Speaker "Sumit Amar" Details Back
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Name
Sumit Amar
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Company
WEX
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Designation
VP Of Engineering
Topic
Natural Language Processing - Concepts and Applications in AI
Abstract
This talk introduces concepts of Natural Language Processing (NLP), including discussion on Intents, Utterances, Objects, Slots, and Contexts. This talk will also discuss prominent AI methods used in NLP, and various parameters used to benchmark quality and performance of NLP methods. This discussion will cover some challenges in NLP implementations. Finally, this talk will take a practical approach to comparing various public NLP platforms including Api.ai (DialogFlow), Microsoft LUIS, IBM Watson Conversation Service, and Facebook's Wit.ai. The discussion will cover pros and cons of these four platforms, and will provide some example applications.
Profile
Sumit leads global engineering teams for Mobility/Fleet systems at WEX as a VP of Engineering. Before joining WEX, Sumit worked at Amazon as a Sr Manager of Software Development leading B2B Cobrand Payments and AWS API Gateway Dataplane orgs.
Sumit has a proven track record of delivering high-quality products and services across various domains, including cloud computing, search advertising, e-commerce, and secure payments. He holds multiple patents in security and reliability in distributed systems and conversational AI, and frequently speaks at industry events on topics such as API design, and AI (ML and NLP). He has also led engineering teams at Microsoft, EA, and Visa, where he developed next-gen payment products using AI, blockchain, IoT, and contactless technologies. Sumit is driven by a mission to create value for customers and stakeholders by leveraging cutting-edge technologies and best practices.