Dr. Elena Fersman, VP, Head of Global AI Accelerator, Ericsson and Adjunct Professor of Cyber-Physical Systems, KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.

In the cyber-physical continuum, efficient interplay of sensors, actuators, network and computing is becoming increasingly critical.  As complexity of such systems grows, humans need to be able to rely on autonomous intelligent features more and more, and not only expect maximum performance given limited resources, but also adherence to trustworthy principles such as safety, explainability, security and privacy. In this talk, we will discuss how artificial intelligence can be used to optimize performance of cyber-physical systems while guaranteeing their mission-critical properties.

Elena Fersman is a Vice President and Head of Global AI Accelerator at Ericsson. She is responsible for a distributed team based in USA, Sweden, India and Canada. Elena is a docent and an adjunct professor in Cyber-Physical Systems specialized in Automation at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. She holds a PhD in Computer Science from Uppsala University, an MBA from St. Petersburg Polytechnic University and did a postdoc at the University Paris-Saclay. At Ericsson, she had various positions ranging from product management to research leadership. Elena served on the Board of Directors of RISE Research Institutes of Sweden 2019-2022 and is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences. Elena has co-authored over 50 patent families.