The 2023 event

AIDAUG will hold its AI on Pi Day planetary-wide event on Pi Day (πday) - 14th of March 2023.

If you are looking for the 2022 Ai on Pi Day event, check its dedicated page.

Day schedule 

Join us at 10:45 am EST on March 14th, 2023, via Zoom  - all logistics info.

Bill Higgins is the director of research and development for Watson at IBM. This IBM veteran will talk to us about the new products in AI at IBM. We will completely switch tiers with Rob Thomas, senior vice president of software and Chief Commercial Officer at IBM. Rob will talk about the AI strategy for IBM. 

Bill and Rob will take some questions in short Q&A sessions, moderated by Jean-Georges Perrin. We will conclude with a more general discussion about AI, data, and analytics with some members of the board of AIDAUG.

Logistics

• AI on Pi Day is an online event.
• Talks are in English.
• Recording will be available online at a later date.
• Attendance is free for AIDAUG members (and it is free to become an AIDAUG member).
• Member-only page with all the details including the Zoom link. Membership is free.

Sponsoring opportunities

Contact Jean-Georges Perrin at jgp@aidaug.org. Do not hesitate to contact us.

Inside:

• Celebrating π-day, March 14th! Save the date.
• Boom!! 100+ reasons for Cognos Analytics
• Data Mesh for all ages
• Who discovered the algorithms that underpin computing in the modern enterprise?
• What does it mean for Tableau to be dead?
• AIDAUG channel on youtube is filling up
• IBM Collaboration with NASA on AI to tackle climate change
• Is AI's Personal Assistant Role the End of Privacy As We Know It?

The Forecaster is available for free to registered members of AIDAUG.

The forecaster is available in two difference sizes:

>>> small with reduce foto quality (3.5MB)

>>> large with high resolution fotos (23MB)

The brand new Forecaster number 8 is out. The monthly magazine of news around  AI and Data Analytics for AIDAUG members. 

What's in this month?

Kubernetes Monitoring Tools

Which one fits your needs? Prometheus, Grafana, Kibana, graphite? Or do you let them work together? You sure have used some of them ... We found this cool introduction to each of them from Dina Henderson. 

Cognos Analytics Roadmap Master Epics have been "leaked"

For Q3/2022 there are awesome enhancements on the roadmap of Cognos Analytics.

Just to name a few:

* Run On Prem Notebooks with Podman as well as Docker. Increased flexibility.

* Improved Dashboard responsiveness in regards to zoom and mobile rendering
* Enable forecasting to consider time-series variables

* Context Sensitive Search: Search will return both global search results as well as results from the current folder.

* Enhanced Security for Data Source Connections (JWT)
* Extend package capabilities to Dashboard
* PREVIEW: Parameters and Prompts in Data Modules
* Separate User defined SQL and HTML item capabilities as run vs create

IBM is worlds biggest contributor to smarter algorithms

Who discovered the algorithms that underpin computing in the modern enterprise? We found this super interesting abstract on how the innovation on algorithms makes the differences in a nations growth. 

Aleph-Alpha publishes latest AI model as open-source.

Trying out DALL·E 2: “A stained glass window depicting a punk rocker using a laptop”

It’s quite straight forward to use: just type in a textbox what you are looking for and DALL·E 2 will generate it a picture for you. OpenAI has a waitinglist for new users.

Read in the Forecaster about stunning competitor of OpenAI, Aleph-Alpha.

More highlights

Smaller then a flea -- smallets-ever robot built

Aleph-Alpha publishes latest AI model as open-source.

blood-cell classification with neural networks

The Forecaster is for members only - so please register (it's free)

The big PDF (30MB):  >>> AIDA_FORECASTER_008.pdf <<<

The minified version (4MB):  >>>  AIDA_FORECASTER_008-min.pdf <<<

The AIDAUG Forecaster 07 is ready for download.

Some really cool Topics inside:

* A gaming AI for Gran Turismo  - named "Sophy" ... the making off

* Super Charge your Data-Analytics, Data-Transfer and Machine Learning with Jupyter Notebooks on production

* Whats New in Cognos 11.2.2

* Some history about Dune, the science fiction sage from Herbert Frank

* AI helps to detect autism earlier

There are two PDF versions. A uncompressed one 25MB and a compressed one 4MB. Remember that it is only available for register members. Membership is free to join.

==> AIDA_FORECASTER_007.pdf <==

==> AIDA_FORECASTER_007-compressed.pdf <==

Happy easter holidays and happy reading.

14th of March, that is next Monday. 

8h hours of condensed learning, Keynote of Dr. Seth Dobrin.

==> Download the full schedule, speaker list, bios, titles, details here <==

This is epic. 

Dear y'all,

Forecaster #6 is here. Filled with crafted content, reviewed links, investigated details. Learn why Open Source is more innovative and about the history of of FOSS.  

==> Download here AIDA_FORECASTER_006.pdf <==

(Only available to registered users ... it's free)

So proud to have incredible speakers on the list. 

CfP has not been closed yet. So, this is your chance to present your ideas to an incredible audience. 

==> Submit your speach now <==

All the best,

Ralf

ralf@aidaug.org

“The need for an international, large scale and independent user group in the domain of artificial intelligence (AI) has never been greater,” says Jean-Georges Perrin, president, and co-founder.

The group was founded by eleven individuals, passionate not only about all things data and AI but about sharing knowledge, helping others. Heather Cole (USA), Jean-Georges Perrin (USA), Jens Bäumler (Germany), Mark Lack (USA), Martin Otto (Germany), Paul Cortellesi (USA), Paul Mendelson (Israel), Ralf Roeber (Spain), Rikke Jacobsen (Denmark), Ryan Dolley (USA), and Stuart Litel (USA) are all seasoned professionals and have extensive experience in running user groups.

AIDAUG is not only focusing on the principles of AI but is developing a strong partnership with the leader in AI technology, IBM: “A critical part of a vibrant business is a highly engaged user group to act as a venue for feedback and independent advocacy. Watson has been a pioneer in AI, as it matures and its user base grows, it needed an independent and strong user group, I encourage everyone to explore AIDAUG” confirms Seth Dobrin, IBM’s Global Chief AI Officer.

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