Category: summer2017

Utilizing AI for Chatbots

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are becoming increasingly useful, and there are many applications that can benefit from them. As Julia Hu mentioned while presenting Lark, chatbots are changing user experience and user interaction. Julia demonstrated the capabilities of the artificial nurse, and mentioned that these chatbot nurses have replaced actual nurses, and are even reimbursable by insurance companies! Further advancements in AI and… Read more Utilizing AI for Chatbots

Triangular cross relationship between AI, Machine Learning and Deep Learning

There has been noticed the prevalent use of the terms AI, Machine Learning and Deep Learning embedded almost very fields now from innovations in the driverless vehicle to games such as poker, automating customer service using Chatbots, anomaly detection of next unavoidable breach in cyber security and opening doors to understanding the large-scale incredibly complex… Read more Triangular cross relationship between AI, Machine Learning and Deep Learning

The Rise 3D Printers

3D printing used to be far behind in terms of cost effectiveness and speed of production when competing with manufacturing processes such as one of the most common, computer numerical control (CNC) which takes in a block of material then cuts it down using a myriad of sharp rotating tools [1]. However, a company began… Read more The Rise 3D Printers

The future is here: My Model 3

Tesla was founded 14 years ago, on July 1, 2003. The single goal that inspired both employees and the public was: Bringing a mass-market car to life. Through that, accelerating a sustainable energy future. Last Friday, July 28th 2017, a special event was held in the Tesla factory in Fremont, California. The first 30 cars… Read more The future is here: My Model 3

Hardware options for Machine/Deep Learning

With last Friday’s talks on Machine Learning (ML), it is clear that we are currently in a boom of ML and AI SaaS products (like Lark, and even Haystack TV). Many of these applications are hosted in public clouds with companies like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft Azure. The details of the hardware deployments are hidden… Read more Hardware options for Machine/Deep Learning

Could Artificial Intelligence be working purely for you and me?

Companies like Facebook, Google, Amazon, and IBM, have been recruiting top A.I. scholars and putting them in corporate research positions where they are allowed to publish academic papers and refine their studies. As these businesses invest heavily and gain some of the biggest minds in the field, some technologists have expressed concern that these technology… Read more Could Artificial Intelligence be working purely for you and me?

The Building Blocks of ML

Introduction to Machine Learning Machine learning is the science of giving computers the ability to learn without being explicitly programmed. We are exposed to machine learning daily in our lives through applications such as Google searches, speech recognition and self-parking cars even without being aware of it [1]. However, machine learning is a field that… Read more The Building Blocks of ML

Pattern recognition and machine learning: computers as children?

Picture 1: Pattern recognition & learning. (source: Linda Liukas http://www.helloruby.com/about) Our present preferences rely on the accumulation of our past experiences (Bargh & Morsella, 2008). Psychologists propose that these experiences are stored in our memory not as separate events or incidents, but as an enormous amount of neuronal cells encoded into complex patterns (Dijksterhuis &… Read more Pattern recognition and machine learning: computers as children?

Reinforcement Learning

In the previous lecture professor Barreto gave an overview of artificial intelligence. The lecture encompassed a variety of techniques though one in particular seems to be increasingly prevalent in the media and peaked my interest, “reinforcement learning”.Having limited exposure to machine learning I wanted to learn more about how reinforcement learning works, what differentiates it… Read more Reinforcement Learning

Machine Learning in Pharmaceuticals, and Genomics Research

Introduction Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning have become common mechanisms used in Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare and Genomics research to analyze large stores of data (Big Data). As intelligent algorithms parse these Big Data stores using Natural Language Processing (NLP), Sentiment and Cognitive API’s making use of AI and ML, scientists in the Pharmaceutical, Healthcare and Genomics… Read more Machine Learning in Pharmaceuticals, and Genomics Research