Kuo-Hao Chang is a Professor of Industrial Engineering and Engineering of National Tsing Hua University. He received his PhD in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University in 2008. Professor Chang's research interests include data analytics, applied probability and statistics, and simulation optimization. He was the winner of the 2012 Bonder Scholar Research Award from INFORMS, 2015 IIE Transactions Best Application Paper Award, 2015 K.D. Tocher Medal from The OR Society, 2015 Ta-You Wu Memorial Award from the Ministry of Science and Technology (科技部吳大猷先生紀念獎) and 2016 Junior Investigators Research Award from the Academia Sinica (中研院年輕學者研究著作獎) and 2017 IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing Best Paper Award. He is currently the Associate Editor of several prestigious international journals, including the IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, the Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research, and the International Journal of Simulation and Process Modeling. Professor Chang and his team has successfully carried out many projects in collaboration with companies, including TSMC, LiteOn, UMC, VisEra, YOMURA, ITRI, III etc. Professor Chang is an active member of INFORMS, IIE and a senior member of IEEE.

• 2017 IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing Best Paper Award
• 2016 Outstanding Industry-University Research Award by Ministry of Science and Technology (Taiwan)
• 2016 Junior Research Investigators Award by Academia Sinica
• 2015 Outstanding Young Scholar Research Project Award by Ministry of Science and Technology (Taiwan)
• 2015 The K.D. Tocher Medal by The OR Society
• 2015 Ta-You Wu Memorial Award by Minister of Science and Technology (Taiwan)
• 2015 IIE Transactions Best Application Paper Award
• 2013 Young Faculty Research Award by National Tsing Hua University
• 2013 Outstanding Young Industrial Engineers Award by Chinese Institute of Industrial Engineers (CIIE)
• 2012 Bonder Scholar Research Award by INFORMS