Jyuo-Min Shyu elected to board of UMC

2016 EE Distinguished Alumnus Jyuo-Min Shyu (Ph.D. ’88) has been named a non-Executive Director of United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), a “leading global semiconductor foundry that provides advanced IC production for applications spanning all major sectors of the electronics industry.” Shyu, who is  currently a professor of computer science at National Tsing Hua University, was the 2015-16 Taiwan Minister of Science and Technology.  His research focuses on microelectronic system design and applications, optimization-based design, and multicore design automation.