Facebook Adds AI Labs

Need for analytics and advanced AI capabilities continues to expand.  Saw this at today's Analytics for Leadership Meeting at the Center for Business Analytics Summit 2018. ...

 ... Participated in a talk on Analytics Leadership today at UC Business Summit meeting, sponsored by the U of Cincinnati center for Business Analytics.   Featured our award winning work on Supply Chain re-design for P&G.  Emphasizing design and risk.   Using both large scale optimization modeling and decision-centric AI methods. Talk was attended by C-level participants from P&G, GE  Aviation, Kroger, Macy's, Great American, Scripps, Cintas and others.  ... "

Facebook Adds A.I. Labs in Seattle and Pittsburgh, Pressuring Local Universities By Cade Metz

SAN FRANCISCO — At a conference in Silicon Valley this week, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, vowed that his company would “keep building” despite a swirl of questions around the way it has dealt with misinformation and the personal data of its users.

That is certainly true in the important area of artificial intelligence, which Mr. Zuckerberg says can help the social media giant deal with some of those problems.

Facebook is opening new A.I. labs in Seattle and Pittsburgh, after hiring three A.I. and robotics professors from the University of Washington and Carnegie Mellon University. The company hopes these seasoned researchers will help recruit and train other A.I. experts in the two cities, Mike Schroepfer, Facebook’s chief technology officer, said in an interview.

As it builds these labs, Facebook is adding to pressure on universities and nonprofit A.I. research operations, which are already struggling to retain professors and other employees. ... " 

UC Analytics Summit May 14-16 Registration

I plan to be at part of these sessions,  invite me to a meet up  - Franz

Analytics Summit Training, Data Mining, Machine Learning, Big Data

Analytics Summit 2018  May 14-16
Training Highlights

DATA MINING:  Dr. John Elder of Elder Research teaches the Data Mining two-day training "Tools for Discovering Patterns in Data".

One of the top data mining experts in the world, John has authored several books on the topic and is an in-demand keynote speaker and trainer.

Course covers the key inner workings of leading algorithms, compares their merits, and demonstrates their relative effectiveness on practical applications.

Intended for those who work with data and wish to understand and use recent developments in predictive analytics.

MACHINE LEARNING WITH R: Brad Boehmke and Brandon Greenwell, both Data Scientists with 84.51, will be co-instructors for the "Machine Learning with R" two day training.
Brad has authored a book "Data Wrangling with R"
Both are co-authors of an upcoming book "Advanced Analytics with R" .
Outstanding reviews from attendees for their knowledge of the subject and their teaching methods
For those with an intermediate knowledge of R, this class is highly recommended

BIG DATA WITH HADOOP AND SPARK class will be taught by two UC professors and researchers in Big Data topics, Andrew Harrison and Jay Shan.
Introductory course in Big Data and Spark
Goes beyond basics to introduce some technical components.
Most analytics with big data will be performed using Spark and HiveQL
This course is appropriate for those who want to learn more about how Spark and HDFS function and those  beginning a career in big data analytics.


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CONFERENCE KEYNOTE SPEAKERS MAY 16
Craig Brabec
Director, Global Data Insights & Analytics
Ford Motor Company

Bill Franks
Chief Analytics Officer
International Institute for Analytics

Cameron Davies
Senior VP, Analytics and Strategy
NBC Universal

ALL-DAY TRACK SESSIONS MAY 16 - 3 SPEAKERS IN EACH TRACK
Data Visualization
Advanced Analytics
Sports Analytics
Case Studies in Big Data/Analytics
Analytics Management and Leadership