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Adam Leon Smith

Adam Leon Smith

CTO of Dragonfly

Keynote abstract: Integrating AI into your team, product and project
Adam Leon Smith, CTO of Dragonfly, will talk about key AI industry trends and how to integrate AI technologies into technology project delivery.  AI isn't just for specialists anymore, and poses challenges throughout the project lifecycle in requirements management, risk management, testing and ongoing support.  Adam will explain the history, dive into the key novel issues, outline some of the solutions, and ensure everyone understands they have a part to play in the AI revolution.

Adam Leon Smith has two decades of experience in technology and has held senior roles at Barclays and Deutsche Bank delivering large complex transformation projects. He is now CTO of Dragonfly, an international consultancy focused on software testing and quality assurance, with a particular focus on AI.  Adam is the current chair of the British Computer Society’s Special Interest Group in Software Testing and he is also an ISO/IEC convenor and editor, and is involved in the development of numerous international standards relating to AI and quality.  He is a member of the European Commission’s AI Alliance, and the IEEE’s group developing international standards on technology ethics.

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Jussi Kasurinen

Associate professor at LUT University

Associate professor Jussi Kasurinen (D.Sc. in tech) is a long-term software engineering researcher and the head of software engineering degree programs with LUT University, Finland. In his research career, assoc. prof. Kasurinen has worked or consulted with over fifty software-developing organizations in the Finnish and Nordic software and games industry, from high-criticality industry domains to entertainment software and game developers, mostly in areas of software quality, development processes, real-life organizational problems, software measurement and development of testing practices.  Assoc. prof. Kasurinen has also over sixty research publications along with books on topics such as Python programming, software testing and quality assurance, and esoteric programming languages. Assoc. prof. Kasurinen is also a long-standing member of the Finnish Software Measurement Association (FiSMA) and hold an adjunct professorship on the area of Entertainment Software Engineering.

Abstract: ISO25010 Quality Standard and Artificial Intelligences

ISO25010 Quality model SQUARE in many cases is currently one of the cornerstones of the software engineering-related standardization. As with many other international standards, it has its limitations, but also excels in certain ways: for example the model is capable of addressing many of the several different ways the different industries and target audiences understand the word ‘quality’ and what they actually want to measure. In this talk, the fundamental model of the ISO25010 standard is examined, along with the known applicability possibilities in the software industry, and disseminated against the common requirements of understanding the quality of Artificial Intelligence. Do we have a model, which can explain or measure the concept of what makes AI good, usable, reliable or suitable for application?

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Kari Kakkonen

Kari Kakkonen is director of training services at Knowit and trains a lot with topics like software testing, agile development, DevOps and AI.

Abstract: AI and testing trends by Kari Kakkonen and Juhani Teeriniemi, Knowit Solutions Oy

This presentation will give the audience a look at what is happening on the AI-field in relation to software testing. Kari and Juhani will discuss software testing done without AI and with AI.  We will discuss software testing trends, some AI tools in the market, and applications of AI in the software testing.

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Juhani Teeriniemi

Juhani Teeriniemi is a accomplished consultant and trainer in AI/ML, RPA and software testing. He also has done his doctoral thesis in AI/ML.

Abstract: AI and testing trends by Kari Kakkonen and Juhani Teeriniemi, Knowit Solutions Oy

This presentation will give the audience a look at what is happening on the AI-field in relation to software testing. Kari and Juhani will discuss software testing done without AI and with AI.  We will discuss software testing trends, some AI tools in the market, and applications of AI in the software testing.

Abstract 2: Extending robotic process automation by machine learning – functional testing of AI-RPA by Juhani Teeriniemi, Knowit Solutions Oy

Robotic process automation (RPA) is quickly transforming into AI-based hyperautomation: everything that can be automated, will be automated. In order to diminish risks, this automation must have strong people-centric emphasis, giving the end-user a transparent way to interact with the AI system. Furthermore, inclusion of AI brings some new twist to traditional software testing activities.

This presentation describes aspects of functional testing of software robots that utilize machine learning. Same principles are applicable to testing of AI applications in general.

The case study considers a software robot developed by Knowit Oy for Finanssivalvonta (Financial Supervisory Authority of Finland).

Jonas Ekström Berg

Jonas Ekström Berg

Jonas Ekström Berg is Senior Consultant & CEO at Knowit Defence Technology. He has 20 years in Defence Industry, Technology and Management, Sensors, Communications, Command and Control systems. He is also a Maritime educator and Volunteer Tug Boat Captain

Abstract: Underwater sensor target classification using AI by Jonas Ekström Berg & Rickard Westberg, Knowit Defence Technology

Presentation agenda will discuss:

  • Systems for data collection
  • Sound feature extraction for image and parameters
  • Models with Tensorflow, Cloud based (i.e. Azure), etc
  • Applications

Richard Westberg

Rickard Westberg

Rickard Westberg is Senior Consultant & Business Developer at Knowit Defence Technology. He has 20 years in Defence Industry, Technology and Management, Command and Control systems. He is a Secure Cloud expert and also a Maritime educator and Mine Warfare Navy Reserve.

Abstract: Underwater sensor target classification using AI by Jonas Ekström Berg & Rickard Westberg, Knowit Defence Technology

Presentation agenda will discuss:

  • Systems for data collection
  • Sound feature extraction for image and parameters
  • Models with Tensorflow, Cloud based (i.e. Azure), etc
  • Applications

Janne Korpi

Janne Korpi

Janne Korpi comes from iLoom. He was earlier involved in the field of digital marketing analytics for more than a decade. Data, what it tells and how to use it, has been the core of most of his professional life.

Abstract: AI-empowered leadership of the 2020’s by Janne Korpi , iLoom

His speech will focus on  the following topics: 

  • The AI-assisted leader: understanding masses of real opinions, not just statistics
  • From opinion of the masses into measuring real brand perception and culture
  • Data integration: ROI of culture and brand tracking

There is an all too often overlooked part of every process and piece of business wisdom - the people who make things happen (employees) and people who are impacted by those processes (customers and markets). Real understanding of shared perception, ideas and feelings around processes, issues and marketing are still mostly elusive, and have a tremendous impact on how successful any transformation or process is.

We are solving this issue by collecting information on what people thing in the form of freely worded text - survey answers, slack/teams messages, customer extranet discussions, interview transcripts, even social media - and then using an NLP algorithm to crystallise what is being said, why, and how the various topics link with one another. Further, we teach an algorithm to connect open text feedback to various numeric measurements around company culture, brand identity and customer loyalty. This way, we can turn real human understanding into scalable, measurable and directly actionable management insight.

Sakari Arvela

Sakari Arvela

Sakari Arvela is the CEO and Co-founder of IPRally, a Finnish company developing explainable AI for patent searches. Previously, Sakari worked as a European Patent Attorney in a private patent agency and as an entrepreneur. As an efficiency-oriented physicist, Sakari is intrigued by solving complex problems to automate professional work. Sakari keeps his feet on the ground by spending time with his five kids, doing endurance sports and volunteering in NGOs.

Abstract: Can AI learn to understand technology? by Sakari Arvela, IPRally 

Topics will include:

  • “AI as a patent professional”
  • Expert approach to the patent problem with Graph Neural Networks 
  • How to build and evaluate a virtual patent examiner
  • How to keep it together and continuously improving

Anders Richter

Anders Richter

Lead Principal consultant at Knowit Decision Danmark

Abstract: Advanced AI/ML considerations by Anders Richter and Mads Wiemann, Knowit Decision Danmark

This session is looking into typical questions for a data scientist, and how these can be answered, based on concrete cases.

These question can be:

  • What is the different for ML and AI, and how does this affect the implementation (feedback loops and auto retraining of the model)
  • How good does the model need to be before it is ready for production? (A/B -testing human /machine)
  • How many observations / labelled cases are needed for the algorithm (learning curves)
  • The need for interpretation of ML/AI and how to do it using SHAP-values (clustering)

Mads Wiemann

Mads Esholdt Wiemann

Consultant at Knowit Decision Danmark

Abstract: Advanced AI/ML considerations by Anders Richter and Mads Wiemann, Knowit Decision Danmark

This session is looking into typical questions for a data scientist, and how these can be answered, based on concrete cases.

These question can be:

  • What is the different for ML and AI, and how does this affect the implementation (feedback loops and auto retraining of the model)
  • How good does the model need to be before it is ready for production? (A/B -testing human /machine)
  • How many observations / labelled cases are needed for the algorithm (learning curves)
  • The need for interpretation of ML/AI and how to do it using SHAP-values (clustering)

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Petri Savolainen

Petri Savolainen is a Cloud Solution Architect on Advanced Analytics & AI at Microsoft Oy

Abstract: Using Azure Devops to drive quality and repeatability into ML process by Petri Savolainen, Microsoft

Topics will include:

  • Using Azure Devops tools to implement ML model (re)training and (re)deployment
  • Using Automated ML to fine tune model performance

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Chris Thompson

Chris is an entrepreneur and software engineer who has been based in Estonia for the past 15 years. His main professional interests are machine learning, data visualisation, UX, and the performance optimisation of web applications. He is the founder and technical lead for Neuroactive AI, a startup which has developed a system for automated machine learning and predictive data analytics. Prior to founding Neuroactive AI, he founded Speak Languages, a publisher of online language-learning resources and apps.

Abstract: An introduction to automated machine learning by Chris Thompson, Neuroactive AI

In his talk, Chris will give an introduction to automated machine learning (AutoML), as well as an overview of the Neuroactive AI system.

Topics covered will include:

  • What automated machine learning is and what it can be used for
  • Tips and potential pitfalls when implementing automated machine learning
  • Possible future directions for the field

Ole Kristian Haug

Ole Kristian Haug

Senior Manager & Head of Intelligent Automation at Knowit Insight AS

Abstract: How will AI and automation effect the future of employment by Ole Kristian Haug, Senior Manager & Head of Intelligent Automation at Knowit Insight AS

Why is it different this time around? What skills will be important in the future? How should you prepare your organization?

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Shawn Bristow

President

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