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She is a Bren professor at Caltech CMS department and a director of machine learning research at NVIDIA. At NVIDIA, she is leading the research group that develops next-generation AI algorithms. At Caltech, she is the co-director of Dolcit and co-leads the AI4science initiative.<\/p>\n<p>Anima is a passionate and dynamic speaker who shares her insights into the world of AI with audiences around the globe.<\/p>\n<p>Anima is a former Principal Scientist at Amazon Web Services (AWS) where she was head of research and development providing enterprises with artificial intelligence tools. Anima is also a champion for enabling AI methods and tools in every part of the cloud and for the kind of progressive, incremental improvements in performance that can make a big difference over time &#8211; the same kind of processes with which machines learn. Anima holds the endowed Bren chair at CalTech. 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