Yung-Chun Chang
Taipei Medical University, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Science, National Taiwan University, Institute of Information Science Academia Sinica
0000-0002-9634-8380
About
Dr. Yung-Chun Chang specializes in text mining, natural language processing, and related machine learning and speech recognition technologies. He excels in applying these technologies to address various domain-specific challenges, with primary research interests spanning intelligent healthcare, bioinformatics, business intelligence, and language comprehension. In 2016, Professor Chang was honored with the Outstanding Postdoctoral Research Award from the Academia Sinica and the Doctoral Dissertation Award from the Association for Computational Linguistics. Beginning in 2017, he embarked on an academic career at Taipei Medical University, where he has authored numerous papers published in prestigious international journals and conferences, including TKDE, ACL, I&M, TM, HICSS, Bioinformatics, and JAMIA. His recent achievements in Clinical Natural Language Processing (ClinicalNLP) earned him the prestigious 2023 Future Technology Award. Furthermore, Professor Chang is passionate about teaching and has received several teaching awards. He has also guided his students to win numerous domestic and international awards, including second place in two tracks of the BioCreative 2022 International Biomedical Literature Text Mining Competition, a gold medal in the Taiwan AI EXPO competition, second place in the Coding101 competition, first place in the NTCIR FinArg 2023 competition, and the Innovation Award in the National Science Council's Undergraduate Research Program.
Employment
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Taipei Medical University Director2025 - Present
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National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Science Visiting Professor2024 - Present
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Taipei Medical University Deputy Director2023 - Present
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Taipei Medical University Professor2023 - Present
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Taipei Medical University Deputy Chief Data Officer2020 - 2025
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Taipei Medical University Associate Professor2020 - 2023
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Taipei Medical University Assistant Professor2017 - 2020
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Institute of Information Science Academia Sinica Academia Sinica Postdoctoral Fellowship2016 - 2017
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Academia Sinica Research Assistant2010 - 2016
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Academia Sinica Software Engineer2008 - 2010
Education
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National Taiwan University Ph.D.2010 - 2016
Projects & Funding
Projects & funding information is unavailable.
Publications (118)
- Large language model ensemble for automated TNM staging from radiology reports Save
- Alignment-free bacterial pathogen identification using vision transformer and image augmentation techniques in high-resolution microscopy Save
- Early detection of female-specific cancers using longitudinal healthcare records with a multichannel convolutional neural network Save
- Longitudinal multisource clinical model for early lung cancer risk stratification and screening Save
- Optimizing ED patient disposition predictions through clinical narratives with advanced pre-trained language models Save
- Evaluation of the performance of an artificial intelligence model in recognizing the habitual mixed language in Taiwan for generating periodontal charting text reports Save
- Comparative Analysis of Large Language Models and Machine Learning Approaches for the Detection of Dengue Fever Information from ProMED-Mail Platform Save
- Comparative Analysis of Large Language Models and Machine Learning for ASA Classification Using Structured Electronic Health Record Data Save
- Corrigendum to ‘Machine learning–based prediction of delirium in older patients with chronic kidney disease requiring intensive care: A hospital-based retrospective cohort study’ [Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 200 (2026), article PSR_112454] (Journa… Save
- Early Stroke Prediction Using a Convolutional Neural Network on Temporal Electronic Health Records Save