Machine learning for your feet and Problem Solving with Azure Cognitive Services

We'll kick off the proceedings with food and soft drinks from 6:00pm - 6:30pm, followed by a talk on classification and regression in healthcare by Matt Squire then Real World Problem Solving with Azure Cognitive Services by Dylan Hayes.

Classification and regression in healthcare:

Abstract: A look at data-driven personalised fitness using wearable sensors. In this talk we'll see how to collect data using custom hardware, process that data on mobile devices and ship it to the cloud for machine learning.

Bio: Matt is a software engineer and co-founder of Manchester-based AI startup Fuzzy Labs. https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-squire-a19896125/

Real World Problem Solving with Azure Cognitive Services:

Abstract: Machine learning is becoming mainstream, but has traditionally been expensive and difficult to integrate into software projects. Azure cognitive services lowers the cost of access to this technology, and makes it accessible to most developers. Moreover, the integration with technologies such as Flow and PowerApps, brings the use of this technology into the realm of the non professional developer. During the talk we'll be doing interactive demos to examine how well the various parts work, and showing how easy it is to integrate these into solutions using Flow.

Bio: Dylan Hayes is employed as a Tech Lead specialising in Office 365 by Blacklight Software, a Microsoft Gold Partner in Wakefield near Leeds. He comes to the information technology profession via an long and interesting road, which left him with an abiding passion for solving business problems with technology. Along the way he's worked with a lot of different technologies but right now spends his days applying SharePoint and Office 365 to customer challenges. When he's not at work he enjoys being outdoors, and runs long distances across wild places.

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## What to bring

The only requirement will be some keen listening ears!