Our team
FoGuang AI is a collaboration between Fo Guang Shan Institute of Humanistic Buddhism and the MITRA project at Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan (formerly at the University of California, Berkeley).
Team gathering at the University of California, Berkeley.
Fo Guang Shan Institute of Humanistic Buddhism
The Institute of Humanistic Buddhism provides the doctrinal direction, glossaries, and translation conventions that shape the system's outputs.
MITRA Project
The MITRA research group at Tohoku University builds the underlying translation models, with roots in earlier work at UC Berkeley.
People
Venerable
Miao Guang
Provides executive oversight and strategic direction for FoGuang AI.
Venerable You Zai
Oversees platform hosting and manages Humanistic Buddhism training datasets.
Venerable Zhi Yue
Leads the conceptualization and implementation of user interface and functional architecture.
Alex Amies
Provides technical consultation and supports the integration of development components across the project.
Sebastian NehrdichMITRA
Leads backend development, including the training of specialized translation models.