Tariq King is a recognized thought-leader in software testing and quality engineering. He is currently the Chief Scientist at test.ai, where he leads research and development of their core platform for AI-driven test automation. Tariq has over fifteen years' professional experience in the software industry, and has formerly held positions including Head of Quality, Director of Quality Engineering, Manager of Software Engineering, and Test Architect. He holds Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science from Florida International University, and a B.S. in Computer Science from Florida Tech. He has published over 40 research articles in peer-reviewed IEEE and ACM journals, conferences, and workshops, and has written book chapters and technical reports for Springer, O'Reilly, Capgemini, Sogeti, IGI Global, and more. Tariq has been an international keynote speaker and trainer at leading software conferences in industry and academia, and serves on multiple conference boards and program committees.