SF Analytics + AI Meetup at the SF Innovation Hub at Salesforce Tower

Update 2: Note that the Meetup will be on the 31st Floor of Salesforce Tower. - Check-in with the ground floor volunteers. Reminder: Must RSVP and be on the list to attend

Update 1: Speaker information added. This session's topic will focus on Natural Language Processing

Come join us for our second SF Analytics & Artificial Intelligence Meetup to be hosted at the new Accenture San Francisco Innovation Hub at Salesforce Tower.

Join in engaging discussions around how Analytics & AI are being applied in various fields to address problems and opportunities.

Agenda:

6:00-6:20pm - Networking
6:20-7:20pm - Analytics & AI Presentations (20 minutes per speaker)
7:20-7:40pm - Q&A Panel
7:40-8:00pm - Networking and Close

Speakers:

Mark David - Senior Search Architect and Data Scientist – Accenture Content Analytics (Search Technologies Acquisition)

Saga Progressive NLU: Enhancing Search Results Through a Contextual Understanding of Text – Mark has been developing search engines for over 25 years and is highly involved with many aspects of the industry. For the last 8 years, he focused on document-to-document matching solutions in the recruiting sector, concentrating on Natural Language Processing and Machine-Learning ranking algorithms.

Hans-Peter Riecken – Senior VP - Cortical.io

Beyond NLP - Understanding Nuanced Meaning Behind Text – Hans-Peter is SVP at Cortical.io and focuses on Natural Language Understanding (NLU) applications in high-tech, pharma, and insurance. He started in AI six years ago, working for one of the first deep learning start-ups in computer vision – IQ Engines. With his engineering background Hans-Peter is a bridge between customers and engineers implementing AI.

Fernando Constantino – AI Global Offering Tech Lead - Accenture Google Partnership

Large Scale Applications for NLP – Fernando is a senior manager at Accenture and is aligned to its Applied Intelligence practice. Currently, Fernando works with ecosystem partners like Google Cloud & Intel to develop new offerings and solutions in Artificial Intelligence.