Anand J Kulkarni holds a Ph.D. in Distributed Optimization from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, an MS in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Regina, Canada, a Bachelor of Engineering from Shivaji University, India and a Diploma from the Board of Technical Education, Mumbai. He worked as a Research Fellow at Odette School of Business, University of Windsor, Canada. Anand worked with Symbiosis International University, Pune, India for over six years. He is currently working as a Professor and Associate Director of the Institute of Artificial Intelligence at MITWPU, Pune, India. His research interests include optimization algorithms, multi-objective optimization, continuous, discrete, and combinatorial optimization, swarm optimization, and self-organizing systems. Anand pioneered optimization methodologies such as Cohort Intelligence, Ideology Algorithm, Expectation Algorithm, and Socio Evolution & Learning Optimization Algorithm. Anand is the founder of Optimization and Agent Tech
