Microsoft Bot Framework and Cognitive Services with Brian Peek

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Topic: Microsoft Bot Framework and Cognitive Services

The Microsoft Bot Framework (https://dev.botframework.com/) lets you build and deploy bots across a variety of channels, like Facebook, Skype and Slack. In addition, Microsoft Cognitive Services lets you build apps with deep, powerful algorithms centered around things like vision, speech, language, and more. In this session, we will explore the Microsoft Bot Framework while building a simple bot or two, and then combine that knowledge with Cognitive Services (https://www.microsoft.com/cognitive-services) to create something more useful and engaging while being careful to not induce sentience and/or self-awareness.

Presenter: Brian Peek

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Stealth Cell Tower aficionado (https://julianoliver.com/output/stealth-cell-tower), Brian Peek has returned from a well earned sabbatical (http://www.hazeldenbettyford.org/treatment/locations/betty-ford-center-rancho-mirage) in order to do one more presentation for TVUG. Taking time off from his sweatshirt sweatshop (https://www.etsy.com/listing/258155813/ugly-christmas-sweater-ugly-star-wars?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=ugly&ref=sr_gallery_26), Brian will lift your spirits (http://1u88jj3r4db2x4txp44yqfj1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/failure.jpg) and inspire (http://img.memecdn.com/there-i-fixed-it_c_2613165.jpg) to write your own bots (http://www.niemanlab.org/images/bots-typing-cc-700x525.jpg). Due to his time away (https://douglasgpurdy.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/homeless-man-goes-online.jpg), Brian has forgotten what happens when he fails to submit a bio.