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Ram Swaminathan

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Chief Scientist and Advisor at Fluid Inference
📍 Cupertino, California, United States

Ram is the Chief Scientist and Advisor at Fluid Inference, with a rich background as a Senior Director at LinkedIn and researcher at HP and Bell Labs. He is an expert in machine learning, AI, and cryptography, holding over 80 publications and 40 patents. He earned his MS from Purdue University.

Outside of his technical work, Ram is deeply passionate about classical music, with a fondness for composers like Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms. He is an avid supporter of the San Francisco Symphony. His writings reveal a philanthropic spirit and a reflective, humorous personality.

Despite living in the Bay Area for over 25 years, he has never visited Lake Tahoe or Yosemite.

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Experience
6 Years
Current Role
Chief Scientist and Advisor
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Cupertino, California, United States
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Responsible AI
Led a large team at LinkedIn focused on trust, fairness, privacy, and explainability in machine learning models, a core part of his professional focus.
Generative AI
His work at Fluid Inference involves small language models (SLMs) on local devices, and he has a stated interest in generative machine learning.
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Career

Work history

3-2023 - 12-2025
Chief Scientist and Advisor
Fluid Inference
1-2019 - 12-2022
Senior Director of Trust AI + DS and Responsible AI
LinkedIn
Director of JYMBII, Job Search, and Job Marketplace AI
LinkedIn
Senior Research Group Manager
HP Labs
Member of Technical Staff
Bell Labs, AT&T and Lucent Technologies
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Education
MS
Purdue University
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