Speaker: Georgie Drury & Anita Grindlay (from startup Sprinday) Seminar Date: Tuesday September 19 12:00pm Brief abstract: To put it simply, Springday powers wellbeing. We use technology to engage with individuals by creating an ecosystem of wellbeing resources, gamified challenges and activities, software and hardware integrations, face-to-face services and benefits. Forrester Consulting, Thought Leadership Paper, The Dawn of Data-Driven
Speaker: Roger Kermode (UTS) Seminar Date: Tuesday September 5 12:00pm Brief abstract: Recent research by the AIIA shows that many organisations are flying on auto-pilot when it comes to effectively using data and analytics for strategic purposes. Most of the effort locally in AI and Machine Learning focuses on operational and tactical issues which presents both risks (for incumbent
Speaker: Nejla Ghaboosi (IR) Seminar Date: Tuesday August 29 12:00pm Brief abstract: A substantial fraction of unsupervised learning research is driven by generative modelling. Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) are a recently introduced class of generative models. This presentation tries to address: (1) why GANs are worth of studying, (2) how GANs compare to other generative models, (3) the details
Speaker: David Skillicorn, Queen’s University – Canada Seminar Date: Tuesday June 27 12:00pm Brief abstract:Often, especially in adversarial settings, we don’t have direct access to persons of interest. Fortunately, humans leak a great deal of their mental state and behaviour through the language they use and the relationships they create. These data can be captured and analysed computationally,
Speaker: Stella Xu Seminar Date: Tuesday June 20 12:00pm Brief abstract: Many of us may have heard of high frequency trading, but most of us may not realize that a large proportion of the ads that we see online are bought at real time as well. Demand side platforms such as The Trade Desk use different data sources to