Hans Peter Graf, Head of Department, NEC Laboratories America

Hans Peter Graf is head of the machine learning research department at NEC Laboratories America in Princeton. The department develops machine learning algorithms and systems, as well as a range of applications in semantic text analysis, cognitive video interpretation and bio-medical analytics. Several products have resulted from this technology, such as the e-Pathologist, a system assisting pathologists with the interpretation of histological samples. Another product is a system for visual inspection that is based on algorithms developed by the department. Hans Peter received a PhD in physics from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland. He is author or coauthor of over 100 reviewed articles and some 50 issued patents. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and a member of the American Physical Society.

Himanshu Shekhar, Solutions Architect, NEC Corporation of America

Himanshu Shekhar has around 20 years of experience in Analytics helping organization build cutting edge capability across various areas: predicting default, right asset allocation or redistribution of territory to optimize sales force. During his undergraduate and graduate studies, he applied AI to improve catalyst composition to improve CO-CO2 conversion and predict protein structure. He believes strongly in AI?s transformative power for business and is engaged in multiple initiative for NEC?s customers for better decisions, better products and optimized business processes. He holds a combined undergrad-grad degree from Indian Institute of Technology and Masters of Business Administration from Wharton Business School.