The Chinese American Academic & Professional Society (CAAPS) held its forty-third annual convention in Flushing, Queens on August 11. The theme of this year is “AI Revolution–a New Era,” and the convention featured panels on how AI is impacting education, environment, medical technology, and economics. President Wang Sea-fue of Taipei Tech was awarded the Distinguished Leadership Achievement Award at the convention. Dr. Hwang Yuh-Shyan, dean of College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Taipei Tech, was awarded the Distinguished Technology Innovation Achievement Award. Hwang also introduced the autonomous vehicle system that Taipei Tech and MIT co-developed in his keynote speech.

CAAPS is a well-known in the Taiwanese scientific and technological community in the U.S. CAAPS promotes fellowship and cooperation in scholarly and professional activities, and it also bridges the academic cooperation between Taiwan and the U.S. Winners of awards given at CAAPS annual convention have been outstanding achievers in various fields. Previous keynote speakers at the convention include influential figures such as former President Ma Ying-jeou and U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao.

At the convention banquet this year, world-renown forensic scientist Henry Lee gave a keynote speech titled “Criminal Investigation with Artificial Intelligence and Big Data.” Lee was given the Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award. Wang and Hwang of Taipei Tech were also given their respective awards at the banquet. In addition, Dr. Lin Ching-Yung, adjunct professor of electrical engineering at Columbia University, also received the Distinguished Technology Innovation Achievement Award.

More than three hundred people attended the CAAPS forty-third annual convention, including Lily L. W. Hsu, director-general of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York (TECO-New York), TECO-New York deputy director Zhang Junyu, TECO-New York Cultural Center director Jack Huang and deputy director Ye Diyu, CAAPS chairman Fanjiang Guang-Nan, CAAPS president Chang Shu-Ping, and community leaders and scholars. Dr. Hwang, in his keynote speech titled “An Intelligent Autonomous Electric Vehicle System of TAIPEI TECH,” gave conference attendees a glimpse of what the AI-powered future may look like.