Dr. Chiu received his Ph.D. degree in EECS from the University of California at Berkeley. Prior to joining UIUC, he spent two years working in industry between 1997 and 1999. Dr. Chiu was the recipient of many awards from the University of California, the Intel Corp., and the China's Ministry of Education. In 2004, he also received the Jack Kilby Outstanding Paper Award from ISSCC. His past work includes CMOS switched-capacitor circuits and data converters. Recently, his research is mainly focused on investigating the application of adaptive signal-processing techniques to power-efficient, high-performance analog/RF circuits for communication applications.