Ajay Gupta, the Lab Director, is also the Director, Mobility
Solutions, at HP Labs India. This department focuses on product
and service innovations that exploit rapid expansion of wireless
infrastructure in the emerging markets.
Ajay joined Hewlett-Packard in 1986 at HP Labs, Bristol,
UK, where his work on machine learning techniques led to
a number of publications, patents, and product enhancements
for equipment diagnosis during manufacturing and support
processes.
During 1989 and 1991, Ajay was part of the initial team
that set up HP's offshore software operation in Bangalore.
From 1991 to 95, Ajay led teams at HP Labs Bristol working
on electronic test systems and intelligent networks. These
teams developed a number of products that now form HP's
telecom offerings.
During 1995-98, Ajay was R&D Manager and System Integration
business manager at HP Singapore Network Operation focusing
on HP's OSS & BSS offerings for telecom service providers
globally. From 1998 to 2003, Ajay was with HP's joint venture
with Ericsson, EHPT, where as the head of its Indian subsidiary
he built its R&D and global offshore services centre.
His research interests are mobile internet, business
process monitoring, information dynamics in complex social
contexts and venture creation.
Ajay earned his BS at IIT Kanpur, India,
and his MS at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. He
holds several granted patents and has been published in
numerous technical journals