Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI/ML)

Ashish currently works on accelerating ML workloads at Google. Previously, he
has worked on recommendations systems and NLP at Amazon/Twitch, Twitter
and Capital One. He has founded startups and worked in large enterprises over
his 20+ year long career. Ashish published a book on Advanced NLP. He is the
co-founder of the IIT AI/ML forum growing it to over 1500 members.

As Director Strategic R&D Enablement at Intel Corporation, Lalit Gajare has
substantial experience in semiconductor ecosystem related to EDA, IP, Design
Services, MAG, and Cloud. He is also responsible for Intel Foundry Services'
partner press releases, coordinating outbound partner activities, Intel external
technical presentations approver, and automation of internal processes.
As Founder and CEO of Vasten Inc, he has substantial experience in HPC,
SaaS, ML, and EDA. Prior to that, Lalit worked as Director of Data Engineering
and Machine Learning at Contiq, a content management AI startup.
As Director of Product Engineering and Customer Engagement at Cadence, he
managed an entire software product line with annual revenue in excess of $40M.
He has over 25 years of experience in product engineering, product
management, customer engagement and pre-post sales at Siemens, Synopsys,
and Cadence. He also has experience in license negotiations and technical
project management with government agencies such as DARPA, DOE, and GRI.

With 20 years of experience leading product design, development and strategy in Fortune
500 companies, Surbhi has built and led product and engineering teams at technology icons
including Google, YouTube, Netflix, and Cisco. Over the last decade she has launched
multiple successful & insightful products, many of which encompass AI and machine
learning expertise. Additionally, Surbhi led query disambiguation and speech recognition
efforts on leading edge Google Home and Google Assistant enabled devices using Google
Cloud ML models.
Currently Surbhi is leading Juniper's Customer Experience charter focused on incorporating
Juniper's Experience-First Networking initiatives into every aspect of the customer journey.
She is focused on building omnichannel engagements and ML based proactive and
predictive support capabilities. Leveraging her EQ-based motivational leadership style,
Surbhi is leading highly cross-functional initiatives enabling digital transformation of both
services and enterprise business.
Surbhi holds a Bachelor's in Engineering from IIT Kanpur and a Master's degree in computer
science from Texas A&M University. She also holds General Management Program (GMP)
degree from Harvard Business School
Surbhi leads Global Inclusion & Diversity initiatives at Juniper and is passionate about
supporting and giving back to the IIT community. She is a key leader of the IIT Artificial
Intelligence & Machine Learning forum, a Board Member for IIT Kanpur Foundation, and
the former President of IIT West Coast alumni association. She has also Chaired and led
the "Women in Product" San Francisco Bay Area organization and is an active member of
Chief.