Srikanth Gopalakrishnan is currently a Lead Data Scientist at Ericsson, Chennai. As a data science professional, he works on applying machine learning, deep learning, and probabilistic models across verticals, enabling decision intelligence. His primary focus is on translating a business problem into a data science problem generating strategic and actionable insights. He comes from a solid mechanics background with a master’s degree in simulation sciences from RWTH Aachen University, Germany, and a research stint at the Aeronautics Department, at Purdue University. Srikanth has given numerous talks at Tech Summits and is extremely passionate about teaching. He has held teaching positions as a visiting professor of Data Science.