CIO Pavan Pidugu Drives AI-Powered Transportation Transformation

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Pavan Pidugu discusses the modernization of the Department of Transportation through AI and digital transformation.

At the CIO100 Symposium, Department of Transportation CIO Pavan Pidugu discusses modernizing the DOT through AI and digital transformation. From combating fraud to improving safety and efficiency, Pidugu details how data-driven innovation and cultural change have reshaped federal technology, earning the agency three consecutive CIO100 Awards for excellence in modernization. Guest Pavan Pidugu: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pidugupavan/ linkedin.comlinkedin.com

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Guest: Pavan Pidugu

Topics covered

• AI
• digital transformation
• transportation
• data-driven innovation
• federal technology
• safety
• efficiency

Keywords

• AI
• transportation transformation
• CIO100 Awards
• digital transformation
• data-driven innovation
• safety
• efficiency

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Organizations: Department of Transportation, CIO100

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