Kalyan Veeramachaneni: Humans and AI to save the world

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Channel: INKtalks · 2018 · Education

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http://inktalks.com  Watch as Kalyan Veeramachaneni, a Principal Research Scientist at MIT, delves into the realm of AI, discussing challenges in using it to the optimum and predicting close interaction between the humans and AI in near-future.   

Talk recorded at Road to GES 2017 

ABOUT KALYAN VEERAMACHANENI: Dr. Kalyan Veeramachaneni is a Principal Research Scientist at the Laboratory for Information and Decision System (LIDS) at MIT. He directs a research group called Data to AI in the new MIT Institute for Data Systems and Society (IDSS), and believes that artificial intelligence and machine learning can have a powerful impact in a variety of societal arenas. Kalyan has published over 60 papers, 3 of which have won best paper awards at international conferences. 
He has also co-founded two startups: Feature Labs and PatternEx.  Feature Labs helps organizations transform their raw data into intelligent representations, while PatternX is a cybersecurity company focused on developing the first active learning-based solution for identifying new security threats. 

ABOUT ROAD TO GES 2017: As a lead up to the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (2017), ‘Road to GES: Beyond Boundaries’ was a unique conference where for the first time ever INK (India's leading thought-leadership platform), T-Hub (India's largest startup incubator), NITI Aayog (National Institute for Transforming India, GOI) and Telangana Government came together as hosts. 

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