Our theme for Autumn 2025 is “Innovations in AI from Asia.”  Distinguished guest speakers and panels discuss leading edge business and technology innovations coming from Asian companies and research institutions.  Planned topics include small language models, the evolution of AI agents and agentic AI, edge computing of AI, energy reduction in AI processing, and innovative approaches to AI for specific applications.

Dr. Richard Dasher, Director of the US-Asia Technology Management Center, will give us the series overview to help kick the seminars off. He'll share his perspectives into current trends in AI innovation and a country- by-country overview of the focus of AI innovation policy and centers of industry interest.

Dr. Richard Dasher has directed the US-Asia Technology Management Center and served as adjunct faculty at Stanford since 1994. From 1998 – 2017, he served concurrently as Executive Director of the Center for Integrated Systems (now Stanford System X Alliance). In 2004, Dr. Dasher became the first non-Japanese person to join the governance of a Japanese national university, serving on the Board of Directors and then on the Management Council of Tohoku University until 2011. Other service (selected) includes the Program Committee of the World Premier International Research Center Initiative (WPI) of MEXT since its founding in 2007, and advisory roles with research institutes, accelerators, and nonprofits in Thailand, China, Japan, S. Korea, Canada, France, Germany, and the U.S. Dr. Dasher received the Japanese Foreign Minister’s Commendation in 2023 for long-term promotion of economic relations between Japan and the U.S.

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Stanford students may register for 1-unit seminar credit; course EASTASN-402A, cross listed as EE-402A and EALC-402A. While technical approaches will be introduced, most content should be accessible with only a general IT user background.

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Our seminar series on "Topics in International Technology Management: Innovations in AI from Asia" continues weekly until December 2, 2025. Seminars are open to the public and will be held in-person and on Zoom, Tuesdays, 4:30 PM – 5:50 PM.