AASF hosted 1,300+ guests at @Stanford for the Asian American Pioneer Medal Ceremony! We honored 6 trailblazing researchers & celebrated their contributions to America. 🏅Recipients: Nasir Ahmed, Frank Chang, Dawon Kahng, Teresa Meng, Raj Reddy & Simon Sze

AASF wishes you all a safe, celebratory, and happy Lunar New Year! As we welcome the new year, we hope you will support AASF and join us in our continued work toward a future where all scholars can enjoy academic belonging, openness, freedom, and equality:

Raj Reddy, CMU, knows what he’s talking about when it comes to the creation of AI. He was awarded the Turing Award for “construction of systems for recognizing continuous speech.” Watch his keynote on AI from the 2024 Symposium & Ceremony:

Watch the full keynote and panel discussion:

Co-Program Chair and AASF Founding Member, Professor Yi Cui, explained the Symposium’s purpose in his 2024 welcome. Revisit last year’s program and save the date for July 26, 2025:

AASF seeks an Operations Director to join and help grow the organization. The Operations Director will oversee day-to-day operations and special events for AASF and develop human resources, IT, administration, and finance:

Happy Diwali! To all who observe: may love, joy, and light be yours as you celebrate.

“It's an honor to stand w/so many accomplished Filipino American & immigrant leaders to celebrate with the White House our rich contributions to this country. I carry with great pride my identity, heritage & culture w/me in all my leadership roles & public service.” @GKusakawa

The AASF is proud to be part of the national conversation surrounding the importance of inclusive immigration policies, especially in an era where international collaboration and scientific advancements are crucial.

The article focuses on the release of a new report by a committee of the @theNASEM. The report calls for allowing more immigrants with advanced degrees to remain in the country, which relies heavily on foreign-born scientists:

.@CSIS - “Increasingly, these talents are gladly welcomed elsewhere, including by foreign competitors & adversaries. A failure to fully capitalize on our advantage in educating and attracting foreign-born science & engineering talent would be a policy ‘own goal' ..."