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How HPC (High Performance Computing) can accelerate business growth

In the cut throat world of business, accelerated growth can mean the difference between success and failure. Start-up directors need to come up with innovative ways to keep ahead of competitors and attract the required levels of investment. Many successful start-ups, tech businesses and large organisations are turning to advanced technology to maintain their competitive…

Artificial Intelligence – Are you a Singularity Believer or Sceptic?

Alan Turing’s 1950 paper (in which he proposed the Turing test) was primarily intended as a manifesto for AI. It asked key questions about the level of data processing required in intelligence (perception, empathic behaviours, language and learning). But how do we come to a personal opinion or conclusion over the proposition of machines achieving…

Law, Ethics & Accountability in AI

I was honoured to be invited to advise the UK All Party Parliamentary Group for AI and on Monday we met at the House of Lords to debate the ethical and legal framework for decision making and moral issues in AI. There were panellists from the academic world, philanthropists, blue chip corporates, and tech start-ups…

Impact of Multi Agent Learning in AI Research at DeepMind

Last Friday, we attended the most insightful Turing lecture so far, delivered by Thore Graepel, Research Lead at Google DeepMind and Professor of Computer Science, UCL. Here are some step-by-step key themes we took away and our opinions on the future of AI governance. Generality If we want AI systems to have generality (that is,…

Using R to fight fraud and cybercrime!

Online fraud and cybercrime are hot topics these days. It involves huge amounts of data derived from internal and external sources, multiple agencies, multiple formats and tools. Investigators manage terabytes of data per case, and extra terabytes are added and curated monthly! Optimising investigations requires modern tools that are supercharged by smart data. They need to deliver speedy success, even on a very large scale. So why do investigators need…

Dark Data @ Easter Time!

It’s the time of year when I ask my better half if she prefers milk or dark chocolate. She always seems to be in quandary over this! We can use the same analogy for data and its relationships with cognitive computing, IoT and M2M. Big data is at the heart of creating an effective cognitive system,…

Smart Data and the “Grand Challenge”!

Last week a key client approached me as they had a need for data analytics. “OK” I said, “Tell me more!”. Big Data came into the conversation early on and frequently thereafter. Personally I don’t like the term Big Data – its too simplistic and misleading for many organisations. Granted, we have the means to…