What we’re about
The Home of AI in the Midlands.
A place for AI and Machine Learning boffins and get together and discuss how we're using Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing, AI Planning, Clustering, Reinforcement Learning etc to change the way our companies do business, invent new products, enhance existing ones or just make things work better.
If you're using AI / ML at work, are studying it at Uni or online, or have read (or written!) an interesting paper recently, come along and tell us about it!
Check out our new website, all BrumAI links on here (incl our Slack community, twitter, LinkedIn) https://linktr.ee/brumai
Upcoming events (1)
See all- brum.ai April 2024 - Aston UniversityAston University Main Building, Birmingham
April 2024 - in-person @Aston University
We are very excited for the second event of the year and this event will be hosted by the team at Aston University, once you RSVP you can see Location.Co-sponsors of the event are:
🍻 🍕 The team at Bluetel Birmingham www.bluetel.co.uk/services who very kindly reached out and said that they like what we do and would like us to do more of it!
You can visit them on here as well linkedin.com/company/bluetel-solutions-ltd🍻 🍕 As well as the organisers of the Innovation Fest 2024 at STEAMhouse Birmingham City University who are running an AI Day as part of the week-long programme and would like to invite us all to attend!
https://innovationfest.co.uk/Its an opportunity to connect with entrepreneurs, researchers, people in academia, students, engineers, AI boffins, and like-minded individuals. So bring your friends and co-workers, grab a drink and have loads of pizza! 🍕
If you intend to join online, there is no need to register
RSVPs close Monday, April 22th, 2024 23:59 PMAgenda and Event overview
18:00 Pizza and drinks
18:45 Dr Phil Weber (Aston University, ACAIRA) - Justifying AI in court: Human or machine analysis of evidence?
19:15 Monisha Waghmare (Accenture) - ADAPT: Labour Planning Tool using Azure Machine Learning (custom model to manage customer metrics and external metrics like weather, POI, economic factors etc).
19:30 Discussion with Dr Anandhi Dhukaram, co-organiser at BrumAI - hear from others in the brumai community
20:00 CloseSpeaker Bios
Phil Weber
Phil Weber is a member of Aston Centre for AI Research and Applications (ACAIRA) and the Forensic Data Science Laboratory (part of Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics), and is a lecturer in computer science. He is broadly interested in AI and machine learning from the perspective of how to use data correctly, effectively and efficiently, being able to quantify the confidence which can be placed in results, and how human and artificial "intelligence" relate. Beyond forensic speech science, his main research interests are automatic speech recognition and business process mining. Phil's background is systems integration and administration in industry. He holds a PhD from the University of Birmingham and is a former member of the Think Beyond Data programme at Aston.
https://research.aston.ac.uk/en/persons/phil-weber
www.aston.ac.uk/research/eps/acairaMonisha Waghmare
Software Engineering Manager, Accenture
With over 19 years of global experience, she has been at the forefront of designing and delivering innovative solutions for complex problems using .NET technologies. Her journey has been driven by a keen interest in the transformative power of AI and the myriad opportunities it presents for our future.
At present, she is deeply involved in developing a cutting-edge solution utilizing Microsoft’s Machine Learning services. This initiative is focused on empowering organizations to strategically plan and optimize their workforce. The goal is to facilitate a swift and significant return on investment, ensuring that the benefits of machine learning are not just theoretical but yield tangible results in a short span of time.
linkedin.com/in/monisha-waghmare-91b6853
www.accenture.com/gb-en/careers/jobsearchDr Anandhi Dhukaram
As a seasoned professional with over 20 years of experience in research, technology, and global business, with a PhD in cognitive systems engineering, she specialises in driving human-centric responsible AI cultures across industries.
Through tailored AI literacy programs and as an EU AI Act compliance strategist, she aims to equip teams with the critical thinking and technical proficiency necessary to navigate the regulatory complexities of AI confidently.
Personal Page: https://anandhiv.com
Follow Me on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/anandhi-vivek-dhukaram
Founder of Esdha: www.esdha.comOnline streaming
Also, online version (beta) parallel event will be available. We will try to broadcast the event with sufficient sound and video quality, this is a (beta) service and depends on the availability of our crew on the evening.
Online joining details - from 18:30
Video call link: Join Zoom Meeting
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In-person spaces are restricted, please only book if you can attend!
Please update your RSVP if something changes, you may be preventing someone else from attending if there are no-shows.