Choice Computing: Machine Learning and Systemic Economics for Choosing

Parag has published over 300+ research papers and articles in peer reviewed journals and renown conferences. He invented over a dozen patents and authored 14 books (with world's best technical and business publishers like Bloomsbury, IEEE, Wiley, Prentice Hall, Springer, Oxford University Press, etc.). His book YD - YearDown portrays interesting perspective on education and was adapted for a TV serial by Sony TV by well-known movie director Sameer Patil. His poem collection was specially appreciated by one of the greatest romantic poets of alltimes late Mangesh Padgaonkar. Parag's book "Knowledge Innovation Strategy" was listed as a game changing business book by Hindustan Times. Niigata Times Japan mentioned that 'it is enlightening experience for readers' - It has foreword and endorsement with special acclamation by Dr. FC Kohli and Ratan Tata. Maharashtra Times, Hindustan Times, Times of India, Sakal, Pudhari from India and Niigata Times and Mainichi Newspaper from Japan published special articles highlighting Parag's contributions in democratization of AI and ML.

Parag was the first PhD guide in Computer Engineering at COEP - Pune University (The second oldest technical institute in the country) and has guided 20 PhD candidates. He has over 30 years of experience in technologies, product building and applications of AI and ML to different verticals. In the past, he headed research divisions of many companies including Siemens (India & Germany), IDeaS (US and India) , ReasonEdge (Singapore) , Capsilon, etc.  As an AI consultant he helped to build game changing products for companies like Envestnet, Tech Mahindra, UST Global, Agrisk, Tata Consumers etc. He founded start-ups iKnowlation - India, Kvinna Limited New Zealand and created social value through innovation and research. Parag is a prolific speaker and is associated with many technical and B-schools of repute like IITs, IIMs, Tokyo Int. University Japan and Masaryk University, Brno - Czech Republic etc. He has been taking special efforts and working closely with remote technical institutes in Maharashtra to inculcate research, thinking and entrepreneurship skills among students, faculties and researchers. He is a pioneer of concepts of Systemic Machine Learning, Reverse Hypothesis Machine Learning, Context Vector Machines and Choice computing. He has helped as AI and ML consultant and innovation strategist to over two dozen organizations in Singapore, US, Japan and India and contributed to their success stories. He worked on socialgo