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Best Practices For Deploying Machine Learning In The Enterprise

Abstract

The hype around machine learning has reached epic levels, and many executives are eager to reap the benefits for their company. But how should they get started – and what can they learn from others’ experiences? In this talk, AI entrepreneur Robbie Allen shares the lessons he’s learned over the past eight years deploying AI-based solutions across a variety of organizations.

Profile

Robbie Allen is the CEO of Infinia ML, a team of advanced machine learning experts focused on making business impact. The company helps Fortune 500 companies and cutting-edge startups reduce costs, increase efficiency, and achieve breakthroughs with data science. Infinia ML serves industries from manufacturing and healthcare to marketing and human resources. The company’s capabilities include natural language processing, recommendation engines, object detection, 3D image modeling, and anomaly detection. Previously, Robbie founded and led Automated Insights, whose natural language generation software helps automate content production for The Associated Press, Yahoo!, and many others. Automated Insights was successfully acquired by Vista Equity Partners in 2015, and Robbie currently serves as the company’s Executive Chairman. Before starting Automated Insights, Robbie was a Distinguished Engineer at Cisco. Robbie has authored or coauthored eight software books, owns six patents, and has spoken at a variety of conferences including the O’Reilly AI Conference, Strata, SXSW, and the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium. He holds two Master’s degrees from MIT and is completing his Ph.D. in computer science at UNC-Chapel Hill.