Faculty

Tuo-Hung (Alex) Hou(侯拓宏)

National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Institute of Electronics
ED-409, 1001 Ta-Hsueh Road
Hsinchu, 30050
Taiwan
tel: +886-3-5712121 ext 54261
fax: +886-3-5724361
email: thhou@nycu.edu.tw

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Background

• 2022 – present: Director General, Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institute (TSRI)                                        
• 2022 – present: Chair Professor, Institute of Electronics, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
• 2020 – present: Program Director, Taiwan Angstrom Semiconductor Initiative, Ministry of Science and Technology
• 2019 – present: Member of the Board of Directors, IEEE Taipei Section,
• 2022– present: Executive Director, Electronics Devices and Materials Association (EDMA)
   
• 2021 – 2022: Associate Vice President for Research & Development, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
• 2021 – 2022: Distinguished Professor, Institute of Electronics, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
• 2022 – 2022: Deputy Director, Institute of Pioneer Semiconductor Innovation, Industry Academia Innovation School, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University                   
• 2019 – 2021: Distinguished Professor, Department of Electronics Engineering and Institute of Electronics, National Chiao Tung University
• 2018 – 2022: Adjunct Professor, Electronic and Optoelectronic System Research Lab, Industrial Technology Research Institute
• 2018 – 2020: Deputy Director, Microelectronics and Information Research Center, National Chiao Tung University
• 2017 – 2019: Member of the Board of Supervisors, IEEE Taipei Section
• 2015 – 2017: Director, EECS International Graduate Program, National Chiao Tung University
• 2014 – 2019: Professor, Department of Electronics Engineering and Institute of Electronics, National Chiao Tung University
• 2011 – 2014: Associate Professor, Department of Electronics Engineering and Institute of Electronics, National Chiao Tung University
• 2008 – 2011: Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics Engineering and Institute of Electronics, National Chiao Tung University
• 2004 – 2008: Ph.D. in ECE, Cornell University
• 2001 – 2003: TSMC Assignee, International SEMATECH, TX
• 2000 – 2004: Senior Module Development Engineer, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC)
• 1996 – 1998: M.S. in EE, National Chiao Tung University
• 1992 – 1996: B.S. in EE, National Chiao Tung University

• 2022: Outstanding Research Award, Ministry of Science and Technology (Microelectronics)
• 2020: Outstanding Research Award (Gold Medal), Industrial Technology Research Institute
• 2019: Outstanding Research Award, Ministry of Science and Technology (Microelectronics)
• 2019: Outstanding Electrical Engineering Professor Award, CIEE
• 2018: Micron Teacher Award
• 2018: NCTU Excellent Teaching Award
• 2014: NCTU Excellent Teaching Award
• 2013: Ta-You Wu Memorial Award, National Science Council
• 2012: Young Professor Award, Electronics Devices and Materials Association (EDMA)
• 2012: NCTU Excellent Mentor Award
• 2007: IEEE Electron Device Society Ph.D. Student Fellowship
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• 2022– present: Symposium on VLSI Technology and Circuits (VLSI), Technical Program Committee
• 2021– present: IEEE EDS Newsletter, Regional Editor
• 2021– present: ACS Applied Electronic Materials, Editorial Advisory Board
• 2017 – present: Scientific Reports, Editorial board member
• 2020 : Semiconductor Science and Technology, Guest Editor
• 2019 – 2023: IEEE Access, Associate Editor
• 2018– 2019: IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), Technical Program Committee

Research

• Nonvolatile Memory
• Electronic Synapse and Neuromorphic Computation 
• Metal-oxide Thin-film Transistor
• Two-dimensional Layered Materials and Devices
• Nanotechnology
• Semiconductor Device Physics

Introduction

        Dr. Hou received his B.S. and M.S. in electronics engineering from National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan in 1996 and 1998, respectively, and his Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from Cornell University in 2008. In 2000, he joined the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC). From 2001 to 2003, he was also a TSMC assignee at International SEMATECH, Austin, TX. In 2008, he joined the Department of Electronics Engineering, National Chiao Tung University (NCTU) (as National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) since 2021), where he is currently a Chair Professor. Dr. Hou is also the Program Director of Angstrom Semiconductor Initiative, one of the largest national research programs for advanced semiconductors. In 2022, Dr. Hou became the Director General of Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institute (TSRI), one of the National Applied Research Laboratories in Taiwan focusing on semiconductor technology. He was the Associate Vice President for Research & Development at NYCU, the Director of EECS International Graduate Program, and the Deputy Director of Microelectronics and Information Research Center at NCTU. He was also the R&D Director of the Electronic and Optoelectronic System Research Lab at the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI). His research interests include the emerging nonvolatile memory for embedded and high-density data storage, electronic synaptic device and neuromorphic computing systems, and heterogeneous integration of silicon electronics with low-dimensional and low-temperature nanomaterials.
Dr. Hou has published more than 250 technical papers with citations>6400 and H-index 42, delivered more than 30 invited conference talks, and held 23 U.S. patents. He was also a recipient of the IEEE Electron Device Society (EDS) Ph.D. student fellowship, EDMA Outstanding Youth Award, CIEE Outstanding Electrical Engineering Professor Award, Micron Teacher Award, MOST Ta-You Wu Memorial Award, and MOST Outstanding Research Award (twice). He served on the technical program committees of major conferences, including VLSI, IEDM, IRPS, DRC, EDTM, ISCAS, etc. He is currently the Editorial Board Member of Scientific Reports, Associate Editor of IEEE Access, and Regional Editor of IEEE EDS Newsletter. He is also a Member of the Board of Directors of the IEEE Taipei Section and Advisor of the IEEE EDS NCTU student branch chapter.
        
        

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Nanoscale Science and Technology Laboratory (NanoST Lab)

Course

• DEE1037 Numerical Analysis
• DEE4515 Semiconductor Engineering
• IEE5571 Semiconductor Experiment
• IEE5561 Semiconductor Physics and Devices I
• IEE5547 Device and Circuit Characterization