the steering committee for the IEEE Computer Society Signature Conference on Computers, Software and Applications, the Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference, the IEEE International Conference on Software Quality, Reliability and Security, the International Symposium on System and Software Reliability, and the program committee of more than 70 international conferences. His current research interests include software engineering artificial intelligence and big data analytics. Prof. Chu was the recipient of special contribution awards in both 1992 and 1993 and a PIP Award in 1993 at Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, Inc. He is an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Reliability, the Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution, the International Journal of Advancements in Computing Technology, and the Journal of Systems and Software.