Vision and the Deep Learning Explosion

Everyone sees the excitement about artificial intelligence, but what's real? Everyone gets pumped up about smart drones and self-driving cars, but what does it take to really harness the potential of deep learning for real products? The academic benchmarks are impressive, but how does research translate into break-out businesses? Why is computer vision embracing deep neural networks so passionately?

This talk looks closely at artificial intelligence aka deep learning aka neural network aka cognitive computing technologies, maps out the affected applications and industries and dives into the profound impact it is having one example segment, computer vision. It explores the relationship among vision research, cloud and embedded AI product opportunities and the global explosion in the number of deep learning startups. Finally, it sketches some of the most important principles that successful startups are following to succeed in the frothy, frenetic and fascinating entrepreneurial game.

Speaker: Dr. Chris Rowen, CEO, Cognite Ventures and Stanford University