Experienced machine learning / search / recommender-systems / distributed systems architect and team lead with a couple decades of software engineering experience, currently specializing in developing and applying distributed machine learning and search-relevance algorithms to create compelling data-driven products across a variety of industries. Specialties: applied machine learning, ML-as-a-service, deep learning, natural language processing, distributed […]

Dean Wampler (Mastodon & Bluesky: @deanwampler) is an expert in AI/ML systems. He is IBM Research’s Head of Technology for the AI Alliance (thealliance.ai). Previously, he led several AI-focused engineering teams at IBM Research. Before IBM, he worked for Domino Data Lab, Anyscale, Lightbend, and other companies on ML/AI and streaming data technologies. Dean is […]

Ariel Kleiner is the CEO and founder of Inductor, which builds tools to enable teams to deliver production-ready LLM applications significantly faster, more easily, and more reliably. Ariel was previously at Google AI, cofounded Idiomatic, and holds a PhD in computer science (specifically, in machine learning) from UC Berkeley.

Melli Annamalai is a distinguished product manager at Oracle. She has 25+ years experience in working with unstructured and semi-structured data in the database, including multimedia data, data in Apache Hadoop platforms, property graphs, and RDF knowledge graphs. Her current focus area is graph database and analytics. She is a regular presenter at industry events, […]

Gayathri Pallail is the Managing Director for automation strategy and change enablement at Accenture. She has implemented enterprise-wide automation and gen AI based automation solutions and successful change management to enable seamless adoption for clients across industries. A conference speaker, Pallail is an innovator in automation analytics, prediction models, and tools to deliver automation effectively.

With over two decades of experience in AI, ML, and engineering, Andy is recognized for his ability to build and implement business-critical technology solutions that address real-world challenges at scale. Prior to joining Numenta, Andy was the Senior Director of Engineering for Latch, where he led the engineering team to build a robust, scalable, data-driven […]

Sumedha is a Senior Data Scientist and AI researcher based out of New York with extensive experience in both academia and industry. She is currently working with a micro-investments firm where she leads the Natural Language Processing efforts and a suite of anti-fraud solutions. She’s a graduate from the New York University (NYU) where she studied […]

Mikaela Pisani is a computer engineer with a Master’s in Data Science. She is currently the head of machine learning at Rootstrap. This award-winning custom software development agency has built web and mobile apps for startups, publicly traded companies and public figures. Mikaela is also on the AI Research team at ORT University in Montevideo, […]

Hi! My name is Napoleon Paxton and I am a senior level technologist with over 20 years of experience as a developer and leader of product development teams. I am a UC Berkeley MIDS alum (2022) and I hold a Ph.D. in Information Technology from The University of North Carolina at Charlotte with a focus […]

At Twilio Segment, I lead teams working on CustomerAI to empower our customers with predictive and generative AI tools that revolutionize personalized customer engagement. Prior to Twilio, I worked on leveraging state-of-the-art ML developments for applications and solutions across marketing automation, asset management, and high-frequency trading.

Andrea is a Senior Vice President at IQT, a global investment platform that fosters emerging technologies with applications to national security. She works with partners across the US Intelligence Community to understand critical technology gaps and source innovative solutions from venture-backed start-up companies. With a background in advanced analytics, data visualization, and human-centered design, Andrea […]

Sanket works as a Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Spotify working on building end-to-end audio recommender systems. Models built by his team are used across Spotify in many different products including Discover Weekly and Autoplay.

MSc. Facundo Santiago is a Senior Product Manager in Azure AI. He has more than 10 years designing, implementing, and developing intelligent systems based on machine learning techniques. He currently works in the Models + Inference group, responsible of evolving the Azure AI inference platform used for running cutting edge large models. He is also […]

Jeremy Wilken is an academically trained futurist and seasoned engineering leader focusing on how to shape positive futures with technology. He holds an MS Foresight from the accredited University of Houston program. He has authored two books, spoken globally at events, run podcasts, and is recognized by Google as a Developer Expert. He lives with […]

Debasmita is a data scientist with a decade of experience in Finance and Artificial Intelligence, specializing in fraud detection, Anti-Money Laundering, HR Analytics, Credit Card & Mortgage Risk. She leads a data science team in Mastercard and dedicated to developing AI-driven solutions in the financial crime domain, has an impressive portfolio of patents and has […]

I have been working in the field of Search Engines for about 10 years now. I started my career at Bing Search, Microsoft 2012, joined Linkedin in 2016 and have worked in different problems related to Search and Information retrieval, ranging from Typeahead, Spell correction, ranking, personalization and most recently leveraging LLMs.

Iddo has a strong software development background. He started his career in the army, where he served for 8 years, eventually heading the main software development school. Following his service, Iddo built technical teams for several startups in the Observability, Cloud and data spaces. Prior to joining the lakeFS team Iddo built the technical enterprise […]

9 years of data science and MLE background, created solutions for 8-9 use cases of AI and AI strategy @ Fox Corporation.

// Some useful adjectives to describe me Set titles = new HashSet(){{ add(“Dad”); add(“Physicist”); add(“Software Engineer”); add(“Martial Artist”); add(“Dungeon Master”); }}; My eclectic background of education and experience have led to my contribution to projects across many technical domains ranging from theoretical high energy particle physics to cloud based AI/ML systems. However, culture, attitude, and […]

Vincent Granville is a pioneering AI and machine learning expert, co-founder of Data Science Central (acquired by TechTarget in 2020), founder of MLTechniques.com, former VC-funded executive, author and patent owner. Vincent’s past corporate experience includes Visa, Wells Fargo, eBay, NBC, Microsoft, and CNET. Vincent is also a former post-doc at Cambridge University, and the National […]

Krishnaram Kenthapadi is the Chief AI Officer & Chief Scientist of Fiddler AI, an enterprise startup building a responsible AI and ML monitoring platform. Previously, he was a Principal Scientist at Amazon AWS AI, where he led the fairness, explainability, privacy, and model understanding initiatives in the Amazon AI platform. Prior to joining Amazon, he led […]

Rishabh Misra is a Senior Machine Learning Engineer by profession and has many years of experience in developing large-scale Language Models and Machine Learning systems for improving user experience. He has published highly-cited research and also contributes as a Program Committee member at some of the top Machine Learning and AI conferences (like ICML, KDD, […]

Jigyasa Grover is a 10-time award winner in Artificial Intelligence and Open Source and the co-author of the book ‘Sculpting Data For ML’, Jigyasa Grover is a powerhouse brimming with passion to make a dent in this world of technology and bridge the gaps. She has 5+ years of ML engineering & Data Science experience […]

I am a Data Science Expert with over 15 years of expertise in developing innovative analytics solutions, specializing in ML algorithms, analytics, and ML Ops. My deep passion for staying at the forefront of the latest tools and technologies drives me to efficiently tackle complex technical challenges and deliver top-notch AI solutions. Throughout my career, […]

Khushhall Chandra Mahajan is a Machine Learning Engineer and Researcher working in recommendation systems. Currently, he works in the Video Recommendations team at Meta and is responsible for developing cutting-edge ML algorithms. These algorithms directly enhance the accuracy and impact of video recommendations used by billions of users worldwide. His work powers the recommendation engine […]

Michelle is a technology leader that specializes in machine learning and cloud computing. She has 15 years of experience in the technology industry, contributed to the original IBM Watson showcased on Jeopardy, and enjoys building and leading teams that develop and deploy AI solutions to solve real-world problems. Michelle is passionate about diversity, STEM education/careers […]

Renata is a Data Scientist with more than 10 years of business experience. She has worked for many companies such as Grubhub, Google, Bosch and IBM, working with Time Series, Multi-Armed Bandits, Recommender Systems and more. She did her Bachelor’s in Computer Science and a Master in Theoretical Computer Science in her home country, Brazil. […]

Sudeep is an Applied Machine Learning Manager at DoorDash, leading Personalization, Search, and Product Catalog related ML applications within the New Verticals. He was previously a Machine Learning Area Lead at Netflix, where his main focus was on developing the next generation of machine learning algorithms to drive the personalization, discovery and search experience in the product. […]

Adi Polak is an open-source technologist who believes in communities, education, and their ability to positively impact the world around us. She is passionate about building a better world through open collaboration and technological innovation. As a seasoned engineer and industry thought leader, Adi shapes the future of data and ML technologies for hands-on builders. […]

Richard is an experienced technology and operating executive with 25+ years of expertise spanning a wide spectrum of markets and channels both domestically and internationally. Across his career, he has worked with and managed businesses in the digital, events, research, data, analytics, and eLearning markets. Richard has a passion for fostering collaboration, knowledge sharing, and […]

Dave Elliott leads the AI and Machine Learning Advocacy team at Google Cloud. His team engages Developers, Data Scientists, and Data Engineers to inspire them to try new products and technologies, embrace new ideas, and his team is the voice of those communities to product development. Before Google, Elliott was the Chief Cloud Evangelist at […]

Anu Srivastava is tech leader at Google who specializes in advocating for solutions powered by AI. She focuses on applications of Natural Language, Translation and Speech in workflow automation. She began her career as a software engineer with a focus on reliability for developer tools & infrastructure. She now works cross-functionally with product, marketing, sales […]

Vid Jain holds a Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics from UC Berkeley, is the author of 3 internet tracking patents, and has spent the last 20 years pushing the technology envelope with data-driven applications. Vid is currently the CEO & founder of Wallaroo.AI a company hyper-focused on making it easy for AI teams to deploy, observe, […]

Mihir Mathur is the lead Product Manager for Machine Learning at Lyft, where he works on building ML/AI tools that power Lyft’s automated intelligent decisions across realtime pricing, ETAs, fraud detection, safety classification etc. In the past Mihir has worked on building delightful products for millions of users at Quora, Houzz, and Thomson Reuters and […]

Hakan is a staff software engineer in ML Platform team In Lyft. They build ML development, training and serving systems helping 40+ teams. Previously, Hakan was a staff engineer in Box. He helped build cloud content management applications focused on security and also scaled kubernetes clusters, service meshes in an on-premise infrastructure. He started his […]

Haixun Wang is currently an IEEE fellow, editor in chief of IEEE Data Engineering Bulletin, and a VP of Engineering and Distinguished Scientist at Instacart. Before Instacart, he was a VP of Engineering and Distinguished Scientist at WeWork, a Director of Natural Language Processing at Amazon, and he led the NLP team working on Query […]