Introduction of the Speaker

Haroon Ansari is a Senior Applied Research Engineer at LinkedIn, where he works within the Trust AI team. He holds a B.Tech. from NIT Uttarakhand and an M.Tech. from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore, specializing in AI and Deep Reinforcement Learning. His professional focus centers on the intersection of LLM safety, robust decision-making, and the practical deployment of trustworthy AI systems at scale. 

Title

Trustworthy LLMs in Industrial Decision Making 

Abstract

- From Content to Logic: Moving LLMs from creative assistants to reliable industrial decision-makers.

- Defining Industrial Trust: Ensuring robustness, safety, and fairness in high-stakes environments.

- Risk Mitigation: Technical strategies for preventing hallucinations and adversarial attacks.

- Alignment via RL: Leveraging Reinforcement Learning to sync model outputs with safety standards.

- Explainable AI: Transitioning from black-box models to transparent, auditable decision paths.

- Scale & Integrity: Addressing the practical challenges of data privacy and reliability at scale.