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installing tensorflow on Anaconda

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To run tensorflow on anaconda i followed the below steps. i am using anaconda since it has most of the dependencies and libraries pre-installed so we can easily call them when needed. For this you need to install anaconda and i will not be going through the installation process and configuration of anaconda but will be assuming you guys have done that part. Step 1 Run anaconda command line with administrator Step 2 You would need to run the below command and set the name of your tensorflow environment conda create -n tensorflow python=3.5 I have named my tensorflow environment as tensorflow_env. enter y and proceed with the process. If all runs well you would get a result as given below. done Executing transaction: done # # To activate this environment, use # #     $ conda activate tensorflow_env # # To deactivate an active environment, use # #     $ conda deactivate The above ...

Novelty with AI 31st Oct 2018 @ JAIC Hilton Colombo

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I spoke on cognitive & machine learning to a closed group of customers on the theme “Novelty with AI”. I started my story by talking about the history of the field of Ai and how it has rapidly taken off within the past couple of years, we also discussed the main reasons for the leapfrog of a development in Ai. Moving on I tried to highlight that Ai is just not a buzz word or science fiction anymore, and by showing real world use cases from the world as well as some of the cool stuff we have been working at MillenniumIT ESP. I ended my story by talking about the ethics of Ai and how we should always look to make a positive impact with this technology. Below is the recorded video of the presentation. The quality is not that great though :( Youtube link :> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F87bQbhqQ0&feature=youtu.be Reference videos taken for my presentation > This Canadian Genius Created Modern AI Bloomberg Published on Jun 25, 2...

Knowledge sharing session on how cognitive & machine learning is changing banking at peoples bank Sri Lanka

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Peoples bank of Sri Lanka invited me for a knowledge sharing session to talk about how cognitive & machine learning is changing modern day banking. Areas discussed Cognitive capabilities such as vision , voice & natural language processing for process automation & customer interactions. Prediction with machine learning, tapping into a banks historical data & deriving insights. The use of ethical Ai in business 

Aurora 2018- Conference on Computer Science- September 25th , 2018

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https://www.facebook.com/aurora.usjp/ The Society of Computer Science of University of Sri Jayewardenepura hosted Aurora 2018- Conference on Computer Science for the fourth consecutive year. Aurora 2018 is organized with the mission to raise the literacy rate and competencies of the youth of Sri Lanka in the fields related to Computer Science and IT. The event consists of a Competition for the school students and a Conference for the school students and the undergraduates island wide. Was great to share knowledge and talk about the opportunities on Ai at the university of Sri Jayawardanapura: Aurora conference on computer science

Ai Driven Customer Experience @ the CIO Confluence 2018

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http://www.thecioconfluence.com/ I spoke on how the dynamics of customer experience  is changing to an Ai driven customer experience approach using cognitive & Machine learning solutions. I touched upon how cognitive approaches such as NLP, Vision & voice can automate and be used for customer engagements as well as using ML for predictive analytics for banks.

AI, A technology without an alternative at Disrupt Asia, Sri Lanka’s Premier Startup Conference and Innovation Festival on 11th August 2018

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Disrupt Asia is Sri Lanka’s first ever startup conference started in the year 2016 which creates a platform to share ideas and experience with new and budding entrepreneurs etc. This year, I was  given the opportunity to speak at this event as a Panelist on Ai, we spoke on the below areas & trends. - What exactly is new in modern Ai , Is it just a buzz word ? - Real world business Applications of Ai - Risks of AI and the ethics of it - How applicable is this in the local context – for tech companies and business.

CXO Forum 2018 August - The Recent Trends in Artificial Intelligence and the Launch of GIC Chatbot: The first-ever attempt to use Chatbots for providing government information through GIC-1919, as a part of commitments of Open Government Partnership

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It was such an honor to address the heads & CIO's of the government institutes on the trends of Ai, how it can be implemented to automate processes, provide predictions to the government ministries & also the soft launch of the Government Ai Bot project for 25 ministries which will support Sinhala , Tamil & English on their web sites and facebook messenger. This is t he first-ever attempt to use Chatbots for providing government information through GIC-1919, as a part of commitments of Open Government Partnership.