Kicking off day 2 of TechInnov Day – AI for Africa, were 2 technical talks focused on machine learning (ML) methods and advancements, the rest were more application-oriented. Today, I will focus on these 2 technical talks at the conference as I’ve learned the most from them. If you missed …more
One of the most wonderful things about an in-person conference is the “Hallway Track,” the informal conversations happening off-schedule (e.g. during coffee breaks, dinners, etc.). Over dinner, I had the chance to consult Yann LeCun about the application of deep neural network (DNN) to tabular data.
Over the years, I’ve been invited to speak at many conferences all over the globe, but Ben Guerir, Morocco, is a first. Before this engagement, I didn’t even know where the University town of Ben Guerir was (I can’t even find much about it on Wikipedia). As with the first …more
