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Nikita Johnson

Nikita Johnson

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AI Experts Suggest 13 Roadblocks & Limitations to AI Progression in 2021
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AI Experts Suggest 13 Roadblocks & Limitations to AI Progression in 2021

We asked a group of AI and Machine Learning experts what they believe are the biggest roadblocks and limitations on the development of AI in 2021. Hear from experts of Facebook AI, Pfizer, Bose, Apple and more....

  • Nikita Johnson
    Nikita Johnson
28 January 2021
The AI Roundup - Top 15 Blogs of 2020
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The AI Roundup - Top 15 Blogs of 2020

Below we have rounded up our 15 most-read blogs of the year, including must-read papers suggestions from AI experts, advice for those starting out in AI, Netflix predictive algorithms and more. See a summary of each blog and link below!...

  • Nikita Johnson
    Nikita Johnson
17 December 2020
Summer Special: Travel the World and Save 25% on AI & Deep Learning Summits
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Summer Special: Travel the World and Save 25% on AI & Deep Learning Summits

Ready to plan your events for the next year? With summer in full swing, what better time to book your next getaway. With RE•WORK’s packed schedule of global events, travel to Europe, the USA and beyond whilst learning about the most cutting edge progressions in AI....

  • Nikita Johnson
    Nikita Johnson
12 August 2019
How WekaIO Matrix Reduces Wall Clock Time for AI in Financial Modeling
Machine Learning

How WekaIO Matrix Reduces Wall Clock Time for AI in Financial Modeling

High-frequency trading has undergone a revolution through the application of machine learning for trading strategies, and success is measured by the fast execution of scientific model results. Leading quantitative trading companies are constantly...

  • Nikita Johnson
    Nikita Johnson
12 March 2019
Deep Learning Summit, Interview with Shubha Nabar, Salesforce Einstein
Deep Learning

Deep Learning Summit, Interview with Shubha Nabar, Salesforce Einstein

Last week at the Deep Learning Summit in San Francisco I spoke with Shubha Nabar, Senior Director of Data Science at Salesforce Einstein about her current work at Salesforce as well as in...

  • Nikita Johnson
    Nikita Johnson
29 January 2019
The World's Biggest Deep Learning Summit - Day 2 Highlights
Deep Learning

The World's Biggest Deep Learning Summit - Day 2 Highlights

Day 2 of RE•WORK’s Deep Learning Summit returned today with discussions on robots in space, progress in self-driving cars, the future of e-commerce, creating ethically sound AI, and much more.Yesterday,...

  • Nikita Johnson
    Nikita Johnson
25 January 2019
How to Automate Your Bot Training: Interview with Antonio Valderrábanos CEO and Founder of Bitext
Deep Learning

How to Automate Your Bot Training: Interview with Antonio Valderrábanos CEO and Founder of Bitext

One of the main problems with the current generation of chatbots is that they require large amounts of training data. If you want your chatbot to recognize a specific intent, you need to...

  • Nikita Johnson
    Nikita Johnson
18 January 2019
Top 30 Women in AI: USA Edition
Deep Learning

Top 30 Women in AI: USA Edition

As a strong advocate for supporting female entrepreneurs and women working towards advancing technology and science,  RE•WORK are also holding a Women in AI Events to champion progressions in AI, with a...

  • Nikita Johnson
    Nikita Johnson
16 January 2019
Interview with Nick Payton, B2B Marketing Leader at SigOpt
Deep Learning

Interview with Nick Payton, B2B Marketing Leader at SigOpt

As teams apply optimization earlier and more frequently in the modeling process, they develop high-performing models at a faster pace. This virtuous cycle increases the number of models that make it into production,...

  • Nikita Johnson
    Nikita Johnson
15 January 2019
AI & Deep Learning: 2019 Predictions
Deep Learning

AI & Deep Learning: 2019 Predictions

Wouldn’t it be great if AI could tell us what 2019 had in store? After all, machines are smarter than humans, right? Weren’t robots supposed to take over the world already,...

  • Nikita Johnson
    Nikita Johnson
27 December 2018
RE•WORK End of Year Team Round Up 2018
Deep Learning

RE•WORK End of Year Team Round Up 2018

2018 has been another fantastic year for the RE•WORK team heading to new locations such as Toronto and Houston and covering new trending topics such as Deep Learning for Robotics and AI...

  • Nikita Johnson
    Nikita Johnson
26 December 2018
A Year In The Life Of RE•WORK: Summit Highlights
Deep Learning

A Year In The Life Of RE•WORK: Summit Highlights

Having hosted our final summit of 2018 at the end of November, we’ve had some time to take a look back at the fantastic year RE•WORK has had. 2018 marks the...

  • Nikita Johnson
    Nikita Johnson
12 December 2018
Reflection of 2018 with Our Partners
Deep Learning

Reflection of 2018 with Our Partners

2018 has been a whirlwind for us. We have had events across the globe, starting the year in San Francisco with our annual Deep Learning Summit, ventured to the east coast to Boston,...

  • Nikita Johnson
    Nikita Johnson
7 December 2018
Cyber Monday Discount: Travel the World with Deep Learning & Save 25%
Deep Learning

Cyber Monday Discount: Travel the World with Deep Learning & Save 25%

In the spirit of Cyber Monday, we're offering 25% off passes to all upcoming summits when you register using the code CYBER25. The offer is available from today (November 26nd) until Friday (November...

  • Nikita Johnson
    Nikita Johnson
26 November 2018
Deep Learning Summit, San Francisco 2015 - Where are they now?
Deep Learning

Deep Learning Summit, San Francisco 2015 - Where are they now?

One Summit, three tracks, eight stages. RE•WORK’s Deep Learning Summit has grown year on year, from 228 attendees four years ago in January 2015 to the near 1000 attendees, speakers and...

  • Nikita Johnson
    Nikita Johnson
21 November 2018
Beyond Chatbots
Robotics

Beyond Chatbots

Bots, bots, bots! We’ve heard about them, we’ve seen them, we’ve likely used them- maybe without even knowing it. In May, Facebook announced that there were over 300,000 bots...

  • Nikita Johnson
    Nikita Johnson
31 October 2018
Hear From AI Experts: What Did You Miss From Geoffrey Hinton, Sara Hooker, Shane Gu & More?
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Hear From AI Experts: What Did You Miss From Geoffrey Hinton, Sara Hooker, Shane Gu & More?

If you talk to anyone in Neural Nets and ask what function to use, they say you should pick a method where you give an input and compute the derivative of how much...

  • Nikita Johnson
    Nikita Johnson
27 October 2018
30 Influential Women Advancing AI in Canada
Deep Learning

30 Influential Women Advancing AI in Canada

As a strong advocate for supporting female entrepreneurs and women working towards advancing technology and science, RE•WORK are holding Women in AI Events to champion progressions in AI, with a focus on...

  • Nikita Johnson
    Nikita Johnson
17 October 2018
From London to Houston, PipelineAI's RE•WORK Journey
Deep Learning

From London to Houston, PipelineAI's RE•WORK Journey

2 weeks ago, we hosted our Deep Learning Summit & Deep Learning in Healthcare Summit in London. We were joined by 400 attendees who came together over the two days to discuss the...

  • Nikita Johnson
    Nikita Johnson
9 October 2018
Startup Series - Samir Kumar, M12, Microsoft's Venture Fund
Deep Learning

Startup Series - Samir Kumar, M12, Microsoft's Venture Fund

At each RE•WORK summit, we welcome a large variety of startups. With our key partners, we are taking a look at some of the most cutting-edge startups to watch out for.Startups...

  • Nikita Johnson
    Nikita Johnson
4 October 2018
Google Brain, NHS & Microsoft Research: What Did You Miss in London?
Big Data

Google Brain, NHS & Microsoft Research: What Did You Miss in London?

After day one of the summit, attendees came together for a three-course meal to continue discussions surrounding the day’s presentations, workshops and panels’. Conversations initiated at the attendee dinner resumed on the...

  • Nikita Johnson
    Nikita Johnson
23 September 2018
Deep Learning Reading List: The Essentials
Deep Learning

Deep Learning Reading List: The Essentials

The summer is always that time of year when you pick up a book and actually realise how much you enjoy reading. Sat by the pool, or in your garden with a book...

  • Nikita Johnson
    Nikita Johnson
3 September 2018
Travel the world with AI: Save with RE•WORK's Summer Special
Deep Learning

Travel the world with AI: Save with RE•WORK's Summer Special

The summer may be drawing to a close, but that doesn’t mean that your travels need to be over until next year. Why not expand your AI knowledge whilst exploring new horizons,...

  • Nikita Johnson
    Nikita Johnson
26 August 2018
Attention Mechanisms: How Can Knowing Where to Look Improve Visual Reasoning?
Deep Learning

Attention Mechanisms: How Can Knowing Where to Look Improve Visual Reasoning?

The human visual cortex uses attention mechanisms to discard irrelevant information as well as to efficiently allocate computational resources. It has inspired modern machine learning, where attention mechanisms are a vital part of...

  • Nikita Johnson
    Nikita Johnson
7 August 2018
Join AI Pioneer Geoffrey Hinton in Toronto, and Learn from Global Leaders in Deep Learning
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Join AI Pioneer Geoffrey Hinton in Toronto, and Learn from Global Leaders in Deep Learning

Following the success of RE•WORK’s inaugural summit in Canada last year, the event will be returning with the Deep Learning Summit in Toronto on the 25-26 October. Pioneer of AI, Geoffrey...

  • Nikita Johnson
    Nikita Johnson
5 July 2018
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