Earlier writing, collaborative research, and inventions. A record of questions I have been working on over time.
Some earlier publications and patent records use the name Anas Alfarra. I write here as Annas Farra. Original bylines, dates, and collaborators are preserved below.
The 2025 WTW series came from collaboration between the WTW Research Network and Wharton’s Mack Institute Collaborative Innovation Program. It is coauthored industry research. The reflections below are new; the linked articles remain their dated originals.
A recent application publication concerning sensor fusion and AI for product-quality classification. Filed July 14, 2025; application 19/268,107. This is a published application, not a verified patent grant or evidence of experimental performance.
Inventors: Annas Farra and Zifu Wang. Applicant: SignAiture LLC.
Looking back from this notebook
The technical disclosure and the experimental record answer different questions. The spectroscopy retrospective shows the figures, what they support, and the work still needed.
Part 3 of Reshaping the GenAI Landscape: inference demand, specialized processors, and the commercial questions around evolving AI hardware.
Anas Alfarra, Swetha Garimalla, Carlos Loarte, Crystal McKinney, Sonal Madhok, and Omar Samhan.
Looking back from this notebook
The continuing thread: a cheaper component can make another constraint more important. Follow the full system.
Podcast conversation
The Spoon Podcast · Episode 137
#137: Navigating The World of Patents As a Food Tech Startup
A conversation with Michael Wolf about patent types, provisional applications, filing processes, and portfolio strategy for food-technology startups. Approximately 34 minutes.
Host: Michael Wolf. Guest: Anas Alfarra.
Looking back from this notebook
The useful question behind the terminology is what a business needs to understand, preserve, and make possible.
An earlier invention concerning an automated system for preparing and dispensing food. Filed September 1, 2018; granted June 16, 2020.
Inventor: Anas Alfarra.
Looking back from this notebook
An example of the long-running interest in making physical work programmable. The patent records the invention; adoption and operational reliability require their own evidence.