AI Implementer of the Year
Sreya Francis, Head of Technical Innovation, Farm Mutual Re
Sreya has a unique blend of excellence in core and applied AI research, industrial innovation and technical leadership. She invented one of the very first approaches to merge distributed machine learning, causal machine learning and blockchain to decentralize AI, and proposed and developed the very first implementation of 'Causal Federated Learning' which has been adopted by top research labs and industries worldwide. She has given talks in numerous international conferences and mentored several young women in the field of AI. Sreya has received multiple accolades including the prestigious Microsoft Research Diversity award twice.
Previously, Sreya has led multiple projects in the field of AI and Robotics, including Privacy Preserving Machine Learning Research at MILA AI Lab and Smart Home Automation Applied Research at Panasonic AI R&D Lab, Tata Elxsi. Sreya has experience partnering with top brand names (including Wipro, MILA, CHUM Medical Research) globally to make innovative technology, especially AI, accessible to all sectors worldwide.