Pioneering the Future of Conversational AI by Srinivas Bangalore

As Senior Vice President of AI Research and Engineering at Interactions, Dr. Srinivas Bangalore is responsible for formulating and implementing the long-term strategy for new and emerging Conversational AI technologies. With his team of experts in speech and natural language processing, he drives the complete innovation lifecycle from research to product realization.

Prior to Interactions, Dr. Bangalore was a Principal Research Scientist at AT&T Labs, where he worked for nearly twenty years. Along the way, he served on the faculty  at Columbia University, Copenhagen Business School, and currently at Princeton University.

Dr. Bangalore holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Pennsylvania and is a prolific researcher and writer who has made significant contributions to many areas of natural language processing. He holds more than 100 patents and numerous recognitions including the Morris and Dorothy Rubinoff award for outstanding dissertation, the AT&T Outstanding Mentor Award, and the AT&T Science & Technology Medal for technical leadership and innovative contributions in Spoken Language Technology and Services. His editorial contributions include more than 100 research publications, three books, and positions on numerous editorial boards including the Computational Linguistics Journal and Computer,  and most recently as the co-editor of the Speech and Language Journal.