Short Bio

Dr. Asim Munawar is a Project Lead at IBM’s Watson Research Center in New York, where he heads efforts to enhance reasoning, planning, and agentic workflows in enterprise-scale large language models. With over 15 years of experience in AI—more than a decade of it at IBM Research—he has held key leadership roles, including Manager and Program Director for Neuro-Symbolic AI.

Dr. Munawar earned his Ph.D. from Hokkaido University, Japan, and has authored over 80 peer-reviewed publications. He is an inventor on 20+ U.S. patents and a frequent keynote and invited speaker at top venues such as IJCAI, ICSE, and ACMSE. He also serves on advisory boards for the National Center of Artificial Intelligence in Pakistan and the Centaur AI Institute in the U.S.

His work focuses on building scalable, high-impact AI systems and fostering strong, diverse teams. He continues to advance the capabilities of AI for solving real-world enterprise challenges.

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