David Meyer

Introducing 5G: Why we need a new generation of mobile network

In our last session, the three guest speakers gave us plenty of insights on the Internet of Things and how is transforming the way we interact with the digital world. May it be in the domain of smart TV, speech recognition or smart health tracking: The way we interact with our devices is drastically changing.… Read more Introducing 5G: Why we need a new generation of mobile network

Artificial Intelligence as a threat to cybersecurity?

According to a study, conducted by Kaspersky Lab (2016), almost 50 percent of VSBs, SMBs and Enterprises are impacted by some kind of phishing attack. As pointed out by Dr. Stephen Herrod (General Catalyst Partners) during his guest lecture at Stanford University, the impact of those phishing techniques can be tremendously high since they are… Read more Artificial Intelligence as a threat to cybersecurity?

The risks of AI: Reality or Science Fiction?

In his guest lecture about the fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence, Craig Martell, Head of Science and Engineering at LinkedIn, pointed out that Artificial Intelligence is often presented in a wrong way. Scenarios in which machines get super intelligent and pose a serious risk to human beings seemed to be rather unlikely to him. This blog… Read more The risks of AI: Reality or Science Fiction?

How cloud computing contributes to autonomous driving - a thought experiment.

During his guest lecture at Stanford University, Dean Paron (Microsoft Azure) mentioned a fascinating argument about the importance of cloud computing which stayed present in my mind until now: The amount of data generated by an autonomous car is so high that cloud computing is one of the enablement factors which make autonomous driving in… Read more How cloud computing contributes to autonomous driving - a thought experiment.

Barriers of cloud computing - why for some use cases the public cloud is not beneficial (yet).

The worldwide cloud IT infrastructure is changing: More and more businesses decide to shift their private IT infrastructure towards the public cloud (IDC, 2016). Promoted by the market leaders AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google and IBM, the public cloud seems to significantly gain in importance. Advantages like agility, pay-as-use pricing and availability levels of almost hundred… Read more Barriers of cloud computing - why for some use cases the public cloud is not beneficial (yet).