Kun-Chih (Jimmy) Chen is currently a Professor at the Institute of Electronics at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU). Since February 2026, he serves as the Director of the Globalization and Development Office in the College of Electrical and Computer Engineering at NYCU. In 2023, He was elected as the Electric Junior Chair Professor at NYCU. His research interests include Multiprocessor SoC (MPSoC) design, Neural network learning algorithm design, Reliable system design, VLSI/CAD design, and Smart manufacturing. Prof. Chen has served as a Guest Editor of IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems (JETCAS), IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Healthcare, Systems Architecture (JSA), and Nano Communication Network (NanoComNet). Additionally, he has served as the General Chair of the International Workshop on Network-on-Chip Architectures (NoCArc) and as the Technical Program Committee Chair for both NoCArc and IEEE MCSoC. Prof. Chen has received several prestigious national and international awards, including the Ta-You Wu Memorial Award of NSTC (i.e., Early Career Award in Taiwan), Chinese Institute of Electrical Engineering (CIEE) Outstanding Youth Electrical Engineer Award, Taiwan IC Design Society Outstanding Young Scholar Award, Exploration Research Award of Pan Wen Yuan Foundation, IEEE Tainan Section Best Young Professional Member Award, Asia Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association (APSIPA) Distinguished Lecturer, TCUS Young Scholar Innovation Distinction Award, VLSI-DAT Best Paper Award, and PhD Dissertation Award of IEEE Taipei Section. Under his leadership, his research team became the first in Taiwan to win the IEEE ISCAS Best Student Paper Award and IEEE TVLSI Best Paper Award. He is an IEEE senior member.