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Vik Pant, PhD

About

Vik Pant

Vik Pant, PhD, is Principal of Applied AI and Quantum Information at PwC US, where he architects production-class Agentic AI systems and advises on Post-Quantum Cybersecurity.

He holds a doctorate in Information Science from the University of Toronto, where his thesis was unanimously accepted "As-Is" without changes—a rare distinction. He also earned a Master's degree from Harvard University (Dean's List) and an MBA from the University of London (distinction).

Vik serves as Adjunct Professor at both the University of Toronto (Faculty of Information) and the University of Ottawa (Geography, Environment, and Geomatics). His research focuses on strategic coopetition in multi-agent systems, game-theoretic optimization, and computational modelling.

Education

PhD, Information Science

University of Toronto — Thesis accepted "As-Is"

MBA, International Management

University of London — Graduated with distinction

Master's, Information Technology

Harvard University — Dean's List Academic Achievement Award

Bachelor's, Management Information Systems

Villanova University

Founder

In 2017, Vik founded the Synthetic Intelligence Forum (SIF), a global community of practice for AI practitioners. The community has grown to over 24,000 YouTube subscribers and features expert sessions with researchers from Stanford, Bloomberg, D-Wave, and other leading institutions.