About
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.