Monday, May 2, 2016

Machine Learning News Issue 39

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Australian Energy Giant Uses Machine Learning to Predict Catastrophes

Big data can't deliver on its potential unless enterprises have the right tools to extract insights. Woodside, an Australia-based oil and gas giant, realizes this and is using advanced machine learning technology to leverage its data via predictive analysis.

Video: Intel's Machine Learning Strategy - insideHPC

In this video from the HPC User Forum in Tucson, Gary Paek from Intel presents: Intel's Machine Learning Strategy. "Earlier this week, Intel announced the inception of the Intel Data Analytics Acceleration Library (Intel DAAL) open source project.

Baidu opens self-driving car R&D center in Silicon Valley

The firm says it will grow its team to more than 100 researchers and engineers by the end of the year, and has already moved several staff from its new Autonomous Driving Unit (ADU) to Sunnyvale and hired a Tesla Autopilot software engineer.

Neural Networks and the Future of Machine Learning - insideBIGDATA

In this special guest feature, Gary Baum, Vice President of Marketing at MyScript, talks about how handwriting recognition is enhancing machine (and human) learning. As an input method, handwriting recognition teaches machines to adapt to the user, adding in another layer to their evolving skill set.

Microsoft faces tough challenge in machine learning

Microsoft is facing a tough challenge in its machine learning business, failing to draw as much attention as its counterparts, including Google and IBM. This comes as machine learning, a kind of artificial intelligence (AI), has become a buzzword after the recent go matches between the Google-developed AI system AlphaGo and human go champion Lee Se-dol.

Alphabet: Not As Bad As It Seems

The headline numbers from Alphabet ( GOOG, GOOGL) certainly did not impress investors, but I thought the company reported a solid quarter with FX-adjusted revenue growth of +23% y/y, which is impressive given GOOG's revenue run rate of $80 billion. Consistent with my prior view, cost control was better than expected, and this delivered a solid operating margin.

Inventors design gloves which translate sign language to speech

Two US students have designed gloves which translate hand gestures 'SignAloud' gloves translate American Sign Language to spoken English The entrepreneurial pair recently won $10,000 for their innovative design Initially aimed at the deaf and hard-of-hearing community, the gloves could potentially find use in stroke rehabilitation and virtual reality For people living in a world without sound, sign language can make sure their points of view are heard.

Hot property: How Zillow became the real estate data hub

If you're buying a home or looking for an apartment, most likely Zillow.com will come to mind first, which is a branding triumph for a website that launched just 10 years ago. Today the Zillow Group is a public company with $645 million in revenue that also operates websites for mortgage and real estate professionals -- and completed the acquisition of its nearest competitor, Trulia, last year.

Machine learning seen speeding diagnoses

Researchers at Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing say they now can detect cancer cases using data from free-text pathology reports at least as well-and faster-than clinicians reviewing reports manually. The researchers used existing data algorithms and open source machine learning tools to create a breakthrough electronic approach that could significantly speed patient diagnoses and public health reporting.

Machine Learning Lead Topic on NATAS C-Level Panel

Machine learning and what its increased popularity means for the industry as a whole was the first topic the C-level panel tackled at this year's North American Trading Architecture Summit in New York.,Industry Issues & Initiatives,Trading Technologies and Strategies,Regulation & Compliance ,Tech,New Perspective,Deutsche Bank,Citi,North American Trading Architecture Summit 2016,Lord Abbett,Two Sigma Investments

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