SigOpt cofounder and CEO Scott Clark joins host Jake Smith to discuss his company’s recent acquisition by Intel, how this acquisition accelerates their ability to meet their mission to empower AI engineers, and the latest innovation in the SigOpt intelligent experimentation platform that enables faster design, exploration, and optimization of models. Scott goes into detail about how SigOpt software helps developers track their modeling artifacts, design experiments, explore their parameter space, and manage hyper parameter optimization (HPO). Jake and Scott close the episode by talking about the future of AI. Learn more about SigOpt at: https://sigopt.com/ Follow Jake on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/jakesmithintel

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Experimenting with AI Optimizations - CitC Episode 250

David Talby, CTO of John Snow Labs, joins host Jake Smith to talk about how natural language processing (NLP) is used in health care. David discusses how NLP is used for clinical decision support and trial acceleration. David goes into detail about how the company was able to increase performance using Intel processors and speaks about some of the many awards his team has won. Jake and David close the episode by talking about what the future of NLP might hold, such as more accurate diagnostic tools. Follow David on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/davidtalby Follow Jake on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/jakesmithintel

How Natural Language Processing is Used in Health Care - CitC Episode 249

SHI’s Tim Henning joins host Jake Smith to talk about how IT leaders were able quickly deploy virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) via public cloud offerings to preserve business continuity during the COVID-19 pandemic. Tim explains why Stratascale introduced the Intel Select Solution for VDI to address enterprise needs for scalability and security and goes into detail about the testing and collaboration between both companies. For more information, visit: https://shi.com/intel Follow Jake on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/jakesmithintel

Preserving Business Continuity During a Pandemic - CitC Episode 248

Intel’s Tom Garrison and Camille Morhardt join host Jake Smith in a special episode to talk about today’s security landscape. The three discuss Intel’s approach to security from hardware to software, finding vulnerabilities, and engineering mitigations. They also talk about emerging areas, such as AI, blockchain, IoT and edge devices, and more. Tom and Camille go into detail about the future of security and the wider technology industry. Listen to Tom and Camille’s security-focused podcast at: https://intel.com/cybersecurityinside Follow Tom on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/tommgarrison Follow Camille on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/morhardt Follow Jake on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/jakesmithintel

Intel’s Approach to Security - CitC Episode 247

Ahana cofounder and CEO Steven Mih joins host Jake Smith to talk about why he started Ahana, which centers around open source data tools. Steven discusses how Presto—an open source distributed SQL query engine—was originally developed by Facebook and then donated to the Linux Foundation. Jake and Steven note how only 10-12% of data has been analyzed within most companies and explain the valuable opportunities that can arise when greater insight is unlocked from data lakes. Steven goes into detail about why Ahana works with Intel-based AWS instances to deliver faster data-driven analytics and what the future of the industry might hold. For more information, visit: https://ahana.io/intel Follow Jake on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/jakesmithintel

Unlocking Faster Data-Driven Analytics - CitC Episode 246

Sharath Puranik, Director of Product & Engineering at Stylumia, talks with host Jake Smith about how Stylumia leverages machine learning to improve product assortments, optimize inventory management, and offer a consumer-driven forecast to reduce waste in the fashion and lifestyle industry. Sharath explains why Stylumia became a part of the Intel AI Builders programs, which provided the support that allowed the company to transfer the majority of their models off more expensive and costly GPUs to more scalable Intel CPU architecture with the OpenVINO framework. Follow Stylumia on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/stylumia Follow Jake on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/jakesmithintel

Using AI to Forecast Fashion in India - CitC Episode 245

Fujitsu’s Marcus Schneider talks with host Jake Smith about working with enterprises on public, private, and hybrid cloud models depending on the business needs. Marcus talks about PRIMEFLEX for Nutanix Enterprise Cloud—a fully validated, pre-tested and certified solution that is simple to deploy for SAP HANA workloads and virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI). Marcus discusses how cloud computing for enterprises has changed drastically over the last decade, the deep concern for quality that embodies the Fujitsu brand, and why legacy equipment still plays a huge role in modern business. For more on Fujitsu’s solutions for hyper-converged infrastructure, visit: https://www.fujitsu.com/emeia/products/computing/integrated-systems/nutanix.html Follow on Fujitsu on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/Fujitsu_Global Follow Jake on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/jakesmithintel

Selecting the Right Cloud Model for Your Business Needs - CitC Episode 244

Subtle Medical’s Ajit Shankaranarayanan joins host Jake Smith to talk about using deep learning to improve positron emission tomography (PET) scans. Ajit explains how the company's SubtlePET software allows hospitals and imaging centers to improve image quality on their accelerated scan protocols, which centers can choose to do in order to offer an improved and safer patient experience during imaging procedures. He also discusses why Subtle Medical uses the Intel Distribution of OpenVINO Toolkit to accelerate and seamlessly integrate their technology into the existing clinical computing infrastructure across different vendors and what he sees as the future of AI in medical imagining. Follow Subtle Medical on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/subtlemedical Follow Jake on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/jakesmithintel

Integrating AI into Hospital Infrastructure - CitC Episode 243

Accubits’s Shameer Thaha joins host Jake Smith to talk about machine vision and predictive analytics. Shameer explains the use cases for the company’s Emotyx platform, such as real-time crowd analytics, people detection, counting, tracking, emotion detection, health care and more. Shameer goes into detail about the optimizations of the Intel Distribution of OpenVINO, using a single CPU system without GPU support at the edge, and some of Accubits’s projects around the world. Follow Shameer on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/shameerthaha Follow Jake on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/jakesmithintel

Machine Vision Around the World - CitC Episode 242

TietoEVRY’s Mats Eriksson talks with host Jake Smith about the transformation of the mobile industry with Open RAN (Radio Access Networks) technology that aims to standardize networking industry interfaces and support interoperation between different vendors' equipment. Mats discusses the services TietoEVRY provides, the FlexRAN offerings with Intel, and optimizations with OpenNESS and OpenVINO. Mats explains why Amara's law might apply to the mobile industry and what that means for the global market. For more information about TietoEVRY’s vision for Open RAN, visit: https://www.tietoevry.com/openran Follow TietoEVRY on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/TietoEVRY Follow Jake on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/jakesmithintel

Why is Open RAN So Important to the Mobile Industry? - CitC Episode 241

Partha Seetala, founder and CEO of Robin.io, and Caroline Chan, General Manager of 5G Infrastructure Division at Intel, talk with host Jake Smith about the deployment and life cycle management of network-intensive applications. Partha talks about how Robin.io’s background with cloud-native enterprise use cases translates to use cases within the telecommunications sector. Caroline explains why 5G and AI transformation is such a big opportunity for businesses and Intel’s vision for enterprise 5G. Partha goes into detail about why Kubernetes standardization is so important for automation and orchestration at scale. Follow Robin.io on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/Robin4K8S Follow Caroline on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/carolinechan5g Follow Jake on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/jakesmithintel

Hyper Automation and the Transformation to 5G - CitC Episode 240

Shamik Mishra, CTO of Connectivity at Capgemini Engineering, talks with host Jake Smith about why edge computing and 5G connectivity is creating a convergence that will enable industrial automation, AI and analytics, smart city infrastructure, and a number of enterprise use cases. Shamik explains why edge applications are crucial for future deployments and how the company integrates the Intel SDKs into the development process. Shamik also talks about Capgemini’s 5G Connected Platform Solution, which implements Intel’s Converged Edge Reference Architecture and goes into detail about the challenges of realizing the smart city of the future. Follow Capgemini Engineering (formerly Altran) on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/capgeminieng Follow Jake on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/jakesmithintel

5G and Edge Computing Converge - CitC Episode 239

sMedio’s George Tang joins host Jake Smith to talk about why the Japan-based, multi-media company looks to Intel to help with cost-effective solutions to train their facial recognition modules and cater to their scaling needs. The two discuss how Tensoflow optimizations helped improve training performance on Intel Xeon processors, the cost of cloud-based AI projects, the types of robotics products sMedio is developing, and the benefits of working with the Intel AI Builders program. Follow Jake on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/jakesmithintel

Optimizing AI for Japanese Robots - CitC Episode 238

Intel’s Keate Despain joins host Jake Smith to talk about the company’s vision for network transformation and ongoing changes in the larger communications industry. Keate talks in depth about the Intel Network Builders program that is shaping and accelerating 5G network transformation, AI, and the rise of the intelligent edge. Learn more at: https://networkbuilders.intel.com/ Follow Jake on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/jakesmithintel

Intel’s Vision to Shape the Intelligent Edge - CitC Episode 237

MaxQ AI’s Chris Schnee joins host Jake Smith to talk about how deep learning and machine vision is used in intelligent diagnostic decision solutions that enable quicker and more accurate assessment of stroke and head trauma. Chris discusses working with Intel on optimizations to cut run times and scale, the company’s Accipio lx software, and the ways physicians are benefiting from AI technology advancements. Follow MaxQ AI on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/maximumqai Follow Jake on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/jakesmithintel

How AI is Helping Physicians Make Better Decisions - CitC Episode 236

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