Richard Evans (AI researcher)

AIS (Archipelagic & Island States) Forum 2023 highlights Blue Economy to mitigate climate change

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Monday, October 9, 2023

The HLM will have four themes: adaptation and mitigation against climate change, promoting a sustainable blue economy, handling plastic waste in the oceans, and strengthening sustainable maritime governance.

Key Points: 
  • The HLM will have four themes: adaptation and mitigation against climate change, promoting a sustainable blue economy, handling plastic waste in the oceans, and strengthening sustainable maritime governance.
  • Climate change is a common enemy for island countries," Alexander Muhammad Khan, Indonesian representative to the AIS Research and Development (RnD) Conference.
  • Since its formation in 2018, the AIS Forum has made efforts to realize the Blue Economy, including the Blue Financing Strategic Framework, which will be highlighted in the discussion on the blue economy during the HLM.
  • AIS Forum further highlights the importance of the Blue Economy by holding the AIS Blue Economy High-Level Dialogue on October 9, another side event for the 2023 HLM.

Philippines Elevator and Escalator Market Report 2022 to 2028: Key Players Include Mitsubishi Electric, Hitachi, Schindler and Fujitec - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Thursday, December 22, 2022

The "Philippines Elevator and Escalator - Market Size and Growth Forecast 2022-2028" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

Key Points: 
  • The "Philippines Elevator and Escalator - Market Size and Growth Forecast 2022-2028" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • The Philippines elevator market by the installed base is expected to reach 37.9 thousand units by 2028.
  • The industry has strong expectations as tourism demand will lead to hotel construction, several logistics centers, and an increased commercial market in the Philippines.
  • The Philippines escalator market by the installed base is expected to reach 13,763 units by 2028, growing at a CAGR of 4.24%.

DOCREPLAY.ai, LLC Submits First Patent for Applying Actionable Metrics to Customer Voice and Video Responses at Scale

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Monday, November 21, 2022

DOCREPLAY.ai upends the industry with the announcement of their first patent submission to the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Nov. 11, 2022.

Key Points: 
  • DOCREPLAY.ai upends the industry with the announcement of their first patent submission to the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Nov. 11, 2022.
  • DOCREPLAY.ai, LLC is an AI-based healthcare market research firm that quantifies and applies metrics at scale to voice responses from surveys.
  • For the first time, marketers will be able to measure and track customer voice feedback at scale beyond elementary assessments such as word clouds.
  • Companies like DOCREPLAY.ai are removing the friction and giving the healthcare marketing community an opportunity to join this movement.

DOCREPLAY.ai, LLC Submits First Patent for Applying Actionable Metrics to Customer Voice and Video Responses at Scale

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Monday, November 21, 2022

DOCREPLAY.ai upends the industry with the announcement of their first patent submission to the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Nov. 11, 2022.

Key Points: 
  • DOCREPLAY.ai upends the industry with the announcement of their first patent submission to the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Nov. 11, 2022.
  • DOCREPLAY.ai, LLC is an AI-based healthcare market research firm that quantifies and applies metrics at scale to voice responses from surveys.
  • For the first time, marketers will be able to measure and track customer voice feedback at scale beyond elementary assessments such as word clouds.
  • Companies like DOCREPLAY.ai are removing the friction and giving the healthcare marketing community an opportunity to join this movement.

Google Canada surprises small business vendors at the Distillery Winter Village with $10,000 each

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Wednesday, November 16, 2022

The unsuspecting entrepreneurs received the exciting news just in time for the opening day of the Distillery Winter Village which starts on November 17, 2022.

Key Points: 
  • The unsuspecting entrepreneurs received the exciting news just in time for the opening day of the Distillery Winter Village which starts on November 17, 2022.
  • Known as one of the country's most magical holiday shopping and dining experiences, the Distillery Winter Village provides an opportunity for Canadian small businesses to sell gifts, food and drinks to festival goers.
  • "The Distillery Winter Market is a must-attend holiday staple because of the picturesque setting and our amazing vendors who offer top quality products," said Rik Ocvirk, Vice President, Distillery Events.
  • Google Canada launched "A Little Help from Google" at the Distillery Winter Village as part of its larger nationwide initiative to help small businesses reach holiday shoppers.

Proscia To Showcase Improvements In Artificial Intelligence Generalization At The Conference On Neural Information Processing Systems

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Tuesday, November 15, 2022

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Proscia®, a leading provider of digital and computational pathology solutions, today announced new research on improving the generalization of an artificial intelligence (AI) classification model with contrastive self-supervised learning. The results, which include a 56.3% increase in melanoma detection sensitivity, will be presented at the Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) 2022.

Key Points: 
  • The results, which include a 56.3% increase in melanoma detection sensitivity, will be presented at the Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) 2022.
  • Proscia's retrospective study "Learning SimCLR Representations for Improving Melanoma Whole Slide Images Classification Model Generalization" was conducted with data from three sites.
  • "Beyond potentially improving melanoma detection, our work highlights the importance of key aspects of training AI that often go overlooked."
  • Contrastive learning, when applied to self-supervised learning, has yielded promising results for model generalization as indicated by Proscia's study.

Google Canada opens doors to new office in downtown Montréal and commits $2.75 million towards Québec's tech ecosystem & digital skills training

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Wednesday, November 2, 2022

Support will also be provided to increase successful participation of students and faculty from underrepresented groups in computing research careers.

Key Points: 
  • Support will also be provided to increase successful participation of students and faculty from underrepresented groups in computing research careers.
  • "Since 2013, Digital Moment has been working with schools, school boards and communities across Quebec to bring digital skills into youth's education," says Kate Arthur, Founder & CEO, Digital Moment.
  • Since Google Canada opened doors in Montral in 2004, giving back to our local community has always been a core part of our mission.
  • Through its free in-demand digital and professional skills training programs, NPower Canada connects job seekers to employers who are looking for junior IT/tech talent.

NEC Selects Supermicro GPU Systems for One of Japan's Largest Supercomputers for Advanced AI Research

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Monday, October 10, 2022

SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Supermicro (NASDAQ: SMCI), a Total IT Solution Provider for Cloud, AI/ML, Storage, and 5G/Edge, is announcing that NEC Corporation has selected over 116 Supermicro GPU servers that contain dual socket 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors and each with eight NVIDIA A100 80GB GPUs. As a result, the Supermicro GPU server line can include the latest and most powerful Intel Xeon scalable processors and the most advanced AI GPUs from NVIDIA.

Key Points: 
  • "Supermicro GPU servers have been installed at NEC Corporation and are used to conduct state-of-the-art AI research.
  • "NEC Corporation is leading the AI revolution by conducting leading-edge research using Supermicro GPU servers," said Takatoshi Kitano, Senior AI Platform Architect at NEC.
  • "The Supermicro GPU server is highly extensible and customizable, allowing the system to flexibly evolve as future AI research develops.
  • To learn more about how NEC is using Supermicro GPU Servers, please visit: NEC AI Uses Supermicro servers to increase AI Research
    To learn more about Supermicro GPU Servers, please visit: https://www.supermicro.com/en/products/gpu
    Supermicro (NASDAQ: SMCI) is a global leader in Application-Optimized Total IT Solutions.

NEC Selects Supermicro GPU Systems for One of Japan's Largest Supercomputers for Advanced AI Research

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Monday, October 10, 2022

SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Supermicro (NASDAQ: SMCI), a Total IT Solution Provider for Cloud, AI/ML, Storage, and 5G/Edge, is announcing that NEC Corporation has selected over 116 Supermicro GPU servers that contain dual socket 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors and each with eight NVIDIA A100 80GB GPUs. As a result, the Supermicro GPU server line can include the latest and most powerful Intel Xeon scalable processors and the most advanced AI GPUs from NVIDIA.

Key Points: 
  • "Supermicro GPU servers have been installed at NEC Corporation and are used to conduct state-of-the-art AI research.
  • "NEC Corporation is leading the AI revolution by conducting leading-edge research using Supermicro GPU servers," said Takatoshi Kitano, Senior AI Platform Architect at NEC.
  • "The Supermicro GPU server is highly extensible and customizable, allowing the system to flexibly evolve as future AI research develops.
  • To learn more about how NEC is using Supermicro GPU Servers, please visit: NEC AI Uses Supermicro servers to increase AI Research
    To learn more about Supermicro GPU Servers, please visit: https://www.supermicro.com/en/products/gpu
    Supermicro (NASDAQ: SMCI) is a global leader in Application-Optimized Total IT Solutions.

Google Canada commits $2.7 million to online safety & digital skills training for Indigenous communities

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Monday, October 3, 2022

ComIT's Recoding Futures program was created in 2020 with the support of Google.org to provide IT training to Indigenous learners across Canada.

Key Points: 
  • ComIT's Recoding Futures program was created in 2020 with the support of Google.org to provide IT training to Indigenous learners across Canada.
  • Google is also announcing new grants from Google.org to support online safety and efforts to combat disinformation among underserved communities.
  • "As the digital economy expands, we're also continuing to commit to Canada's future, including digital skills development, supporting online safety, and combatting disinformation."
  • Their vision is that all Canadians have the critical thinking skills to engage with digital media as active and informed digital citizens.