For large multinational organizations with thousands of products, locations across the globe, and tons of data, the use of cognitive technology can greatly increase efficiency. Stanley Black and Decker has 60,000+ products in its portfolio and sells products in 90+ countries. With a large portfolio of products, customers serviced through different business models drives the need for a robust approach to manage customers to drive commercial exc...

Microscopes are age-old technology which let us visualize and research phenomena too small to be perceived by the human eye. Macroscopes, by contrast, are systems designed to reveal spatial and temporal patterns which are so big or slow that they escape normal human perception. We can get some sense of these when we fly, or when we look at time-lapse imagery. But to really make progress requires both the ability to collect planetary-scale info...

This month's special featured guest is Rick McFarland, Chief Data Officer at LexisNexis! Star Trek’s technology seemed far-fetched in the 60s, especially the all-knowing “computer” that provided verbal answers to every one of Captain Kirk’s questions. Today, we have Siri and Alexa, but too often these “consumer grade” digital assistants can’t understand technical questions let alone deliver answers oth...

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...

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...

Join AI in Government on Wed, Sept 25, 2019 from 6:30 - 8:30 PM for our next AI in Government event. Our speaker this month is Mitchell Winans from IRS. He will share how robotic process automation (RPA) offers the potential to dramatically increase the efficiency of federal procurement work.

Join AI in Government on Thursday, Aug 29, 2019 6-8PM for our next Meetup. Our speaker this month is Keith Nakasone, Deputy Assistant Commissioner | Acquisition, Office of Information Technology Category (ITC) Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) at U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). He will share how GSA is incorporating emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, within the IT Category Portfolio and how leveraging an agil...