Face Application Programming Interface & Creating Cognitive Portrait

What is this session about?
We hear a lot about the cloud being used in business scenarios, but how about using cloud and AI to help us create art? In this session, I will teach you how to create original cognitive portraits of people by using Cognitive Services (Face API), Python, and some Mathematical Magic (called Affine Transformations). I will share the code, and you will be able to create portraits of yourself and your friends after the session. Hint: those portraits are a great present if printed on canvas or wall calendars!

Who is it aimed at?
Everybody who wants to play with Azure services for Facial Analysis in a funny and enjoyable way! Make sure to have a bunch of portrait photographs ready to experiment with!

Why should I attend?
You would be able to become a digital artist in one hour!

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Speaker info:
Dmitry Soshnikov, Ph.D.| Cloud Developer Advocate, Microsoft
Dmitry is a Microsoft veteran, working for more than 13 years. He started as a Technical Evangelist, and in this role presented on numerous conferences, including twice being on stage with Steve Ballmer. He then worked for 2 years as Senior Software Engineer, helping big European companies to start pilot digital transformation projects based on in AI and ML. As Cloud Developer Advocate, Dmitry focuses on creating educational content and working with academic and research institutions. He is also an Associate Professor at MIPT, HSE and MAI in Moscow, a big fan of functional programming and F#, and a maintainer/primary developer of mPyPl library. In his spare time, Dmitry explores Science Art and Technological Magic, as well as performs Chinese tea ceremonies. He can be reached at http://soshnikov.com.