Expert Perspectives

Bringing the frontier of large language models and generative systems from industrial research labs to the lecture hall.

Audi

Marcel Gauglitz

Transformer architecture

Industry AI expert associated with Audi and transformer-based systems for engineering and automotive applications.

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AWS

Junjie Tang

Enterprise AI agents

Principal consultant at AWS Professional Services focused on enterprise AI systems, generative AI, and agentic workflows.

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appliedAI

Pawan Kumar Goyal

GenAI for engineering

AI engineer and researcher at appliedAI focused on generative AI for engineering and industrial use cases.

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CSIRO

Zhenchang Xing

AI coding and SE

Senior research scientist at CSIRO Data61 working on AI coding, software engineering, and knowledge-intensive developer systems.

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SAP

Johannes Hoffart

Agents and knowledge graphs

AI leader at SAP working on enterprise foundation models, knowledge graphs, and intelligent business systems.

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Porsche Digital

Timon Höfer

Practical GenAI adoption

AI researcher and product-oriented practitioner at Porsche Digital working on LLM adoption and applied industrial AI workflows.

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Industry guest

Kevin Jilg

GenAI in industry

Applied AI practitioner with enterprise delivery experience across industrial IT, data-driven products, and AI implementation.

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Google

Alexander Frömmgen

AI for software engineering

Software engineering practitioner associated with Google and AI-enabled developer tooling in large-scale product environments.

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Würth

Silas Eyrich

Applied AI at Würth

Head of Big Data at Würth working on applied AI, data platforms, and product-facing enterprise AI initiatives.

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Porsche Digital

Timon Höfer

Product-facing AI deployment

AI researcher and product-oriented practitioner at Porsche Digital working on LLM adoption and applied industrial AI workflows.

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Porsche Digital

Alice Chan

AI product collaboration

Industry collaborator at Porsche Digital focused on AI product initiatives, partnerships, and applied innovation programs.

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Schwarz IT

Ankit Gupta

Enterprise GenAI workflows

Enterprise AI practitioner connected to Schwarz IT with experience in data science, NLP, and generative AI applications.

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