Date: Thursday November 12, 2026   6:30 - 8:30 PM, at ITRI 2880 Zanker Suite 103. Seminar talk will start at 7PM.

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“AI and Education: Transforming Learning for the Intelligent Age” By Dr. William Kao

Abstract:

Artificial Intelligence is rapidly reshaping how knowledge is created, accessed, and applied, forcing a fundamental rethinking of education systems worldwide. This seminar explores how AI is transforming learning in the Intelligent Age—a period where human intelligence is increasingly augmented by machine intelligence, and the major benefits of applying AI to education and learning.

The talk will cover the impact of AI on Education at three levels:

1. Higher Education, what should new college students learn and major, and the changing roles of educational institutions, teachers, and students.

2. New company AI training and upskill in the workplace.

3. Personal/ Individual lifelong AI learning for day to day living and use.

This seminar should be of high interest to current workplace engineers and our college bound kids alike.

Speaker Bio:

Dr. William Kao received his BSEE, MSEE and PhD from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He worked in the Semiconductor and Electronic Design Automation industries for more than 30 years holding several senior and Executive engineering management positions at Texas Instruments, Xerox Corporation, and Cadence Design Systems.

 Dr. Kao has authored more than 40 technical papers on IC CAD at IEEE Journals and Conferences, and holds eight US software and IC design patents. He was an Adjunct Professor at UCLA Electrical Engineering Department where he taught courses in computer aided IC design.

Dr. Kao is a Senior Member of IEEE, and was one of the founding members of IEEE-Circuits and Systems - Silicon Valley Chapter.

Dr. Kao teaches Clean Technology and Emerging Technology courses at the University of California Santa Cruz, Silicon Valley Extension. 

He has given more than 100 technical seminars on various Emerging Technologies including Clean Technology, Renewable Energy, Big Data and Data Analytics, IoT, Smart Cities, Augmented and Virtual Reality, Robotics, Drones, AI / Machine Learning, Robotics, 5G, 3D Printing, the Metaverse and Satellite Communications.