Somdip Dey is an Indian-born

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(AI) scientist and businessman. He is the co-founder and CEO of Nosh Technologies, a technology company focused on reducing

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through

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and AI.

Education and early life

Somdip Dey completed his BSc degree in Computer Science from St. Xavier's College, Kolkata, India, in 2012. He then went on to complete his MSc degree in Advanced Computer Science from the

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in 2014. In 2023, he completed his PhD in Computer Science from the

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Career

SDey began his career at

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, where he collaborated with the

to develop a

algorithm designed to optimize battery consumption in

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s based on user interactions. This work was presented at the DATE 2020 conference. He later joined the National Centre for Nuclear Robotics, where he co-developed SoCodeCNN, a methodology that combines

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and

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using

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s to increase the resilience of electronic systems against radiation damage. The research team behind SoCodeCNN included Dey, Klaus McDonald-Maier, Amit Kumar Singh, and Dilip Kumar Prasad. In 2020, during the

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, Dey co-developed the Nosh app, a mobile application designed to reduce food waste in households using embedded machine learning. Dey and computer engineer Suman Saha co-founded Nosh Technologies, a technology company focused on developing algorithms and technologies to reduce food waste. Dey is a clinical professor of AI and machine learning at

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, a lecturer of Data Science at

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, and a lecturer of Computer Science at the

. Dey writes a column titled "A Window to the Tech World" for the Times of India and contributes to publications such as the Free Press Journal, The Conversation, and Forbes Technology Council. In 2020, He gave a

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talk at

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, UK, with the title "Are We Developing Artificial Intelligence to Support Humanity?".

Awards and recognition

Dey was named an "MIT Innovator Under 35" in Europe in 2022, and a World IP Review Leader in the UK.

Personal life

Dey completed the 2024 London Marathon without any training, and after performing an all-night DJ set at a music event the morning on the day of the marathon.

References

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