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Academia Sinica · Platform for AI Sovereignty Studies
Platform for AI Sovereignty Studies
An invitation-only professional community connecting researchers and practitioners working on sovereign AI in Taiwan, with sustained exchange across academia, industry, and government.
See how PASS works01 · Purpose
Sustained professional exchange across disciplines.
PASS connects researchers and practitioners working on sovereign AI through regular exchange. This supports mutual understanding and develops shared context across academia, industry, and government.
Connecting three fields of practice
Industry
Connecting implementation experience, technical constraints, and real needs.
Government
Sustaining dialogue around public governance and institutions.
02 · Format
Regular, focused, and built around real participation.
A simple, dependable rhythm keeps the group's attention on the work itself.
2× / week
A regular meeting cadence
Two Google Meet sessions each week build continuity without turning the community into an administrative burden.
40 + 20 min
One deep talk
Each session gives one topic full attention: roughly 40 minutes of presentation, followed by about 20 minutes of questions and discussion.
Members rotate
Members take turns presenting
Everyone presents over time. This is the clearest and most substantive participation commitment that comes with joining PASS.
03 · Sharing principles
Ideas can move freely while the boundaries stay clear.
PASS members may absorb, use, and build on what is discussed. That freedom depends on non-attribution and careful handling of restricted information.
Use ideas freely; do not attribute them
Members may share and build on ideas from the discussion, but not pass along who said what. This gives unfinished thinking room to be expressed candidly.
Restricted material stays out of slides
Trade secrets, patent-sensitive work, and anything else that cannot be shared should not appear in slides. When appropriate, raise it carefully in discussion instead.