[ACSSS] Talk by Kai-Fu Lee & ASES Summit & East Asian events

Kai-Fu Lee Comes to Stanford
4th seminar of Silicon Valley Chinese Entrepreneur Forum
Speaker: Dr. Kai-Fu Lee
hosted by ACSSS, GSB

When: Feb. 4th, 2006, 3:00 pm-5:00 pm, Saturday afternoon
Where: Havana Room, Graduate Community Center (750 Escondido Road, Stanford, CA 94305)

ACSSS will host the 4th seminar of Silicon Valley Chinese Entrepreneur Forum ( http://www.svcef.org/). We are very glad to invite Dr. Kai Fu Lee, the president of Google China, to Stanford to give a talk to Stanford Chinese Students. The topic of this talk is "Wisdom of The Choice". The speech will be delivered in Chinese. Dr. Lee will share his story of success and great experience with us!

Each registered attendee will receive a free copy of Dr. Lee's new book, 'Be Your Personal Best (做最好的自己)', during the event . Please DO go to the registration website and registrate online.
Registration website: http://www.welltall.com/ymc/reg/lkfreg.html

If you have any questions, please contact lll2002@stanford or lijiang@stanford.edu.

Don't miss this talk!

Speaker's Bio:
Dr. Lee is now serving as the President of Google China. Before joining Google, he was the vice president of Microsoft. Lee was the founder of Microsoft Research Asia, which has since become one of the best research laboratories in the world, with a prolific publication and product transfer record.

Before coming to Microsoft, he was the president of Cosmo Software, the Silicon Graphics Inc. (SGI) multimedia software business unit. Before that, he was vice president and general manager of Silicon Graphics' Web products division, responsible for several product lines and the company's corporate Web strategy. Before joining SGI, Lee spent six years at Apple, most recently as vice president of the company's interactive media group, which developed QuickTime, QuickDraw 3D, QuickTime VR and PlainTalk speech technologies.

Prior to his position at Apple, he was an assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon University, where he developed the world's first speaker-independent continuous speech-recognition system. While at Carnegie Mellon, Lee also developed the world-champion computer program that plays the game "Othello" and that defeated the human world champion in 1988.

Lee holds a doctorate in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University and a bachelor's in computer science with highest honors from Columbia University. Lee is a Fellow of the IEEE.

 

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Come to the ASES Summit Information Session and learn
how you can get involved!

  When: Monday, January 23 at 9 pm
Where: Meyer FlexLab
*Krispy Kreme Doughnuts will be served!*
 
The annual Summit is a one-week conference organized in the spring by the Asia-Pacific Entrepreneurship Society (ASES).  Students from around the world attend Summit and learn about entrepreneurship in the Silicon Valley, the Asia-Pacific region, and beyond through speaker panels, workshops, and lectures.
 
Summit offers an excellent opportunity for you not only to help organize a world-class conference but also to network with distinguished business professionals and international students.
 
For more information about ASES Summit, go to http://ases.stanford.edu/summit.

 

 

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Tuesdays 7:30-8:45 pm
East Asian Food, Drink, and Dance. Fun 1-unit seminar!
Come join EAST House for an interactive hands-on seminar about East Asian cuisine and dance. Sign up on Axess (EASTASN 5). First class on January 17.
Please see the syllabus at http://east.stanford.edu
Contact: jerr@stanford.edu
Location: East House

 

January 25 (Tuesday) 12:00 - 1:15 pm
Jonathan Hoyt , Principal at Leadership and Performance Strategies China's Talent Challenge: Increasing the Supply of Seasoned Leaders in the Technology Sector China's high technology companies are experiencing a significant shortage of senior and mid-level talent to support the development of their enterprises.
Professionals who can operate at world class levels are in very limited supply--and this talent constraint is limiting the growth of the technology sector. How should leading companies in China address this talent shortage?
Sponsored by SPRIE
Contact: kongjie@stanford.edu
Location: Philippines Room, Encina Hall, 3rd floor

 

January 27 (Friday) 6:00 pm
Lunar New Year's Party with the Center for East Asian Studies and the Department of Asian Languages! We will have a banquet celebration and talent show. Faculty, students, staff, and friends are invited. Reservations are required, and tickets may be purchased at the CEAS office: $10 adults/ $5 children (12 and under).
Contact: Lydiac@stanford.edu.
Location: Ming's Restaurant