BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//OpenACalendar//NONSGML OpenACalendar//EN X-WR-CALNAME:Scottish Developers: Alexa\, open seeing eye - Open Tech Calen dar BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6097@otc.opentechcalendar.co.uk URL:https://opentechcalendar.co.uk/event/6097-alexa-open-seeing-eye SUMMARY:Scottish Developers: Alexa\, open seeing eye DESCRIPTION:In his talk 'Alexa open seeing eye'\, Jon will be walking us th rough the creation of an Alexa skill\, from planning intents and utterance s through to connecting to a visual learning AI. Using C# end-to-end throu gh .NET core and Xamarin\, Jon will show how to connect Alexa to complex b ackend systems\, including reading data from Azure and using some of its a wesome shortcuts to train an AI. Not only will we have a working Alexa ski ll by the end of the talk\, but we'll also have trained a visual learning AI to recognise a couple of the Scottish Developers team.\n\nAbout the spe aker\n\nSince co-founding award winning digital innovation practice Screen media 13 years ago\, Jon has lead teams developing cutting edge solutions to keep his clients at the forefront of their fields. With over 18 years o f commercial coding experience\, he possesses vast technical knowledge of programming tools and services\, and is a proactive and influential member of the open source coding community.\n\nAn active and curious developer\, he can frequently be found experimenting with both hardware and software\ , translating his innovations into his work. His current focus is bringing machine learning\, cognitive services\, and natural language understandin g to Screenmedia's roster of global clients to support them in the transit ion to an AI first world.\n\nMany thanks to the Department of Computing\, Communications and Interactive Systems of Glasgow Caledonian University fo r supplying the venue.\nhttps://opentechcalendar.co.uk/event/6097-alexa-op en-seeing-eye\nPowered by Open Tech Calendar X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
In his talk 'Alexa open seeing
eye'\, Jon will be walking us through the creation of an Alexa skill\, fro
m planning intents and utterances through to connecting to a visual learni
ng AI. Using C# end-to-end through .NET core and Xamarin\, Jon will show h
ow to connect Alexa to complex backend systems\, including reading data fr
om Azure and using some of its awesome shortcuts to train an AI. Not only
will we have a working Alexa skill by the end of the talk\, but we&rsquo\;
ll also have trained a visual learning AI to recognise a couple of the Sco
ttish Developers team.
About the speaker
Since co-founding a
ward winning digital innovation practice Screenmedia 13 years ago\, Jon ha
s lead teams developing cutting edge solutions to keep his clients at the
forefront of their fields. With over 18 years of commercial coding experie
nce\, he possesses vast technical knowledge of programming tools and servi
ces\, and is a proactive and influential member of the open source coding
community.
An active and curious developer\, he can frequently be f
ound experimenting with both hardware and software\, translating his innov
ations into his work. His current focus is bringing machine learning\, cog
nitive services\, and natural language understanding to Screenmedia&rsquo\
;s roster of global clients to support them in the transition to an AI fir
st world.
Many thanks to the Department of Computing\, Communicatio
ns and Interactive Systems of Glasgow Caledonian University for supplying
the venue.
More info: https://opentechcalendar.co.uk/event/6097-alex a-open-seeing-eye
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DTSTART:20171205T181500Z DTEND:20171205T204500Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171114T180604Z SEQUENCE:41035681 DTSTAMP:20171114T070723Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR