Debraj GuhaThakurta is a Senior Data Scientist Lead in Microsoft’s AI & Research. His effort focusses on the use of different platforms and processes (such as Microsoft’s Azure ML, Cortana Suite, Cognitive Services, ML Server, SQL Server, Spark, Team Data Science Process), for creating scalable and operationalized AI solutions. Debraj has extensive industry experience in machine learning applications in biopharma and forecasting domains. He has a Ph.D. in chemistry & biophysics, and post-doctoral research experience in machine learning applications in genomics. He has published more than 25 peer-reviewed papers, book-chapters and patents.