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Deven Panchal  

Emerging Tech Leader, Chief Innovation & IP-Patents Officer at AT&T Innovation Network, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning SME

Deven Panchal has 15 years of Engineering experience as a Business Leader, AI/ML Solution and Software Architect, and Data Scientist. He has led the launch of 4 products into Open Source, being used worldwide today. He has delivered products and platforms projected to save 1 billions, enable Network Services creation, Network Management, Service Management and Orchestration and to Improve Customer service. He has helped build the world’s first AI/ML marketplace, was involved with AT&T’s first 5G VRAN/CRAN trial and delivered solutions that today power AT&T’s network as well as other telco networks. His work has benefited millions of people around the world, received multiple awards and has been featured on Forbes, TechCrunch, Light Reading, TelecomTV etc.

Today, he leads efforts to deliver cutting edge AI/ML, Data Science/Analytics/Automation, and Digital Transformation Software solutions for Network (Core, RAN, Fiber) and Network Operations, Large Internal Platforms, Security, Customer Care etc. He also serves as the Chief Innovation and IP-Patents Officer of the AT&T Innovation Network where he helps drive innovation, IP education and Emerging Tech education throughout AT&T.

He serves as an Editorial Board Member, Reviewer, TPC Member for various Journals and Conferences, and also serves on various IEEE standard bodies. In the past, he has served as a Research Scientist at SAMEER, IIT Bombay building India's first indigenous LINAC and MLC for Cancer Radiotherapy.

Speech Topics


Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Networks/Telecom

In this talk, I will pick up an interesting use case, or a couple of use cases and show how AI/ML can be used/is used in the Network/Telecom domain. I will also talk about Open Source tools along the way. The talk content can be modified as required according to the audience.

Success with Large Open Source Projects

In this talk I will share my experiences of contributing to and running very large Open Source projects. I will talk about what can go wrong, implementing best practices and how to succeed with Large Open Source Projects. The talk content can be modified as required according to the audience.

AI/ML 101

In this talk, I will go through Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning concepts, and cover everything you need to know to be able to talk comfortably about the field as well as its concepts. The talk content can be modified as required according to the audience.

The technology behind ChatGPT - Large Language Models (LLMs) : Think of this talk as an 'LLM 101'

In this talk, I will go through Large Language Models (LLMs), and cover everything you need to know to be able to talk comfortably about the field as well as its concepts. The talk content can be modified as required according to the audience.

Quantum Computing 101

In this talk, I will go through Quantum Computing concepts, and cover everything you need to know to be able to talk comfortably about the field as well as its concepts. The talk content can be modified as required according to the audience.

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