Machine Learning News Issue 41

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'Machine learning' may contribute to new advances in plastic surgery With an ever-increasing volume of electronic data being collected by the healthcare system, researchers are exploring the use of machine learning -- a subfield of artificial intelligence -- to improve medical care and patient outcomes.

Why Science Still Matters In A Data-Driven Age Inside Science Minds presents an ongoing series of guest columnists and personal perspectives presented by scientists, engineers, mathematicians, and others in the science community showcasing some of the most interesting ideas in science today. (Inside Science Minds) -- We recently met with a host of biotechnology leaders and were struck by their infatuation with Big Data and machine learning.

MetLife data scientists working on machine learning Global insurance company MetLife is taking the Internet of Things (IoT) and machine learning very seriously, despite still being in the early stages of implementing and exploiting the technology, according to MetLife VP of enterprise analytics Malene Haxholdt.

Movidius puts deep learning chip in a USB drive Today Silicon Valley chip maker Movidius released the Fathom Neural Compute Stick. It looks like a measly thumb drive, but inside it packs a high-end visual processing unit that can do a bunch of advanced image recognition. That chip, which is called the Myriad 2, is the same one powering the computer vision and autonomous features in DJI's latest drone.

This old French film trailer was colorized with artificial intelligence The machine learning community has responded to a paper published this week that introduced a method of colorizing black-and-white photos using artificial intelligence. One redditor, mar_cnu, used this new automated colorization technique on a trailer for 1964 French filmLa 317 ème Section ( The 317th Platoon), a black-and-white movie about a French platoon stuck behind enemy lines at the end of the Indochina War.

Big Data: Will We Soon No Longer Need Data Scientists? The job of data scientist - the quintessential big data job, and the job that was just voted the best job in America for 2016 - is at risk. Data scientists have been called "unicorns" because finding the right person with the right set of skills - including coding, statistics, machine [...]

How Machine Learning and Auction Theory Power Facebook Advertising - Social Media Week More than 1 million individuals use Facebook everyday, and over 2.5 million Pages on Facebook advertise their business, products, and services. In this forward-thinking talk, a Research Scientist at Facebook explains how machine learning and auction theory truly works. 36 days until 20,000+ global leaders come together for SMW June 6-10.

Getting Started With Data Analytics In this 90-minute session on June 28, learn strategies for advancing your company's analytics capabilities without monster size investment in people or technology. BMGI CEO David Silverstein and Chief Data Scientist Riaan Brits will offer examples of the kinds of things being done in the world of analytics today.

Why image recognition is about to transform business At Facebook's recent annual developer conference, Marc Zuckerberg outlined the social network's artificial intelligence (AI) plans to "build systems that are better than people in perception." He then demonstrated an impressive image recognition technology for the blind that can "see" what's going on in a picture and explain it out loud.