Grants

L. Tsai, "Towards Autonomous Intelligence on Resource-Constrained Devices: A Lightweight Information-Centric Collaborative Approach," in the funding phase, awaiting approval from the National Science and Technology Council.

L. Tsai, "Automated Similar Document Search Using Generative Language Models: A Case Study in Patent Prior Art Retrieval," sponsored by National Science and Technology Council. NSTC 113-2222-E-031-001. 2024/01~2025/10.

L. Tsai, "Insurance Information Systems Based on Large Language Models," sponsored by LAW Insurance Broker Co., Ltd.. 2025/01~2025/06.

L. Tsai, "Enhancing Students' Practical Programming Skills Using Generative Artificial Intelligence Technology," sponsored by Soochow University. 2024/09~2024/12.

L. Tsai, "On the Design of Green Cloud Data Center Supporting High-Performance Cloud Services," Taiwan Academic Talents Overseas Advancement Program, sponsored by Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan. 104-2917-I-002-038. 2015/03~2015/12.

Journal Papers and Books

Google Scholar

L. Tsai, H. Franke, C.-S. Li and W. Liao, "Learning-based memory allocation optimization for delay-sensitive big data processing," IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems 29.6, 1332-1341, 2018. Rank: 12.6% IF: 5.3; SCIE

L. Tsai and W. Liao, "StarCube: an on-demand and cost-effective framework for cloud data center networks with performance guarantee," IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing 6.1, 235-249, 2018. Rank: 16.2% IF: 6.5; SCIE

L. Tsai and W. Liao, "Virtualized cloud data center networks: issues in resource management," SpringerBriefs in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Springer, 2016.

Conference Papers

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L. Tsai, "Automated Patent Claim Completion Using Generative Language Models," Cross-Strait Finance and Business Seminar, 2024, Taipei, Taiwan. *non-peer-reviewed

L. Tsai and W. Liao, "Cost-aware workload consolidation in green cloud datacenter," IEEE CloudNet, 2012, Paris, France.

L. Tsai and W. Liao, "SWARM: Secure Wireless Ad-hoc network Reliance Management," ISWPC, 2006, Phuket, Thailand.

Patents

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L. Tsai and W. Liao, "Method for allocating cloud service to servers of data center," US9641451B2 and TWI539776B. (transferred to Acer Inc. for compensation)

L. Tsai, "Smart card and access method thereof," US8281150B2 and TWI534711B.

L. Tsai, S.-K. Chong, J.-S. Wu, "Dynamic data masking method and database system," US20140164405A1 and TWI616762B.

Selected Industry Projects

Fine-Grained Semantic Search System for Large-Scale Patent Prior Art Retrieval.

Fine-Grained Content-Based Image Retrieval System with Semi-Supervised Learning.

Recognition and Extraction of Dense Text in Patent Drawings.

Rare Proprietary Term Identification for Utility Patent Documents.

Automatic Classification of Patent Documents and Drawings.

Infrastructure for Rapid Parallel Data Processing with 400+ On-Premise CPUs/GPUs.

Optimization of ARM-based Bytecode Interpreter for Java VM Kernel.

Implementation and Optimization of Java Bluetooth Library (JSR-82).

System for Remote Provisioning and Management of Smart Card Applets.

Automated Extraction of Personal Sensitive Information from Unstructured Documents.

Remote Access Mobile System for Real-Time Insurance Business Operations.