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Innovating 5G/AI – Where are we now?
We are now in week 4 of the process of combining concepts from mobile executives, technical leaders, and students. Special thanks to our most recent guest on Friday, Mostafa Essa, Vodafone’s Distinguished Engineer, who spoke on the intersection of Radio Access Networks, AI, and Data Analytics After just one month, here are a few things…
Read MoreThe 7 Habits of Highly Effective AI
Adapt or Die Name a company anywhere in the world – just one! – that won’t be disrupted by Amazon or Google. These two companies, along with their fellow votaries of Big Data and machine learning, are today entering every industry, to the competitive peril of businesses large and small. The healthcare and financial industries…
Read MoreHealthcare’s Most Impactful AI? The “Non-contact” Kind
The World Health Organization reports that 45% of member states have less than one physician per 1,000 population. With the Kaiser Family Foundation reporting 27 million Americans lacking health coverage in 2017, access to healthcare is not just an issue in the developing world. These numbers help highlight healthcare’s two idealized goals: That healthcare be accessible to…
Read MoreWhat We Need Now: Ethical AI
By Shomit Ghose | June 5, 2019 Iron Man vs Terminator Revisited In the landscape of artificial intelligence, we still find ourselves balanced precariously between the twin outcomes of Iron Man and Terminator. In the former, we adopt technologies to empower our human selves — as with the Marvel comic book character — to overcome our foremost challenges. …
Read MoreData-X Poster Session shows breadth of AI projects
This semester students had an opportunity to apply the latest data science tools and algorithms to real-life industry problems in our course Applied Data Science with Venture Applications, also known as Data-X (INDENG 135 / 290). For the first time, students were able to showcase their projects in a poster session event on December 4th at…
Read MoreHumu is using machine learning to create a happier workplace
Wayne Crosby, co-founder and head of product & engineering at Humu, visited the Sutardja Center’s Silicon Valley Innovation Leadership Week executive program to talk about the next industry being revolutionized by artificial intelligence and machine learning: human resources. In Crosby’s view, the HR industry (which he estimates to be about a $400 billion market worldwide)…
Read MoreArtificial Intelligence and the Rumsfeld Test
“But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don’t know we don’t know.” – United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, February 12, 2002 An artificial intelligence strategy is the corporate equivalent of your spleen: everyone has one, but not everyone understands quite what it will accomplish. There are bold plans afoot everywhere in…
Read MoreWhat is your data project missing? Here are three must-have elements
The other day I was having a discussion with Inder Sidhu, who was speaking in our Engineering Leadership Professional Program. I wanted to understand his perspective on data and strategy. As you may know, he is a great person to talk to about these things. He joined Cisco and helped it grow from $1 billion…
Read MoreInjecting noise: students build tools to protect individual privacy from artificial intelligence
(This article has also been translated to Russian here.) Artificial intelligence is giving companies unprecedented insights into our personal information. Can individuals protect their privacy by using applications that add fake data to our online behavior? Recently, the credit-reporting agency EquiFax leaked the social security numbers for almost half of all Americans, causing much anxiety…
Read MoreMike Olson is Revolutionizing Big Data with Cloudera
This week in the A. Richard Newton Lecture Series, students had the privilege to listen to Mike Olson, co-founder and former CEO of Cloudera. Olson is not only a two-time UC Berkeley dropout, but also an accomplished engineer, sales associate, and entrepreneur. At his time at Cal, Olson studied Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and…
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