Adnan Masood, a Machine Learning Phd's musings on Life, Technology, Research & Development
Denodo Datafest NYC has concluded with excellent talks and discussions around data virtualization, real-time data APIs, information fabric, data catalogs, and real-world big data problems. It was great meeting and speaking to technologists and business professionals like Brian Hopkins, Michele Goetz, Luke Slotwinski, Mike Sofen, Nicolas Brisoux, Madeleine Corneli, Avinash Deshpande, Paco Hernandez, Kurt Jackson,…
DevIntersection 2019 Orlando has concluded -- a great event with talks from Scott Hanselman, John Papa, and various other technology thought leaders on variety of technical topics. I had the honor and pleasure to present three different talks on the topics of AI and Machine Learning. Following are the references, decks, and code samples. Beyond…
My interview on the podcast, confessions of an Angry Programmer is live on itunes. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/confessions-of-angry-programmers-podcast/id1450294658?mt=2 Thank you David and Woody for inviting me to speak. My topic included explain-ability in AI algorithms which includes both technical and social perspectives. In this podcast we discussed algorithmic bias, black-box nature of algorithms, and need for transparency. I…
TampaBay Community Connect CodeCamp on Sat 10/20 at Keiser University was a success with over 400 attendees and 40+ sessions including 10+ fellow MVPs. I had the privilege to speak on Democratization of AI with Cognitive Services, Bias in Algorithms, and ONNX for model exchange. Following are the brief abstracts and slides from the talk Operationalizing…
Deep learning with Apache Spark is a topic of great interest. Congratulations to my friend Ahmed Sherif on publication of his new book "Apache Spark Deep Learning Cookbook" which provides easily accessible recipes to get started with Deep Learning using Apache Spark. Following is my Foreword for the manuscript, loved being technical reviewer of the…
All good things must come to an end. So did Build 2018 as Microsoft continues its quest to bring machine learning to every application Final day started with Demystifying Machine and Deep Learning for Developers with explainer-in-chief and Scott-Hanselman-of-AI, Seth Juarez. It was an interest and captivating talk in which Seth and Chris Lauren walked through the math of machine…
Tempus Fugit! Microsoft Build Day 2 is over and today is the final day of the event. Here is my agenda Microsoft Build - Microsoft Build_ My Conference and this is Build Live where you can stream, see announcement and watch the missed sessions. You can also catch up on AI news from Microsoft’s Build and read up on why Harry Shum…
Microsoft Build Day 1 is in the books, and following are the rough notes I jotted down to reminiscent. Here is my agenda Microsoft Build - Microsoft Build_ My Conference and this is Build Live where you can stream, see announcement and watch the missed sessions. In a nutshell AI is becoming more democratized, ubiquitous and tooling…
Excellent tutorial by Ginger Grant, MVP
With the aim to democratize artificial intelligence and machine learning, Microsoft made the training courses available via AI School. Along with the specialized APIs, the courses also target more generalized topics and provide examples from real world business problems. This initiative aims to fill skill gaps in AI and hopefully would be able to prepare high…