AI-ONE

How AI steered doctors toward a possible Coronavirus treatment

Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com In late January, researchers at BenevolentAI, an artificial intelligence startup in central London, turned their attention to the coronavirus. Within two days, using technologies that can scour scientific literature related to the virus, they pinpointed a possible treatment with speed that surprised both the company that makes the drug and many doctors who Read More

Microservices

Software AG extends webMethods API Management Platform for APAC

Source: itbrief.co.nz Software AG has launched a new product for Asia Pacific (APAC) organisations named webMethods AppMesh, a configurable control plane that extends the company’s webMethods API Management Platform. The new offering adds application context and aims to aid businesses in gaining greater agility, management and governance of microservices. It is designed to increase visibility Read More

Data Science

Moving data science into production

Source: techcentral.ie 1 May 2020 | 0 Deploying data science into production is still a big challenge. Not only does the deployed data science need to be updated frequently but available data sources and types change rapidly, as do the methods available for their analysis. This continuous growth of possibilities makes it very limiting to rely Read More

Microsoft Azure Machine Learning

Cloud computing: Microsoft signs new discount Azure deal with UK government

Source: techrepublic.com The UK government’s Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has secured an agreement with Microsoft to offer public sector organizations discounted rates for Azure. Billed as the Azure Pricing Arrangement (APA), the agreement builds on the Digital Transformation Arrangement (DTA) than has existed between Microsoft and the CCS since 2018 and runs until April 2021. Read More

Big Data

Fuzzy Anonymity Rules Could Stymie EU’s Big Data Sharing Ideas

Source: cpomagazine.com The EU wants to see more non-personal data shared between businesses, but that could prove easier said than done. On 19 February, the European Commission presented a three-part package to boost Europe’s digital economy, including a European strategy for data. Buried beneath the headlines about artificial intelligence is a set of policy options Read More

Deep Learning

Deep-Learning Techniques Classify Cuttings Volume of Shale Shakers

Source: pubs.spe.org A real-time deep-learning model is proposed to classify the volume of cuttings from a shale shaker on an offshore drilling rig by analyzing the real-time monitoring video stream. As opposed to the traditional, time-consuming video-analytics method, the proposed model can implement a real-time classification and achieve remarkable accuracy. The approach is composed of Read More

TensorFlow

Google to replace TensorFlow’s runtime with TFRT

Source: sdtimes.com Google has announced a new TensorFlow runtime designed to make it easier to build and deploy machine learning models across many different devices.  The company explained that ML ecosystems are vastly different than they were 4 or 5 years ago. Today, innovation in ML has led to more complex models and deployment scenarios Read More

Google AI

Google releases AI tool for processing Paycheck Protection Program loans

Source: venturebeat.com In an effort to help lenders expedite the processing of applications for the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program, which aims to keep workers employed during the coronavirus pandemic, Google developed an AI solution called PPP Lending AI that integrates with existing document ingestion tools. It’s available to eligible lending institutions Read More

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence can’t technically invent things, says patent office

Source: edition.cnn.com Artificial intelligence is the future. If “Westworld” or “Black Mirror” are to be believed, there will soon come a day when the computers rule us all.But for now, an AI’s power ends at the US Patent Office.The USPTO has denied a pair of patents filed on behalf of DABUS, an artificial intelligence system, and Read More

Google AI

Google’s AI can adjust voice emotion, pitch, and speed with 30 minutes of data

Source: venturebeat.com In a paper originally published last October and accepted to the International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) 2020, researchers affiliated with Google and the University College London propose an AI model that enables control of speech characteristics like pitch, emotion, and speaking rate with as little as 30 minutes of data. The work has obvious commercial Read More

Uncategorized

Building for Billions: Addressing Security Concerns for Platforms at Scale

Source: threatpost.com Security operations once consisted of a multitude of manual operations based around alerts, thresholds and severity levels. As systems scale and platforms continue to grow, how do you keep up with the growing requirements to secure these transactions and the networks they are built upon? Multinational organizations that have billions of users and Read More

Deep Learning

Deep Learning Apps Seen Driving AI Software Revenues

Source: enterpriseai.news Machine vision, natural language processing, data analytics and other deep learning applications will propel global AI software revenues over the next five years via a growing list of industry segments spanning automotive and health care to financial services and retail. Market tracker Omdia forecasts AI software revenues will surge through 2025 to $126 Read More

Big Data

Big data to help predict individual trauma patient outcome

Source: eurekalert.org Chinese researchers are using big data to help identify trauma patients who could experience potential adverse health events in the emergency department through the aid of a clinical decision support system. It was developed using a novel real-world evidence mining and evidence-based inference method, driven by improved information storage and electronic medical records. Read More

Data Science

How to move data science into production

Source: itworld.com Deploying data science into production is still a big challenge. Not only does the deployed data science need to be updated frequently but available data sources and types change rapidly, as do the methods available for their analysis. This continuous growth of possibilities makes it very limiting to rely on carefully designed and Read More

Reinforcement Learning

Enterprise AI and the art of business intelligence

Source: theengineer.co.uk AI means different things in different situations and as such it can be tricky to define. Whilst most people think of AI as a technology in its own right, it is more of a general term used to refer to several different technologies that enable systems to act intelligently. When it comes to Read More

Python

TOP FREE 9 RESOURCES TO LEARN PYTHON FOR MACHINE LEARNING

Source: analyticsindiamag.com Python is one of the most preferred high-level programming languages, which is being increasingly utilised in data science and in designing complex machine learning algorithms. In one of our articles, we discussed why one should learn the Python programming language for data science and machine learning. In this article, we list down the top 9 free Read More

TensorFlow

GOOGLE LAUNCHES TENSORFLOW RUNTIME FOR ITS TENSORFLOW ML FRAMEWORK

Source: analyticsindiamag.com Google has launched TensorFlow RunTime (TFRT), which is a new runtime for its TensorFlow machine learning framework.  According to a recent blog post by Eric Johnson, TFRT Product Manager and Mingsheng Hong, TFRT Tech Lead/Manager, “TensorFlow RunTime aims to provide a unified, extensible infrastructure layer with best-in-class performance across a wide variety of domain-specific hardware. Read More

Google AI

Google’s AI attempts to predict how yeast cell genes will express themselves

Source: In a recent study conducted in collaboration with Calico Life Sciences, Google researchers built a “genome-wide” machine learning model for the regulation of gene expression — the process by which information from a gene is used to create functional protein or RNA — in a species of yeast. While the work focused on yeast, it could be applicable Read More

AI-ONE

AI, machine learning and automation in cybersecurity: The time is now

Source: gcn.com The cybersecurity skills shortage continues to plague organizations across regions, markets and sectors, and the government sector is no exception. According to (ISC)2, there are only enough cybersecurity pros to fill about 60% of the jobs that are currently open — which means the workforce will need to grow by roughly 145% to just meet the Read More

Data Robot

Synthiam Exosphere combines AI, human operators to train robots

Source: therobotreport.com Most robots are as good as or even better than humans at certain repetitive tasks. However, autonomous systems operating in complex, dynamic environments can benefit from human judgment in edge-case situations. Synthiam Inc. has developed Exosphere, which bids out tasks for cloud-based robots to artificial intelligence and human controllers. Calgary, Alberta-based Synthiam also offers Autonomous Read More

Data Science

GOING BEYOND DATA SCIENCE – EXPLORE TECHNOLOGIES THAT WILL SHAPE THE FUTURE

Source: analyticsindiamag.com Data science has become the hottest job of the century, but that does not mean it is for all. Not everyone can become data scientists as it requires continuous learning. Every other day, we witness innovation in the domain, thereby keeping up with the pace is demanding. Consequently, you can aspire to other Read More

Deep Learning

AI and Deep Learning Can be a Robust Oncological Tool

Source: enterprisetalk.com Recent advances in intelligent technology and machine algorithms have been helping many oncologists and radiologists for diagnosing cancer. With the spike of digitization in the medical sector, AI and DL artificial intelligence and deep learning have already started to play a notable role in cancer care. However, many medical clinics lack infrastructure – Read More

Microservices

Trilio Brings Agentless Backup and Recovery to Kubernetes Applications

Source: containerjournal.com Trilio this week announced it is making available a platform for protecting Kubernetes environments dubbed TrilioVault for Kubernetes under an early access program. At the same time, Trilio announced TrilioVault for Kubernetes has been certified for Red Hat OpenShift, an application development and deployment platform based on Kubernetes. Previewed at the recent KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2019 Read More

Data Mining

Privacy International puts Palantir in the dock for NHS data analysis work

Source: computerweekly.com Civil liberties campaigning group Privacy International is questioning the role of Silicon Valley data mining company Palantir in the NHS’s data analysis programme. NHSX and NHS England Improvement reported at the end of March that they had engaged Palantir alongside Microsoft, Google and London-based artificial intelligence (AI) firm Faculty to build a “data platform” to Read More

Machine Learning

Enhancing Clinical Decision Support Tools with AI, Machine Learning

Source: healthitanalytics.com Clinical decision support systems are essential for organizations aiming to advance healthcare delivery, helping physicians flag potential problems and make more informed choices. Although these tools can lead to more efficient, comprehensive patient care, clinical decision support systems have also come with significant challenges. Issues like clinician burnout and unintuitive interfaces have pushed Read More

Microsoft Azure Machine Learning

Microsoft: This is how to protect your machine-learning applications

Source: techrepublic.com Modern machine learning (ML) has become an important tool in a very short time. We’re using ML models across our organisations, either rolling our own in R and Python, using tools like TensorFlow to learn and explore our data, or building on cloud- and container-hosted services like Azure’s Cognitive Services. It’s a technology that helps predict maintenance schedules, spots Read More

Human Intelligence

Will AI Take over the World? Robots May Carry out All Human Works by 2050, Says Experts

Source: news18.com Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing the world and it is being believed that by 2050 the effects of AI would be felt in every sphere of human lives. Now, David Wood, president of the London Futurists and treasurer of the Transhumanist Party UK, has said robots might be carrying out all human tasks Read More

Deep Learning

AI-augmented diabetic retinopathy screening programs cheaper than human grading

Source: mobihealthnews.com Implementation of either an automated or semi-automated deep learning system for diabetic retinopathy screening could lead to cost savings at the health-system level, according to an economic analysis modeling study recently published in The Lancet Digital Health. Backed by Singapore’s Ministry of Health, the investigation looked at data from a national diabetic retinopathy screening Read More

Reinforcement Learning

An Introduction to AI-Based Video & Image Compression

Source: it.toolbox.com Overview of Image and Video Compression Image and video compression enables you to deliver high-quality media with lower storage and bandwidth requirements. It reduces the size of files, making media easier to transfer and cheaper to store. To understand how this works, consider any image. Within the image there are many pixels that Read More

Big Data

Coupling big data and conservation

Source: cosmosmagazine.com The “big data revolution” offers an unprecedented opportunity to better chart environmental degradation and inform global conservation and sustainability, according to a commentary in the journal Nature Communications. But to harness this potential, big data outputs need to be better integrated with the international conservation process, says lead author Rebecca Runting, from the University of Melbourne, Read More