deepsense.ai has become a Polish Google Cloud Platform Authorized Training Partner. It is set to begin supporting the tech giant in training companies to build cloud-enabled AI solutions on their own. The two companies will also work together to deliver custom-tailored AI-related projects on GCP.

Building AI-based solutions requires enormous computing power. AI models need to process vast amounts of data to rise to the tasks they are designed for. Such tasks can include learning how to recognize particular objects depicted in photographs, like animals or vehicles or film stars. To gain access to the power required to perform these challenges while avoiding investment in expensive hardware, companies move to the cloud.

“The great benefit of using Google Cloud Platform is its integration with existing machine learning tools, including Google-designed Keras and TensorFlow frameworks”, says Paweł Osterreicher, Director of Strategy and Development at deepsense.ai. “The access we had to the Tensor Processing Unit, a specialized processor designed to augment and speed up the machine learning training process, was also crucial, as we were among the first companies to test it in action.”

This is not the first time deepsense.ai and Google have teamed up. The Polish company worked with Google Brain on reinforcement learning, which uses an AI agent to learn not by analyzing data provided by data scientists, but by interacting with the environment. The technique can be used to design software for autonomous cars, to name one prominent example. The companies’ cooperation has also resulted in scientific papers on research deepsense.ai and Google Brain conducted in conjunction with Warsaw University.

AI in the clouds

Until now, deepsense.ai has shared its knowledge through training programs on data science and artificial intelligence. Teaching the practical use of Google Cloud Platform, the training enabled users to learn about tools for building machine learning and deep learning models as well as the cloud infrastructure required to do the computations.

“The CEE cloud computing market is growing rapidly, but it continues to lag western countries,” says Magdalena Dziewguć, Google Cloud Territory Manager. “The lack of cloud computing competencies is the greatest obstacle to overcome. With deepsense.ai as our authorized training partner, we’ll be able to tackle this challenge by providing companies from Central and Eastern Europe with the necessary knowledge provided in an effective and accessible way.

In the new partnership, deepsense will introduce a five-day training to help participants become familiar with basic machine learning techniques and tools and the basics of deep neural networks. Certified instructors will also show how to use Google Cloud Platform in machine learning.

“We will be addressing the training to companies that feel machine learning can benefit their business, but which lack experience”, comments Marta Piechowiak, Head of the Training and Development Hub at deepsense.ai. “A key challenge in the development of artificial intelligence is to help companies build the requisite competencies. deepsense.ai can use its experience in training and implementation to support both individuals and companies in their development. Cooperation with Google broadens our data science training portfolio with the new possibilities Google cloud affords.”

deepsense.ai is also now an authorized Google service partner. The company will support Google’s customers with tailored AI-based solutions. The partnership will allow deepsense.ai to share its experience in image recognition, predictive analytics and natural language processing with Google’s clients. Combining that experience with Google Cloud Platform will enable companies to reach for AI without the need to invest in expensive hardware or build out a dedicated infrastructure.

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CEO sees participation in Dubai conference as great way to begin executing company’s recently announced five-year business strategy.

To take place in the Hyatt Park Dubai Conference Center on September 4th and 5th, the AI Week Middle East conference will bring together AI practitioners and specialists building real-life solutions, primarily in the banking, healthcare and public sectors. deepsense.ai’s experience and expertise earned the company an invitation to join the event as a strategic partner.

According to deepsense.ai CEO Tomasz Kulakowski, “The conference will be a timely opportunity to share our views on both the current state of AI and the trends that are yet to come. Dubai is a fantastic place to do this, as the city is showing today that AI is going to revolutionize both business and people’s daily lives”.

AI in the U.A.E. – a glimpse into the future

The UAE’s prime minister last year appointed Omar Bin Sultan Al Olama the country’s—and the world’s, no less—first Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence. Wasting no time, Al Olama signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Deepak Bagla, the managing director and CEO of Invest India, to create a bilateral Artificial Intelligence Bridge between the countries. The initiative is expected to bring $20 billion in economic benefits over the next decade.
The federation also recently announced its broader Artificial Intelligence Strategy, making AI the first project run as a part of Centennial Plan 2071, which covers the country’s vision of development. The AI strategy is one pillar in the government’s effort to boost GDP by 35% and reduce spending by some 50% by 2031. The UAE intends to use AI to boost its education, energy, transportation, technology and aerospace sectors.

“We are excited about the steps Dubai is taking, as the country turns science-fiction into reality”, says Paweł Osterreicher, Director of Strategy and Business Development at deepsense.ai. “With uncertainty and doubt among the main obstacles to wider scale adoption of AI, the UAE is truly showing the way. And by appointing its AI minister and forging a feasible strategy, the country is on the front edge of the wave that is going to change the world. We at deepsense.ai aim to help them stay there by extending our technological and business expertise for their AI projects”.

Dubai is already reaping the benefits of AI as it begins using AI powered devices to monitor parking zones and spot drivers who avoid paying.

deepsense.ai among world leaders

With deepsense.ai’s recently announced five-year strategy to become the Leading European AI Powerhouse, building a position in the Middle East provides strong complementary business opportunities and makes excellent strategic sense. Participating in the conference is only a first step, as deepsense.ai joins the likes of Microsoft, Accenture, PwC and General Electric as conference partners. For the full conference agenda, see the official website.

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Artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions provider deepsense.ai today laid out its five-year strategy. Building on its accomplishments to date, the company aims to move further into the skyrocketing AI solutions market and grow fivefold in size by focusing its services on three key technologies: Predictive Modeling, Computer Vision and Natural Language Processing. It will pair that work with comprehensive Data & Analytics Platforms advisory and artificial intelligence/machine learning workshops.

Earlier this year, deepsense.ai was spun off from CodiLime to independently focus on artificial intelligence/machine learning projects and solutions for industry.
According to Tomasz Kułakowski, CEO of deepsense.ai, “a clear strategy and strong vision are crucial in building a successful IT business, especially in a cutting-edge segment like AI. By giving deepsense.ai independence to grow, we enabled the company to forge its own strategy”.

In the vanguard of progress

Analysts at Gartner and Deloitte believe the artificial intelligence & machine learning market is set to grow at a roughly ~50% compound annual rate over the next few years. “The opportunity is immense” says Kułakowski. “It’s no longer only a field for academic research. Companies are joining the party and want to see real business results from AI. Our full attention and a coherent plan on where we believe change will happen, and where we will focus our activities, were therefore essential”.

In addition to Predictive Modelling, Computer Vision and Natural Language Processing, deepsense.ai intends to invest heavily in advanced R&D activities, particularly in reinforcement learning, general adversarial networks (GANs) and environment simulation. This combination will keep it at the forefront of the AI/ML market. The company is already partnered with tech giants Google, Intel and NVidia, with whom it plans to further cooperate in delivering value to clients and continue joint research work.
“We see reinforcement learning as a technology of the future and that’s why we focus on it in our research. It can reshape the landscape in various ways. For instance, we are currently applying it in our work on autonomous vehicles” says Kułakowski. “There’s no challenge in following the trail blazers. Real technological leadership means being the trail-blazer”.

deepsense.ai will continue its development strategy by hiring talented data scientists and providing them opportunities to grow. “Business is always built by people, so hiring top talent is a cornerstone of deepsense.ai’s success,” says Robert Bogucki, deepsense.ai Chief Technology Officer. “We are and will continue to be an employer of first choice for data scientists.”

The last pillar of the strategy is built around providing tailored training to companies seeking to build AI competences.
“Our most formidable competition is not other AI providers, but doubt and a lack of practical knowledge about AI solutions. That’s why we share our knowledge with other companies during seminars, training and tech-talks, providing both education and mentoring for organizations that would like to transform their business using AI,” adds Kułakowski.

For more on deepsense.ai’s business strategy, see the presentation.

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CodiLime ranks 49th on the FT 1000: the complete list of Europe’s 1000 fastest growing companies. The company outperformed more than 950 companies from throughout the continent.

Technology dominated this year’s edition of the FT 1000: the complete list of Europe’s fastest growing companies, with 155 pure technological players. CodiLime was listed 49th on the strength of 2 057% revenue growth and tenfold employee growth in the 2013-2016 period.

“As a future–oriented company operating in the most innovative technological areas, such as cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and networks, I consider that growth a success that wouldn’t have been possible without the outstanding people we have on board,” said Tomasz Kulakowski, CEO and founder of CodiLime. “We are thrilled to be recognized by Financial Times among the fastest growing companies – this is the best proof that the market appreciates and needs what we build to help others live and work better.”

Ride the lightning

Europe has recovered from the recent financial crisis, and Britain’s looming exit from the EU has not proven as disastrous as feared. The countries of the monetary union significantly outperformed the US economy (2.3% expansion rate) with combined economic growth of 2,5%.

“In times of growth, companies look to invest in innovative business solutions. To provide our clients the best support they need to win on their markets, we offer services based on the most cutting edge technologies,” Kulakowski commented.

CodiLime delivers services in three key areas – artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and networks, with the highest focus currently on developing machine learning and deep learning models for both public and private sector clients. According to the Accenture Institute for High Performance, AI technology is predicted to double the economic output of developed countries by 2035. Today, only 15% of companies use AI, but 31% have said it is on their agenda for the next 12 months. AI’s market size is predicted to reach $59,748 billion by 2025.

This year CodiLime plans to significantly grow its networks offer and provide more services based on software–defined networking (SDN) solutions.

“As the world is more and more dependent on internet and seamless data transmission, we see high potential for growth in the telecommunications and networking sector. That’s why I consider the coming few years crucial to our further development in SDN”, Kulakowski said.

Facebook for whales and fraud detection

AI solutions, however, will remain a high priority for the company as there’s still a lot to be done. deepsense.ai, CodiLime’s AI–focused wing, was widely recognized for developing a deep learning model that could recognize right whales in photographs taken during aerial surveys. As the whales are on the brink of extinction, environmentalists and scientists from American NOAA had struggled to track the population in their effort to keep it healthy and safe. Data scientists from deepsense.ai built a facial recognition algorithm that could recognize a specific whale from a given photo. Their model achieved 87% accuracy, which was far higher than the human eye is capable of, and saved biologists the time, effort and guesswork involved with identifying the whales with their own, less exacting eyes.

“AI is presenting the world with countless opportunities, including fraud detection in the financial sector or customer churn prediction in retail. Some of them, like our “Facebook for whales”, come completely out of the blue. But this shows that the only limitation we have when creating new innovative solutions is a lack of creativity, so keep thinking outside the box!”, Kulakowski concluded.

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The National Science Centre in Poland has granted deepsense.ai data scientist and University of Warsaw researcher, Piotr Miłoś, 500,000 USD. The project “Reinforcement Learning – contemporary challenges” is designed to help resolve long-standing open problems in training robots and game agents in difficult environments.

The research is a continuation of deepsense.ai’s work on reinforcement learning, which was recognized by the General Chairs of the Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL) as one of 11 papers in the reinforcement learning and robotics category. In that project, members of deepsense.ai’s machine learning team trained a robotic arm to grip a can of coke using reinforcement learning. Recognizing that numerous fundamental ideas have yet to be discovered and understood, the company intends to invest in research and develop its reinforcement learning competences.

The grant, SONATA BIS, is extended to scientists with a strong academic background seeking to establish a new scientific group. Miłoś’ team will comprise students and postdocs from the University of Warsaw, and will be supported by deepsense.ai. Together they will address issues including hierarchical learning, curriculum learning, meta learning, metamemory, model-free and model-based methods.

According to Miłoś, “these are believed to be important concepts in developing reinforcement learning. One of the challenges in AI is the ability to plan hierarchically. deepsense.ai’s intention is to establish a group at the University of Warsaw that is engaged in world-class reinforcement learning research and will bring significant advancement in the field.”

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