Vivek Pradeep is a Partner Research Manager at Microsoft, where he has worked with the Applied Sciences team for over 11 years. He runs the AI division for Windows, which helps build and ship computer vision, audio and LLM-based experiences on client silicon. He received his PhD from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles in 2011 where he worked on a wearable SLAM system. Before that, he received his undergraduate degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee.