As the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to advance at an unprecedented pace, one particular subset has been gaining significant traction – Generative AI. Gartner explains that Generative AI isn’t just a technology or a business case — it is a key part of a society in which people and machines work together. This technology has the capability to learn from existing artifacts to generate new, realistic artifacts (at scale) that reflect the characteristics of the training data but don’t repeat it. It can learn from and produce a variety of novel content, such as images, video, music, speech, text, software code, and product designs. Yet, this nascent domain is not without its challenges. The complex nature of building robust, efficient, and creative models requires deep-learning engineers to grapple with and solve highly technical problems.
Over the years, the tech industry has often been critiqued for its gender imbalance. But there's an array of highly competent women engineers who are breaking barriers and trailblazing the field. They are proving to be strong pillars in the AI landscape, inspiring a new generation of women to take up engineering. Surabhi Sinha is one such young inspiration from New Delhi, currently based out of Silicon Valley in the US, setting a prime example for upcoming machine learning enthusiasts worldwide aspiring to venture into technology and AI.
Surabhi Sinha, an experienced Machine Learning Engineer with over five years of experience in Generative AI, is rapidly establishing herself as an influential professional in the AI community. Her current work at Adobe, a Fortune 500 company, has seen her emerge as an integral part of the team, contributing to significant projects and patents that have had far-reaching implications not only for Adobe but also for the broader Generative AI industry.
Surabhi’s primary focus is in the domain of optimization and efficiency of generative AI models. Through efficient model optimization techniques and innovative approaches that she developed, she has been able to streamline the training and deployment of models, reducing computational resources, and improving efficiency. These developments have allowed for more efficient and rapid AI content generation, with potential uses in areas as diverse as arts and natural language processing, and computer vision. Surabhi has established herself as a leader in the field of innovative technology development by demonstrating her ability to optimize models and improve the performance of generative artificial intelligence not only critical to her organization but to the broader field as well. She has been pivotal in enabling efficient deployment of generative AI models including the state-of-the-art diffusion models on several flagship products, which has not only helped in significant cost savings but has also reduced runtime latencies creating a more seamless user experience. On devices with limited memory or computing prowess, it is imperative to deploy optimized and efficient generative models. Surabhi's contributions have not only led to reduced machine-learning model sizes, and faster and more efficient models but in addition to scaling businesses, have also paved the way to a more sustainable future as optimized models help lower the amount of energy consumption used to train and deploy these models. Surabhi’s work indeed goes beyond obvious business implications, as her work in Machine Learning (ML) model optimization has contributed to energy efficiency and environmental sustainability, aligning AI systems with a more eco-friendly future.
Surabhi's influence extends beyond Adobe, as her expertise and insights on Generative AI and other critical AI applications are sought at leading industry conferences and award juries across the United States. Her recent invitation as a keynote speaker at the World Data Congress 2023, where she was awarded as one of the “Top Influential Leaders in AI to Watch in 2023,” speaks volumes about her standing in the field. At the event, Analytics Insight announced Surabhi Sinha as the winner of the prestigious “Top Influential Leaders in AI to Watch in 2023” award as well. This accolade celebrates individuals who have made significant contributions to the field of artificial intelligence. Surabhi Sinhaʼs remarkable achievements and innovative approach to advancing AI have positioned her as a leader to watch in the industry.
Besides, she is regularly invited as an expert judge and reviewer at various hackathons, conferences, and industry awards including Globee Information Technology Awards 2023, Globee Leadership Awards, IEEE Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IEEE CAI 2023), Int. Conference on Data Science (ICDATA 2023), LA Hacks, and as a final round judge at a national level hackathon in India called Trident Hacks to name a few. She has also been invited to serve as a reviewer at the 2023 ICLR First Workshop on "Machine Learning & Global Health" and as a technical program committee member at MLANN 2023 Artificial Intelligence track as well as in ICDATA 2023.
Surabhi's passion and commitment to driving innovation, serving the community, and mentoring future generations of technologists make her an exceptional leader. Naturally, her work and impact have not gone unnoticed. She has been invited by the media which has extensively published columns about her trailblazing efforts in the field, with features in publications such as NY Weekly, InspirationFeed, and Ziddu. These features highlight Surabhi's passion and commitment to the field of Generative AI, contributing to the rising interest and excitement around this technology.
In addition to her remarkable professional accomplishments, Surabhi has shown a keen interest in fostering community engagement and mentoring future technologists. She has taken on mentorship roles at Mentoring Her, a platform designed to mentor young women in technology. Surabhi also served as an executive council member at National Service Scheme (NSS - DTU), contributing to various social and community service projects. She also co-founded TogetherThrive Foundation, aimed at creating a community of legally enriched and socially empowered people where no one is alone in their legal journey. She aims to give everyone a voice and raise everyone's social and legal awareness, creating a community where everyone's abilities complement each other.
It is this combination of professional acumen, leadership, and personal commitment that makes Surabhi Sinha an exceptional figure in the world of AI. Her perseverance and dedication to Generative AI, coupled with her ability to influence, teach, and inspire others in the field, not only make her an influential professional but also a visionary role model leading the way for aspiring women engineers.
