SCPKU Summer Seminar: Empowering a Future-Ready World: Exploring AI and Generative Models

Program Overview: The Stanford Center at Peking University (SCPKU) offers Stanford students a special opportunity for short-term study in Beijing. These three-week seminars are taught by Stanford faculty representing disciplines and schools spanning the entire campus and are specifically designed to integrate course content and program location. 

Program Dates: Aug 4 to Aug 22, Summer 2025

Seminar Details: This three-week, hands-on seminar, "Empowering a Future-Ready World: Exploring AI and Generative Models," brings together interdisciplinary teams of PKU and Stanford students for an immersive dive into the evolving Chinese medical system, exploring how AI will improve medicine and healthcare delivery. Designed in a hackathon-style, project-based learning format, this course will help students master AI prompting skills as they practice with multi-modal Large Language Models (LLMs) and AI Agents — no prior coding experience necessary. Planned site visits with a local hospital and startup will be incorporated. Over three weeks, students will also gain a foundation in design thinking and lean launch principles, using AI to rapidly test new ideas, incorporate user feedback, and design sustainable digital products or services for unmet needs. 

If you're curious about the intersection of AI, healthcare, innovation, and entrepreneurship, this seminar offers a unique international opportunity to see where AI may take us in healthcare. 
Dr. Chang's previous SCPKU seminar: https://scpku.fsi.stanford.edu/docs/china-digital-health-boot-camp

For more information, please contact Dr. Chang at viroptic@gmail.com with Summer Seminar as the email subject.
 

Course Prerequisites: Talented minds with strong interests in entrepreneurship and AI who are keen to improve healthcare, especially those studying Engineering, Design, Computing, Medicine, or Business, “Maker Movement / Hacking Skills.”

Open to: Stanford undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students in good standing

Instructor Details: 

Robert Chang, MD, is a pioneering medical innovator at Stanford University, where he has been advancing ophthalmology and glaucoma since 2009. His academic mission includes delivering cutting-edge eye care, researching and validating new ophthalmic technologies, and teaching healthcare innovation and leadership both locally and globally. He leads a grant-funded research team, managing the Stanford Glaucoma Registry and Biorepository, exploring generative AI applications, virtual reality visual field testing, novel imaging tools, and home monitoring solutions for glaucoma. He co-invented the first universal smartphone adapter for imaging the eye and previously raised venture capital for a digital health wearable, which he co-developed from idea to product. https://www.linkedin.com/in/ankimo

Phillip Liu, BS, MBA has led Software Engineering and Product Management teams at leading startup and established technology companies including WebMD, Cisco/WebEx and RingCentral. He has expertise in building healthcare IT solutions and AI enabled business communications systems incorporating video, phone and messaging. He started his career developing financial trading software for UBS. Phillip holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Michigan and an MBA from the Haas School of Business at U.C. Berkeley. https://www.linkedin.com/in/phillipliu/

Covered Expenses: SCPKU will cover participating students’ international round-trip economy airfare to Beijing and airport transfers up to $1500, lodging and meals for the duration of the seminar, and class-organized travel expenses within China. Students will be responsible for visa and passport application fees, pre-departure immunization costs, health insurance, and all other incidental expenses. Note that withdrawal after the cancellation deadline will incur a fee.