Bio

Sean Kennedy leads the Artificial Intelligence Research Lab inside of Nokia Bell Labs Solutions Research. This multinational team is widely known for its strong innovation culture and industrial impact. Sean is responsible for driving innovation in critically hard and important industry problems that create customer value, including steering solutions and internal start-ups for global market value and nonlinear growth opportunities. Sean applies his unique depth in mathematics and computing technologies to envision and broadly explain the evolution and future effects of artificial intelligence. His current research focuses on moving beyond existing machine learning systems towards systems that mimic the human capacity for analytical thinking. Sean holds a joint PhD in mathematics and computer science from McGill University in Montreal, Canada.