蔡志宏 Zsehong Tsai

Zsehong Tsai（蔡志宏） received his B.S. degree in electrical engineering from National Taiwan University (NTU), Taipei, in 1983, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1985 and 1988, respectively. During 1988-1990, he worked as a Member of Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories, where he investigated performance aspects of network management systems. Since 1990, he has been with the Department of Electrical Engineering and Graduate Institute of Communication Engineering of NTU, where he is currently a professor.

Dr. Tsai has been active in Telecommunication deregulations since Taiwan started the liberalization process of its telecommunication market. For many years, he was a member of Telecommunications Advisory Board of Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC), Taiwan, R.O.C. During 2002-2004, he was assigned by MOTC to serve in the Board of Directors of Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), and then 2004-2017 he became an independent director of CHT.

During 2004-2006, he was the Deputy Executive Secretary of STAG (Science and Technology Advisory Group) of the Executive Yuan. He served as the Executive Secretary of the Board of Science and Technology (BOST) of the Executive Yuan during 2017-2021.

Dr. Tsai's research interests include broadband network, spectrum planning, satellite communications, AI, and technology policy. Dr. Tsai is a receipt of the CIE (Chinese Institute of Engineers) Technical Paper Award in 1997.