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Souvik Ghosh

Experienced Director of Engineering with a focus on AI and Data Science

Souvik Ghosh, Executive Director of AI Platform at LinkedIn

Souvik Ghosh is an accomplished AI leader with over 20 years of experience in research and development. He currently serves as the Executive Director of AI Platform at LinkedIn, where he leads a team responsible for researching and developing cutting-edge AI technology for the company.1

Prior to his current role, Souvik held several leadership positions at LinkedIn, including:

  • Principal Staff Engineer and Scientist (October 2018 - February 2021)

    • AI Tech lead for member-facing products, including growth, feed, and notifications
    • Responsible for strategic AI investments for LinkedIn
    • Led AI Academy, training over 2000 employees in AI1
  • Senior Staff Data Scientist (March 2016 - September 2018)

    • Tech lead for LinkedIn feed and content relevance
    • Delivered record levels of member engagement, mentioned in quarterly financial reports1
  • Staff Data Scientist (July 2013 - February 2016)

    • Tech lead for 'People You May Know' (PYMK), LinkedIn's graph link recommendation product
    • Delivered 40% metrics improvement for PYMK1

Before LinkedIn, Souvik was a Senior Data Scientist at Yahoo! Research (August 2011 - May 2012), where he worked on forecasting supply of advertising impressions and bid-landscape forecasting.1

He also served as an Assistant Professor of Statistics at Columbia University (August 2008 - August 2011), focusing on research in statistics and probability, and teaching graduate and undergraduate courses.1

Souvik holds a Ph.D. in Probability and Statistics from Cornell University and a Masters and Bachelors in Statistics from the Indian Statistical Institute.1 He is also the Chair of the North America chapter of the Trusted AI committee at the Linux Foundation AI & Data (LFAI).2345

Highlights

May 10 · linkedin

We are excited with the progress in AI and its potential to positively impact our world. It's crucial that we advance AI responsibly. I'm proud of our team for their exceptional work in this area!

As the saying goes, 'you can't improve something that can't be measured'. To measure for unfair bias in any system, for example by race or gender, one would need to know the attributes. However, with the knowledge of those attributes, one would worry about unintended consequences. This blog post describes how we addressed the issue by developing methods for measurement while preserving privacy.

https://lnkd.in/gqDtPR8U

Aug 2 · linkedin

LinkedIn and Cornell University are two organizations that have played a big role in shaping me and I feel deeply connected to them. I have had the privilege of playing a role in the partnership between the two to advance research in areas that both organizations care about. As part of this partnership we awarded research grants to several faculty and PhD students in 2022 which have resulted in fantastic outcomes. I am delighted and only looking forward to bettering that when announcing our LinkedIn-Cornell 2023 Grant Recipients.

cc: Ya Xu, Thorsten Joachims, Kavita Bala

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Experience

Director Of Engineering, AI at LinkedIn (February 2021 - Present)
Principal Staff Engineer and Scientist at LinkedIn (October 2018 - February 2021), Senior Staff Data Scientist at LinkedIn (March 2016 - September 2018), Staff Data Scientist at LinkedIn (July 2013 - at Columbia University (August 2008 - August 2011)

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Probability and Statistics from Cornell University (2003 - 2008), Masters and Bachelors in Statistics from Indian Statistical Institute (1998 - 2003)

Location

Mountain View, California, United States