Innovating 5G/AI – Where are we now?

By Ikhlaq Sidhu | July 16, 2020

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…

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective AI

By Shomit Ghose | December 11, 2019

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…

Healthcare’s Most Impactful AI? The “Non-contact” Kind

By Shomit Ghose | October 15, 2019

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…

What We Need Now: Ethical AI

By Shomit Ghose | June 5, 2019

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. …

AI and Tax Season – Why AI and Data Does Not Solve Every Problem & Why Systems and Good Architecture Matter More

By Ikhlaq Sidhu | April 23, 2019

A few weeks back, I had the opportunity to visit a tax department for one of the world’s leading global economies. My colleague Alexander Fred-Ojala and I were there to discuss how artificial intelligence and data technologies might fit into their strategic plans. Data X-Lab director Alexander Fred Ojala explaining how AI and Data models…

A Human and AI hybrid approach for complex AI-based Conversational Commerce

By Ikhlaq Sidhu | April 5, 2019

Recently, I had the opportunity to visit Manila to tour a new AI and Data firm called AI-Pros.  As you may know, the Philippines has a $27B Business Process Outsourcing industry which includes 900K call center agents. Over the past two decades, it has become a major growth driver for the Philippine economy. On this…

Data-X Poster Session shows breadth of AI projects

By Keith McAleer | December 11, 2018

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…

Humu is using machine learning to create a happier workplace

By Keith McAleer | November 20, 2018

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)…

Artificial Intelligence and the Rumsfeld Test

By Shomit Ghose | October 10, 2018

“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…

Iron Man vs Terminator: Jobs in the AI Century

By Shomit Ghose | May 17, 2018

The AI Century The natural selection of economics has relentlessly pushed businesses and societies toward maximum efficiency.  It’s the principal force that fuels the start-up business models of today as they redefine and make more efficient the economics of tomorrow.  It’s this drive to maximum efficiency that’s given rise to disruptive, AI-driven business models that…

An Update on Big Data Trends in 2017

April 26, 2017

2016 was a very eventful year for the ever-growing world of big data, with more and more organizations using storage and processing methods that have developed in the field to extract more value from their business through data of all forms and sizes. In 2017, there is an expectation that many systems that support both…

Is Your Data Strategy Working Hard Enough?

March 20, 2017

Every firm is under pressure to adapt and reinvent, and innovative firms know how to do this. Amazon started by selling retail products over the Internet, but later transformed to offer IT Cloud services as Amazon Web Services. Apple is a similar case — once only a computer company, it reinvented itself into a digital…

Data Science and Transnational Security Collider Kickoff Event

February 1, 2017

With terrorist attacks growing in size and frequency around the world, more organizations are trying to develop tools and technologies to stop the financing of terrorism. Terrorist Financing is the process by which terrorists fund their operations in order to perform their terrorist attacks. They need financial support to carry out their planned activities. ACAMS explains…

Data-X: A New Course

October 19, 2016

Starting in Spring 2017, Prof. Ikhlaq Sidhu will offer a new special topics course named Data-X.  The course supports the IEOR department’s focus in data-driven systems and analytics; and it covers the tools and skills that are being used to reinvent today’s applications and enterprises.   Data-X: A Course on Data, Systems and Signals is a technical…

Big Data in Retail Collider

March 17, 2016

Drones skyrocketing through the sky, delivering us packages that we have not even ordered yet—a dream of how technology, Big Data and analytics will influence the retail landscape in the near future. But fantasy aside, the way we buy and sell is evolving rapidly. Retailers are learning how to embrace a data-first strategy to understand…

Big Data Solutions for Small Firm

March 14, 2016

Big Data has been leveraged by a number of large firms to gain a competitive advantage in the retail industry – the likes of Macy’s, Amazon, reveal that big data has been crucial to helping them increase sales by as much as 10%. Kroger CEO David Dilon refers to big data as his ‘secret weapon.’…

Data in Retail Collider- 7th March Deadline, Limited to 10 Students

March 1, 2016

 Retail Data Innovation Collider  Work alongside leading industry experts and faculty to develop big data strategies and recommendations for retailers big and small.  A $5000 cash prize is available!  Limited to 10 students. This is a rare opportunity to learn valuable industry information and judgment about what really works for firms who are considering new uses…

Leada Partners with Sutardja Center (SCET) for Data Skills in Collider Projects and Courses

May 1, 2015

Leada provides online courses in data science & analytics. Our courses feature hands-on industry data projects and a real live instructor who answers your questions. Current courses include A/B Testing in R, Introduction to Machine Learning in R and How to Build a Web Scraper in Python. “Leada is excited to partner with SCET to…