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Topic

AI and the automation of the business back office

Abstract

The talk will cover how artificial intelligence is automating back office functions for enterprises, providing less time consuming/expensive and more accurate/efficient solutions. To highlight exactly how AI is automating back office functions, Kunal will go into depth about his company, AppZen, the first AI solution for back office automation. He will discuss how AppZen is using artificial intelligence techniques to automate auditing for Expense Reports, effectively detecting fraud and compliance issues. Kunal will also talk about the technology stack, which includes machine learning, semantic reasoning, computer vision and natural language understanding, and discuss how to effectively combine various techniques to build a robust intelligent system. To showcase the effectiveness, Kunal will highlight results from deployments at some of AppZen’s largest customers.

Profile

As CTO of AppZen, Kunal is responsible for product development and engineering, technology architecture and developing the IP for AppZen’s Artificial Intelligence technologies. Prior to AppZen he was a Research Lead at Accenture Tech Labs, where he led global R&D teams of Ph.D.’s and engineers, as well as developed tools used at hundreds of Fortune 500 Companies. Kunal has chaired tracks at several conferences, including ISWC and ICWS, published over 50 papers, and been granted seven patents. He received his BE from the University of Mumbai in Electronics and Telecom; and his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Georgia with a focus on Semantic Technologies.