Industrial Technology Research Institute

Shiaw-Shian Yu

Executive Vice President

Executive Operating Officer

AI Chief Strategy Officer

Education

• EMBA, Thunderbird School of Global Management, USA 
• Ph.D., Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan 
• M.S., Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
• B.S., Bachelor in Computer Science, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan

Experiences

• Executive Vice President, ITRI (2021.08 to Present)
• Executive Operating Officer, ITRI (2019.12 to Present)
• AI Chief Strategy Officer, ITRI (2023.06 to Present)
• Board Director, National Institute of Cyber Security (2023.01 to Present)
• Board Director, Industrial Technology Investment Corporation (2020.06 to Present) 
• Executive Director, Cloud Computing & IoT Association in Taiwan (2016 to Present)
• Municipal Consultant, Taipei City Government (2007 to Present)
• General Director, Business Development Center, ITRI (2020.01-2022.12)
• General Director of Information and Communications Research Laboratories (2021.10-2021.12)
• Adjunct Professor, Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, ROC (2010-2021)
• Acting Executive Vice President and Executive Operating Officer, ITRI (2019.01-2019.12)
• Senior Vice President, ITRI (2018-2019.08)
• General Director, Office of AI Application Strategy, ITRI (2018-2019)
• Executive Vice President, Institute for Information Industry (2016-2019.01)
• Vice President & Director General, Digital Transformation Institute, III (2017-2018)
• General Director, Computational Intelligence Technology Center, ITRI (2013-2018)
• Vice President & Director General, Data Analytics Technology & Applications Institute, III (2016-2017)
• General Director, Service Systems Technology Center, ITRI (2016)
• Deputy General Director, Information and Communications Research Laboratories, ITRI (2006-2013)
• Director, Advanced Technology Center, Information and Communications Research Laboratories, ITRI (2002-2011)
• Managing Director, iB3G Office, National Information and Communications Initiative Committee, Executive Yuan (2003-2005)
• Chief Technology Officer and Vice General Manager, Yam Digital Technology (2000-2002)
• Associate Engineer, Researcher, Senior Researcher, Electronics Research & Service Organization/Computer & Communications Research Labs, ITRI (1983-2000)

Honors

• Outstanding Service Award, ITRI (2023)
• Distinguished Research Achievement Award, Gold Medal, ITRI (2023)
• Two R&D 100 Awards (2022)
• Edison Awards (2021)
• Project Excellence Award, DoIT, MOEA (2021)
• Technology Development Programs Contribution Award, DoIT, MOEA (2020)
• Technology Achievement Award, DoIT, MOEA (2020)
• Project Excellence Award, DoIT, MOEA (2020)
• Industrial Value Innovation Award, DoIT, MOEA (2019)
• R&D 100 Award (2018)
• Project Excellence Award, DoIT, MOEA (2018)
• R&D 100 Award (2017)
• Outstanding Alumni, National Chiao Tung University (2017)
• Fellow, Chinese Society for Management of Technology (2017)
• Technical Achievement Award, DoIT, MOEA (2017)
• Distinguished Research Achievement Award, Silver Medal, ITRI (2009)
• IEEE Senior Member (2008)
• ITRI and CMU Collaboration Contribution Award (2007)
• Honorary Member, Pi Sigma Alpha (2005)
• Distinguished Promotion and Service Award, Gold Medal, ITRI (2005)
• Distinguished Research Achievement Award, Gold Medal, ITRI (1997, 2005)
• Distinguished Patent Inventor Award, ITRI (1996)
• Distinguished Young Engineer Award, the Chinese Institute of Engineers (1993)
• Distinguished Research Achievement Award, ITRI (1991)
• Outstanding Designer Award, ITRI (1986)
• Honorable medal, Taipei City Police Department