Category: Week5

How to Win IoT Field: Japanese companies are struggling

In 2016, the news was spread all over Japan that Sharp was taken over by Taiwan EMS company, Hon Hai. Sharp had been leading Japanese economy, but those days their performance was below expectation because Chinese or Korean companies were expanding market shares in global market. [1] Toshiba, also famous for electronics, has considerable financial… Read more How to Win IoT Field: Japanese companies are struggling

What is Social Impact Investing?

During Milo Werner’s talk, she introduced the idea of social impact investing through this eye-opening statistic: “700 million people have a rich lifestyle … but 7 billion people want the same thing!” This idea of many people wanting what the few have motivated Khosla Ventures’ slogan of “reinventing societal infrastructure with technology.” [1] She talked… Read more What is Social Impact Investing?

How to measure deep learning performance?

With the huge success of deep learning in various fields, there is a critical question we need to answer. How to measure deep learning performance? In 2018, NVIDA president and CEO put forward the PLASTER framework to answer it [1]. PLASTER stands for Programmability, Latency, Accuracy, Size of a model, Throughput, Energy efficiency, and Rate… Read more How to measure deep learning performance?

Keeping Paul Safe - Satellites and the IoT

One my good friend’s dad loves to hike alone in remote areas near Yosemite. Let’s call him Paul. Paul has had some health issues, and my friend worries about Paul getting incapacitated while he’s miles away from the lodge where he stays. There is very limited cell coverage in this area. My friend wants his… Read more Keeping Paul Safe - Satellites and the IoT

Plato's Republic of Blockchain. Re-tooling Lincoln's vision.

Lincoln’s fabled quote: “Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth” could never have contended the reality it does in 2018 all over the world. Democracy is in peril. Trust as the currency of governance has lost its value in a world where demagoguery wins the day.… Read more Plato's Republic of Blockchain. Re-tooling Lincoln's vision.

How the Internet of Things Affects the Environment

While the Internet of Things is oftentimes associated with areas that people come into contact everyday such as their home or car, IoT also has been impacting the environment in both positive and negative ways. One of the most widely known environmental concerns is global warming, largely caused by excessive carbon dioxide emissions, which is… Read more How the Internet of Things Affects the Environment

AI and the insurance industry

AI is providing endless opportunities in analytics, marketing and software development for innovative professionals who are able to leverage technology effectively. With AI, there will be a shift in the skills needed to work in the insurance industry. Tech savvy professionals must train for the future and learn to work alongside AI to reveal their… Read more AI and the insurance industry

A/B testing and the mistakes users make.

During our class last Friday, Mrs. Suja talked about how Linkedin uses A/b testing for better product experience. That got me to here, talking more about it. With all the talk about how linked uses it, I wondered how A/B test is generally used. In Linkedin’s case, The team started A/B test by deciding the… Read more A/B testing and the mistakes users make.