Mogan Lakshmanadas is an advanced automation expert with over 13 years of experience, specializing in AI-driven smart manufacturing solutions, optimizing semiconductor OEM manufacturing. As a manager in Automation Technology Group (ATG) at Applied Materials, Mogan has pioneered many innovative products through machine vision – automated optical inspection (AOI), robotics – vision guided robotics (VGR), advanced modular testing – automated test equipment (ATE) and deep learning ( FA, yield & prediction). Associated with Bharath Semiconductor Society (BSS) and Indian Machine Vision Association (IMVA), Mogan is a thought leader in semiconductor test engineering and smart manufacturing solutions. With his prior vast experience in R&D from a leading electronics research lab of the Govt of India, he has generated many inventions and IEEE journals and has also presented his insights on research and development and commercialization of AOI, smart automation, and robotics solutions at multiple industry forums.