Dr. Ekkarat Boonchieng

Dr. Ekkarat Boonchieng

Associate Professor of Computer Science

Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science

Chiang Mai University, Thailand

Senior Member, IEEE
ORCID: 0000-0002-7584-1627
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I am currently working at the Department of Computer Science, Chiang Mai University, specializing in interdisciplinary research that bridges Computer Science with Biomedical Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, and Software Engineering. My research focuses on Data Clustering and Classification in Health Informatics, with particular emphasis on developing innovative solutions for healthcare delivery through technology.

Research Interests

Biomedical Engineering Artificial Intelligence Data Science Machine Learning Data Communication Computer Networks Computer Security Image Processing Internet of Things (IoT) Blockchain Technology mHealth Systems Health Informatics Deep Learning Cloud Computing

Education

1995 - 2000
Ph.D. in Computer Science
Illinois Institute of Technology, Illinois, USA
1991 - 1992
M.S. in Computer and Information Science
University of New Haven, West Haven, USA
1986 - 1990
B.S. in Computer Science
Khon Kaen University, Thailand

Current Positions & Affiliations

Academic Position

Associate Professor

Department of Computer Science

Faculty of Science

Chiang Mai University

August 1993 - Present

Administrative Roles

  • Associate Dean, College of Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Associate Dean, Graduate School
  • Director, Center of Excellence in Community Health Informatics

Professional Memberships

  • Senior Member, IEEE
  • ECTI Technical Chair (Computers)
  • Electrical Engineering/Electronics, Computer, Telecommunications and Information Technology Association of Thailand (ECTI Thailand)

Previous Leadership

  • Deputy Director - Chiang Mai University Service Center (2018-2021)
  • Conference Chair - IEEE ICSEC 2010
  • Organizer - National Olympiad Informatics 2011

Research Focus Areas

πŸ₯ Health Informatics

Developing advanced systems for public health monitoring, disease detection, and remote patient monitoring using mobile health technologies and IoT devices.

πŸ€– Machine Learning & AI

Specializing in data classification, clustering algorithms, extreme learning machines, and neural networks for imbalanced data problems.

πŸ”— Blockchain Technology

Research on Hyperledger Fabric-based systems for secure patient health data storage and remote patient monitoring solutions.

πŸ“± mHealth Systems

Developing mobile health applications for limited resources communities, focusing on geographic information systems and community-based health data collection.

🌾 IoT & Smart Systems

Smart farm implementations, photovoltaic systems, and integrated IoT solutions for agricultural and industrial applications.

🧠 Biomedical Engineering

Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging analysis, pain detection using deep learning, emotion recognition from EEG and facial expressions.

Selected Publications

2025

Convergence of Blockchain and IoT for Managing Decentralized Medical Records πŸ“„ [View]
Kaushal, R.K., Kumar, N., Boonchieng, E. et al.
Scientific Reports, Vol. 15, 44512, Nature, 2025. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-28100-8
Design and Developing Super APIs for Blockchain-based Applications πŸ“„ [View]
Boonchieng, Ekkarat; Busayatananphon, Chaimade; Osiriphun, Sukhuntha; Chaikaew, Anusorn
Journal of Internet Technology, Vol. 26, No. 7, pp. 937-947, 2025
Solving Data Overlapping Problem Using A Class-Separable Extreme Learning Machine Auto-Encoder πŸ“„ [View]
Ekkarat Boonchieng, Wanchaloem Nadda
Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2025. DOI: 10.1002/aisy.202400255
Hyperledger Fabric Based Remote Patient Monitoring Solution and Performance Evaluation
Rajesh Kumar Kaushal, Naveen Kumar, Vinay Kukreja, Ekkarat Boonchieng
International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications, February 2025
FLEX-SMOTE: Synthetic Over-sampling Technique that Flexibly Adjusts to Different Minority Class Distributions πŸ“„ [View]
Chumphol Bunkhumpornpat, Ekkarat Boonchieng, Varin Chouvatut, David Lipsky
PMC Journal, Supported by Fundamental Fund 2025, Chiang Mai University

2024

Exploring Research Challenges of Blockchain and Supporting Technology with Potential Solution in Healthcare
Garg, Shilpi; Kumar Kaushal, Rajesh; Kumar, Naveen; Boonchieng, Ekkarat
International Journal of Computing and Digital Systems, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 487-507, University of Bahrain, 2024
KT-CDULF: Knowledge Transfer in Context-Aware Cross-Domain Recommender Systems via Latent User Profiling πŸ“„ [View]
Cheema, Adeel Ashraf; Sarfraz, Muhammad Shahzad; Usman, Muhammad; Zaman, Qamar Uz; Habib, Usman; Boonchieng, Ekkarat
IEEE Access, IEEE, 2024
Revolutionizing Grain and Particle Size Measurement in Metals: The Role of Sensor-Assisted Metallographic Image Analysis πŸ“„ [View]
Shirsat, Tushar; Bairagi, Vinayak; Buchade, Amar; Boonchieng, Ekkarat
Sensors, Vol. 24, No. 16, pp. 5328, MDPI, 2024
Nodules Detection in Lungs CT Images Using Improved YOLOv5 and Classification of Types of Nodules by CNN-SVM πŸ“„ [View]
Harale, Aparna M; Bairagi, Vinayak K; Boonchieng, Ekkarat; Bachute, Mrinal R
IEEE Access, IEEE, 2024
Age Group Classification from Dental Panoramic Radiographs Using Deep Learning Techniques πŸ“„ [View]
Bussaban, Limpapat; Boonchieng, Ekkarat; Panyarak, Wannakamon; Charuakkra, Arnon; Chulamanee, Pornpattra
IEEE Access, IEEE, 2024
Machine Learning-Based Real-Time Detection of Apple Leaf Diseases: An Enhanced Pre-processing Perspective
Bonkra, Anupam; Jindal, Priya; Kaur, Mandeep; Boonchieng, Ekkarat; Kumar, Naveen
International Journal of Computing and Digital Systems, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 1-14, University of Bahrain, 2024
CD-LLMCARS: Cross Domain Fine-tuned Large Language Model for Context-Aware Recommender Systems πŸ“„ [View]
Cheema, Adeel Ashraf; Sarfraz, Muhammad Shahzad; Habib, Usman; Zaman, Qamar Uz; Boonchieng, Ekkarat
IEEE Open Journal of the Computer Society, Vol. 6, pp. 49-59, IEEE, 2024
Enhancing Disease Symptom Analysis in Thai Text: Methods for Text Oversampling in Imbalanced Data for Disease Detection πŸ“„ [View]
Ekkarat Boonchieng, Wanchaloem Nadda, Wongthawat Liawrungrueang, Waraporn Boonchieng
IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration for Data Science (IRI), 2024

2023

Automated Detection of Diabetes from Exhaled Human Breath Using Deep Hybrid Architecture πŸ“„ [View]
Bhaskar, Navaneeth; Bairagi, Vinayak; Boonchieng, Ekkarat; Munot, Mousami V
IEEE Access, Vol. 11, pp. 51712-51722, IEEE, 2023
Rapid Assessment and Prediction of Microbiological Quality of Raw Milk Using Machine Learning Based on RGB-Colourimetric Resazurin Assay πŸ“„ [View]
Thanasirikul, Chayapon; Patumvan, Atit; Lipsky, David; Bovonsombut, Sakunnee; Singjai, Pisith; Boonchieng, Ekkarat; Chitov, Thararat
International Dairy Journal, Vol. 146, pp. 105750, Elsevier, 2023
UTAUT Determinants of Cashless Payment System Adoption in Thailand: A Hybrid SEM-Neural Network Approach πŸ“„ [View]
Kanokkarn Snae Namahoot, Ekkarat Boonchieng
SAGE Open, December 2023. Supported by Fundamental Fund 2024, Chiang Mai University

2022

Sound and Precise Analysis of Web Applications for Injection Vulnerabilities
Soomlek, Chitsutha; Kamtuo, Krit; Boonchieng, Ekkarat
IoT and AI Technologies for Sustainable Living, pp. 237-267, CRC Press, 2022
Influenza, Dengue and Common Cold Detection Using LSTM with Fully Connected Neural Network and Keywords Selection πŸ“„ [View]
Wanchaloem Nadda, Waraporn Boonchieng, Ekkarat Boonchieng
BioData Mining 15, 5 (2022). DOI: 10.1186/s13040-022-00288-9
Ubiquitous Affective Computing: A Review πŸ“„ [View]
Rawin Assabumrungrat, Soravitt Sangnark, Thananya Charoenpattarawut, Wipamas Polpakdee, Thapanun Sudhawiyangkul, Ekkarat Boonchieng, Theerawit Wilaiprasitporn
IEEE Sensors Journal, Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 1867-1881, February 2022

2021

2D Facial Expression and Movement of Motion for Pain Identification With Deep Learning Methods πŸ“„ [View]
K. Pikulkaew, W. Boonchieng, E. Boonchieng, V. Chouvatut
IEEE Access, Vol. 9, pp. 109903-109914, 2021. DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3102435
mHealth Technology Translation in a Limited Resources Communityβ€”Process, Challenges, and Lessons Learned πŸ“„ [View]
W. Boonchieng, J. Chaiwan, B. Shrestha, M. Shrestha, A. J. O. Dede, E. Boonchieng
IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine, Vol. 9, pp. 1-8, 2021. Art. no. 3700108
A-SA SOS: A Mobile- and IoT-based Pre-hospital Emergency Service for the Elderly and Village Health Volunteers πŸ“„ [View]
Kannikar Intawong, Waraporn Boonchieng, Peerasak Lerttrakarnnon, Ekkarat Boonchieng, Kitti Puritat
International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications (IJACSA), 12(4), 2021
Pain Detection Using Deep Learning with Evaluation System πŸ“„ [View]
Pikulkaew K., Boonchieng E., Boonchieng W., Chouvatut V.
Proceedings of Fifth International Congress on Information and Communication Technology. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1184. Springer, Singapore, 2021

2020

Dengue Fever Detection Using Long Short-term Memory Neural Network πŸ“„ [View]
W. Nadda, W. Boonchieng, E. Boonchieng
17th International Conference on Electrical Engineering/Electronics, Computer, Telecommunications and Information Technology (ECTI-CON), 2020
Clustering of Domestic Locations in Layers for the Purpose of Breakout Prevention of Diseases πŸ“„ [View]
Varin Chouvatut, Ekkarat Boonchieng, Waraporn Boonchieng
Journal of Internet Technology, Vol. 21 (2020) No. 6, pp. 1693-1699

2019

Consumer Grade Brain Sensing for Emotion Recognition πŸ“„ [View]
Payongkit Lakhan, Nannapas Banluesombatkul, Vongsagon Changniam, Ratwade Dhithijaiyratn, Pitshaporn Leelaarporn, Ekkarat Boonchieng, Supanida Hompoonsup, Theerawit Wilaiprasitporn
IEEE Sensors Journal, Vol. 19, No. 21, pp. 9896-9907, November 2019. DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2019.2928781

2018

Smart Farm: Applying the Use of NodeMCU, IOT, NETPIE and LINE API for a Lingzhi Mushroom Farm in Thailand πŸ“„ [View]
Ekkarat Boonchieng, Oran Chieochan, Anukit Saokaew
IEICE Transactions on Communications, Vol. E101-B, No. 1, pp. 16-23, January 2018
A Smart Photovoltaic System with Internet of Thing: A Case Study of the Smart Agricultural Greenhouse πŸ“„ [View]
A. Saokaew, O. Chieochan, E. Boonchieng
10th International Conference on Knowledge and Smart Technology (KST), Chiang Mai, 2018, pp. 225-230

2017

Integrative System of Virtual Electronic Health Record with Online Community-based Health Determinant Data for Home Care Service πŸ“„ [View]
W. Boonchieng, E. Boonchieng, W. Tuanrat, C. Khuntichot, K. Duangchaemkarn
IEEE Healthcare Innovations and Point of Care Technologies (HI-POCT), Bethesda, MD, 2017, pp. 5-8
Symptom-based Data Preprocessing for the Detection of Disease Outbreak πŸ“„ [View]
K. Duangchaemkarn, V. Chaovatut, P. Wiwatanadate, E. Boonchieng
39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Seogwipo, 2017, pp. 2614-2617
An Integrated System of Applying the Use of Internet of Things, RFID and Cloud Computing πŸ“„ [View]
O. Chieochan, A. SaoKaew, E. Boonchieng
9th International Conference on Knowledge and Smart Technology (KST), Chonburi, 2017, pp. 156-161

Earlier Works (2004-2016)

Radiographic Image Enhancement Using Hybrid Algorithm πŸ“„ [View]
Varin Chouvatut, Ekkarat Boonchieng
Jurnal Teknologi, 78:6-7, pp. 89-93, 2016
Performance and Security Issue on Open Source Private Cloud πŸ“„ [View]
E. Boonchieng
International Electrical Engineering Congress (iEECON), Chonburi, 2014, pp. 1-5
Myocardial Iron Measurement in Thalassemia Using Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Image Processing Software πŸ“„ [View]
E. Boonchieng, K. Duangchaemkarn
5th Biomedical Engineering International Conference, Ubon Ratchathani, 2012, pp. 1-4
Edge-detection and Segmentation Methods for Two-dimensional Echocardiograms πŸ“„ [View]
E. Boonchieng, W. Boonchieng, R. Kanjanavanit
Computers in Cardiology, Chicago, IL, USA, 2004, pp. 541-544
Three Dimensional Reconstruction of Blood Flow Within the Left Ventricle πŸ“„ [View]
E. Boonchieng, J. S. Soble, K. Dean, R. Lang, J. Roberge
Computers in Cardiology 2001, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2001, pp. 605-608

Research Projects & Funding

Fundamental Fund 2025

Chiang Mai University

Research on extreme learning machine auto-encoding and class-separable methods for data overlapping problems. Utilizing CMU HPC ERAWAN system for complex mathematical computations.

Open Urban Data Project

Thailand Research Fund

Development of urban data collection and analysis systems for smart city initiatives.

Chiang Mai Community Health Project

Thai Health Promotion Foundation

Community-based health monitoring system implementation in semi-rural districts.

International Research Network

Thailand Science Research and Innovation Fund

Digital Image Processing and Machine Learning collaborative research network.

Contact Information

🌐 Personal Website: boonchieng.net
🏒 Department: Computer Science, Faculty of Science
πŸ›οΈ University: Chiang Mai University, Thailand 50200

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