Given its regional and international geostrategic position, Taiwan may feel the effects of AI more than many other societies. The International Taiwan Studies Center at NTNU, in cooperation with the International Journal of Taiwan Studies, is thus holding an AI and Taiwan Studies Forum on Saturday, May 24th, as an urgent call for the broad field of Taiwan studies to question and examine how AI may affect all aspects of society, culture, and political life, positively or negatively, and to offer insights into how Taiwan might respond to these challenges while embracing the opportunities. Presentations will discuss the role of AI in issues such as Taiwan’s national and information security, big data, Taiwanese language education, media, and publishing industries. All interested scholars and students are welcome to attend.
Keynote Speech:
Distinguished Research Fellow Dr. Jieh-min Wu (吳介民): Global Taiwan: A Silicon Shield 2.0 Initiative
Panel 1: AI on the Front Lines of Information Security: New Strategies for Democracies in Security and Diplomacy
Chairman Ethan Tu (杜奕瑾): AI, Information, and National Security
Assoc. Professor Hon-min Yau (姚宏旻): AI and Cybersecurity in Taiwan
Professor Gary Rawnsley: AI, Public Diplomacy and Information Security
Panel 2: AI Knows About Taiwan: The Generative Future of Taiwan’s NationalLocal Languages, Culture, and Literature
Director Yuan-fu Liao (廖元甫): From Research to Renaissance: The Progress, Future Applications, and Potential of Speech AI and Large-Scale Language Modeling in National Languages
Dr. Hood Chang (張嘉祜): Enabling AI Agents to Understand Taiwan: Opportunities, Security Risks, and Challenges for the Japanese Market
Dr. Poeiong Lim (林佩蓉):
and Zong Rong Ye (葉宗融): Development of Generative AI for Educational Applications in Taiwan Literature
Panel 3: AI Intervenes in Knowledge Production: New Frontiers in Academics, Education, and Media Research
Research Associate Ming-yeh Rawnsley (蔡明燁): Scholarly Publishing’s Response to the Rapid Rise of AI
Dr. John Robert Wood: Using AI Generated Materials in a Continuous Assessment Format: An Assessment of Outcomes and Impacts on Student’s ‘Patterns of Learning’
Chyi-kuan Wang (王琪寬): How AI Approaches the Press Prism of National Identity: An Analysis of Archival-Themed Reporting During Election Periods
Moderators:
Research Fellow Dr. Michael Hsiao (蕭新煌)
Professor Nikky Lin (林巾力)
Associate Professor Lut Lams
Date: Saturday, May 24, 2025
Venue: National Taiwan Normal University Campus Bo-Ai Building, Special Education Department, Room 114
(No. 129, Heping East Road Sect. 1, Da’an Dist., Taipei City 106)
（台北市大安區和平東路一段129號，國立臺灣師範大學博愛樓特教系114教室）
Signup Form: https://reurl.cc/paprOZ
Download the program: https://reurl.cc/qGpV8R
Organizer: 國立台灣師範大學特色領域研究中心國際台灣學研究中心計畫
Co-organizer: International Journal of Taiwan Studies
