Fausto Artico, PhD GlaxoSmithKline

Fausto is AI manager at GSK responsible for Digital Innovation projects and has a double PhD (Information Technology and Computer Science). He gained his second master’s and PhD while he was a Teaching Assistant at the University of California – Irvine. Fausto worked in multi-disciplinary teams and he has over 20 years of experience in academia and industry. As a software engineer, HPC and AI/ML expert, Fausto has a strong understanding of full hardware and software stacks and has worked on key projects at European and American government institutions and with key individuals like the Nobel Prize winner Michael J. Prather. After his time at NVIDIA Corporation in Silicon Valley, Fausto worked at the IBM T J Watson Center in New York before moving to the GSK Tech Digital innovation Lab in Stevenage where he is heading a team of experts.  He and his team are leveraging AI, ML and Cognitive Computing to enhance the value of products to patients while also increasing GSK manufacturing productivity.