BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Prag Mishra currently holds the position of Chief AI Officer at Armada, an innovative startup in full-stack edge computation that he joined in June 2023. At Armada, he leads groundbreaking initiatives in real-time computer vision, language models, robotics, multimodal AI, and Generative AI at the edge. With a career spanning over two decades, Dr. Mishra is an experienced engineering and research executive known for his expertise in developing advanced AI and ML systems and products. His professional journey includes a decade at Amazon, where he spearheaded key projects in AI, robotics, and machine learning across various divisions, including Amazon Fulfillment Technologies, Amazon Logistics, Prime Air, and Amazon Robotics. Prior to Amazon, he contributed significantly to product innovation at Microsoft, working with teams at Microsoft Research, Bing Maps, Xbox, and others. He also played a crucial role in the Collaborative Sensemaking project at Xerox PARC, funded by DARPA in the early 2000s.

Prag holds a Ph.D. in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence from Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science and a bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Electrical Communication from the Indian Institute of Technology. As a founding member of Carnegie Mellon’s Autonomous Helicopter Laboratory, he made significant contributions to DARPA’s Video Surveillance and Monitoring program. His areas of expertise are diverse, encompassing statistical machine learning, computer vision, robotics, and industrial automation, among others. Dr. Mishra has made substantial impacts in various fields, including information search, behavioral science, geospatial systems, and autonomous technologies. He holds a diverse portfolio of over 200 approved US and international patents, with an additional 100 patents pending at the USPTO and other global patent offices.