Panel Discussion with Florian Heretsch – 50 People Sitting in the Room I had the opportunity to attend the International VDI Conference about Artificial Intelligence on the 29th of November 2017. This event was mostly designed for managers and chief officers to get in contact with different companies and …
Read More »And we deployed – Human detection API ( Deep Learning ) on SAP Cloud foundry
Hello everyone, This should be exciting for all the readers ! We just wanted to share our experience with deploying a custom Deep learned neural network model trained using Tensorflow, to detect human bodies in any image along with their gender on SAP’s Cloud foundry environment. Application ( Deployed …
Read More »Chatbots will drive the future of workplace efficiency
Chatbots are a huge untapped resource for businesses. In 2016, over 1.5 billion people used messaging apps, and every one of those people is a potential user of a chatbot. As a guest editor over the AI and bots section at VentureBeat, I see many submissions come through that discuss …
Read More »Image Processing Using Microsoft Azure Computer Vision API in SAP UI5
Machine Learning is not new to us now. It helps the systemcode by providing an ability to make decisions based on prior experience and learnings. In this blog, I will be sharing the steps to use the Microsoft Azure Computer Vision API within SAP UI5. To go ahead with it …
Read More »Predict Supplier Ranking by Integrating SAP Application with Machine Learning Algorithms
For business enterprises, supplier evaluation is a mission critical process. The majority of the organizations, for profit or otherwise, use ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) applications such as SAP to manage various business functions such as procurement, sales, finance etc. Using SAP application, the supplier evaluation process is performed by configuring …
Read More »#ASUG Webcast recap: A practitioner’s view of machine learning
Source: SAP This was an ASUG BITI webcast given by SAP Figure 2: Source: SAP Recommend modeling iwth PAL – algorithms are implemented in server, where data resides, see much better performance Figure 3: Source: SAP PAL is for data scientists Credit card data, which customer is credit worthy (classification) …
Read More »How random are random numbers
The article is meant for software developers that use random numbers in their code; and brings out the perspective that there are different “types” of random numbers. In machine learning and statistics, we make use of random numbers for doing a variety of things, such as initializing learning parameters, or …
Read More »Digital Data Analysis is Affecting Us All – in the Business World and in Politics…
Check out my 9.27.17 blog post on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/digital-data-analysis-affecting-us-all-business-world-Maroney/ Innovations like blockchain, machine learning, artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things aren’t just affecting the business world… Data Science… elections influenced… Russians targeted hotbutton issues in Facebook Ads… 34 of the 100 Senate seats are up for reelection in November 2018… …
Read More »10 STARTUPS, 10 DIGITAL SOLUTIONS for SAP Customers – Machine Learning webinars by SAP.iO
Agile and innovative startups expand the SAP ecosystem in the field of Machine Learning – Find out how in our webinars! SAP.iO Startup Program supports startups in the development and provision of innovative solutions or SAP customers. It`s objective is to identify new solutions from new technology trends to foster …
Read More »There Is a Big Difference Between Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Artificial intelligence is one of those terms that both excites and terrifies people. The idea that computers can learn and become self-aware inspires many to think of the great possibilities that can arise from this, however, there are those who are terrified at what could happen, thinking of things like …
Read More »SAP HANA Machine Learning and Integration with Other Machine Learning Systems #ASUG Webcast Recap
Abstract (source: ASUG/SAP) This session will cover some of the external machine learning systems, and how SAP HANA can be used to integrate with them. Additionally, we will cover some of the other machine learning technologies in the SAP portfolio, and how SAP HANA integrates with them. This webcast was …
Read More »Relax, Judgement Day is Not Coming
Rosie, the robotic maid, from The Jetsons is virtually perfect. She’s feisty, funny, efficient and above all, empathetic. As chatbots and digital assistants continue to naturalize the workplace, Rosie becomes the standard. The challenge, with this vision, is incorporating empathy into our future machine colleagues. While machines can be taught …
Read More »Why Machine Learning Could Be As Exciting As Virtual Reality
In a few years, we’ll all benefit from machine learning on a daily basis. It might seem like a buzzword to some people at the moment, but they have no clue about its potential. Industries will be shaken to their core and we’ll regret not having access to it earlier. …
Read More »Artificial Intelligence : Charms and Spooks
How often have you felt that a machine can know and understand you far better than any human being? Well, did such a moment made you happy about the achievements we are making in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) or did it send chills down your spine, for me …
Read More »Machine Learning Helps E-Commerce Stomp out Brick-And-Mortar Retailers
It is a well-known fact that Deep Learning algorithms have the power to help vehicles navigate, help casinos tell if someone is cheating at the poker table, and of course, they are seriously changing how consumers shop. We are fast approaching a time when Artificial Intelligence will be a part …
Read More »Automatic IT ticket classifier powered by Machine Learning
Hi All, First of all, I would like to heartfully appreciate the efforts of Data Scientists, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence enthusiasts around the world. Machine Learning is the new ideation and focal point of all the IT industry now. Innovation at SAP is always superb and their efforts in …
Read More »Getting started with SAP Leonardo Machine Learning Foundation
You want to know how to actually start using SAP Leonardo Machine Learning? The Machine Learning foundation offers a wide range of functional services, from image to text classification that are easy to consume. You can find a first overview of all these services available on the SAP API Business Hub and try them out through …
Read More »Machine Learning in SAP HANA #ASUG Webcast Summary
This was an ASUG webcast last month provided by the BITI Dev/Tech Special Interest Group. What is machine learning, and what is SAP HANA Machine Learning? Figure 1: Source: SAP Computers learn from data without explicitly programmed Today, you have to recode application In ML algorithm encompasses decision making and …
Read More »Chatbots as Teaching Assistants: Introducing a Model for Learning Facilitation by AI Bots
Introduction Today, we meet them everywhere: Chatbots. Chatbots are conversational programs, answering user questions on websites, in apps or even at home like Amazon’s Alexa. And they can do even more for us: They can guide users and can even execute simple task, like starting a web search, turning up …
Read More »Recap: PyData Conference 2017 Berlin
TLDR transfer learning will be the next driver of ML commercial success (domain adaption, fortuitous data, …) use data sources like the typing behavior of people to label data (like finding word boundaries by pauses): fortuitous data problem with labeled data: too small amount and biased collaboration between data scientists …
Read More »Enhancing the Customer Experience with Machine Learning and SAP Hybris
At the CX Techfest in Melbourne recently I presented the latest examples of how SAP Hybris is simplifying the way you can improve your customers’ experience with machine learning. There is massive potential to positively impact customer experience. Every customer journey is unique and machine learning helps you to dynamically …
Read More »Realtime Image recognition in SAP UI5 using Tensorflow implemented Convolutional neural network
Hello everyone, Welcoming you all to the world of Deep Learning ! This application was also demo’ed at Sapphire 2017. I am pretty excited here to describe a very interesting and complex implementation we did to demonstrate integration of SAP with Google ML engine and Tensorflow, bringing user experience to …
Read More »IBM Watson gives Voice to SAP Leonardo!
During the SAPPHIRE May’17, Orlando, Florida when SAP published their first set of Machine Learning APIs, I was really excited and wanted to be one of the early to try it out. We all do stand in the queue to be early for lot of things, right? Anyway, while thinking …
Read More »Dive Deep into Deep Learning: SAP at the International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR)
Machine Learning goes beyond when implementing Deep Learning. This thriving technique is conveyed once more at the ICLR, a genuine deep learning focused conference, which SAP Innovation Center Network proudly sponsored. The International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) is appropriately and often described as “the deep learning conference”. In short, …
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