Rajiv Shah

Rajiv Shah is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC), part of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. He holds a PhD in Communications and a Juris Doctor from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, with a visiting fellowship at Harvard University's Kennedy School. His research focuses on the legal and policy implications of communication technologies, societal impacts of AI, and privacy concerns. Shah is also Chief Evangelist at Contextual AI, with extensive industry experience at companies like Hugging Face, Snowflake, and DataRobot. He has authored over 20 research papers, holds 20 patents, and has been cited over 1,000 times.

His academic work has been published in communications, computer science, and law journals. Shah is a sought-after speaker on AI topics, delivering talks at major events like Google Next, ODSC East, and the Generative AI World Summit. He actively engages with the public through social media, including TikTok and YouTube, where his channel @rajistics has garnered over 10 million views. His expertise spans generative AI, machine learning evaluation, and data-centric AI strategies.