1982年毕业于安徽省太湖中学，随后进入中国科学技术大学数学系学习，分别于1987年、1989年、1994年获计算数学专业学士、硕士、博士学位。
1995年任副教授，1998年晋升教授，1999年受聘博士生导师岗位。
从1994年起分别到美国杨伯翰大学、美国Rice大学、香港科技大学、香港大学、新加坡国立大学、奥地利林茨大学等访问。
现为中国科学技术大学数学系教授、博士生导师。
1、教育部留学回国人员基金，1996-1998，经费1.5万元。
2、中科院留学回国人员择优支持费，1996-1998，经费2.5万元。
3、国家自然科学基金，“隐式曲面造型的研究”，1997-1999，经费8万元。
4、中科院特支费，1999-2001，经费1.2万元。
5、国家自然科学基金，“区间分析及其在几何造型与图形学中应用的研究”，2000-2002， 经费8万元。
6、教育部资助优秀青年教师基金，“动曲面方法在数学机械化中应用的研究”，2000-2002， 经费7万元。
7、973重大项目“数学机械化及其自动推理平台”二级子课题， 2001-2003，经费19万元。
8、教育部高校青年教师奖励计划，2001-2005， 经费30万元。
9、 教育部博士点基金，5万，2002—2004。
10、 国家***基金，100万，2003—2006。
11、 973重大项目“数学机械化及其在信息领域中的应用”子课题，负责人，180万，2004--2008。
12、 中科院***计划， 100万。
13、 教育部博士点基金，5万，2006—2008。
14、 教育部与外专局“111”引智基地项目，450万，2007-2011。
15、 T网格上样条曲面及其应用的研究，国家自然科学基金，40万，2009-2011。
论文著作：
1.Xiaohong Jia, Falai Chen, Jiansong Deng, Computing self-intersection curves of rational ruled surfaces, Computer Aided Geometric Design, accepted, 2008.9
2.Jiansong Deng, Falai Chen, Xin Li, Changqi Hu, Weihua Tong, Zhouwang Yang, Yuyu Feng, Polynomial splines over hierarchical T-meshes, Graphical Models, Vol.74, No.4, 74--86, 2008.
3.Xuhui Wang, Falai Chen and Jiansong Deng, Implicitization and parametrization of quadratic surfaces with one simple base point, ISSAC'2008, 31--38.
4.Chunlin Wu, Jiansong Deng, Falai Chen, Diffusion equations over arbitrary triangulated surfaces for filtering and texture applications, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, Vol.14, No.3, 666--679, 2008.5/6.
5.Xuchuan Fan, Jiansong Deng, Falai Chen, Zeros of univariate interval polynomials, Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, Vol.216, No.2, 563--573, 2008.7.
6.Falai Chen, Wenping Wang, Yang Liu , Computing singular points of plane rational curves, Journal of Symbolic Computation, Volume 43, Issue 2, February 2008, Pages 92-117.
7.Ning Song, Falai Chen, Ron Goldman: Axial moving lines and singularities of rational planar curves. Computer Aided Geometric Design 24(4): 200-209 (2007).
8.Liyong Shen, Falai Chen, Jiansong Deng, Implicitization and parametrization of quadratic and cubic surfaces by μ-bases, Computing, Vol.79, No.2-4, 131--142, 2007.4.
9.Chunlin Wu, Jiansong Deng, Falai Chen, Fast data extrapolating, Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, Vol.206, No.1, 146--157, 2007.9.
10.Jiansong Deng, Falai Chen, Yuyu Feng, Dimensions of spline spaces over T-meshes, Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, Vol.194, No.2, 267--283, 2006.
11.Liyong Shen, Falai Chen, Bert Juettler, Jiansong Deng, Approximate μ-bases of rational curves and surfaces, M.-S. Kim and K. Shimada (Eds.): GMP 2006, LNCS 4077, 175--188, 2006.
12.Xin Li, Jiansong Deng, Falai Chen, Dimensions of spline spaces over 3D hierarchical T-meshes, Journal of Information and Computational Science, Vol.3, No.3, 487-501, 2006.
13.Zhouwang Yang, Jiansong Deng, Falai Chen, Fitting point clouds with active implicit B-spline curves, The Visual Computer (Special Issue for Pacific Graphics 2005), 21 (8-10), 831--839, 2005.
14.Falai Chen, Wu Yang, Interval arithmetic in solving system of polynomial equations using Wu’s method, Science in China, Series A，Vol.50, No.8, 2005, 910-921.
15.Chendong Xu, Falai Chen, Blending canal surfaces based on PH curves, Journal of Computer Science and Technology, Vol.20, No.3, 2005, 389 – 395.
16.Chunlin Wu, Jiansong Deng, Wenming Zhu, Falai Chen, Image inpainting on implicit surfaces, Pacific Graphics 2005, Macau, 142—144.
17.Chen Falai, Cox David and Liu Yang, μ-basis and implicitization of rational parametric surfaces, J. of Symbolic Computation 39(2005), 689—706.
18.Jiansong Deng, Falai Chen, and Liyong Shen, Computing mu-bases of rational curves and surfaces using polynomial matrix factorization, Proceedings of the ISSAC'2005, Manuel Kauers ed., 2005.7, 132--139, ACM Press, USA.
19.Chen Falai and Deng Lin, interval implicitization of parametric curves, Computer Aided Geometric Design, 21(2004),401--415.
20.Chen Falai and Yang Wu, degree reduction of disk Bezier curves, Computer Aided Geometric Design, 21(2004), 263—380.
21.Chen Falai and Wang Wenping, revisiting the μ-basis of a rational ruled surface, Journal of Symbolic Computation, 36(2003), 699—716.
22.Chen Falai and Tang Xing, G^2 blending of corners using piecewise algebraic surfaces, Proc. Of the 11th Pacific Graphics, 93—101.
23.Chen Falai and Deng Lin, Interval parametrization of planar algebraic curves, Proc. of ASCM 2003, Lecture Notes Series on Computing, vol.10, eds. Z. Li and W. Sit, 64—76.
24.Zeng Fangling and Chen Falai, Degree reduction of Bezier curves using mu-basis, Proc. of ASCM 2003, Lecture Notes Series on Computing, vol.10, eds. Z. Li and W. Sit, 265—275.
25.Liu Yang and Chen Falai, algebraic conditions for classifying the positional relationship of two conics and quadrics, Proc. Of the 8th International Conference on CAD/Graphics, Macao, 209—216.
26.Chen Falai and Wang Wenping, The μ-basis of a planar rational curve—properties and computation, Graphical Models, 64 (2003), 268—381.
27.Chen Falai and Wang Wenping, computing the real inflection points of cubic algebraic curves, Computer Aided Geometric Design, 20(2), 2003, 101—117。
28.Chen Falai, Reparametrization of a rational ruled surface using μ-basis, Computer Aided Geometric Design, 20(1), 2003, 11--17.
29.Deng Jiansong, Feng Yuyu and Chen Falai. Best one-sided approximation of polynomials under norm, Journal of Applied and Computational Mathematics, 144(2002), 161—174.
30.Wei Guofu and Chen Falai. Four-point wavelets and their applications in signal compression, Journal of Computer Science and Technology, 17(2002), 473—480.
31.Falai Chen and Thomas W. Sederberg, A new implicit representation of a planar rational curve with high order singularity, CAGD, vol.19(2002), to appear.
32.Changsong Chen, Falai Chen and Yuyu Feng, Blending quadric surfaces with piecewise algebraic surfaces, Graphical Models, vol. (2002), to appear.
33.Falai Chen, Jianmin Zheng and Thomas W. Sederberg, The mu-basis of a rational ruled surface, CAGD, vol. 18(2001), 61-72.
34.Falai Chen and Wenping Lou, Degree reduction of interval Bezier curves, CAD, vol.32(2000),571-582.
35.Falai Chen, Jiansong Deng and Yuyu Feng, Algebaric surface blending using Wu's method, Proc. of Computer & Mathematics, X. Gao and D. Wang eds., 2000, Thailand,172-181.
36.Jiansong Deng, Falai Chen and Lili Wang, Bounding pyramid and bounding cones for triangular Bezier surfaces, J. of Comput. Math., vol. 18(2000),609-620.
37.Wenping Lou, Falai Chen, Xiaoqun Chen and Jiansong Deng, Optimal degree reduction of interval polynomials and interval Bezier curves under L^1 norm, Proc. of CAD&CG, 1999, Shanghai,1010-1015.
38.David Cox, Thomas W. Sederberg and Falai Chen, the mu-basis of a planar rational curve, CAGD, vol.15(1998),803-827.
39.Falai Chen, Best Lipschitz constants for the Bezier nets and Bernstein polynomials over a simplex, 数学物理学报(英)，vol. 18(1998),262-270.
40.Falai Chen, Bilinear precision of a rational Bezier surface, CAGD, vol. 14(1997),387-391.
41.Guojin Wang, Thomas W. Sederberg and Falai Chen, On the convergence of polynomial approximation of rational functions, J. of Approx. Theory, vol.89 (1997),267-288.
42.Falai Chen and Jernej Kozak, On computing zeros of a bivariate Bernstein polynomial, J. of Comput. Math., vol.14(1996),237-248.
43.Thowas W. Sederberg and Falai Chen, Implicitization using moving curves and surfaces, Proc. of SIGGRAPH, 1995,301-308.
44.Falai Chen, The best Lipschitz constants of Bernstein polynomials and Bezier nets over a given triangle, J. of Approx. Theory & Appl., vol. 11(1995), 1-8.
45.Yuyu Feng, Falai Chen and Hongling Zhou, The invariance of weak convexity conditions of B-nets with respect to subdivision, CAGD, vol.11(1994),97-107.
46.Falai Chen and Jernej Kozak, The intersection of a triangular Bezier patch and a plane, J. of Comput. Math., vol.12(1994),138-146.
47.Falai Chen and Yuyu Feng, Limit of iterates of Bernstein polynomials defined on a triangle, Appl. Math.- J. of Chinese Universities, vol. 8B(1993),45-53.
出版图书：
1. Geometric computation. Papers from the seminar (SGC 2002) held at the University of Science and Technology, Hefei, April 24--26, 2002. Edited by Falai Chen and Dongming Wang. Lecture Notes Series on Computing, 11. World Scientific Publishing Co., Inc., River Edge, NJ, 2004. viii+413 pp.
2. Advances in Geometric Modeling and Processing: 5th International Conference,GMP 2008, Hangzhou, China, April 23-25, 2008. Edited by Falai Chen and Bert Juettler, Lecture notes in Computer Science, Springer.
曾于1997年，2001年两次获国家级教学成果二等奖。2001年获教育部高校青年教师奖。2002年获国家自然科学基金***基金。2003年获宝钢优秀教师奖特等奖。2008年获中科院优秀导师奖，中国计算机图形学杰出奖。2009年获冯康科学计算奖，新世纪***万人才工程国家级人选。2010年获全国百篇优博教师。
