This is the launch event of “Cambodia AI”, an open-source AI community to develop AI skills in Cambodia, initiated by Slash (www.slash.co). We invite all engineers who are interested in AI to join us for regular AI talks, skill workshops and a Cambodian-based support community to answer questions. For decision-makers and investors, the first part of the talk will cover business topics.

1. Last updated: 4 August 2018
Let’s AI Cambodia together!
Prepared for Startup Jungle event
“CAMBODIA AI” Launch in Phnom Penh

2. Last updated: 22 May 2018

3. Hi.
My name is
Andries De Vos
CEO of www.slash.co
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4. AI & Blockchain
Studio
We help clients
We build startups
www.slash.co
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www.startupjungle.org
Learning Community in Phnom Penh.
Free events. Awesome speakers.

6. PART 1
What is AI?
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7. AI
Last updated: 3 May 2017
Our talk at Startup Jungle: https://bit.ly/2k9Zn7B
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8. TRADITIONAL SOFTWARE =
EXPERT SYSTEMS
engineer tells them how to do it
by programming rules
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10. Limits of expert systems: DARPA car challenge
2004: 0 finish 2005: 5 finish
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With AI, we as humans don’t
tell the machine what to do.
Not rule-based expert,
but data-based.

12. Type 1: “Weak AI”
Specific tasks, good tool
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13. A (Input)
Examples:
Email
Image
Audio
English
Text
B (Response)
Spam (0/1)
Object (cats, dogs etc)
Text (speech recognition)
Khmer
Audio (A, B etc)
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14. “MACHINE LEARNING”
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The majority of AI applications.

15. Example of data clustering
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16. Example of data clustering
with AI “Neural Network”
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Layer 2Layer 1 Layer 3 Layer 4

17. Each data classification
problem is different
We need a lot of AI models
or ‘algorithms’
This can get complex
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Some
examples

19. A FEW EXAMPLES OF AI
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20. IMAGE RECOGNITION
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24. AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS
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26. EMAIL REPLIES
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28. MESSAGING “CHATBOTS”
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31. VOICE ASSISTANT
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34. THINK YOU CAN IGNORE AI?
THINK AGAIN
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35. FROM
MOBILE FIRST
TO
AI FIRST
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37. PART 2
Developing AI engineers in
Cambodia
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38. Is Cambodia ready for AI?
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YES , CAMBODIA IS READY
Classify & Clean
Big Data
Smart
Recommendations
Chatbots for Staff,
Customers, Students
Prediction Systems
e-KYC
(Know Your Customer)
Monitoring
Fraud Detection etc
Mapping

40. 2 challenges to start with AI
Access to Data Access to Talent
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Cambodia is still a paper society

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5 DATA strategies
for Cambodia

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#1 The future is Analog Digital

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#2 Regulation to support PAPERLESS *
* For example: digital signatories, accounting, e-KYC, e-AML etc

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#3 Accuracy of Khmer language processing

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#4 Use EXISTING data and open it to the
community (data.gov.kh)

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#5 Use international AI solutions, localize
for Cambodia
សួ
សី

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Limited AI skills in Cambodia

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3 AI TALENT strategies
for Cambodia

51. Do you need a PhD
in Machine Learning?
No, not for applied AI.
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52. #1 Cambodia,
believe in yourself
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DON’T BE A PANGOLIN !!

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DON’T WAIT FOR A CERTIFICATE !!

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LOVE TO LEARN !!

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57. small markets
can make progress fast
and can leapfrog solutions
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#2 Universities to innovate curriculum,
use EdTech and engage industry partners

59. AI Master course
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#3 Businesses to invest in
training and skill workshops

62. www.cambodia.ai
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Open-Source
AI Community
Phnom Penh

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AI Learning Journey: 4 stages
IMPACT
TIME TO LEARN
Understanding
AI Basics
Implement simple AI tools
Customize your own AI
solutions
Create advanced AI
solutions
Break-thro
ugh

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AI Learning Journey: 4 stages, 3 jumps
IMPACT
TIME TO LEARN
Understanding
AI Basics
Implement simple AI tools
Customize your own AI
solutions
Create advanced AI
solutions
Break-thro
ugh
Jump 1
Jump 2
Jump 3

66. Jump 1: Implement simple tools
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68. Jump 2:
Customize AI solutions
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Remember when you last
learned something difficult?

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Valley of
the death
Discovery &
First Wins
Advanced
Skills &
Success!
Rate of
learning
Effort
CAMBODIA.AI CAN HELP!!

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CAMBODIA.AI CAN HELP !!

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Some
examples

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76. CAMBODIA.AI
Let’s learn AI together
& build our AI community
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77. www.cambodia.ai > project
website
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cambodiaai.slack.com >
engage dev community
www.startupjungle.org >
events

78. We will allocate
AI engineers
for Cambodian market
Contact ai@slash.co
if you want to talk
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THANK
YOU

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CONTACT US
Andries De Vos, CEO
andries@slash.co

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CATS & DOGS
ALGORITHM
MANGO FARM
ALGORITHM

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Many
layers
(1-100s)
Improve
ACCURACY

83. Remember:
AI algorithms are optimized
for different problems
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Solves problem 1
Solves problem 2
Solves problem 3
Illustration of AI Neural Networks:

85. How do you know what AI
algorithms to use for YOUR
problem?
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by

87. AutoML
chooses the best algorithm
for you
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89. This is a BIG deal
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90. Soon, applied AI will be less
about research and PhDs
and more about Product
Engineering and Data
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