Alkesh Patel

Alkesh Patel has extensive experience in the field of artificial intelligence and machine learning, particularly in natural language understanding. Alkesh served as a Research & Engineering Leader for Multimodal AI at Apple from May 2013 to December 2020, where responsibilities included influencing technology strategies and leading research efforts. Prior roles at Apple included Senior Research Scientist and Senior Machine Learning Engineer, focusing on enhancing user experiences through innovative applications of natural language understanding. Additionally, Alkesh has a background in academia, having completed a Master's Degree in Computer Science with a focus on Language Technologies from Carnegie Mellon University and a Master of Technology in Artificial Intelligence from the Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad. Prior industry experience includes leadership roles at Verse Innovation Pvt. Ltd. and Rediff.com, where Alkesh contributed to product development and search technologies.