Artificial intelligence (AI) can deliver a wealth of benefits when used responsibly. It can also damage an organization's reputation and future performance if safeguards are not in place – these include ethical, accuracy, privacy and security. The stakes are even higher for governments – If agencies don't design their AI operations to be trustworthy, they potentially risk eroding the public trust. Join Government Technology on Marc...

As machine learning expands and larger organizations begin deploying across bigger teams, the need to efficiently operationalize becomes critical for enterprises. In our discussions with leading organizations utilizing ML like The RealReal and Uber, we have compiled real-world case studies and organizational best practices for MLOps in the enterprise. Join us for a discussion where we'll explore the benefits of MLOps and discuss when and how t...

While NOAA has achieved local successes in applying AI, a central entity to coordinate activities across NOAA will enable it to more effectively integrate AI in all NOAA’s mission areas. Successful AI integration requires both domain knowledge and modern AI technologies. It requires careful stewardship with domain knowledge since many of the challenges NOAA faces are constrained by physical principles. The NCAI is an essential component...

At Shopify, we have over 1.7 million merchants across over 175 countries, with hundreds of millions of consumers shopping at their stores. We’re focused on leveraging the scale of our data to not only empower Shopify, but to create new experiences for our merchants that are impossible without data. In our daily operations at Shopify, we are highly data informed. Some of the ways we’re leveraging advanced analytics is by building an...

Data quality is of the utmost importance when it comes to actionable insights and model performance. In this presentation, Vinay Malkani, Figure Eight Federal's Chief of Engineering will discuss why quality data is critical, opportunities and challenges associated with data, and how to integrate multiple data sources to produce consistent, accurate, and useful information. Jack Hild, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Hall of Famer...

Far too often, agencies, organizations, and consulting firms are running data and AI projects without taking the right steps to ensure their success. Agile and iterative approaches have become adopted best practices for application development projects, but why don’t we have something similar when it comes to advanced analytics, big data, and AI projects? Without using best-practices approaches that standardize steps for data preparation...

Claims processing is a time-consuming process. The submitted claim documents have to be manually reviewed and verified for authenticity, while simultaneously digitizing the data and making outbound calls to request applicants for missing information. This makes the entire process inefficient, cumbersome and difficult to align with business priorities. To stay relevant amidst the changing landscape and meet shifting customer expectations, it is...

Innovation requires looking at new approaches to age-old challenges. And today's emerging technologies provide exciting pathways for rapid change. This program will take a deep dive into some of the solutions that will change the world of government.

CDM is the Federal civilian government’s frontline program to protect against and mitigate cyber-attacks. But security deployments often take years to complete, and in the wake of increasingly high-profile hacks that are thwarting top-notch defenses, time is ticking to meet the challenge. How is the CDM program working with agencies to accelerate the path to better security? And how should agencies engage the CDM program to inoculate aga...

The course will survey the history of decisive military technologies that have caused a Revolution in Military Affairs, resulting not only in new tactics and strategies but changing the course of civilization and world history. For example, ancient Macedonia’s King Phillip II (382-336 BC) introduction of the sarrisa—a spear measuring about 18 feet in length, much longer than those used by any other army of antiquity—became th...