Question Answering in AWS Kendra Intelligent Enterprise Search

AWS Kendra is an intelligent enterprise search engine powered by machine learning. It not only provides the traditional "10-blue-links" search results, but is also able to answer natural language questions, such as "Q: where is the IT support desk? A: 1st floor". This talk will explain how the "open domain question answering" NLP model works in AWS Kendra.

About the speaker: Daniel Zhou works as a Sr Applied Scientist in AWS Kendra. His current research interest is human-centered AI and NLP. He received a PhD from the University of Michigan School of Information.

Logistics:

• This is an offline in-person event (pls leave a comment if you want to attend online instead).
• The door opens at 5:30pm, and the talk starts at 6pm and ends around 7pm.
• Pizza and light beverages will be served (courtesy to Ann Arbor SPARK).
• (Optional) The group will move to the bar nearby for socializing.