School districts are working tirelessly to make the right decisions during a global pandemic. Should students be allowed back in schools? If so, what safety measures should be taken? One thing is for certain, this back to school season won't be like any we've seen. Keeping students and staff safe is everyone's number one priority. In this podcast, we discuss how schools are using AI solutions to get to back-to-school safely. 

This includes a panel discussion with three researchers: Nada Bali, an MS student in Computer Science and Graduate Research at the University of Louisville, and Fouad Hasan, a Ph.D. student at Louisiana State University, as well as Chris Martin, Assistant Professor of  Mechanical Engineering at Penn State University.

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COVID-19 has put the world in a period of prolonged crisis. Returning back to the workplace remains a distant goal for many businesses. To help companies survive this crisis, many companies are implementing AI & Machine Learning (ML) practices to drive more accurate and efficient business decisions in a time where technology is key to business continuity. In this podcast, Kris Skrinak, Global Machine Learning Technical Lead at AWS, is with us to discuss what Machine Learning is all about, its application in business, and how the AWS ML stack can help simplify ML application development. 

About Speaker:

Kris Skrinak is the Global Machine Learning Technical Lead for the Amazon Partner Network ("APN"). He co-founded the Machine Learning group for the APN in 2017. Kris started his career as a Quantitative Strategist at Goldman Sachs, developed predictive maintenance apps as an AI Engineer at ATT, and prior to Amazon was Computer Vision Architect at GoPro. He founded and sold 2 Silicon Valley startups in Finance and Network Monitoring: ClearStation and SiteRock. As the technical lead for horizontal support of AI/ML he's the 1st line of support for AWS Partners looking to develop or expand their use of these technologies across all markets including Finance, Healthcare and Life Sciences, Public Services, Telecommunications, E-Commerce.

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During this COVID-19 pandemic crisis, Computer Vision is one of the most cost-effective and scalable workplace safety tech solutions for monitoring social distancing, PPE compliance, and contact tracing.  To ensure a safe workplace, it's critical for employees to follow safety guidelines, like social distancing and wearing proper PPE. The challenge is to continuously monitor employees to make sure they don't violate any of the guidelines and endanger or contaminate the environment. Utilizing a Computer Vision Solution to continuously monitor the workplace and alert management of any discrepancies can reduce the change of violations and ensure a safe workplace for all. Oftentimes, computer vision systems can be retrofitted over existing security cameras and are less expensive than manual inspection.

AI-based computer vision facilitates real-time monitoring of the workplace environment and precisely locates if any deviation is detected. Dashboard analytics provided an analysis of the environment and even suggests ways to improve. Businesses can be well informed about the risk projection and accordingly scale safety measures to effectively manage and instruct employees.

In this podcast, AI experts Konrad Konarski and Alex Labarces discuss Computer Vision for business continuity and return-to-work initiatives and also compare alternatives to this technology. 

About Speakers:

Mr. Konrad Konarski leads the entire commercialization and technical leadership efforts of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) practice for V-Soft Labs. This includes both the strategic design of the go-to-market efforts in as well as the technical development of various AI and IoT products and the engagement with clients and potential clients as a thought leader. 

Alex Labarces is the president and co-founder of Quintix AI He is a very strong business development professional with a focus in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Skilled in Digital Marketing, DevOps, Mobile Applications, IT Strategy, Team Building, and Management.

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Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is a technology that is revolutionizing business and allows business leaders to do more with less. RPA is the answer to automating redundant tasks so human workers aren't held back by labor-intensive, manual tasks spanning across all departments such as finance, IT, operations, and more. RPA is one of the fastest-growing automation solutions. RPA provides the ability to use bots to complete repetitive, mundane business processes. For processes that take little thinking or require consistent back and forth movement between applications, implementing RPA is a solution that can save time, money, and frustration. Mr. Manoj Iragavarapu shares his expertise on how RPA improves business automation. 

About Speaker:

Manoj Iragavarapu is the Managing Director for V-Soft Labs.  He has designed Automation strategy and provided a big-picture vision of "Automation by Any Means" for overall Business Solutions with a detailed tactical plan for the growth of each practice area (ServiceNow, Mobile, Web, Cloud, MuleSoft & QA Automation).

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Automating your business is an effective way to stay ahead of the competition. The ultimate goal of automation is to optimize how you work, allowing you to do more with less, and that can be accomplished by developing or implementing applications, integrating APIs, or of course, introducing intelligent automation with AI and ML. Automation can be implemented in any business of any size or industry. To understand in a broader sense, we have three panelists:

Manoj Iragavarapu is the Managing Director for V-Soft Labs.  He has designed Automation strategy and provided a big-picture vision of "Automation by Any Means" for overall Business Solutions with a detailed tactical plan for the growth of each practice area (ServiceNow, Mobile, Web, Cloud, MuleSoft & QA Automation). 

Konrad Konarski leads the entire commercialization and technical leadership efforts of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) practice for V-Soft Labs. This includes both the strategic design of the go-to-market efforts in as well as the technical development of various AI and IoT products and the engagement with clients and potential clients as a thought leader.

Jeff Guan is an Associate Professor of Computer Information Systems and Director of Master of Science in Business Analytics, College of Business, University of Louisville. Jeff Guan teaches database and data mining and does research in applications of data mining techniques.

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Looking at the gravity at which pandemic is affecting the population any violation of safety measures could have a catastrophic effect. So, the biggest challenge for businesses here is how to ensure and monitor the safety of workplaces and employees. Moreover, companies with physical offices in different locations need to adhere to regional, state, and country regulations. ServiceNow offers Safe Workplace apps suite to keep your team safe and healthy as you return to work. In this talk, we have ServiceNow experts:

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Webinar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLHTK8mjyFs

https://blog.vsoftconsulting.com/blog/virtual30recapservicenowapps

https://blog.vsoftconsulting.com/blog/back-to-work-safety-with-servicenows-safe-workplace-apps

When a disaster or crisis situation strikes, is your business prepared with a recovery plan to enable ongoing operations? With rising conditions of the COVID-19 global pandemic, companies have had to react quickly to protect their businesses, as well as the health and safety of their employees. Through the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools, businesses have implemented innovative ways of reacting to crises. In this podcast, AI expert Mr.Konrad Konarski explains how AI-powered computer vision can revolutionize your business during a crisis and ensure business continuity.

About the Author: Mr. Konrad Konarski leads the entire commercialization and technical leadership efforts of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) practice for V-Soft Labs. This includes both the strategic design of the go-to-market efforts in as well as the technical development of various AI and IoT products and the engagement with clients and potential clients as a thought leader.

Feel free to read: https://blog.vsoftconsulting.com/blog/ai-computer-vision-for-business-continuity-in-a-pandemic

Watch Webinar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T08gKqzOfTU

Delivering the right information to the people at the right time is critical to avoid of losses during natural disasters.  During the COVID-19 outbreak, disaster chatbots share critical information such as the number of sick people in a single zip code and gather that information in a single platform to accurately disseminate to the public. Time is of the essence to deploy a reliable communication method such as chatbots.  This is the timeline for deploying an AI Chatbot.

COVID-19 Disaster Support Chatbot Features:

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Gökhan Elgün works as Product Owner for the IBM Multicloud Management Platform. He is also responsible for delivering hybrid cloud solutions also covering ServiceNow and VMware vRealize Automation. 

Mr. Konrad Konarski leads the entire commercialization and technical leadership efforts of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) practice for VSOFT. This includes both the strategic design of the go-to-market efforts in as well as the technical development of various AI and IoT products and the engagement with clients and potential clients as a thought leader.

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The crisis of COVID-19 has had many businesses struggling to adapt to the changing environment. Mr. Keith Giffney shares his advice on how to lead a business during this time and key business components to consider for success.

About The Author

Keith Giffney, Chief Operating Officer at V-Soft Consulting. He is very passionate about serving, coaching, and empowering others so they can find joy and satisfaction in fulfilling their personal and professional goals.

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When a disaster or crisis situation strikes, is your business prepared with a recovery plan to enable ongoing operations? With rising conditions of the COVID-19 global pandemic, companies have had to react quickly to protect their businesses, as well as the health and safety of their employees. Through the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools, businesses have implemented innovative ways of reacting to crisis.  In this podcast, AI expert Konrad Konarski explains how AI-powered computer vision can revolutionize your business during a crisis.

About Author: Mr. Konrad Konarski leads the entire commercialization and technical leadership efforts of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) practice for VSOFT. This includes both the strategic design of the go-to-market efforts in as well as the technical development of various AI and IoT products and the engagement with clients and potential clients as a thought leader.

Feel free to read: https://blog.vsoftconsulting.com/blog/ai-computer-vision-for-business-continuity-in-a-pandemic

Watch Webinar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T08gKqzOfTU