Real-World Problem Solving with Azure Cognitive Services

About the talk

This session is aimed at those who are interested in Azure Cognitive Services and how it can be applied to solve real-world problems.

Firstly what do we mean by Azure Cognitive Services? And how does it relate to the long and sometimes legendary history of what has previously been termed "Artificial Intelligence"?

Once past the Terminator and HAL 9000 quotes, we can then examine how cognitive services actually work, and how it is composed of distinct services that each solve particular problems.

Then we'll discuss the many services in more detail, and take the time to do some demos of interesting services such as image recognition, sentiment analysis and content moderation and see how they cope (or not) with real-world data.

About the speaker

Dylan Hayes - Senior Office 365 Consultant at Blacklight Software

I am an Office 365 Consultant working at Blacklight Software, a Microsoft Gold Partner in Wakefield near Leeds.

I came to the information technology profession via an long and interesting road, which left me with an abiding passion for solving business problems with technology.

Along the way I’ve worked with a lot of different technologies but right now I spend my days applying Office 365 to customer challenges.

When I’m not at work I enjoy being outdoors, and running long distances across wild places.

How to join the event:

This session will take place on Zoom via this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81078378369

Alternatively, you'll be able to watch live via our youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVhSZ1HyN98wTs3uHGS2BXQ?view_as=subscriber