Dr. Da-shan Shiu is currently the Managing Director of MediaTek Research. Prior to this, he co-founded Mobilepeak Systems and served as its Chief Technology Officer. He was also an Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering and the Graduate School of Communications Engineering of National Taiwan University, as well as leading the Cellular modem algorithm development of Qualcomm in San Jose. He holds a Ph.D. from UC Berkeley. His research interests lie in fundamental communication and computational theory. He applies theoretical principles to practical applications, such as cellular communications, virtual and augmented reality, foundation model-driven autonomous agents, and machine learning for electronic design automation (EDA).