AI AI Software and System Engineering Lab National Taiwan Ocean University

Research

Building deployable intelligent systems for real-world industry applications.

Our laboratory is dedicated to AI Software and System Engineering, bridging cutting-edge algorithms and practical systems that are trustworthy, efficient, and industry-ready.

Trustworthy AI Systems Explainable, deployable, scalable, governable

Vision

Four dimensions of system development

Explainability

Ensuring transparency in decision-making.

Deployability

Enabling robust and practical system rollout.

Scalability

Supporting growth and large-scale applications.

Governability

Embedding governance and accountability into autonomous systems.

Topics

Research directions

01

Generative AI Software and System Engineering

  • Agent workflow optimization based on preferences, resources, and urgency.
  • Autonomous agent governance for compliance and accountability.
  • Lifecycle management with drift detection, collaboration, and evaluation.
  • LLM fine-tuning, RAG optimization, compression, and distillation.
02

High-Performance Cloud Architecture

  • Distributed training and inference frameworks.
  • Efficient resource scheduling for large-scale AI workloads.
  • Cloud-native integration for scalable deployments.
03

Explainable Machine Learning

  • Addressing transparency challenges in imbalanced datasets.
  • Building explainability frameworks to enhance trust in AI systems.
04

Data Governance and Privacy

  • Differential privacy techniques for secure data handling.
  • Defense against prompt injection and adversarial attacks.
  • Hallucination monitoring and mitigation.
  • AI governance model design for transparency and trust.

Lab Members

People

Principal Investigator

藍啟維 Ci-Wei Lan

Ph.D., National Central University, Taiwan, R.O.C.

lancw@mail.ntou.edu.tw

Expertise

Big Data Analytics and Engineering, AI and Computational Intelligence, Cloud Architecture and Engineering, Software Engineering.

Students

2026 Master To be updated after finalization

Publication

Selected academic outputs

Journal Papers

  1. S. Yang, B. Lan, B. Wu and A. Chang, "Context Aware Service Oriented Architecture for Web based Education," Advanced Technology for Learning, Vol. 2, No. 4, 2005, pp. 216-222.
  2. S. Yang, J. Hsieh, B. Lan and J.-Y. Chung, "Composition and Evaluation of Trustworthy Web Services," International Journal of Web and Grid Services, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2006, pp. 5-24. (EI)
  3. S. Yang, B. Lan, J. Hsieh and J.-Y. Chung, "Trustworthy Web Services: An Experience-Based Model for Trustworthiness Evaluation," International Journal of Information Security and Privacy, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2007, pp. 1-17.
  4. S. Yang, J. Zhang and B. Lan, "Service Level Agreement-Based QoS Analysis for Web Services Discovery and Composition," International Journal of Internet and Enterprise Management, Vol. 5, No. 1, 2007, pp. 39-58.
  5. S. Yang, B. Lan and J.-Y. Chung, "Trustworthy Service-Oriented Business Process Integration," International Journal of Simulation and Process Modeling, Vol. 3, No. 1/2, 2007, pp. 6-17. (EI)
  6. A. Huang, C.-W. Lan and S. Yang, "An Optimal QoS-Based Web Service Selection Scheme," Information Sciences, Vol. 179, Issue 19, 2009, pp. 3309-3322. (SCIE)
  7. S.-P. Ma, C.-W. Lan and C.-H. Li, "Contextual Service Discovery Using Term Expansion and Binding Coverage Analysis," Future Generation Computer Systems, Vol. 48, 2015, pp. 73-81. (SCIE)
  8. S.-P. Ma, C.-Y. Fan, Y. Chuang, I.-H. Liu, C.-W. Lan, "Graph-based and scenario-driven microservice analysis, retrieval, and testing," Future Generation Computer Systems, Vol. 100, 2019, pp. 724-735. (SCIE)
  9. Y.-H. Lee, C.-P. Wei, P. Hu, T.-H. Cheng, C.-W. Lan, "Small Clues Tell: a Collaborative Expansion Approach for Effective Content-Based Recommendations," Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce, Vol. 30, Issue 2, 2020, pp. 111-128. (SCIE)

Conference / Workshop Papers

  1. S. Yang, B. Lan, B. Wu and A. Chang, "Context Aware Service Oriented Architecture for Web based Education," in Proc. of IASTED International Conference on Web-based Education, 2005, pp. 261-266.
  2. S. Yang, B. Lan and J.-Y. Chung, "A Trustworthy Web Service Framework for Business Process Integration," in Proc. of IEEE WORDS, 2005, pp. 475-489. (EI)
  3. S. Yang, B. Lan and J.-Y. Chung, "A New Approach for Context Aware SOA," in Proc. of IEEE EEE, 2005, pp. 438-443. (EI)
  4. S. Yang, J. Hsieh, B. Lan and J.-Y. Chung, "Composition and Evaluation of Trustworthy Web Services," in Proc. of IEEE BSN, 2005, pp. 30-37.
  5. J.-Y. Chung, S. Yang and B. Lan, "Extending Trust Computing with Service Oriented Architecture," in Proc. of ICTIS, 2005, pp. 399-403.
  6. S. Yang, B. Lan and J.-Y. Chung, "Analyses of QoS aware Web services," in Proc. of ICS, 2006, pp. 880-885.
  7. Y.-H. Lee, T.-H. Cheng, C.-W. Lan, C.-P. Wei and P. Hu, "Overcoming Small-Size Training Set Problem in Content-Based Recommendation," in Proc. of ICEC, 2009, pp. 99-106.
  8. C.-W. Lan, R. Chen, A. Su, A. Huang, S. Yang and J.-Y. Chung, "A Multiple Objectives Optimization Approach for QoS-Based Web Services Compositions," in Proc. of IEEE ICEBE, 2009, pp. 121-128.
  9. T.-S. Cheng, C.-W. Lan, C.-P. Wei and Henry Chang, "Cost-Sensitive Learning for Recurrence Prediction of Breast Cancer," in Proc. of PACIS, 2010.
  10. C.-W. Lan, Y.-H. Chen, T. Grandison, A. Huang, J.-Y Chung and L.-F. Tseng, "A Privacy Reinforcement Approach against De-identified Dataset," in Proc. of IEEE ICEBE, 2011.
  11. H.-Z. Chen, C.-P. Wei, Y.-C. Chen and C.-W Lan, "Integrating heterogeneous prediction models in the cloud," in Proc. of Workshop on E-Business, 2011.
  12. Y.-H. Chen and C.-W Lan, "A Verifiable Visual Cryptography Scheme", The Fifth International Conference on Genetic and Evolutionary Computing, 2011.
  13. Y.-H. Chen, C.-W Lan and Z.-H. Wang, "A Two-Layer Steganography Scheme Using Sudoku for Digital Images", International Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing, 2011.
  14. P. Hsueh, C.-W Lan, V. Deng and X. Zhu, "From Clinical Requirement to Personalized Wellness Decision Support," in Proc. of MIE, 2012.
  15. P. Hsueh, T. Grandison, L. Zeng, X. Zhu, H. Pai, C.-W Lan, R. Hsiao, and H. Chang, "Privacy Protection for Personal Data Integration and Sharing in Care Coordination Services," in Proc. of IEEE SOLI, 2012.
  16. S.-P. Ma, C.-H. Li, Y.-Y. Tsai and C.-W Lan, "Web service discovery using lexical and semantic query expansion," in Proc. of IEEE ICEBE, 2013.

Book Chapters

  1. J.-Y. Chung, S. Yang and B. Lan, "Extending Trust Computing with Service Oriented Architecture," in Information Assurance and Computer Security, IOS Press, 2006.
  2. T. Grandison, P.-y. S. Hsueh, L. Zeng, H. Chang, H. YH Chen, C.-W. Lan, H. Pai, L.-F. Tseng. "Privacy Protection Issues for Healthcare Wellness Clouds" in Privacy Protection Measures and Technologies in Business Organizations, 2010.
  3. 林福仁, 陳鴻基, 宋同正, 鄧怡莘, 游曉貞, 黃可薰, 黃三益, 藍啟維, "服務科學: 服務系統觀與價值共創論", 2015.

Patents

  1. Chen; Ya-Ling, Lan; Ci-Wei, Grandison; Tyrone W, Hsiao; Jen-Hao, Tseng; Li-Feng, Chen; Yi-Hui, "Method and system for preserving privacy of a dataset," USPTO 8812524-B2, 2014.
  2. Lan; Ci-Wei, Liu; Wen Zhu, Ni; Dong, Qu; Yiping, Sun; Yu Wei, Xu; Jie, Yue; Li, Zhang; Ting Ting, "Automated intervention to modify driving behaviors," USPTO 9701340-B1, 2017.
  3. Hsiao; Jen-Hao, Lan; Ci-Wei, Yeh; Ya-Fan, "Uploading measurement data of non-connected medical measuring devices," USPTO 9916418-B2, 2018.
  4. Kung; Norman, Jung; Tao-Hung, Liu; Ching-Chun, Chen; Yu-siang, Lan; Ci-Wei, "Cognitive telephone fraud detection," USPTO 10623557-B2, 2020.
  5. Liu; Chih-Hsiung, Lin; Cheng-Fang, Lin; I-Chien, Chang; Chiwen, Lan; Ci-Wei, Hsieh; Tsai-Hsuan, Lin; Kate, Wu; Peter, Chou; Kuo-Liang, "Image-based domain name system," USPTO 10803115-B2, 2020.
  6. Chang; Chiwen, Lan; Ci-Wei, Hung; Hao Chun, Hsieh; Tsai-Hsuan, "Selective interactive event tracking based on user interest," USPTO 11163988-B2, 2021.
  7. Chou; Kuo-Liang, Lin; Kate, Wu; Peter, Lin; I-Chien, Chang; Chiwen, Lan; Ci-Wei, Hsieh; Tsai-Hsuan, "Personal privacy protocols for sharing media on social media platforms," USPTO 11275864-B2, 2022.
  8. Du; Jing, Chao; Tzu-Chen, Lan; Ci-Wei, Yang; Xiang Yu, Zhang; Chao, Hao; Xin Fang, "Wearable medical device for monitoring intravenous injection," USPTO 11298459-B2, 2022.
  9. Chao; Tzu-Chen, Liu; Ching-Chun, Lan; Ci-Wei, Jung; Tao-Hung, Chen; Yu-Siang, USPTO 11416766-B2, 2022.
  10. Chou; Kuo-Liang, Luo; Min, Wang; Der-Joung, Yang; Xiang Yu, Lan; Ci-Wei, "Dynamically identifying a danger zone for a predicted traffic accident," USPTO 11763677-B2, 2023.
  11. Yuan; Zhong Fang, Gao; Chen, Liu; Tong, Kong; De Shuo, Lan; Ci-Wei, He; Rong Fu, "Knowledge graph fusion," USPTO 11783131-B2, 2023.

Teaching

Courses

2026 Fall

Introduction to Web Development

 2026 Fall

Cloud System Engineering and Operations
2027 Spring

Cloud Architecture and Technologies

2027 Spring

TBD