Dr. Badri Narayana Patro is a Senior Research Scientist Lead at Microsoft, where he spearheads cutting-edge research in computer vision and natural language processing, with a focus on Deep Learning, Transformers, and Large Language Models (LLMs). His academic journey includes a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur and an M.Tech. from IIT Bombay, laying the foundation for a career that bridges rigorous scholarship and impactful innovation.

Before joining Microsoft, Dr. Patro held prestigious postdoctoral positions at KU Leuven, Belgium, and Google Research, India, contributing to foundational advancements in AI. His industry experience spans roles at Samsung R&D, Harman International, and Larsen & Toubro, where he led engineering efforts across software and systems.

Dr. Patro is a prolific contributor to the research community, with publications in top-tier conferences such as CVPR, ICCV, NeurIPS, AAAI, EMNLP, BMVC, WACV, MM, and ICASSP, and journals including TIP, PR, Neurocomputing, EAAI, and Image Vision Computing. He actively serves as a reviewer for leading venues like CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, NeurIPS, ICLR, ACL, EMNLP, NAACL, and journals such as T-PAMI, TIP, TMM, and PR. He is a proud member of CVF and ACL, and is deeply committed to advancing the frontiers of AI research.