kya@mail.cgu.edu.tw

Biography

Yung-An Kao was born in Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C., on February 22, 1967. He received the B.S.E.E. degree from Tam Kang University, Taiwan, in 1989, the M.S.E.E. degree from Tatung Institute of Technology, Taiwan, in 1991, and Ph.D. degree from the Institute of Electronics, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, in 1998. From 1998 to 2003, he worked as an R&D engineer in the Computer and Communication Laboratory (CCL) of Industrial Technology and Research Institute (ITRI), Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. He is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Electronical Engineering in Chang Gung University (CGU), Taoyuan, Taiwan, R.O.C. His research interests include adaptive filter, digital filter design, digital signal processing, multi-carrier synchronization, and equalization.

Publications

Journal Papers

[1]     S. G. Chen, Y. A. Kao and K. Y. Tsai, “A new efficient LMS adaptive filter algorithm,” IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst.-II: Analog and Digital Signal Processing, vol. 43, pp. 372-378, May 1996. (SCI, EI)

[2]     S. G. Chen, Y. A. Kao and C. Y. Chen, “On the properties of Reduction-by-Composition LMS algorithm,” IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst.-II: Analog and Digital Signal Processing, vol. 46, pp. 1440-1445, Nov. 1999. (SCI, EI)

[3]     Y. A. Kao and S. G. Chen, “Design of finite-word-length FIR filters with least-squares error,” Signal processing, vol. 80, pp. 1591-1596, Aug. 2000. (SCI, EI)

[4]     J. H. Chen and Y. A. Kao, “Pitch Marking Based on an Adaptable Filter and a Pick-Valley Estimation Method,” Computational Linguistics and Chinese Language Processing, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 1-12, Feb. 2002.

[5]     Y. A. Kao and Chien-Hsin Hsu, “Timing-Variant Channel Analysis and Estimation for OFDM Systems,” WSEASE Trans.Comm., vol. 5, pp. 1420-1426, Aug. 2006 (EI)

Conference Papers

[1]     S. G. Chen and Y. A. Kao, “A new efficient 2-D LMS adaptive filtering algorithm,” in Pro. IEEE International Symp. on Circuit and Systems. London, England, vol. II, May 30-June 2, 1994, pp. 233-236. (EI)

[2]      S. G. Chen, Y. A. Kao and K. Y. Tsai, “A new efficient LMS adaptive filter algorithm,” in Pro. IEEE TENCON, Singapore, vol. 2, Aug. 22-26, 1994, pp.644-648. (EI)

[3]      S. G. Chen, Y. A. Kao and C. Y. Chen, “The extrapolated LMS adaptive filtering algorithm,” in Pro. TENCON’96, Western Australia, vol. I, Nov. 27-29, 1996, pp. 485-490. (EI)

[4]      S. G. Chen, Y. A. Kao and C. Y. Chen, “On the convergence and MSE of Chen’s LMS adaptive algorithm,” in Proc. ICASSP. Munich, Germany, vol. III, Apr. 21-24, 1997, pp.2349-2352. (EI)

[5]     Y. A. Kao and S. G. Chen, “Design of finite-word-length FIR filters with least-square error,” in Pro. ISCOM, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Dec. 17-19, 1997, pp. 558-561.

[6]      Y. A. Kao and S. G. Chen, “The windowed blind deconvolution algorithm,” in Pro. ISCOM, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Dec. 17-19, 1997, pp. 577-580.

[7]      J. H. Chen and Y. A. Kao, “Pitch Marking Based on an Adaptable Filter and a Peak-Valley Estimation Method,”中華民國第十四屆計算語言學研討會 ( ROCLING ⅩⅣ ), Aug. 2001.

[8]      Kun-Yuan Ma, Jau-Hung Chen, Miao-Ru Hsu and Yung-An Kao, “Fast Creation and Progressive Enhancement of Concatenative Inventory for Mandarin Synthesis”, in ICSP 2001.

[9]      Y. A. Kao, S. K. Lee, C. L. Hsiao, P. L. Chio, “One-Tap Frequency Domain LMS Equalizer for OFDM Systems,” in ISCOM, Taiwan, Dec. 10-12, 2003.

[10]  Y. A. Kao, C. H. Su, S. K. Lee, C. L. Hsiao, P. L. Chio, “A Robust Design of Inner Receiver Structure for OFDM Systems,” Digest of Technical Papers, International Conference on Consumer Electronics, Las Vegas, USA, pp. 337-378, Jan. 8-12, 2005. (EI)

[11]  Y. A. Kao and C. T. Wu, “Using LMS Weighting Values as the Channel State Information for OFDM Based Systems,” in 13th IEEE Workshop on Statistical Signal Processing , Bordeaux, France, July 17-20, 2005. (EI)

[12]  Y. A. Kao and C. W. Chen, “Design of Equiripple FIR Interpolation Filter,” in Proc. ICCCS, Guillin, China, June 25-28, 2006. (EI)

[13]  Y. A. Kao, C. A. Yang and S. K. Lee, “A Novel One-Tap Frequency Domain RLS Equalizer Combined with Viterbi Decoder Using Channel State Information in OFDM Systems,” in Proc. ICCCS, Guillin, China, June 25-28, 2006. (EI)

[14]  Y. A. Kao and Chien-Hsin Hsu, “Channel Analysis and Estimation for OFDM Systems with Doppler Effect,” Proceedings of the 10th WSEAS Int. Conf. on Communications, Vouliagmeni, Athens, Greece, July 10-15, 2006. (EI)

Patents

[1] 吳德傳、王燕輝、陳紹基、林剛正、高永安, “High Efficiency Algorithms for Pitch and Rate Modifications of Audio Signals” USA, 5832442, 1998/11/03-2015/06/23.

[2] 高永安、陳昭宏、郭志忠,”中文語音合成中的切音方法” Taiwan ROC, No. 497092, 2002/08/01-2020/10/29.

[3]  陳昭宏、高永安, “決定語音音高標記的方法” Taiwan ROC, No. 204991, 2004/06/01-2021/12/13.

[4] 高永安、蕭昌龍、邱柏霖、李世凱, “正交分頻多工系統中的等化方法” Taiwan ROC, No. I246272, 2005/12/21-2024/06/27.

[5]  陳昭宏、高永安, “A Method for Pitch-Mark Determination of A Speech” US patent (in application).

[6] 高永安、蕭昌龍、邱柏霖、李世凱, “An Equalizer in OFDM Systems” US patent (in application).

 Dissertation

運用代數化簡和係數外插之時域最小均方差適應性濾波器(New Temporal-Domain LMS Adaptive Filtering Algorithms Based on Algebraic Reduction and Coefficient Extrapolation), 國立交通大學, 1998.

Specializations

digital signal processing, adaptive filter, OFDM technology, digital filter design。