Dr. Wei Chen

Assistant Professor

Designed Intelligence Group, Department of Industrial Design

Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands


E-Mail:       w.chen@tue.nl
Tel:             +31-40-247 3563

 

 
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News! Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctoral Programme in Interactive and Cognitive Environments

             www.icephd.org

            Joint PhD opportunities with Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

            Context-Aware Ultra-Low Power Wireless Body Area Network Research for Health Monitoring

 

EDUCATION

 

2007 Ph.D. The University of Melbourne, Australia

Thesis: Signal Processing for Optical Performance Monitoring and Impairment Mitigation (pdf)

2002 M. Eng. Xi’an Jiaotong University, China

Thesis: DOA Estimation and Array Calibration Technique for Wideband CDMA Smart Antenna Systems:  Research and Implementation

1999 B. Eng. Xi’an Jiaotong University, China

Thesis: User Design in Cable Television Bi-directional Transmission Systems

 

Employment

·     07/2007 - now: Assistant professor, designed intelligence group, Department of industrial design, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands

·     02/2007 - 06/2007: Researcher, Department of electrical and electronics engineering, The University of Melbourne, Australia

·     10/2005 - 12/2005: Internship, Bell Labs, Germany, Alcatel-Lucent Deutschland AG, Stuttgart, Germany.

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Ambient intelligence design, health monitoring with wearable sensors, smart sensor systems, signal processing, optical and wireless telecommunications

 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP & ACTIVITIES

·     IEEE Member (2007 - now)

·     Member of IEEE/LEOS GOLD (Graduate of Last Decade) Committee

·     IEEE Student Member (2003 - 2006)

·     Technical Program Co-chair for International Conference on Advanced Infocomm Technology (ICAIT 2010)

·     Member of Technical Program Committee for the fifth International Conference on Body Area Networks (BODYNETS 2010).

·     Advisory board for IEEE 2nd Prognostics and Health Management Conference (PHM2010 Macau)

·     Member of Technical Program Committee for the 5th International Conference on Future Information Technology 2010 (FutureTech 2010).

·     Member of Technical Program Committee for the IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference 2009 (WCNC 2009).

·     Session chair for the IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems 2008 (ISWCS’08)

·     Member of Technical Program Committee for the 4th International Conference on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing (ISSNIP 2008), the symposium on “Sensor Technologies and Information Processing in Healthcare”

·     Member of Technical Program Committee for IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications 2008 (PIMRC 2008)

·     Member of Technical Program Committee for International Conference on Advanced Infocomm Technology 2008 and 2009 (ICAIT 2008, 2009)

·     Session chair and member of Technical Program Committee for the Australian Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference 2006 (ATNAC 2006)

·     Reviewer for IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

·     Reviewer for Optics Communications

·     Member of ARC Communications Research Network (ACoRN)

 

POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS

CheeFai Tan (PhD)

Comfort improvement for economy class aircraft seat: design and evaluation

http://www.seat.id.tue.nl/Aircraftsimulator/index.htm

co-supervised with Prof. Matthias Rauterberg

Sibrecht Bouwstra (PhD)

M. Sc graduation from TU/e with Cum laude

NICU neonatal monitoring

http://www.smartjacket.id.tue.nl/

co-supervised with

Prof. Loe Feijs, Prof. Sidarto Bambang Oetomo

Freek Boesten (Master)

Wireless power supply for health monitoring of neonates

Eveline Brink (Master)

Sleep well - design for assisting good sleep

Floris Kimman (Master)

SEAT – Economy class sleeping?

Tom Frissen (Master)

Economy Class Aircraft Passenger Seat – Stress Detection Chair

 

 

SLECTED UNDERGRADUATE PROJECTS

Rhythm of Life II

(from left to right) Yi Xue, Maarten Geraets,

Nicolas Nelson, Mark Thielen, Yening Jin

Green Street

(from left to right) Rick Paffen, Maarten Woudstra, Wei Chen, Ivo Wouters, Bart van Oorschot, Rik Hermans, Jeroen Blom

Neonatal monitoring

(from left to right) Hanneke Hooft van Huysduynen, Sietse Dols, Karlijne Schoot, Wei Chen, Son Tung Nguyen, Idowu Ayoola, Roland Coops, Astrid Osagiator (MMC expert), Yening Jin, Martijn Schellekens (Philips expert)

 

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

Book Chapters

  1. W. Chen, S. Bambang Oetomo, and L. M. G. Feijs, “Neonatal Monitoring – Current Practice and Future Trends”, accepted by Handbook of Research on Developments in e-Health and Telemedicine: Technological and Social Perspectives, IGI Global, 2009.
  2. W. Chen, S. Bouwstra, S. Bambang Oetomo, and L. M. G. Feijs, “Intelligent Design for Neonatal Monitoring with Wearable Sensors”, Intelligent and Biosensors, ISBN 978-953-7619-58-9, pp. 386 - 410, January 2010, INTECH. (pdf)

 

Journal Articles

  1. W. Chen, C. L. W. Sonntag, F. Boesten, S. Bambang Oetomo, L. M. G. Feijs, “A Design of Power Supply for Neonatal Monitoring with Wearable Sensors”, Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments-Special Issue on Wearable Sensors, vol.1, no. 2, 185 – 196, 2009, IOS press. (pdf)
  2. W. Chen, J. Hu, S. Bouwstra, S. Bambang Oetomo, L. M. G. Feijs, “Sensor Integration for Parinotology”, accepted by International Journal of Sensor Networks (IJSNet) Special Issue on Recent Advances in Sensor Integration.
  3. F. Shu, M. N. Halgamuge and W. Chen, "Building Automation Systems Using Wireless Sensor Networks: Radio Characteristics and Energy Efficient Communication Protocols", Electronic Journal of Structural Engineering,
    Special Issue on Sensor Network for Building Monitoring: From Theory to Real Application    , accepted in Sept. 2009.
  4. W. Chen, F. Buchali, X. Yi, and W. Shieh, “Dynamic PMD Mitigation at 10 Gb/s Using Viterbi Equalization in DPSK Systems”, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, Volume 21, Issue 4, Feb. 2009, pp. 191 – 193. (pdf)
  5. W. Chen, F. Buchali, X. Yi, W. Shieh, J. S. Evans, and R. S. Tucker, “Chromatic Dispersion and PMD Mitigation at 10 Gb/s Using Viterbi Equalization for DPSK and DQPSK Modulation Formats”, Optics Express, vol. 15, issue 9, April 2007, pp. 5271-5276. (pdf)
  6. W. Chen, R. S. Tucker, X. Yi, W. Shieh, and J. S. Evans, “Optical Signal-to-Noise Ratio Monitoring Using Uncorrelated Beat Noise”, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, Volume 17,  Issue 11,  Nov. 2005, pp. 2484 – 2486. (pdf)
  7. X. Yi, W. Chen, and W. Shieh, “An OSNR Monitor for Optical Packet Switched Networks”, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, Volume 18, Issue 13, July 2006, pp. 1448 - 1450. (pdf)
  8. W. Shieh, W. Chen, and R. S. Tucker, “Polarization Mode Dispersion Mitigation in Coherent Optical Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed Systems”, IEE Electronics Letters, Volume 42, Issue 17, August 2006, pp. 996 - 997. (pdf)
  9. X. Yi, F. Buchali, W. Chen, and W. Shieh, “Chromatic Dispersion Monitoring in Electronic Dispersion Equalizers Using Tapped Delay Lines”, Optics Express, vol. 15, issue 2, Jan. 2007, pp. 312-315. (pdf)
  10. W. Shieh, R. S. Tucker, W. Chen, X. Yi and G. Pendock, “Optical performance monitoring in coherent optical OFDM systems”, Optics Express, vol. 15, issue 2, Jan. 2007, pp. 350-356. (pdf)

 

Conference Papers

  1. Wei Chen, Idowu Ayoola, Sidarto Bambang Oetomo, Loe Feijs, “Non-invasive Blood Oxygen Saturation Monitoring for Neonates Using Reflectance Pulse Oximeter”, accepted by Design, Automation and Test in Europe - Conference and Exhibition 2010 (DATE 2010).
  2. Wei Chen, Son Tung Nguyen, Roland Coops, Sidarto Bambang Oetomo, Loe Feijs, “Wireless Transmission Design for Health Monitoring at Neonatal Intensive Care Units”, submitted to IEEE the 2nd international symposium on applied sciences in biomedical and communication technologies (ISABEL 2009). (pdf)
  3. Sibrecht Bouwstra, Wei Chen, Loe Feijs, Sidarto Bambang Oetomo, “Smart jacket design for neonatal monitoring with wearable sensors”, Proceedings of Body Sensor Networks (BSN), 2009, Berkeley, USA, pp. 162 - 167. (pdf)
  4. Sidarto Bambang Oetomo, Loe Feijs, Wei Chen and Peter Andriessen，“Efficacy of audio-promoted rate guidance for insufflation and chest compressions and feed-back signalling for the pressure of chest compressions during cardio-respiratory resuscitation (CPR) of newborn infants”, the annual meeting of the Society for Pediatric Research (SPR 2009), Baltimore, May 2-5, 2009.
  5. W. Chen, C. L. W. Sonntag, F. Boesten, S. Bambang Oetomo, and L. M. G. Feijs, “A Power Supply Design of Body Sensor Networks for Health Monitoring of Neonates ”, proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing  (ISSNIP 2008), Sydney, Australia, 15-18 December, 2008, pp.255-260. (pdf)
  6. W. Chen, Q. Y. Yin, and A. G. Feng, “Array Calibration for Compensating Gain/Phase Mismatch and Mutual Coupling Effects in Smart Antenna Systems”, Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems 2008 (ISWCS’08), 21-24 October 2008, Reykjavik, Iceland, pp.483-487. (pdf)
  7. Tan, C.F. Chen, W. and Rauterberg, M. “Interactive aircraft cabin testbed for stress-free air travel system experiment: an innovative concurrent design approach”. Accepted to International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering ICAME 2009, Shah Alam, Malaysia, 24-25 June 2009.
  8. Tan, C.F. Chen, W. and Rauterberg, M. “Design of aircraft cabin testbed for stress free air travel experiment”. Proceedings of 5th International Conference on Planning and Design, Tainan City, Taiwan, 25-29 May 2009.
  9. Tan, C.F. Chen, W. and Rauterberg, M. “Creative thinking of design and redesign on SEAT aircraft cabin testbed: a case study”. Accepted to 14th International Conference on Thinking, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 22-26 June 2009.
  10. Tan, C.F. Verbunt, M., Chen, W., Bartneck, C. and Rauterberg, M. “Adaptive advisory system for economy class passenger with spinal cord injury during air travel”. Accepted to 2009 Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, San Diego, California, paper no. DETC2009-86076, 30 August -2 September 2009.
  11. Tan, C.F., Chen, W. and Rauterberg, M. “Self-reported seat discomfort amongst economy class aircraft passenger in the Netherlands”. Accepted to World Congress on Bioengineering 2009, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China, 26-29 July 2009.
  12. Tan, C.F., Chen, W., Kimman, F. and Rauterberg, M. “Sleeping posture analysis of economy class aircraft seat”. Accepted to World Congress on Engineering 2009, London, U.K., 1-3 July 2009. (Nominated for Best Paper Award)
  13. Perez Artieda, I, Chen, W., Tan, C.F. and Rauterberg, M. “Experiencing light for jet lag reduction during long haul air travel”. Accepted to Experiencing Light 2009, Eindhoven, the Netherlands, 26-27 October 2009.
  14. C. F. Tan, W. Chen, F. Delbressine, and M. Rauterberg, “Objectifying Discomfort Seat Measurement for Next Generation Truck Driver’s Seat”, Proceedings of FISITA 2008 World Automotive Congress, Munich, Germany. 15 - 17 September 2008, paper no. F2008-SC-028.
  15. I. Wouters, W. Chen, B. van Oorschot, and W. Smeenk, “Green Street Design for Bennekel District in Eindhoven”, Proceedings of IADIS International Conference ICT, Society and Human Beings 2008, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 22 - 24 July, 2008, pp. 202-205.
  16. C. F. Tan, F. Delbressine, W. Chen, and M. Rauterberg, “Subjective and Objective Measurements for Comfortable Truck Driver’s Seat”, Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Advanced Vehicle Control  (AVEC 2008), Kobe, Japan, 6 - 9 October, 2008, pp. 851-856.
  17. I. Wouters, W. Chen, B. van Oorschot, and W. Smeenk, “Interactive Green Street Enhancement Using Light Dependent Sensors and Actuators”, Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Consumer Electronics 2008 (ISCE 2008), Vilamoura, Portugal, 14 -16 April, 2008. (pdf)
  18. Y. Tang, W. Chen, and W. Shieh, “Study of Nonlinearity and Dynamic Range of Coherent Optical OFDM Receivers”, Proceedings of Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC 2008). (pdf)
  19. W. Chen, F. Buchali, X. Yi, W. Shieh, J. S. Evans, and R. S. Tucker, “Viterbi Equalizer for Chromatic Dispersion and PMD Mitigation in DPSK and DQPSK Systems at 10 Gb/s”, Proceedings of the 32nd European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2006), Cannes, France, 24 – 28 Sept., 2006. (pdf)
  20. W. Chen, F. Buchali, X. Yi, W. Shieh, J. S. Evans, and R. S. Tucker, “PMD Mitigation at 10 Gb/s Using Viterbi Equalizer for DPSK and DQPSK Modulation Formats”, Proceedings of the Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT 2006), Melbourne, Australia, 10 - 13 July, 2006. (pdf)
  21. X. Yi, F. Buchali, W. Chen and W.Shieh, “Adaptation algorithms for receiver based electronic dispersion equalization”, Proceedings of the Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT 2006), Melbourne, Australia, 10 - 13 July, 2006. (pdf)
  22. W. Shieh, R. S. Tucker, W. Chen and X. Yi “Optical Channel Estimation through Receiver Signal Processing”, Proceedings of the 32nd European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2006), Cannes, France, 24 – 28 Sept., 2006.
  23. W. Chen, R. S. Tucker, X. Yi, W. Shieh, and J. S. Evans, “Uncorrelated Beat Noise Measurement for Optical Signal-to-Noise Ratio Monitoring”, Proceedings of the 31st European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2005), Glasgow, Scotland, Sept. 2005. (pdf)
  24. X. Yi , W. Chen, and W. Shieh, “Optical Signal-to-Noise Ratio Monitoring for Packet Switched Networks”, Proceedings of the 31st European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2005), Glasgow, Scotland, Sept. 2005. (pdf)
  25. W. Chen,  R. S. Tucker, J. S. Evans, and W. Shieh, “Optical signal-to-noise ratio monitoring using uncorrelated signal-spontaneous beat noise”, Proceedings of the Australian Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (ATNAC 2004), Sydney, Australia, December 2004, pp. 150 – 155. (pdf)
  26. W. Shieh, and W. Chen, “Optical Carrier Recovery Using Feedforward Phase Compensation”, Proceedings of the European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC 2004), Stockholm, Sweden, September 2004, Session We4.67. (pdf)
  27. W. Shieh, and W. Chen, “Applying Feedforward Phase Compensation to Optical Carrier Recovery”, Proceedings of the Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT 2004), Canberra, Australia, July 2004.

 

PRESS

ID students project wins 'Patsertje’ (picture)

 

OTHER LINKS

http://w3.id.tue.nl/nl/

 

 

 

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