As AI matures, it will have higher impacts on the industries trusting it. Be it for compliance reasons or to eliminate bias, there is a need for humans to understand the decision-making algorithm of the underlying AI system. This is where explainable AI comes in. In an article for The Enterprisers Project, Ness CTO, Moshe Kranc comments on several potential use cases for explainable AI.
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With AI growing in popularity, concerns about lack of transparency are rising too. In an article for The Enterprisers Project, Moshe Kranc comments on how explainable AI can help identify inaccuracies and maintain accountability.
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Kromě tradiční technologické strategie začínají IT ředitelé promlouvat i do celkové strategie firmy a změny obchodních modelů. Aktuálně probíhající digitální transformace proměňuje jejich roli. Přinášíme osm nejdůležitějších položek, které proměnu této role zohledňují a které by z našeho pohledu měl mít každý moderní CIO na seznamu svých úkolů.
Robotic process automation is seeing rapid adoption by enterprises across the market since it has the potential to transform the way organizations operate and support various business processes. In an article for TechBeacon, Ness CTO Moshe Kranc comments on how different industries can benefit from this technology.
Soon after my son introduced me to his new girlfriend, I sent her a Facebook “friend” invitation. Two minutes later, my son called to berate me for committing a grave social network faux pas, to which I responded, “Listen, I invented the Internet, and I’ll do whatever I darn well please there.”
Although I cannot take as much credit as Al Gore for inventing the Internet, I did play a small part in its development. The passing of Ray Tomlinson, the man credited with inventing email and the now ubiquitous ‘@’ sign, takes me back to my first job out of graduate school, as a programmer at Bolt Beranek and Newman (BBN) in 1978. I had just received my Master’s degree in Computer Science from UC Berkeley, where we learned about operating systems by adding features to a new “toy” OS called UNIX. BBN was in the midst of creating the Arpanet (the precursor to the Internet), under the watchful eye of DARPA’s Vint Cerf. The attraction was mutual: BBN was looking for UNIX kernel programmers (there were not very many of us around in 1978), and I was fascinated by UNIX and the ARPANET.
My first task was to complete the implementation and debugging of the first implementation of FTP (File Transfer Protocol), which had been written by Jack Haverty in TOPS-20 assembly language. Next I investigated a performance issue in the Arpanet’s router, known as the IMP (Interface Message Processor). My fix to the problem became the basis for UNIX’s priority buffering algorithm and is part of the ubiquitous Linux kernel to this day.
The team at BBN was an astounding group of technical minds, including Frank Heart, Dave Walden, Ray Tomlinson, Carl Howe, Steve Kent and Jack Haverty. These are the people who wrote the RFC’s (Requests for Comments) that define the basic protocols, routing algorithms and security mechanisms that scaled into today’s Internet.
You would expect that such technical giants understood the importance of what they were creating, and that their impact on the world might go to their heads. Nothing could be further from the truth. What I remember is a very democratic and down-to-earth environment, where every idea was fairly considered, even when it came from an inexperienced engineer like me.
Most of the engineers who developed the Arpanet had no idea of the impact it would have on the world. As far as we were concerned, we were building a communication network that would be used by the military and by academia, not by all of humanity. An apocryphal story says that when Ray Tomlinson invented the first email, he told a fellow engineer, “Don’t tell anyone – we’re not supposed to be working on this.” I do not know whether this story is true, but, far more importantly, I know that it could be true. Fortunately, the nameless engineer in the story did tell someone else, and the rest is history.
I believe that this atmosphere of humility and democratic discussion played a major role in the success of the Arpanet. The technologies are rock-solid because they were created by a team that worked together seamlessly, that never pulled rank, and that respected the possibility that a great idea could come from anywhere and anyone, even a new graduate like me.
Ray Tomlinson was a key part of that team, and his passing reminds us of how human beings can overcome physical limitations (like distance) via ingenuity, passion and humility.
State Theater Košice has introduced a new website. The new modern website has been developed thanks to the CSR project of Ness KDC to Košice.
“State Theater Košice is an icon and cultural symbol dominant of our city. We’re proud that we could help such a credible and important institution with the website development and I hope that the new responsive design will make the access to the information for all users easier,” explained Stanislav Mucha, Director PR & Communications Ness KDC.
“We wanted to create, in cooperation with Ness KDC, a modern website, which would be user friendly for visitors browsing the web on a computer as well as a mobile device. I believe that the new website will attract the visitors and facilitate a smooth approach to the information they look for and allow them to more easily purchase tickets, “added Rastislav Pistrák, Head of Marketing in State Theater Košice.
The new website was customized with completely new designs and even contains archived articles. The functionality and performance of the website will be monitored and implement any improvements if needed. “In addition, we will utilize the theater holidays to create an English version of the site to access the information to the foreign visitors. The main goal is to prepare the website 100% for the next season,” said Mr. Pistrák.
Košice International Airport, owned by Vienna International Airport (66%) and Slovak Republic (33%), has significantly enhanced its marketing activities since 2015. During the first seven months of 2017, the airport recorded 267k passengers, which represented 13% annual growth. Their website, www.airportkosice.sk, was developed by Ness KDC and is used as their official site for sharing the most important information related to services available at the airport.
Marek Uhrín, VP – Delivery & Head of Košice Center, Ness KDC: “The airport is one of the most crucial factors influencing perception of any town by foreign tourists and investors. The first impressions from the airport after the arrival can suggest a lot. The website is necessary even for a small airport. Košice, a city with a high density of IT companies deserves a modern presentation. In addition, our mobile team has already started working on an interactive mobile apps, which will add on to the equipment of the Košice Airport. “
Zuzana Želinská, AVP – Business Finance & Operations, Ness KDC: “The release of Airport Košice was actually at the peak of our season, during which our volunteers developed websites for organizations like Visit Košice, State Theater of Košice and Hockey Club Košice. These are all important institutions in the areas of tourism, culture and sports, which represent our city. I would like to thank all Nessians who participated on these projects.”
Stanislav Mucha, PR and Marketing Director, Ness KDC: “Košice International Airport is an entry gate of the city and also the place that enables us to travel all around the world. Recently, we’ve been pleased with messages announcing new destinations that can be reached from Košice. The new marketing concept of the airport proved to be successful and we are truly proud at Ness that we could contribute to this progress. The website has added on actual communication channels of the airport based on content and functionality requirements. We will be collecting and analyzing data, stats and feedback of passengers and taking further actions, if needed.“
The representatives of Košice Airport appreciate the cooperation with Ness.
Juraj Tóth, Marketing Manager, Airport Košice: “The new website was developed in line with our new corporate identity. The visitors can find their important information such as flight schedules, airlines information, and services available at the airport. The website possesses responsive design and is linked to all social networks as well as portal zkosicdosveta.sk, which helps us to share the newest special offers of airlines and attractive tourism content. We’d like to thank Ness KDC for a perfect job done and we’re looking forward to further cooperation.”
The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is a wave of innovation impacting the way the world connects and optimizes machines. IIoT, through use of sensors, advanced analytics and intelligent decisioning, is profoundly transforming the way field assets connect and communicate with the enterprise. Forrester Research reports that the market for Big Data was approximately $31 Billion in 2018 1. Part of this growth is due to the fact that the IIoT data is Big Data, made up of billions of events and data points, to support some of the fastest-growing areas in global business analytics, BI and predictive analytics.
More demanding than either consumer IoT or traditional machines-to-machines are Industrial IoT applications because they emphasis more on communications where the application uses autonomous, peer-to-peer distributed control. Data communications or transfers are frequent, but typically do not convey large amounts of data. Besides performing their main task, these systems also connect to an enterprise system to issue alarms, archive historical data, and store a basis of performing analytics on the data. This connection can work via a local IP connection or can be hosted in the cloud.
Systems performing these demanding industrial applications have been available for some time. However, they have often depended on hard wiring and purpose-built communications protocols for exchanging data and status between nodes. Advances in low power wireless, power line, and high-speed multi-drop twisted-pair communications technologies, coupled with more compact implementations of IP, are enabling a migration to IP-based nodes for even the smallest and most cost-sensitive nodes within these systems. As with the broader IoT market, it is important for the IIoT to have services in an IP-based protocol stack, that allows IP protocol stack to be used across the entire IIoT application space, so that application developers can depend on a common set of communications services as they implement IIoT applications. Because the stakes are high when industry is involved, the IIoT space has a very specific set of performance and reliability requirements that must be satisfied, including resilience in the face of failures, security, physical connectivity requirements, control services, etc.
Variety of use cases fall under IIoT analytics including:
1) Measurement, Verification and Constant Commissioning: Ensure that devices in the field operate as intended
2) Capacity Planning: Monitor data for risk of unplanned device or system downtime
3) Root-Cause Analysis and Remote Troubleshooting: Better understand the cause of a particular failure on a particular device and improve efficiency
4) Anomaly and Outlier Detection: Identify outliers that may be an early indicator of issues in device production or deployment
5) Safety and Compliance: Gain visibility into system performance or set points that could put machines or people at risk; quickly develop and access reports for compliance purposes
6) Cyber-Security: Improve security posture across industrial systems to mitigate emerging cyber security threats, etc.
The economic and scientific implication of IIoT and the digital economy is creating much discussion and speculation. The conceptual framework of both are vast and encompass many cutting-edge technologies like big data, predictive analytics, quantum computing, cloud, mobility. To win in the digital economy and IIoT, companies must recognize that the time to act is now. Business and technology leaders must be willing to explore and innovate new approaches and learn by experimentation.
Some IIoT real-world examples:
1) Medical Informatics enable Connected Hospitals: Due to introduction of connected devices in hospitals, informatics is becoming key for healthcare IT. A hospital chain with over 150 hospitals is using IIoT analytics to monitor and gain insight from data generated by over 4,000 mobile devices that collect various patient vital signs.
2) Telematics Data enhances Transportation Safety and Fuel Efficiency: New York Air Brake (NYAB), a leading provider of rail technology is using IIoT analytics to gather operational insights from the big data produced by train management systems.
3) Check on the Baby: Aimed at helping to prevent SIDS, the Mimo monitor is a type of infant monitor that provides parents with real-time information about their baby’s breathing, skin temperature, body position, and activity level on their smartphones.
4) Get the most out of your Medication: The Proteus ingestible pill sensor is powered by contact with your stomach fluid and communicates a signal that determines the timing of when you took your meds and the identity of the pill. This information is transferred to a patch worn on the skin to be logged for you and your doctor’s reference. Heart rate, body position and activity can also be detected.
1 Forrester, Midyear Global Tech Market Outlook for 2017 to 2018, Sept. 25, 2017.
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