Ikhlaq Sidhu is the Chief Scientist and Founding Director of the Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology at UC Berkeley. The document discusses the Sutardja Center's focus on data and AI applications, tools, and emerging directions. It provides an overview of the Center's undergraduate and graduate programs, global partnerships, and applied research labs including the Data-X Lab. Examples of student projects utilizing data and AI are presented. Emerging areas of focus like deep learning, robotics, and collaborative human-machine systems are also discussed.