Category: summer2017

Flying Smarter: AI & Machine Learning in Aviation Autopilot Systems

Many experienced airline travelers have experienced a common scenario- As the boarding time approaches, the gate agent announces that there will be a slight delay since the pilots are running behind schedule on their current flight. The passengers continue to wait as the plane and flight attendants sit idle on the tarmac.  Several companies are… Read more Flying Smarter: AI & Machine Learning in Aviation Autopilot Systems

Your machine is crying

Machine learning and artificial intelligence are terms that are interchangeably used to refer to technological advancement in the realm of computer science and knowledge. Machine learning involves the ability of computers to learn without the utilization of programme features. On the same hand, artificial intelligence refers to the astuteness that is exhibited by computers to… Read more Your machine is crying

AI Takes on Radiology

Medical imaging has progressed from a film-based world to a digital one. Major imaging advancements including MRI, CT and ultrasound are the drivers in this evolution. Clinicians were demanding a way to move and display the information acquired digitally to a central archive. For instance, imagine a facility that has two different CT scanners, these… Read more AI Takes on Radiology

Machine Learning Transforms Google Translate Overnight

Compare these two different translations of Ernest Hemingway’s “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”. This passage was first translated into Japanese by Jun Rekimoto, a professor of human-computer interaction, at the University of Tokyo. Google Translate was then used to convert back to English [1]. From Google Translate: Kilimanjaro is a mountain of 19,710 feet covered with snow… Read more Machine Learning Transforms Google Translate Overnight

How to Leverage Machine Learning in All Aspects of Building Your Business (Even when you don’t have a tech product)

I’m not an engineer, I usually say, but I speak engineering. As a business person in a tech startup, I had to learn the basics of how programming works, what it can do and not do. It is a great asset to be able to model and specify what a product or organization should do… Read more How to Leverage Machine Learning in All Aspects of Building Your Business (Even when you don’t have a tech product)

Is AI going to be your next personal stylist?

Apparel seller Stitch Fix recently introduced a coral, sleeveless blouse with a split neckline—and an unusual creative provenance. It was one of three new tops designed with the help of artificial intelligence. The San Francisco-based e-commerce company, which sends customers boxes of preselected outfits, is leveraging computers to analyze purchasing behavior and learn what elements… Read more Is AI going to be your next personal stylist?

Generative Adversarial Networks: The Future of Deep Learning?

While deep learning models have been able to achieve state-of-the-art results in image recognition and natural language processing tasks, their capabilities are still limited (https://www.cs.toronto.edu/~vmnih/docs/dqn.pdf, https://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v518/n7540/pdf/nature14236.pdf). Humans can learn patterns from only little data, but current deep learning models require thousands of samples (http://www.cell.com/neuron/pdf/S0896-6273(17)30509-3.pdf). Similarly, humans can succeed at a wide variety of tasks, but… Read more Generative Adversarial Networks: The Future of Deep Learning?

What makes a great chatbot?

For the purpose of this article, we will only consider computer-human relationships. Chatbot to Chatbot discussion is another hot (and controversial) topic especially with the recent Facebook AI shut down, whose AI program started to speak in its own language. For more information on this topic, I recommend the following link:  http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/2274480-facebook-shut-down-ai-after-it-invented-its-own-language/.   But for now,… Read more What makes a great chatbot?

Big Data and Pre-emptive Services in Wireless: Improving Performance at the Edge

To build on previous posts discussing what the wireless network of the very near future will deliver and enable, one area requiring exploration is artificial intelligence and how that can be used to improve network performance, particular at the edge.  With current Long Term Evolution (LTE) fourth generation (4G) wireless networks, remote radio units (RRUs)… Read more Big Data and Pre-emptive Services in Wireless: Improving Performance at the Edge

Hidden shadows of the internet – Using AI to detect malicious behavior on the web

While I was looking through the online profile of Prof. Jure Leskovec, I found very informative white papers on different applications of AI. One that most interested me was the tutorial ‘Malicious Behavior on the Web: Characterization and Detection by Srijan Kumar, Justin Cheng, Jure Leskovec. I found this tutorial very relevant and beneficial in the fact… Read more Hidden shadows of the internet – Using AI to detect malicious behavior on the web