Keynote Speakers

Speech Topic: Trends on the Generative AI

Abstract: This presentation explores the latest trends in Generative AI, focusing on key topics such as the evolution of GPT, expert-level optimization in large language models (LLMs), micro-sizing LLMs, and the deployment of Generative AI in Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) and its potential expansion to Taiwanese enterprises. The talk delves into the advancements in GPT models, highlights the significance of expert-level optimization techniques in enhancing LLM performance, and discusses strategies for scaling down large models. Moreover, it showcases the current efforts by ITRI in implementing Generative AI and outlines the future prospects of adopting this technology within Taiwan’s business landscape.   

Biography: Prof. Guo received the Ph.D. degree from the Institute of Communication Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, in 2004. He is currently a full Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering, and Director of Advanced Intelligent Image and Vision Technology Research Center. He has been seconded as Chief Technology Officer to Service Systems Technology Center and Information and Communications Research Laboratories of Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) starting from 2022 and 2023, respectively. He was Vice Dean of the College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and Director of the Innovative Business Incubation Center, Office of Research and Development. His research interests include multimedia signal processing, biometrics, computer vision, and digital halftoning.

Dr. Guo is a Senior Member of the IEEE and Fellow of the IET. He has been promoted as a Distinguished Professor in 2012 for his significant research contributions. He has received many awards, including Best Paper Awards (IEEE ICCE-TW 2020, IS3C 2020, NSSSE 2020, ICSSE 2011 and 2020, ICS 2014, and CVGIP 2005, 2006, 2013, 2016, and 2019), Outstanding Contribution Award from Taiwan Consumer Electronics Society in 2021, Outstanding Electrical Engineering Professor Award from Chinese Institute of Electrical Engineering, Taiwan in 2016, Outstanding Research Contribution Award from Institute of System Engineering in 2017, Excellence Research Awards from his university for five times (2008, 2011, 2014, 2017, 2020, and 2022, this award is evaluated and issued every three years), Outstanding Industry-Academia Collaboration Awards from Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan, in 2013. Outstanding youth Electrical Engineer Award from Chinese Institute of Electrical Engineering in 2011, Outstanding young Investigator Award from Taiwan Institute of System Engineering in 2011.

Dr. Guo is Chapter Chair of IEEE Signal Processing Society, Taipei Section, Board of Governor member of Asia Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association, and President of IET Taipei Local Network. He has been General Chair of many international conferences, e.g., APSIPA 2023, IEEE Life Science Workshop 2020, ISPACS 2019, IEEE ICCE-Berlin 2019, IWAIT 2018, and IEEE ICCE-TW 2015. He has been Technical Program Chair of many international conferences as well, e.g., IEEE ICIP 2023, IWAIT 2022, IEEE ICCE-TW 2014, IEEE ISCE 2013, and ISPACS 2012. He is/was Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technologies, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, IEEE Signal Processing Letters, Information Sciences, Signal Processing, and Journal of Information Science and Engineering.