Bor-Sen Chen received the B.S. degree from the Tatung Institute of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, in 1970, the M.S. degree from National Central University, Chungli, Taiwan, in 1973, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA, in 1982.

He was a Lecturer, an Associate Professor, and a Professor with the Tatung Institute of Technology from 1973 to 1987. He is currently a distinguished Tsing Hua chair Professor of electrical engineering and computer science with National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan. His current research interests include control engineering, signal processing, and systems biology. Dr. Chen was a recipient of the Distinguished Research Award from the National Science Council of Taiwan four times. He is a National Chair Professor of Ministry of Education of Taiwan. Prof. Chen is also a Life Fellow of IEEE.