Predictive Applications for Startups (and the rest of us)

In this meetup’s presentations, we’ll go over real-world use cases of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in web and mobile applications, and we’ll explain how they work. We’ll discuss opportunities for startups in all domains to create value from data (big or small) and to create innovative, predictive features in their applications.

We’ll review existing technologies that make Machine Learning accessible, in particular with automatic selection of algorithms, auto-tuning of parameters, and auto-scaling. Deep Learning (a subset of Machine Learning techniques which is getting a lot of press due to recent advances and successes) is also being made accessible without costly hardware and, in certain cases, without requiring specialized knowledge.

The main message for developers is that they can easily use the power of machine intelligence without having to rely on a team of Data Scientists. This will be illustrated in more detail with concrete use cases: priority detection and image categorization.

Speakers:

• Vincent Van Steenbergen, Freelance Developer.

• Amir Tabakovic, VP of Business Development at BigML.

• Louis Dorard, General Chair of PAPIs.

Amir (http://www.papis.io/connect-valencia-2016/talks/2016/3/panel-discussion-opportunities-of-ai-in-fintech), Vincent (http://www.papis.io/connect-valencia-2016/talks/speed-up-distributed-deep-learning-with-spark-on-aws-vincent-van-steenbergen) and Louis (http://www.papis.io/connect-valencia-2016/talks/business-level-introduction-to-artificial-intelligence-louis-dorard) will also speak at the upcoming PAPIs Connect conference on Artificial Intelligence for Business and Society (March 14 & 15 at Universitat Politècnica de València), which features the world’s 1st startup competition where the jury is an AI algorithm!

There will be some beers and other beverages sponsored by BigML! We hope to see you all there!