Santanu Pattanayak works as a Staff Machine Learning Specialist at Qualcomm Corp R&D and is an author of the deep learning book Pro Deep Learning with TensorFlow - A Mathematical Approach to Advanced Artificial Intelligence in Python. He has around 12 years of work experience and has worked at GE, Capgemini, and IBM before joining Qualcomm. He graduated with a degree in electrical engineering from Jadavpur University, Kolkata and is an avid math enthusiast. Santanu is currently pursuing a master's degree in data science from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Hyderabad. He also participates in Kaggle competitions in his spare time where he ranks in top 500.