Abhishek Gupta

Abhishek Gupta

Founder and Principal Researcher, Montreal AI Ethics Institute (Montréal, QC)

May 25, 2021

Mr. Abhishek Gupta is the Founder and Principal Researcher at the Montreal AI Ethics Institute and a Machine Learning Engineer at Microsoft where he serves on the CSE Responsible AI Board. He is representing Canada for the International Visitor Leaders Program (IVLP) administered by the US State Department as an expert on the future of work. He is the author of the forthcoming book titled Actionable AI Ethics that will be a practical and hands-on guide for operationalizing AI ethics.

Mr. Gupta’s research focuses on applied technical and policy methods to address ethical, safety, and inclusivity concerns in using AI in different domains. He has built the largest community driven, public consultation group on AI Ethics in the world that has made significant contributions to the Montréal Declaration for Responsible AI, the G7 AI Summit, AHRC and WEF Responsible Innovation framework, PIPEDA amendments for AI impacts, Scotland’s national AI strategy and the European Commission Trustworthy AI Guidelines. His work on public competence building in AI Ethics has been recognized by governments from across North America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania.


Role: Panel Member
Report: AI for Science and Engineering