TAIWAN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ACADEMY FOUNDATION - Key Persons
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- President, TopTaiwan Venture Capital Group Chairman, Taiwan Venture Capital Association / Vice Chairman, Shin Kong Life Insurance Co., Ltd
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- Chairman, IBF Financial Holdings Co., Ltd
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- Board Director
- Expert in Chinese
- Independent Director of Appier and Board Director of IKala
Bio:
Dr. Lee-Feng Chien was the first employee of Google Taiwan, and under his leadership, Google Taiwan became the largest research and development base in the Asia-Pacific region. Dr. Chien graduated from the Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering at National Taiwan University in 1991 and joined the Institute of Information Science at Academia Sinica in 1993, where he served as a researcher and deputy director. In 2002, he was appointed as a joint professor with the Department of Information Management at National Taiwan University, and in 2006, he joined Google as the managing director. He retired from Google in 2020 but continues to be actively involved in promoting the internationalization of Taiwan's startup ecosystem, serving as a board member for AI startups such as Appier and iKala.
Experience
2020 - Independent Director of Appier and Board Member of iKala
2016 - Member of the Executive Yuan Science and Technology Advisory Group
2008-2020 - Managing Director of Google Taiwan
2006-2008 - Director of Google Taiwan/Hong Kong Engineering Institute
2003-2006 - Deputy Director of the Institute of Information Science at Academia Sinica
2000-2006 - Joint Professor with the Department of Information Management at National Taiwan University
2000-2006 - Technical Advisor at Microsoft Research Asia
1993-2006 - Research Assistant, Associate Research Fellow, and Research Fellow at the Institute of Information Science at Academia Sinica
Dr. Lee-Feng Chien has spent a career immersed in innovative industries where he has worked to advance technology and scientific and technological talent. In 2006, he became Google's first employee in Taiwan when he joined as Managing Director.
Since retiring from Google in 2020, he has actively supported the development of Taiwanese startups, including serving as Board Director of AI pioneers such as Appier, which went public in 2021, and iKala, and a mentor to numerous individual entrepreneurs and publishes articles that encourage internationalization and innovative thinking for software startups.
Dr. Chien is a leading expert in Chinese information retrieval and natural language processing technology. He is a former Research Fellow and Deputy Director of the Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica, and a co-appointed Professor of the Department of Information Management at National Taiwan University, where he earned a PhD in Computer Science in 1991.
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- CTO
- Chief Technology Officer, Vice President and General Manager of Quanta Computer
Dr. Ted Chang is a highly accomplished Chief Technology Officer, Vice President and General Manager of Quanta Computer, which is the world's largest computer ODM and laptop computer maker. He has more than 20 years of experience in leading global corporations and has been instrumental in driving corporate technology strategy and global research partnership. In addition, Dr. Chang is responsible for overseeing the Quanta Research Institute (QRI) for advanced research and BU12, a business unit dedicated to integration of AI, IoT and cloud computing as a platform solution for smart transformation of Heathcare, Medicine and Agriculture.
Dr. Chang has been appointed as representatives of Taiwan for APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) since 2019. Academically, Dr. Chang holds various guest professorships in the EECS colleges of National Taiwan University (NTU), National Cheng-Kung University (NCKU), Asia University (AU) and the AI college of National Yang-Ming Chao-Tung University (NYCU). He serves as a member of the board for several educational and research foundations, including the Epoch Foundation, Spring Foundation, Quanta Culture and Education Foundation (QCEF), Chinese Medical Advancement Foundation, and Ming Dao Culture and Education Foundation.
Among many honors, Dr. Chang recently received the Japan Good Design Best 100 award in 2022, five REDDOT Design Awards on Smart Medicine (2021 and 2022), and IF Design Award on Smart Agriculture in 2021. He was also awarded distinguished alumni awards from both NCKU and Chia-Yi High School in 2021. He led the Quanta-NCTU Joint AI Center to win the CES Innovation Award and WITSA in 2020 Award. He was the chief advisor to the Taiwan Pavilion "Swingphony" at London Design Biennale 2020.
Dr. Chang is a prolific inventor with over 220 patents granted globally by Oct. 2022. His invention in 2001, ""A Network Object Delivery System for Personal Computing Device,"" defined the ""Application Module Store."" Dr. Chang joined Quanta in 2000, promoted as VP in 2009 and promoted as the first CTO in Quanta history in 2010. Since 2004, Dr. Chang has led the strategic research collaboration on future computing with MIT Computer Science and Artificial Lab (CSAIL) to support the transformation of Quanta. The partnership started with TParty project on Human Centric Computing, Qmulus Project on Cloud Computing and now on AIM project with focus on AI medicine and computational health. Dr. Chang's past projects, One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) and the QRI research model, were published as business cases by Harvard Business School.
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- Distinguished Scientist at Google DeepMind
Ed H. Chi is a Distinguished Scientist at Google DeepMind, leading machine learning research teams working on large language models (LaMDA/Bard), neural recommendations, and reliable machine learning. With 39 patents and 200 research articles, he is also known for research on user behavior in web and social media. As the Research Platform Lead, he helped launched Bard, a conversational AI experiment, and delivered significant improvements for YouTube, News, Ads, Google Play Store at Google with >720 product improvements since 2013.
Prior to Google, he was Area Manager and Principal Scientist at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center's Augmented Social Cognition Group in researching how social computing systems help groups of people to remember, think and reason. Ed earned his 3 degrees (B.S., M.S., and Ph.D.) in 6.5 years from University of Minnesota. Inducted as an ACM Fellow and into the CHI Academy, he also received a 20-year Test of Time award for research in information visualization. He has been featured and quoted in the press, including the Economist, Time Magazine, LA Times, and the Associated Press. An avid golfer, swimmer, photographer and snowboarder in his spare time, he also has a blackbelt in Taekwondo.
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- Professor, William H. Gates Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
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- Chairman and President, Elan Microelectronics Corp
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- Senior Research Scientist in the Creative Vision
Hsin-Ying Lee is a senior research scientist in the Creative Vision team at Snap Research. He has been working on generative models since 2017. His recent research interests lie in 3D and 4D generation.
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- Vice President, TopTaiwan Venture Capital Group
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- Advisor, President Office, Chimei Corporation
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- President, Academia Sinica
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- Chairman & President, Formosa Plastics Corporation
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- Member of the American Academy of Arts
Lawrence Lessig is the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership at Harvard Law School. (The Roy Furman chair is in honor of this extraordinary alumnus.)
Prior to rejoining the Harvard faculty, where he was the Berkman Professor of Law until 2000, Lessig was a professor at Stanford Law School, where he founded the school's Center for Internet and Society, and at the University of Chicago.
Lessig clerked for Judge Richard Posner on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals and Justice Antonin Scalia on the United States Supreme Court. He serves on the Board of the AXA Research Fund, and is an Emeritus member of the board at Creative Commons.
Lessig is a Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Association, and has received numerous awards, including the Free Software Foundation's Freedom Award, Fastcase 50 Award. In 2002, he was named one of Scientific American's Top 50 Visionaries.
Lessig holds a BA in economics and a BS in management from the University of Pennsylvania, an MA in philosophy from Cambridge, and a JD from Yale.
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- Distinguished Research Fellow and Vice President, Academia Sinica
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- Chairman of Taiwan - Japan Relations Association Science and Technology Interchange Committee
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- Chairman
- Founder and CEO of Quanta Group
From the 1980s to the 1990s, Mr. Lam steered Quanta's focus towards computer hardware technology, engaging in in-depth research and innovation. As cloud technology emerged in the mid-2000s, the company innovatively developed hardware and software solutions, continuously exploring new territories. In recent years, his vision extended to artificial intelligence (AI), 5G technology, and next-gen metaverse computing platforms, actively driving advancements in smart manufacturing, transportation, healthcare, and other emerging fields, thereby promoting a new wave of digital transformation for businesses.
Beyond excelling in the business domain, Mr. Lam founded the Quanta Culture and Education Foundation, championing the idea of cultural enrichment for all. Through the""Immersed in Creativity""project, he introduced art to campuses, seamlessly integrating art education into students'daily lives. Simultaneously, the foundation's""Immersed in AI""project deeply engages with education in preparation for Taiwan's embrace of the AI era, injecting new vitality. These efforts underscore his sense of social responsibility and dedication to education.
Mr. Barry Lam, the founder and CEO of Quanta Group, is a guiding figure in the IT industry. With a master's degree in Electrical Engineering from National Taiwan University, he has stood at the forefront of technological waves for decades, leading industry transformation.
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- Executive
- Leader
- Member of the Advisory Committee
Peter Wu is a highly accomplished executive with a diverse range of experiences and achievements in the technology industry. He currently holds two prominent positions, serving as the CEO of ASUS Cloud of Taiwan Web Service Corporation. In addition to his current roles, Peter Wu is actively involved in various organizations and committees. He serves as a committee member of the Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industries Promotion Office under the Ministry of Economic Affairs. Peter Wu is also holds the position of Director at Information Service Industry Association of R.O.C., Supervisor at the Cloud Computing & IoT Association in Taiwan and serves as the Deputy Director of the Policy and Legal Committee and President of Taipei Computer Association AI Alliance. Through these roles, he helps drive policy discussions and promote the growth of cloud computing in Taiwan.
Recognized for his expertise and insights, Peter Wu was appointed as a member of the Advisory Committee on Bio Taiwan Committee by the Executive Yuan in 2017 and 2019. In this capacity, he provided valuable guidance and advice on the strategic direction of the biotechnology industry in Taiwan.
With a wealth of experience and a passion for technology and innovation, Peter Wu is a highly respected leader in the industry. His contributions to the advancement of cloud computing, smart healthcare, and the software industry have been instrumental in driving growth and shaping the future of Taiwan's technology landscape.
Bio:
Prof. Hsuan-Tien Lin received a B.S. in Computer Science and Information Engineering from National Taiwan University in 2001, an M.S. and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from California Institute of Technology in 2005 and 2008, respectively. He joined the Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering at National Taiwan University as an assistant professor in 2008, and was promoted to an associate professor in 2012, and has been a professor since August 2017. Between 2016 and 2019, he worked as the Chief Data Scientist of Appier, a startup company that specializes in making AI easier in various domains, such as digital marketing and business intelligence. Currently, he keeps growing with Appier as its Chief Data Science Consultant. From the university, Prof. Lin received the Distinguished Teaching Award in 2011, the Outstanding Mentoring Award in 2013, and the Outstanding Teaching Award in 2016, 2017 and 2018. He co-authored the introductory machine learning textbook Learning from Data and offered two popular Mandarin-teaching MOOCs Machine Learning Foundations and Machine Learning Techniques based on the textbook. His research interests include mathematical foundations of machine learning, studies on new learning problems, and improvements on learning algorithms. He received the 2012 K.-T. Li Young Researcher Award from the ACM Taipei Chapter, the 2013 D.-Y. Wu Memorial Award from National Science Council of Taiwan, and the 2017 Creative Young Scholar Award from Foundation for the Advancement of Outstanding Scholarship in Taiwan.
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- Provost of Taiwan AI Academy
Richie Tsai is the provost of Taiwan AI Academy and takes overall responsibility for the academy's AI talent traini 資深協理 ng, strategy on developing consulting services, startup coaching, technology promotion, community management, industry-university bridging, and career development. Prior to joining Taiwan AI Academy, Richie was Senior Director at SAP Greater China, ever worked for Oracle and Teradata where he helped leading enterprises to navigate their digital transformation. He graduated from Fu Jen Catholic University in 1996 and received his MBA degree from San Diego State Univeristy in 2003. He is pursuitng PhD degree in National Tsing Huwa University.
Thomas Scialom is behind some of the world's best-known Generative A.I. projects including Llama 2
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- Chairman, Inventec Corporation
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- Chief Digital Officer
- Senior Vice President
- Chief Digital Officer & Senior Vice President at Inventec Corporation and the Chairman at Skywatch Innovation
- Chief Digital Officer and Senior Vice President of Inventec Corp
Wei-Chao Chen is the Chief Digital Officer and Senior Vice President of Inventec Corp., responsible for the development of products and technologies related to cloud-based video surveillance and IoT. He is also the founder and chairman of Skywatch Inc., which specializes in the same area. His research interests include GPU graphics hardware, computer graphics, computational photography, augmented reality, and computer vision. Dr. Chen graduated from the Department of Electrical Engineering and the Graduate Institute of Electrical Engineering at National Taiwan University, as well as UNC-Chapel Hill in the United States. He has worked as a systems architect at NVIDIA in Silicon Valley, a senior researcher at Nokia Research Palo Alto, an adjunct assistant professor at the Department of Information Management at National Taiwan University, and as the head of the AI research center and chief AI consultant at Inventec Corp.
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- Distinguished Research Fellow / Professor & Director