Frugal AI workshop: emerging trends, challenges and markets
8 Feb 2026
10:15 -12:30
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Open to: All
Fadi Boustany Lecture Theatre (Cambridge Judge Business School)
Trumpington St
Cambridge
CB2 1AG
United Kingdom
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Category: On-campus events
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This workshop brings together academics and industry practitioners to explore emerging trends, challenges and market dynamics in artificial intelligence. The session will examine frontier developments in AI, the practical limits of current systems and the role of Frugal AI in enabling more sustainable, inclusive and scalable innovation.
Co-organised by the Frugal AI Hub at the Cambridge’s Judge Business School, University of Cambridge and the Vietnamese Intellectual Society (VIS) in the UK and Ireland, the event also provides a platform to reflect on AI adoption and market realities from a Vietnamese and international perspective. The programme includes expert talks followed by a panel discussion spanning research, industry and innovation policy.
Agenda
10:15-11:00
Annual general meeting – VIS
11:00-11:20
Frontier AI trends
- Dr Harry Nguyen, Associate Professor of AI, Cork University
11:20-11:40
Frugal AI: Driving sustainable, inclusive and sustainable innovation
- Serish Venkata Gandikota, Co-Founder and Director, Frugal AI Hub
- Dr Arjuna Sathiaseelan, CTO, Frugal AI Hub
11:40-12:00
The limited capabilities of AI and mainframe
- Mr Peter Bom, CEO, SMT A/S
12:00-12:30
Panel discussion: AI emerging trends, challenges and markets with perspective of Vietnamese context
Panellists:
- Professor Long Tran-Thanh, Professor of AI and Computer Science, University of Warwick
- Professor Jaideep Prabhu, Frugal Innovation, University of Cambridge
- Dr Arjuna Sathiaseelan
- Mr Peter Bom
Moderator: Dr Yen Tran, Associate Professor of Innovation Management, Edinburgh Business School – Herriot Watt University. Visiting Fellow – Cambridge Judge Business School
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