PowerPoint about how Machine Learning is transforming with the emergence of the Cloud

1. MACHINE LEARNING AND
THE CLOUD
Andrew Bogard

2. WHAT IS MACHINE LEARNING?
• “Machine learning is the science of getting computers to act without being explicitly
programmed”
• As more data is introduced, computer programs teach themselves to change and
grow

3. WHOSE USING IT?
• Popular companies include: Google, Amazon, Netflix, Facebook
• Finance and Investment Banking companies
• Gaming companies
• Blizzard, Valve

4. VIDEO: ADD IN THE CLOUD
http://www.computerworld.com/article/3048184/cloud-computing/how-machine-
learning-will-take-off-in-the-cloud.html
- Eric Schmidt on Machine Learning

5. HOW THE CLOUD IS REVOLUTIONIZING ML
• “As more machine learning services are put in the cloud, enterprises will be able to
use the service to make sense of the huge amounts of data they are amassing.”
• No longer just “a place to store data”
• ML used to require high levels of intelligence
• Microsoft Azure
• Googles Cloud Vision API

6. GOOGLE CLOUD MACHINE LEARNING
• Customizable and fully managed service
• TensorFlow graph
• Google Translate and Google Speech API
• Google Vision API
• Faces, landmarks, logos, etc.
• Wix Company
• More accessible platform to broad aspect of people

7. DISCUSSION
• Do you agree that the Cloud is transforming Machine Learning?
• How is this relevant to us as IS developers?

8. SOURCES
• https://www.coursera.org/learn/machine-learning
• https://yottamine.com/machine-learning-svm
• http://www.computerworld.com/article/3048184/cloud-computing/how-machine-
learning-will-take-off-in-the-cloud.html
• http://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-developers-can-take-advantage-of-
machine-learning-on-google-cloud-platform/