Program

Speaker: Souvik Das, Associate Partner, Global Leader for Blockchain and Garage Solutioning, India Leader for Data & Technologies Transformation Solutioning, IBM Consulting

Title: The Economy of Things - Extracting new value from the Internet of Things

Abstract: Thanks to the Internet of Things (IoT), physical assets are turning into participants in real-time global digital markets. The countless types of assets around us will become as easily indexed, searched and traded as any online commodity. While some industries will be tougher to transform than others – those with physical limitations, such as manufacturing, will be harder to digitise – untold economic opportunities exist for growth and advancement. IBM research shows this will create a new “Economy of Things” with significant consequences. In this session, Souvik will explore this transformation through several real-life use cases from industries. This session brings in the business perspective of IoT.

Brief Biodata: Souvik describes himself as an ordinary Indian with extraordinary dreams. An extraordinary dream to change the world one IT solution at a time, one book at a time, one speech at a time. He is part of Data & Technologies Transformation Leadership in IBM. He is the global leader for Blockchain Solutioning and also the global solutioning leader for IBM's unique innovation methodology called IBM Garage. He has worked across industries in several countries including India, South Africa, UK, Bangladesh, Greece and the United States helping premier clients with their business transformation journey. He also holds a patent in bringing AI/ML to the domain of cartography. He is a published author with 4 books from the top publishers in Kolkata and recipient of the Kathasahitya Award in 2018 for bringing in innovation to the publishing industry. He is a visiting faculty to engineering and management colleges and to author workshops.

Speaker: Tanushyam Chattopaadhyaay, Associate General Manager, Department of Artificial Intelligence, Adani Enterprise Limited

Title: Analytics for Industrial IoT

Brief Biodata: Dr. Tanushyam Chattopadhyay is currently working as an Associate General Manager in the Department of Artificial Intelligence, Adani Enterprise Limited. Previously, he worked as a Principal Scientist at TCS to develop an IoT Analytics platform namely TCS Connected Universe Platform Analytics (https://www.tcs.com/tcup-iot-analytics) with a total experience of 20 years. He was awarded with the University Gold medal in MCA from Shibpur IIEST (the then DU) in 2002. He started his career as research in Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata and later on, joined Tata Consultancy Services Limited in 2004. Later he was awarded with the Ph.D degree from Jadavpur University for the work done at ISI, Kolkata, in 2012. He had training on Speech Signal processing from IISC Bangalore, image processing from IIT Kharagpur, and video processing from IIT Delhi. Also attended a course on Deep Learning from Turing Award winner Prof. Bengio in 2015. He has 70+ patents got granted across the globe as of today. He also authored a book and some book chapters. He has published nearly 70+ papers in peer reviewed journals and conferences. He is a member of International Machine Learning Society. Serving as a member of Board of Studies of several academic institutions. He has delivered tutorials/ keynote addresses and served as reviewer/Technical Program Chair/Session chair in number of international conferences and journal. He was awarded with many awards in his academic and professional life. He is a proficient Python and C coder as well.Experience Summary Dr. Tanushyam Chattopadhyay is currently working as a Principal Scientist at TCS to develop an IoT Analytics platform namely TCS Connected Universe Platform Analytics (https://www.tcs.com/tcup-iot-analytics) with a total experience of 20 years. He was awarded with the University Gold medal in MCA from Shibpur IIEST (the then DU) in 2002. He started his career as research in Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata and later on, joined Tata Consultancy Services Limited in 2004. Later he was awarded with the Ph.D degree from Jadavpur University for the work done at ISI, Kolkata, in 2012. He had training on Speech Signal processing from IISC Bangalore, image processing from IIT Kharagpur, and video processing from IIT Delhi. Also attended a course on Deep Learning from Turing Award winner Prof. Bengio in 2015. He has 70+ patents got granted across the globe as of today. He also authored a book and some book chapters. He has published nearly 70+ papers in peer reviewed journals and conferences. He is a member of International Machine Learning Society. Serving as a member of Board of Studies of several academic institutions. He has delivered tutorials/ keynote addresses and served as reviewer/Technical Program Chair/Session chair in number of international conferences and journal. He was awarded with many awards in his academic and professional life. He is a proficient Python and C coder as well.