Google AI Academic Forum 2024

📌Date:2024.07.24 ~ 2024.07.26
📌Location:NTU Graduate Institute of Applied Mechanics & National Cheng Kung University (7/26)
This year’s theme is Generative AI and Multi-modality Large Foundation Models. Seven experts from Google’s large foundation model development team and eight Taiwanese scholars have been invited to Taiwan to deliver keynote speeches and participate in seminars, sharing and exchanging ideas with Taiwanese academic and research teams.
The originally planned three-day in-person event was temporarily moved online due to a typhoon. Despite the change to online, over 600 people still participated over the three days, with participants actively engaging with the speakers online, resulting in excellent outcomes.
Agenda Google AI Academic Forum 2024
NTU 7/24 (Wed.)
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
| 09:30
| 09:45 |
Opening |
國科會 陳炳宇副主委
Google ChromeOS 研發總經理馬大康博士 (Jason Ma) Google DeepMind 傑出科學家紀懷新博士 (Ed Chi) 成功大學 謝孫源國際長 臺灣大學 廖婉君副校長 |
| 09:45
| 10:05 |
AI For Everyone | Jason Ma (馬大康)
Engineering Director ChromeOS, Google |
| 10:05
| 10:45 |
The LLM (Large Language Model) Revolution: History, Development, and Implications | Ed Chi (紀懷新)
Distinguished Scientist Google DeepMind |
| 10:45
| 11:25 |
Think, Act, Improve: What’s After Next-token Prediction in AI? | Heng-Tze Cheng (鄭恆之)
Research Director Google DeepMind |
| 11:25
| 12:05 |
TAIDE: The Localization of LLMs for Taiwan | Hen-Hsen Huang (黃瀚萱)
Assistant Research Fellow Academia Sinica |
| 12:05
| 13:10 |
Lunch Break | |
| 13:10
| 13:30 |
Google Research Solutions & University Relations in Taiwan | Aimin Zhu (朱愛民)
Head of East Asia Research Solutions & University Relations, Google |
| 13:30
| 14:10 |
Challenges of Applied ML
(In English) |
Jack Nikodem
Senior Staff Research Engineer |
| 14:10
| 14:50 |
From Bots to Buddies: Advancing LLMs to Be More Human-Like | Yun-Nung Vivian Chen (陳縕儂)
Associate Professor National Taiwan University |
| 14:50
| 15:30 |
Break & Networking | |
| 15:30
| 16:10 |
Multimodal LLM: Audio and Vision | Shuo-yiin Chang (張碩尹)
Senior Staff Research Scientist Google DeepMind |
| 16:10
| 16:50 |
Panel discuss & QA (in Mandarin)
LLM and multimodal LLM Technology Trend and Challenges |
Panelist: Ed Chi, Heng-Tze Cheng, Shuo-yiin Chang, Yun-Nung Vivian Chen, Hen-Hsen Huang Moderator: Lun-Wei Ku(古倫維) Research Fellow, Academia Sinica |
NTU 7/25 (Thu.)
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
| 09:30
| 10:10 |
LLM for Retrieval and Ranking | Yunhsuan Sung (宋雲軒)
Principal Scientist Google DeepMind |
| 10:10
| 10:50 |
Toward Real-Time Generalist Computer Vision Model | Chien-Yao Wang (王建堯)
Assistant Research Fellow Academia Sinica |
| 10:50
| 11:30 |
Can A Generative model Perform Prediction? | Shou-De Lin (林守德)
Professor National Taiwan University |
| 11:30
| 12:10 |
Panel discuss & QA (in Mandarin)
Generative Model for Different Modalities, From The Aspects of Text, Images, and Speeches |
Panelist: Yunhsuan Sung, Chien-Yao Wang, Shou-De Lin
Moderator: Chi-Chun Lee (李祈均) Professor, National Tsing Hua University |
| 12:10 | End |
NCKU 7/26 (Fri.)
| 09:30
| 09:45 |
Welcome | |
| 09:45
| 10:25 |
Keynote: The LLM (Large Language
Model) Revolution: History, Development, and Implications |
Ed Chi (紀懷新)
Distinguished Scientist Google DeepMind |
| 10:25
| 11:05 |
Think, Act, Improve: What’s After Next-token Prediction in AI? | Heng-Tze Cheng (鄭恆之)
Research Director Google DeepMind |
| 11:05
| 11:45 |
Kuwa: An Open Source Platform for GenAI Application Development and Deployment | Chun-Hsin Wu (吳俊興)
Associate Professor National University of Kaohsiung |
| 11:45
| 12:25 |
Challenges of Applied ML
(In English) |
Jack Nikodem
Senior Staff Research Engineer |
| 12:25
| 13:30 |
Lunch Break | |
| 13:30
| 14:10 |
Green Life with AI | Kun-Ta Chuang (莊坤達 )
Associate Professor National Cheng Kung University |
| 14:10
| 14:50 |
Multimodal LLM: Audio and Vision | Shuo-yiin Chang (張碩尹)
Senior Staff Research Scientist Google DeepMind |
| 14:50
| 15:30 |
Break & networking | |
| 15:30
| 16:10 |
LLM for Retrieval and Ranking | Yunhsuan Sung (宋雲軒)
Principal Scientist Google DeepMind |
| 16:10
| 16:50 |
Panel discuss & QA (in Mandarin) LLM and Multimodal LLM Technology Trend and Challenges |
Panelist: Ed Chi, Yunhsuan Sung, Shuo-yiin Chang and Chun-Hsin Wu
Moderator: Hung-yu Kao, National Cheng Kung University |
Speaker
✏️NTU
Date:2024.07.24 (Wed.) ~ 07.25(Thu.)
RegistrationLink 👈(報名已截止)
Contact:AINTU/賴小姐
laichiling@ntu.edu.tw
✏️NCKU
活動日期:2024.07.26 (Fri.)
Registration Link👈(報名已截止)
Contact:NCKU/李小姐
michelle.hyk99@gmail.com
★Notice:
1. This forum will primarily be conducted in Chinese, with some sessions in English.
2. This event is subject to an application review process. Registration does not guarantee admission. Notification of participation will be sent via email three days prior to the event.
● 7/25活動改為線上進行,議程不變,請用以下連結準時參加👉meet.google.com/sys-uomk-sfw
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★7/22重要公告7/24(三)Google AI Academic Forum 2024改為線上舉行
因凱米颱風來襲,經行政院人事行政總處公布臺北市7/24(三)停班停課,7/24(三)Google AI Academic Forum 2024改為線上舉行,敬請錄取者使用信箱寄送的連結參與。
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★7/19更新:本活動將於 7/22(週一) 上午10:00截止報名, 7/22 E-Mail通知錄取。
自從2018年開始,Google 每年與臺灣大學舉辦「AI 創新研究營」,邀請Google 的學者與臺灣的教授與學生分享最新AI領域的研究,協助培育在地人才並與世界接軌。為讓更多師生能參加,今年擴大舉行,並改名為 Google AI Academic Forum (AI 學術論壇),由臺灣大學與成功大學共同舉辦兩個場次,在臺北與臺南以實體活動方式進行。今年的主題是生成式AI (Generative AI)、以及多模態大模型 (Multi-modality Large Foundation Models)。邀請 Google 大型模型研發團隊專家來台,與臺灣學研團隊分享與交流。活動內容將安排專家演講、座談、與聽眾問答、以及自由交流討論等方式。
主辦單位:
臺灣大學人工智慧研究中心 (AINTU) 
成功大學電機資訊學院 
贊助:Google 





















































