2016: applying ai innovation in business
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Applying AI Innovation in Business:Why and How
Leandro Nunes de [email protected]
@lndecastro
Informatics and Computing Faculty (FCI)
Graduate Program in Electrical Engineering and Computing (PPGEEC)
Natural Computing and Machine Learning Laboratory (LCoN)
www.mackenzie.br/lcon.html
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The Perspective on the SubjectAcademic Entrepreneur Intrapreneur
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AI researchers as weirdos!
AI researchers as rock stars!
Who’s been doing AI nowadays?Tech Giants
sTech Companies
AI-based-
AI Trends
Specific Solutions
Big Data
Video/Voice/SignalRecognition
HCI
General Intelligence
Why do non-AI-based Tech Companies Struggle?
• AI professionals are usually prepared in a Ph.D. level• And thus are rare ... and expensive.
• AI Teams are usually multidisciplinar: engineers, computerscientists, mathematicians, etc.• And thus are expensive and hard to assemble.
• AI teams are a novelty within the companies• And thus most companies still don’t know how to deal with them.
• AI products/solutions are designed and deployed differently• And companies need to learn how to deal with them.
• Usually require top engineers to productize and deploy AI.• Ideally must do both.
The Tech Giant Way
• They hire AI RockStars andAcquire AI Startups
• They make products to improve their businesses, but alsoplatform level products
Andrew Ng
A Shortcut to non-AI-basedCompanies to harness the power of
AI is to partner with academia.
Founded in 2009, the Natural Computing and
Machine Learning Laboratory (LCoN) aims at promoting and performing
R&D and Technology Transfer in AI, emphasizing the design and application of computer models and
algorithms to solve complex problems in a wide range of areas.
• Data/Text/Image/Web Mining
• Web Semantics
• Multivariate Data Analysis
• Pattern Recognition
• Logistics and OperationsResearch
• Inverse Problems
• Unmanned AerialVehicles AutonomousNavigation
• Over 300 scientific papers published
• 12 books published
• 1 Patent deposited
• 39 R&D projects written, approved and developed (4 underdevelopment)
• 29 M.Sc. and 07 Ph.D. students graduated
• 15 awards/certificates of academic merit
• 3 spin-offs
LCoN in Numbers
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There is a generic “Technical-Scientific Agreement” to besigned between the company and Mackenzie
-> Interest in collaboration.
The realization of collaborative projects will demand an“Addendum”.
-> Workplan, timelines, deliverables, involvement, expenses, etc.
Start working!
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The Partnership Process Flow
Long term projects: 1 year+Medium term projects: ½ year+Small Jobs: on demand
Benefits to the Partners• Full access to all the research performed within the lab;
• Full visit priviledges to the lab;
• One day a month fully dedicated to the company;
• Student recruitment;
• Networking;
• Development of projects dedicated to the company;
• Possibility of having a collaborator intern in the lab;
• Possibility of having lab members intern in the company; e
• Full access to all lab events, such as LCoN Meetings, StudyGroups, Workshops, etc.
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Become a Partner!
Contact us and schedule your visit!
Contact: [email protected]
/lcon.mack
@lcon_mackenzie
Leandro Nunes de Castro13 – 981.261.18411 – 2114.7529