Asia Game Changer West Awards 2025: Game Changer Andrew Ng Introduced by Tom Robertson

San Francisco, April 11, 2025 – Asia Society Northern California hosts its seventh annual Asia Game Changer West Awards Gala at The City Club of San Francisco. Asia Game Changer West Awards are bestowed to individuals, organizations, and movements that have inspired, enlightened, and shown true leadership in areas that reflect Asia Society’s core pillars of policy and business, technology and innovation, arts and culture, and education.

The evening's first honoree, Andrew Ng, is the Founder of DeepLearning.AI, Managing General Partner at AI Fund, Executive Chairman of LandingAI, Chairman and Co-Founder of Coursera, and an Adjunct Professor at Stanford University. As a pioneer in machine learning and online education, Dr. Ng has changed countless lives through his work in AI. Over 8 million people have taken an AI class from him. He was the founding lead of the Google Brain team, which helped Google transform into a modern AI company. He served as VP & Chief Scientist at Baidu, where he led a 1,300-person AI team responsible for the company’s AI technology and strategy. He was formerly Director of the Stanford AI Lab, home to 20+ faculty members and research groups. In 2023, he was named to the Time100 AI list of the most influential AI persons in the world. Dr. Ng now focuses his time primarily on providing AI training and on his entrepreneurial ventures, looking for the best ways to accelerate responsible AI adoption globally.

Dr. Ng has authored over 200 papers in AI and related fields and holds a B.Sc. from CMU, M.Sc. from MIT, and Ph.D. from UC Berkeley.

This year's Asia Game Changer West Awards Gala is emceed by Robert Handa, reporter for NBC Bay Area News. Tom Robertson, Corporate Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of Microsoft Corporation, provides introductory remarks.

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