Networked Agents and Decentralized AI (NANDA) - Talk by MIT's Prof. Raskar

The current incarnation of AI is ‘centralized’ - the intelligence exists primarily in one location. It is just a matter of time before AI becomes ‘decentralized’ with many innovations.

At MIT, Prof. Ramesh Raskar and his team have been pioneering the next wave of decentralized intelligence. Their initiative, 10 years in development - NANDA (Networked Agents + Decentralized AI) - introduces the critical infrastructure needed to scale distributed agent intelligence.
Come listen to Prof. Raskar and … to learn about the NANDA-MCP architecture for the 'Internet of AI', and how it will change the venture and startup ecosystem.

You will also learn about how you can contribute to the framework and ​launch your own NANDA (MCP++) services for your project or startup.

​Follow NANDA at https://nanda.mit.edu

Speaker: Prof. Ramesh Raskar
Bio: Ramesh Raskar is a Massachusetts Institute of Technology associate professor and head of the MIT Media Lab's Camera Culture research group. He holds 132 patents in computer vision, computational health, sensors and imaging. He is well known for inventing EyeNetra (mobile device to calculate spectacle glasses prescription), EyeCatra (cataract screening) and EyeSelfie (retinal imaging), Femto-photography (trillion frames per second imaging), and his TED talk for cameras to see around corners.

Date: May 18, 2025
Time: 830 AM PT

Location: Virtual (link will be shared after registration)