Dr. Prakash Raghavendra Senior Fellow, AMD, Bangalore India Dr. Prakash Raghvendra is a distinguished technology leader with over 25 years of experience in advanced computing, application performance engineering, compiler optimization, and high-performance computing (HPC). Dr. Raghvendra currently serves as a Senior Fellow at AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) in Bengaluru, Karnataka, a role he has held since July 2022. In this capacity, he works on cutting-edge application performance engineering for AMD's server products. His work plays a critical role in optimizing AMD's hardware for demanding, real-world applications, contributing to the company’s position as a leading innovator in the semiconductor industry. Key Strengths & Areas of Expertise: ● Application performance engineering, particularly for server solutions ● High-performance computing (HPC) and deep learning optimization ● Compiler design, profiling, and software optimization ● Advanced systems architecture, including kernel development and compiler/Java systems ● Deep expertise in OpenCL/HSA compilers and optimizing for APUs (Accelerated Processing Units) ● Leadership in driving technology innovations within global teams and strategic projects
Dr. Chris Zhang Deakin university, Australia Strong background for AI in business digital marketing operation and customer strategy. With extensive experience in various AI products cross different business sectors including IT, retailing, aviation and finance. Senior team leader for delivering data science capability and products as services ● Building three performance-driven data science teams in different business for delivering the success of AI products. ● Experienced data science and AI practitioner with strong product management and leadership skills. ● Excellent and strategic interpretation skills on data science and AI projects cross digital marking, retail and IT services. ● Publishing in top tier Journals (Annals of Tourism Research, Journal of Tourism Research, DMKD) and conferences (PRACAI, KSEM, ICDM, SDM, PAKDD) for both data mining and artificial intelligence research fields. ● Successfully present multiple tutorials and keynotes sessions in top tier A* and A level Data Mining conference (ICDM 2022, PAKDD 2022).
Dr. Indranath Chattergy Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK Dr. Indranath Chatterjee is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer and Mathematics at Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK. Before that, he worked as a professor at Tongmyong University, Busan, South Korea. He received his Ph. D. in Computational Neuroscience from the Department of Computer Science, University of Delhi, Delhi, India. His research areas include Computational Neuroscience, Schizophrenia, Medical Imaging, fMRI, and Machine learning. He has authored and edited 13 books on Computer Science and Neuroscience published by renowned international publishers. To date, he has published numerous research papers in international journals and conferences. He is a recipient of various global awards in neuroscience. He is currently serving as a Chief Section Editor of a few renowned international journals and serving as a member of the Advisory board and Editorial board of various international journals and Open-Science organizations worldwide. He is presently working on several projects of government & non-government organizations as PI/co-PI, related to medical imaging and machine learning for a broader societal impact, in collaboration with several universities globally. He is an active professional member of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM, USA), Organization of Human Brain Mapping (OHBM, USA), Federations of European Neuroscience Society (FENS, Belgium), Association for Clinical Neurology and Mental Health (ACNM, India), and International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility (INCF, Sweden).
Dr. Deepak L Waikar Chair, IEEE Education Society Chapter, Singapore Dr. Deepak L. Waikar has been involved in education, training, research, and management fields for more than three decades. He has been associated with the premier institutions, polytechnics, colleges, and academies in India and Singapore as well as with British and Australian Universities offering courses in Singapore. He has authored/coauthored books, book chapters, research articles, and policy papers on power, energy, management, sustainable development, virtual digital teacher, e-learning, leadership, and education-related topics. He has served on various committees in professional bodies such as Chair of the Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers (IEEE), Power & Energy Society (PES) Chapter, Singapore and Chair of the IEEE Education Society Chapter Singapore. He is a recipient of the IEEE-PES Outstanding Power Engineers' Award and SP Green Buddy Award. He has served as Editors and Reviewers for the conferences and journals and external examiner for assessing Master Dissertations and Doctoral Theses. He has delivered hundreds of invited keynotes, plenary, panel session presentations at the international conferences, seminars and forums in North & South America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Middle East, Africa, and Asia. He has been providing a range of advisory, training, coaching, mentoring, and consultancy services for colleges, institutes, organisations, and individuals. Dr. Waikar has conducted hundreds of students, faculty, and management development programmes. He is a Senior Member of IEEE USA and a Life Member of the Institution of Engineers, India and a Mentor for Teaching & Education Research Association (TERA) Fellowship Program with Ph.D. from the National University of Singapore, M.S. from the University of Saskatchewan, Canada, M.Tech. from the Banaras Hindu University, India, and PD Certificate in University Teaching from the University of Newcastle, Australia. He obtained PG-DBM and B.E. degrees from the Nagpur University, and the Government Engineering College Aurangabad in India, respectively. His research interests include Sustainable Energy & Transportation Systems, Decarbonisation & Net Zero Policies and Framework, Re-inventing and Transforming Tertiary Education, SMART Model for Talent and Leadership Development, Smart & Micro Grid. His hobbies include cricket, chess, and poetry.
Dr. Kumar Rajamani Associate Director, Cropin Technologies Private Limited. Dr. Kumar Rajamani is currently working as Associate Director at Cropin Technologies Private Limited. Prior to this, he was Senior Manager Algorithm at KLA Tencor, Senior Scientist at Philips Research. He completed his Postdoctoral Researcher at Institute of Medical Informatics, University of Luebeck, Germany. His research during the Postdoctoral stint was on Medical Deep learning, specifically advanced architectures for medical image segmentation (COVID-19 lesion segmentation) using attention mechanisms. Kumar has worked earlier with several Multi-National companies - Robert Bosch, GE Global Research (GRC), Philips Research He also was full time into Academic research and Teaching for two years with Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetam. His research focus includes Deep Learning, AgriTech, Remote Sensing, Medical Imaging, Semiconductor Wafer Inspection, Machine Learning, Image Analysis. He has nine patents to his credit. Kumar completed his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from University of Bern, Switzerland.