Second New Facility in Four Months Reinforces Saama’s Life Sciences Commitment
CAMPBELL, CA – (November 28, 2017) – Saama Technologies, Inc., a leading clinical analytics company, today announced it will open a new Artificial Intelligence research laboratory in Chennai, one of the largest scientific, technological and educational centers in South India. The opening of the new facility on November 28 reflects Saama’s growing leadership position in the global life sciences industry. In October, Saama opened new offices in Bridgewater, New Jersey.
“Chennai will be a location of immense strategic value for Saama,” said Malaikannan Sankarasubbu, Vice President of Artificial Intelligence Research at Saama Technologies. “Our new office puts us in direct proximity to the premier resources and laboratories at the University of Madras, Anna University, and IIT Madras. These laboratories provide access to the world-class scientific and technological talent concentrated in that area, and facilitates potential future partnerships with the renowned Chennai Mathematical Institute.”
Chennai, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal, is the capital of Tamil Nadu. Often referred to as the “soul” of South India, the city of over 8.5 million is known for its vibrant economy and culture.
“Saama is a very welcomed addition to Chennai’s robust technological community,” said Pravin Kumar, Founder and CEO of SMHack. “Saama’s leadership position in the life sciences industry dovetails perfectly with the thriving scientific research being conducted at Chennai’s institutions of higher learning.”
Saama’s new lab will be a strong presence in the Chennai community. The Chennai-based team’s efforts will focus on deep learning to optimize clinical trial technology and accelerate the drug discovery and development process.
“Work conducted in Chennai will compliment and further Saama’s overarching technical strategy involving unprecedented advances in life science data analytics that help improve disease management worldwide,” said Suresh Katta, Founder and CEO of Saama Technologies. “Our Chennai team, led by Malaikannan, will also pursue potential partnership opportunities. Saama is excited about the prospect of working closely with organizations such as the Chennai Mathematical Institute.”
Malaikannan joined Saama as Vice President of Artificial Intelligence Research in August 2017. He specializes in deriving insights with unstructured data like text and images and is passionate about Deep Learning applications in Healthcare and Life Sciences. He previously was Founder and CTO for Datalog.ai, creators of MyPolly, an AI-based chatbot building. Malaikannan was part of the Enterprise Architecture team in Optum and Cognizant Technology Solutions. Malaikannan loves building Artificial Intelligence communities and has built a community around Keras and an Indian Deep Learning Initiative. Malaikannan actively shares his knowledge in Meetups and conferences and loves to blog about Artificial Intelligence at www.saama.com/blogs/ai.
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