Overview
The promise and potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to disrupt and transform society is driving the new Industrial Revolution. From deep learning algorithms for cancer diagnosis, application of machine learning to discover new materials, the use of 3D printers in advanced manufacturing, to intelligent systems with cognition and decision-making abilities, AI tools and technologies are enabling breakthroughs in many fields of science and engineering, leveraging these scientific breakthroughs to enable progress on pressing societal challenges, and fundamentally transforming several sectors of the economy.
As AI tools and technologies become ubiquitous, the demand for individuals with a wide range of technical skills and domain knowledge will continue to increase. The AI workforce includes careers that address all components of the data life cycle from data collection, data analysis, visualization, and modeling, software engineering, to cutting-edge research and development of the next generation of algorithms and intelligent systems. While AI is often viewed as a field within Computer Science, there is an advantage to viewing AI through an interdisciplinary lens, recognizing the role that linguistics, biology, cognitive sciences, psychology, mathematics, and statistics play in the development of new tools and technologies. This holistic view can spur the development of innovative, interdisciplinary programs that train the next generation of researchers and innovators.
Objectives
The workshop will bring together key stakeholders from both countries, including leading academic institutions, industry, government agencies, and foundations to develop a roadmap for developing a diverse, globally engaged, AI workforce. The workshop will include exemplars of programs in India and the U.S. and breakout sessions for stakeholders to focus on specific aspects of training and program development under four broad themes:
- AI, Data Science training for Industry 4.0
- Undergraduate Level AI Program and Curriculum Development
- Graduate Level Programs – Computer Science focused
- Graduate Level Programs – Other Engineering / Research focused
“Provocateurs” Session

Sethuraman "Panch" Panchanathan
Director, National Science Foundation

Sandeep Verma
Secretary, Science and Engineering Research Board

Kris Gopalakrishnan
Chairman, Axilor Ventures

Govindan Rangarajan
Director, Indian Institute of Science
Organizing Committee

Nandini Kannan
Executive Director, IUSSTF

N. Dayasindhu
Co-founder and CEO, itihaasa

Krishnan Narayanan
Co-founder & President, itihaasa

Rajesh Sundaresan
Dean of Division of EECS, IISc
Participants

Alka Arora
Principal Scientist & Professor(CA)Division of Computer Applications
ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute (IASRI)

Amit A. Nanavati
Professor
Ahmedabad University

Amit Apte
Professor and Chair, Data Science
IISER Pune

Andrew Thangaraj
Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering
IIT Madras


Anuj Kapoor
Assistant Professor, Quantitative Marketing
IIM Ahmedabad
Ashwani Sharma
Senior Program Manager
Google Research and Data Commons

B. Chagun Basha
Senior Tech. Specialist
Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser

B. R. Panda
Professor, Biotechnology and Systems Medicine
Jawaharlal Nehru University

Bindu K R
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Amrita

Chandramani Kishore Singh
Associate Professor, Department of ESE
IISc

Chiranjib Bhattacharyya
Professor and Chair, Department of Computer Science and Automation
IISc


Deepak D'Souza
Professor, Department of Computer Science and Automation
IISc


K V Subrahmanyam
Dean Academic studies
Chennai Mathematical Institute

Karthik Dantu
Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering
University of Buffalo

Kripabandhu Ghosh
Assistant Professor, Computational and Data Science Department
IISER, Kolkata

Malay Bhattacharyya
Assistant Professor, Machine Intelligence Unit
ISI Kolkata

Manish Srivastava
Chief Technology Officer
eGov Foundation

Mausam
Professor/ Affliate Professor at UWashinton
IIT Delhi / University of Washington

Mayank Vatsa
Professor, Computer Science Department
IIT Jodhpur

Murali Annavaram
Dean’s Chair Professor, Ming-Hsieh Department of ECE and CS
University of Southern California

Narayanan (CK) C Krishnan
Associate Professor, Department Data Science
IIT Pallakad

Nitesh Chawla
Frank M. Freimann Professor, Computer Science and Engineering
University of Notre Dame

Partha Pratim Talukdar
Staff Research Scientist

P.B. Sujit
Head of Data Science and Engineering Department
IISER, Bhopal

Poonam Goyal
Professor, Department of Computer Science
BITS Pilani

Praveen Pankajakshan
VP Data Science & AI
CropIN

Rajesh Gupta
Founding Director, Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute
University of California, San Diego
Rakesh Pimplikar
Senior Research Engineer, Data and AI Platforms
IBM Research

Raman Arora
Assistant Professor
Johns Hopkins University
Ratnajit Bhattacharjee
Head, Mehta Family School of Data Science and Artificial intelligence
IIT Guwahati

Richa Singh
Professor and Head, Computer Science department
IIT Jodhpur

Rohini R Rao
Assistant Professor, Department of Data Science and Computer Applications
Manipal Institute of Technology

Rohini Srivathsa
National Technology Officer
Microsoft

Sashikumaar Ganesan
Professor, Department of Computational and Data Science
IISc

Shankar Venkatgiri
Chairperson, Information Systems
IIM Bangalore

Siddharth Chaurasia
Senior Scientist (AI & Machine Learning)
TCS

Srijoni Sen
Visiting Assistant Professor
National Law School of India University



Sudip Gupta
Associate Professor, Finance at the Carey Business School
Johns Hopkins University

Sumohana Channapayya
Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering
IIT Hyderabad

Tathagat Varma
VP Strategy
Walmart

Thirumala Arohi Mamunooru
Senior Vice President & Head, Education, Training & Assessment
Infosys

V. N. Rajesh
Head and Associate Professor - Data Science & Information Systems at IFMR Graduate School of Business
Krea University

Vandana Janeja
Professor and Chair, Information Systems department
University of Maryland
Vikas Sahni
Ashoka University

Vipin Chaudhary
Department Chair, Computer and Data Sciences Department Kevin J. Kranzusch Professor and Chair
Case Western Reserve University

Yadati Narahari
Professor, Department of Computer Science and Automation
IISc
