AI Magazine December 2021 | Page 38

SAMSUNG SDS HANKYU MOON
TITLE : DIRECTOR OF AI SCIENCE COMPANY : SAMSUNG SDS LOCATION : CALIFORNIA
RICKY DATTA
TITLE : DIRECTOR OF AI ENGINEERING COMPANY : SAMSUNG SDS LOCATION : CALIFORNIA
Dr . Hankyu Moon has been a
Director of AI Science as part of the AI Team , Samsung SDS Research America since 2015 . He received a B . S . degree in Mathematics Education from Seoul National University and a Ph . D . degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of Maryland College Park . His R & D career in AI started when he joined Center for Automation Research , University of Maryland in 1996 as a graduate student . Prior to joining Samsung , he worked at NEC Research Institute and Hughes Research Laboratories as a research scientist . Throughout his career he has collaborated with worldclass researchers , producing numerous publications and patents in the areas of Computer Vision , Deep Learning , and Data Mining . At Samsung , he and his colleagues have developed Data Efficient AI for several years , resulting in successful launching of the AutoLabel solution that leverages Representation Learning , Active Learning , and Unsupervised Learning .
Ricky has been responsible for the technical direction of Brightics AI Accelerator since day one . He oversees all aspects of design and implementation of AI Accelerator . A seasoned Enterprise Software Leader , Ricky is an expert in Machine Learning , Deep Learning and Big Data and works together with customers to ensure all their specialist technical needs are met . He started his career in small software startups to specialise in Enterprise Software . Ricky has a bachelor ’ s degree in Computer Science from Indian Institute of Technology , New Delhi .

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38 December 2021