Artificial Intelligence: The Future is NOW

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The Mobile Learning Lab team is excited to announce our first event of 2018... Artificial Intelligence: The Future is NOW. Join us on Tuesday January 23rd for a jam packed session featuring 5 incredible speakers with experience in the Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning space! NEW YEAR, NEW FORMAT. Each speaker will present an 8-10 minute 'tedtalk' style session on their area of focus. With all the hype surrounding Artificial Intelligence, this MLL will provide you with a high over-view of what Artificial Intelligence is, it's different applications, and how it will affect life as you know it...both personally and professionally Speaker #1: Mark Aretha, Sales Director, Great Lakes Region at DataRobot
<IMG SRC="https://secure.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/5/d/6/d/600_467363917.jpeg"> "What is AI and why all the hype?" Mark will provide a high-level overview of Artificial intelligence and what it means to automate Machine Learning. He'll run through the various components involved, what it all encompasses, and how to get started. Through an illustrated discussion, he'll explain the momentum behind the AI 'hype' and the practical applications of Machine Learning. Speaker#2: Rajiv Anand, Founder and CEO of Quartic.ai 
<IMG SRC="https://secure.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/5/d/7/0/600_467363920.jpeg"> "AI and the Digital Economy: Opportunity or Threat?" Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are changing the very basic nature of how we work, regardless of the field, we are in. As a result, engineers and technologists are often asking themselves one of two questions: the first is in the form of a threat - when machines and algorithms start performing more cognitive tasks, will my skills and experience become less relevant? The second is in exploring opportunities in the digital economy - What new skills should I acquire to excel and succeed in the age of AI? Rajiv Anand, who having transitioned from a long-term traditional engineering career to an AI-focused career and considers himself a "digital immigrant" will share how best to leverage your existing education and skills to thrive in the digital economy Speaker #3: Karthik Balakrishnan, SVP Technology at Wysdom.AI <IMG SRC="https://secure.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/5/d/7/4/600_467363924.jpeg"> "Natural Language Understanding: The magic that powers Alexa and Google Assistant" Karthik's discussion will provide the audience with insight on what happens 'behind-the-scenes' with bot technology. He'll explore how natural language processing and machine learning drive the functionality of these digital assistants. Speaker #4: Mike Branch, Vice President of Business Intelligence at Geotab 
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"Open Data, Machine Learning, and the Connected Car" Mike will talk about Geotab's big data infrastructure processing over 2 billion records a day and how Geotab is leveraging Machine Learning to develop solutions to enable its customers and smart cities. Speaker #5: Pritesh Patel, Director of AI & Security at BioConnect <IMG SRC="https://secure.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/5/d/7/6/600_467363926.jpeg"> "Artificial Intelligence as a measure of Identity" Artificial intelligence is used today in so many different ways to improve the lives of individuals, increase efficiency and make our lives easier – from playing music from our phones without even clicking a button, to helping us improve our spending habits. What about when it comes to identity? With a background in biometrics and identity, Director of AI and Security @ BioConnect, Pritesh Patel is obsessed with understanding the impact of artificial intelligence on identity. The biggest struggle with identity measures today is that they are based on 0 and 1 decision-making protocols – do you have the right card or the right password? 0-wrong, 1-right; However, identity isn't static, it's context-based. As human beings, we can identify each other leveraging prior history because with that history comes learnings, knowledge and data. Join Pritesh as he shares his insights on how artificial intelligence is being used as an identity measure, in a way that makes our digital lives safer and more efficient.

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