Wei-Ping Chan

Projects

Nonprofit Organizations

SOS

2025 - Now

"Sustainability isn't self-sustaining"

SOS builds shared meaning, readable patterns, and working mechanisms so sustainability can persist and scale in the real world.

Meaning · Pattern · Mechanism

Start-Ups

BioMuse-X

BioMuse-X

Cambridge, MA, USA

2023 - 2025

"Preserving Nature, Serving the Future"

Investigating sustainable, energy-efficient materials using a unique dataset derived from hyperspectral imaging and electron microscopy.

Functional Trait Analysis · Spectral Data · Scanning Electron Microscope

CropSky

CropSky

Taipei, Taiwan

2017 - 2020

"Empowering Agriculture with Data-Driven Insights"

Applied machine learning and ecological modeling to optimize crop forecasting and disease management, delivering actionable insights for agriculture.

Machine Learning · Ecological Modeling · Crop Production · Scalable Analytics

PathoTracter

PathoTracter

London, UK

2015 - 2017

"Innovating Pathogen Detection for a Safer Tomorrow"

Leveraging advanced biochips, IoT-enabled sensors, and predictive analytics to revolutionize disease detection and forecast outbreaks with precision.

Machine Learning · Biochips · IoT-enabled Sensors · Disease Detection

High-Throughput Digitization and Morphological Quantification

A high throughput multispectral imaging system for museum specimens A high throughput multispectral imaging system for museum specimens 2017

Multispectral Imaging · High-Throughput Systems · Parallel Computing

Evolution and Animal Behavior

Wing beat signatures in moths

Wing beat signatures in butterflies and moths: investigating variations across sex, age, and taxonomic groups 2024

Computer Vision · Signal Processing · Statistical Modeling · Time-Series Analysis

The evolution of multispectral colors in Lepidoptera

Day versus night and the evolution of sexual dimorphism in Lepidoptera 2022

Multispectral Imaging · Evolution · High-Dimensional Data

The evolution of the eyespot and false-head features in Lepidoptera

The evolution of the eyespot and false-head features in Lepidoptera 2022

Computer Vision · Deep Learning · Evolutionary Modeling · Data Visualization

The evolution of sensory organs in Lepidoptera

The evolution of sensory organs (antenna and eyes) in Lepidoptera 2020

Computer Vision · Visual Ecology · Numerical Modeling

Selection on size has generated distinctive pairedwing flight systems for butterfly flight

Selection on size has generated distinctive paired wing flight systems for butterfly flight 2018

Computer Vision · Evolutionary Modeling · Morphological Extraction

Climate and Environmental Studies

Typhoon occurance and impact

Analyzing Typhoon Patterns: Frequency, Intensity, and Routes in Taiwan 2016

Meteological Data · Business Intelligence · Tableau

Seasonal and diurnal temperature ranges in mountains worldwide

Seasonal and diurnal temperature ranges in global mountains 2015

Climate Data · Satellite Image Analysis · Meta Analysis · Causal Inference

The velocity of climate change in mountains worldwide

The velocity of climate change in mountains worldwide 2014

Climate Data · Satellite Image Analysis · High-Dimensional Data · Data Visualization

Opposite influences of seasonal and daily climatic variability on species range size

Opposite influences of seasonal and daily climatic variability on species range size 2013

Climate Data · Satellite Image Analysis · High-Dimensional Data · Causal Inference

Increasing drought stress and climate variability in high mountain ecosystems in Taiwan

Increasing drought stress and climate variability in high mountain ecosystems in Taiwan 2012

Climate Data · Time-Series Analysis · Tree Ring · Stable Isotope

Stable Oxygen isotope

Regional scale high resolution δ18O prediction in precipitation using MODIS EVI 2010

Stable Isotope · Remote Sensing · Geospatial Modeling

Interdisciplinary Studies and Projects

Exploring the history of blue through museum art pieces

Exploring the history of blue through museum art pieces 2019

Computer Vision · Business Intelligence · Data Visualization

Regional weather drives the topics of local news

Regional weather drives the topics of local news 2017

Natural Language Processing · AI · Business Intelligence

Predicting aurora intensity using machine learning and space weather data

Predicting aurora intensity using machine learning and space weather data 2017

Machine Learning · Space Weather · Predictive Analytics

Video tracking system for the corpus used by burying beetles

Video tracking system for the corpus used by burying beetles 2016

Computer Vision · Behavioral Analysis · Optimization