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Powering Up
AI in the Enterprise
Clarisse Taaffe-Hedglin
Executive IT Architect
IBM Garage
IBM Systems
clarisse@us.ibm.com
Agenda
Industry Use cases
The AI Ladder and Lifecycle
AI at Scale Themes
Infrastructure Considerations
“AI is the
fastest-growing
workload”*
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*Forrester Research Inc. “AI Deep Learning Workloads Demand a New Approach to Infrastructure”, by
Mike Gualtieri, Christopher Voce, Srividya Sridharan, Michele Goetz, Renee Taylor, May 4, 2018.
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Machine Learning Context
REINFORCEMENT
LEARNING
TRANSFER
LEARNING
“AI is the automation of automation” – Jensen Huang, GCG 2020
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Enterprise Analytics Modernization: From Data to Actions
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Prescriptive
What should
we do ?
Descriptive
What Has
Happened?
Cognitive
Learn
Dynamically
Predictive
What Will
Happen?
ACTION
DATA
HUMAN INPUTS
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< >
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Predict a
Future Event
Segment Data
/ Detect
Anomalies
Determine
optimal
quantity,
price,
resource
allocation, or
best action
Understand
Past Activity
Discover
Insights in
Content
(text, images,
video)
Interact in
Natural
Language
Forecast
and Budget
based on
past activity
Semi-Supervised Unsupervised
Predictive: What will happen? Prescriptive:
What should
we do?
Descriptive:
What
happened?
Planning:
What is our
Plan?
NLP
Deep Learning
Supervised
AI in Common Patterns of Analytics
Solving challenges with Data and AI
will utilize a combination of these analytics patterns
§ BIG, COMPLEX SYSTEMS
§ PERSONALIZATION
§ AUTOMATION
§ SIMULATING RELATIONSHIPS
§ VISUAL RECOGNITION
§ PATTERN DETECTION
§ CHATBOTS
§ DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS
§ OPTIMIZATION
Thescenarios
AIcansolvefor
today
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Three broad categories of AI Use Cases
“Structured” Data Use Cases
Computer Vision Use Cases
- Big Data (Rows and Columns)
- Available AI Software More Accuracy !
This is sort of “Magic”
- a deep learning Model is trained to detect and classify objects
Natural Language Processing Use Cases
- A Model learns to read, hear and “understand” language
Addressable Markets And Fields For AI
RETAIL
Recommendation
engines, Precision
marketing
AGRICULTURE
Crop yield, Plant
disease, Remote
sensing
LIFE SCIENCES
Sequence
Analysis,
Radiology
UTILITIES
Smart Meter analysis,
Capacity planning
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FINANCIAL SERVICES
Risk analysis
Fraud detection
CUSTOMER SERVICE
Chatbots, Helpdesk,
Automated
Expenses
LAW & DEFENSE
Threat analysis -
social media
monitoring
RESEARCH
Physics Modeling
Simulation
optimization
TRANSPORTATION
Optimal traffic
flows, Route
planning
CONSUMER GOODS
Sentiment
analysis
HEALTH CARE
Patient sensors,
monitoring, EHRs
MEDIA/ENTERTAINMENT
Advertising
effectiveness
OIL & GAS
Exploration,
Sensor analysis
AUTOMOTIVE
ADAS,
Maintenance
MANUFACTURING
Line inspection,
Defect analysis
AI and Autonomous Machine Learning will help
revolutionized every single industry making us
more productive and efficient to do things that
today are impossible to do.
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IBM Federal
IBM Federal / August 2020 / © 2020 IBM Corporation
A New Era of Autonomous Ships
IBM has partnered with ProMare, a U.K.-based
nonprofit research organization on building a fully
autonomous Mayflower, built for the 21st
Century.
The Mayflower will be one of the first self-navigating,
full-sized vessels to cross the Atlantic.
It will have no captain or crew; instead, it will use IBM
AI and Hybrid Cloud technologies to traverse the
Atlantic and gather data that will help safeguard the
health of the ocean and the industries it supports.
The ship will depart Plymouth, England and set sail for
Plymouth, MA in the spring of 2021 and will have the
ability to operate independently in very challenging
environments.
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Scientific
Experiments
Navigation Systems SatCom / 4G / WiFi
Control Center
Hybrid Cloud Solution at the Edge
Edge Agent
Docker / RH
Intermittent
inbox /
outbox
Mission management
vessel monitoring,
planning, status,
Cloud
AI Captain
Ship
inbox /
outbox
Path Optimization:
weather, efficiency,
analytics
Safety Care
Kill switch
Scientific
Teams
Public portal
Edge Management
RH OCP
Weather
On Premises
Mayflower project / Oct 14th / © 2020 Submergence - MSubs - MarineAI - IBM
Ship / Edge
PowerCPU
Vision AI
Sensors
(every second)
Structure
Rules
Engine
Evaluate Decide
Optim Engine
Unstructured
To Structured
Data Fusion
COLREGS
1 to 1
problem
MISSION objectives
Weather
Multiship problem
Charts
Control
Hybrid Cloud and AI Architecture
Vessel Dynamic
Control / Robotics
Command center
Data Collection
Development
Action
Vision Dev
Rules Dev
Optim Dev
Edge Mgt
Cameras
Radar
Local
Weather
AIS
intermittent
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Weather
Vessel
Dynamic
Controlc
AI Captain
Manufacturing Hybrid Cloud and AI Architecture
Servers
GPU / FPGA
Storage
( ESS )
Quality Inspection
- Very low latency
- Device Inference?
Equipment Sensors
- low latency
Plant Optimization
- batch
Factory location …n
Quality Inspection
- Very low latency
Equipment Sensors
- low latency
Servers
GPU (IC922)
Storage
( ESS )
Optimization
- batch
Factory location 2
Cloud / IOT
Quality Inspection
- Very low latency
- Device Inference?
Equipment Sensors
- low latency
Servers
GPU / FPGA
Storage
( ESS )
Plant Optimization
- batch
Factory location 1
. . . .
AI Applications
and Data
Hybrid Cloud
- Containers
- Cloud Paks
Data and
meta-data
Servers
GPU
Storage
On-Prem
Enterprise
Systems
AI inferencing
In Transaction
Systems
Headquarters
Archive
AI
Model
Training
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Data Science Exploration
to Production
Use Case Exploration
Data Science Model Build
Use Case Deployment in Production
Requires solution architecture
Deploy
Source: https://papers.nips.cc/paper/5656-hidden-technical-debt-in-machine-learning-systems.pdf
Use Case Exploration
Data Science Model Build
Security, Privacy and Governance
Modernize to
Real Time
Payments
Access core
apps & data
via Open APIs
Optimize Risk,
Pricing with
Analytics
Stay ahead of
money
laundering
Meet new open banking
regulations, add faster
payment methods, and
simplify transfer of funds
across financial institutions.
Get rapid access to data and
monitor with adaptive rules to
detect suspicious activity
Leverage container-based
microservices and open APIs
to integrate mission critical
banking data into new cloud
native applications.
Securely access disparate
data and quickly perform
complex calculations with
vast amounts of data for
better insights
Banking Innovation Enabled by AI and Hybrid Cloud
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Anti-money laundering solution boundary
EVENT
SOURCES
KNOW
YOUR
CUSTOMER
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
AND MACHINE LEARNING
WORKFLOW
CASE MANAGEMENT
INVESTIGATION
PROCESS
Back office
Check processing
Watch Lists
Data warehouse
Distributed files
Other
DATA SOURCE AND
TRANSACTION DATA
FRAUD PROCESSING
SYSTEM
TRANSACTION AND EVENT BUS
ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING
TRANSACTION MONITORING
Transaction
labeling
models
Transaction
scoring
Anti-money
laundering
rules
Back office
Check processing
Distributed files
Other
USER
INTERFACE
Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Hybrid and AI Architecture
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Data
Insight
HPC Analysis &
Simulation
AI Inference &
Automation
Sensors
The Convergence of HPC and AI
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Designing a Formula 1 car is complex.
Validating component design is crucial,
but testing aerodynamics, either
physically or by simulation, is costly.
…leading to fewer
simulations and lower
development costs
Using IBM Bayesian Optimization
Accelerator to automatically
predict the next best set of
parameters to explore, we can
minimize the drag to lift ratio to
optimize the design of F1 car
components efficiently…
Formula 1 Design Exploration using AI and HPC
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Improve application
performance & reduce
design cycle time
BOOST
PERFORMANCE
Improve analyst
productivity, reduce
human workload
INCREASE
PRODUCTIVITY
Run critical simulations
at resolutions which
were too expensive
SUPPORT NEW
PARADIGMS
Achieve design
results with less
experienced users
INCREASE USER
EFFICIENCY
Reduce costs by
performing fewer
simulations per design
REDUCE
COSTS
Minimize business
dependence upon
senior “Expert”
level users
MINIMIZE
DEPENDENCIES
Beat the competition
to market by
significant margins
IMPROVE
TIME TO MARKET
Stop running
simulations which
don’t advance product
design
IMPROVE
EFFECTIVENESS
Bayesian Optimization Accelerator Delivers Business Value
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Machine learning models were trained to act as an HPC
surrogate for the physics-based SWAN model
An ML/DL model accurately represented the significant
wave height field and an SVM model simulated the
characteristic period
Machine learning models represented the SWAN-
simulated wave conditions in less than 1/1000th of the
computational time
SWAN Model: Physics-based HPC
simulation forecasting wave height
ML/DL Model: forecast of wave
height at comparable accuracy
https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.08725
An AI Solution for Highly Accurate
Wave Condition Forecasts
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COLLECT - Make data simple and accessible
ORGANIZE - Create a trusted analytics foundation
ANALYZE - Scale AI everywhere with trust & transparency
Data of every type, regardless
of where it lives
MODERNIZE
your data estate for an AI
and hybrid multicloud
world
INFUSE – Operationalize AI across business processes
The AI Ladder
A prescriptive approach to accelerating the journey to AI
AI
AI-optimized systems
infrastructure
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Unstructured, Landing, Exploration and Archive
Operational Data
Real-time Data Processing & Analytics
Transaction and
application data
Machine,
sensor data
Enterprise
content
Image, geospatial,
video
Social data
Third-party data
Information Integration & Governance
Data is Prerequisite to AI
Risk, Fraud
Chat bots,
personal
assistants
Supply Chain
Optimization
Dynamic
Pricing,
Recommenders
Behavior
Modeling
Vision,
Autonomous
Systems
Public data
Anything data system can pull
from the outside world for free
through web connections,
databases, IoT and sensors
Proprietary data
What private data from the
outside world could the system be
given permission to use?
Purchased data
What pre-trained data could the
system buy or subscribe to?
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Ground truth
Data used to define what the system
knows from day one
Domain knowledge
Data resources that can be used to
teach the system to understand and
be an expert in a particular field
Private data
Unique data the creator owns and
only shares internally
Personal public data
What unique data does the creator
share with the outside world?
Transaction and
application data
Machine,
sensor data
Enterprise
content
Image, geospatial,
video
Social data
Third-party data
Available Data Sources
Enterprise Data Pipeline for AI
Insights Out
Trained Models,
simulations
Inference
Data In
Transient Storage
SDS/Cloud
Global Ingest
Throughput-oriented,
globally accessible
Cloud
ETL
High throughput, Random
I/O,
SSD/Hybrid
Archive
High scalability, large/sequential I/O
HDD Cloud Tape
Hadoop / Spark
Data Lakes
Throughput-oriented
Hybrid/HDD
ML / DL
Prep ⇨ Training ⇨ Inference
High throughput, low
latency,
Random I/O
SSD/NVMe
Classification &
Metadata Tagging
High volume, index &
auto-tagging zone
Fast Ingest /
Real-time Analytics
High throughput
SSD
Throughput-oriented,
software defined
temporary landing zone
capacity tier
performance tier performance &
capacity Tier
performance &
capacity Tier
performance tier
capacity tier
Fits Traditional and New Use Cases
EDGE COLLECT ORGANIZE ANALYZE INSIGHTS
INFUSE
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Metadata-Fueled Data Analysis
Large Scale Data Ingest
• Scan records at high speed
• Live event notifications
• Capture system-level tags
• Automatic indexing
Business-Oriented
Data Mapping
• Custom data tagging
• Content-inspection via APIs
• Policy-driven workflows
Data Activation
• Data movement via APIs
• Extensible architecture
• Solution Blueprints
Data Visualization
• Query billions of records
in seconds
• Multi-faceted search
• Drilldown dashboard
• Customizable reports
Common AI Data Considerations
Data Compute
Legacy Data
Stores
IoT, Mobile
& Sensors
Collaboration
Partners
New Data
Ingest Inference
Training
Preparation
Iterative Model training to improve accuracy
Champion
Challenge
r
-”Data Center”
- At Edge
Trained
Model
§ Ease to Massively Scale
§ High Performance
§ Tiered / Archive
§ Secure
§ High Performance
§ Metadata Tagging
§ Single Name Space
Low Latency
Dev & Inference Stack
- Open Source
- Stable and Supported
- Auditable
Productivity
Performance
Robustness
Considerations
Data and AI Lifecycle in the Enterprise
AI Model Development Workflow
•Data preparation, cleaning, labelling
•Model development environment
•Runtime environment
•Train, deploy and manage models
•Business KPI and production metrics
•Explainability and fairness
Data Engineering and Data Science Team IT Operations Team
Infrastructure
Demands for AI
Equipped for volumes of data
Flexible storage for a range
of data demands
Versatile, power-efficient
data center accelerators
Advanced I/O for minimal latency
Scalability and distributed
data center capability
Inference
Powerful data center
accelerators with coherence
Advanced I/O for high
bandwidth and low latency
Proven scalability
Training
Equipped for volumes of data
• Ease of use
• Optimize resources
• Scale workload
AI Frameworks /
Open-Source Libraries
AI Tools and
Applications
AI Software Landscape
AI
Infrastructure
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OpenPOWER is a technical community
dedicated to expanding the the IBM Power architecture ecosystem
https://github.com/open-ce
Open-CE
Minimize time to value for
foundational ML/DL packages
Provide a flexible source-to-image
solution to provide a complete and
customizable AI environment.
Data Data Data
Microservices Containerized Workloads Multicloud Provisioning
Public Cloud
On-prem
ises
An architecture of loosely coupled
data services, easily refactored to
create containerized workloads
Stand-alone workloads composed of
microservices & data that are flexibly
deployed, orchestrated and managed
Agile provisioning of containerized
workloads in multicloud environments
and consumption of cloud services
Cloud Native Platforms
Agility o Efficiency o Cost Savings
IBM Cloud Pak for Data
Hybrid Cloud and AI can help business innovate and transform
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Migrate
to Hybrid Cloud
Transform
the Business
Innovate
the Business
Evolve
the IT Landscape with Power Systems
20K+ clients running mission critical
workloads on Power Systems. IBM Systems is
the engine behind Enterprise.
62% of Power customers prefer cloud
deployment by 2021
Innovation is only possible if the IT landscape
can evolve leveraging hybrid cloud
technologies
IBM Systems, IBM Cloud, and IBM Services
jointly create hybrid cloud solutions
Data Pipeline -The data that is feed into models has to be cleaned and structured to
produce accurate results
Real-Time (vs Batch) - Many AI applications have response times in milli-seconds
and in many cases have 100K+ IOT events per second (Latency, Latency, Latency)
Scalability - Ability to scale inference engine and manage infrastructure
Security - Applications running AI models in the field and back-offices
Multi-Tenancy - Multiple business applications leveraging shared infrastructure,
Multiple Models per Business Application
Tools Proliferation - Analytics, Data/Object Tagging, Model Training and Inferencing
Model Management - Continuous Training/Re-Training of Models, AI-DevOps, Ease of
Deployment
Transparency - Ability to explain decisions
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Typical AI Inferencing Considerations
Fairness Explainability Adversarial
Robustness
Transparency
Is it fair?
Is it easy to
understand?
Is it secure? Is it accountable?
Pillars of Trusted AI
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