Dean Alderucci
Director of Research, Center for AI and Patent Analysis
Carnegie Mellon University
Dean Alderucci is the director of research for the Center for Artificial Intelligence and Patent Analysis at Carnegie Mellon University. His research involves extracting knowledge from the text of legal and other documents, and automating complex tasks performed by knowledge-intensive workers such as lawyers, regulators, and medical professionals. He also advises organizations on best practices for implementing machine learning and natural language processing technologies, and on creating AI tools customized to various business areas. Dean speaks frequently on applying AI, especially in legal and regulatory domains. He has taught graduate courses in innovation strategy, natural language processing, and intellectual property at the University of Chicago, New York University, and Carnegie Mellon University. He was previously COO & Chief IP counsel for a global financial services firm, and before that chief counsel for a business incubator. He is also a registered patent attorney, an inventor on over 250 granted US patents across a variety of technical fields, and a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.
