Alkesh Patel

Alkesh Patel is an experienced Research & Engineering Leader in Multimodal AI at Apple, with a strong background in Natural Language Understanding and Machine Learning. Since May 2014, Alkesh has held various roles, including Senior Research Scientist and Senior Machine Learning Engineer, focusing on enhancing user experience through innovative AI solutions at Siri and Apple products. Prior to Apple, Alkesh was a Master's student at Carnegie Mellon University, concentrating on Open Domain Question Answering, and gained practical experience as a Software Engineer Intern at Apple, working on language modeling. Earlier career roles include Tech Lead at Verse Innovation Pvt. Ltd. and Senior Product Engineer at Rediff.com, emphasizing leadership in search technologies, system architecture, and product development. Alkesh holds a Master's Degree in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University, a Master of Technology in Artificial Intelligence from the Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad, and a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda.