Leonard Plotkin

🚀 Exciting News! 🚀 We are thrilled to announce that Kumo AI's position paper "Relational Deep Learning: Graph Representation Learning on Relational Databases," has been accepted at #ICML 2024! 🎉 Join us in Vienna from July 21-27, where our very own Matthias Fey will be presenting this exciting new research area. 🔗 https://icml.cc/ In collaboration with Stanford University, we introduce Relational Deep Learning (#RDL), a new research area for applying deep learning on relational databases by viewing them as temporal, heterogeneous graphs. This method eliminates the need for manual feature engineering, leading to more accurate models built faster. 🚀 We’ve also developed #RelBench, a benchmark suite to facilitate research in this new area, using diverse datasets from Stack Exchange discussions to Amazon book reviews. 📚 Stay tuned for more updates on our presentation format, and check out our paper here: https://lnkd.in/dk24vbSg #ICML2024 #MachineLearning #AI #GraphNeuralNetworks #RelationalDeepLearning #DataScience #KumoAI #StanfordCollaboration

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5 business days, 5 appearances: I just finished my first-ever "Conference Sprint" 🏃‍♂️. I need some advice before I talk again at this frequency... 😅 - Last Wednesday it was "The AI-Powered Developer" (in German) at #CLC_Conf in Mannheim with Daniel Hartung. - Then off to Cologne the next day for the same talk in English at #CTWebdev. - On Friday I held an online workshop "Consulting with Impact" for the internal #codecentriccrew (thanks to positive feedback, it may be developed into a public talk). - On Monday Janine Felten and I held the full-day online workshop "Professional GenAI Software Development in Practice" (in German) with 24 participants - many more than we planned. I'm glad to say that their great work and knowledge sharing in groups made it possible. - On Tuesday we held our complimentary talk "GenAI Crafting: Best Practices für professionelle GenAI-basierte Softwareentwicklung" at the same conference - #InfoDays #GenAI für Entwickler. In-between, I handled project needs which came up. Now I finally have a moment to rest and catch up... and I ended up giving input for someone's upcoming keynote 🙂. I feel quite mentally drained after a normal conference appearance. What helped me was to do significant exercise every day. I know a few speakers who do a lot of conferences - how do you identify the limit, and how do you stay fit and healthy? #PublicSpeaking

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🚀 𝗢𝘂𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘄: 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗟𝗟𝗠 Alexander Schatten, senior researcher at SBA Research, and Marco Jeppe Reiser have published an interesting article: 📰 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 Where can AI systems really help programmers, and is the approach taken here truly novel? This article examines their role. Programming involves interpreting real-world problems and processes, abstracting them, and then translating them into a deterministic language understood by technical systems. The goal is to automate tasks and processes and interact with people or other systems as needed. Besides understanding the real-world problem, programming also requires technical consideration of advantages and disadvantages, costs, legal frameworks, dependencies, and more. Actual coding is only a small part of the whole process. Alexander Schatten's second article on heise online explores the role of LLMs in software development. 📰 𝗟𝗟𝗠𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱 Software systems are a combination of hardware, software, and the people who develop, maintain, and use these systems. This interaction of the three factors creates benefits and the possibility of further system development. Early on, software exhibited characteristics not observed in other technical systems. The first software crisis in the 1960s revealed that hardware and software capabilities were growing faster than those of human engineers, a crisis from which we have not yet fully emerged. One reason is the ever-increasing complexity of software itself and the complexity created by software and its increasing networking with other systems, affecting software further. Get the full articles here:   https://lnkd.in/gA2hHCBb   https://lnkd.in/giAV6f8C    Both articles will soon be published in iX magazine. 📷: Marcel Lehner 

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📅 Mark your calendars for September 18th in #Vienna! At the #DataScience MeetUp, Andreas from Neo4j and Sebastian will talk about the relevance of #KnowledgeGraphs for Gen #AI, and explain why proper #GraphVisualization is critical for understanding your #data. We look forward to seeing you there! https://lnkd.in/e-EKZ9fZ

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"Mut statt Angst" was the inofficial motto of the CONTACT Software #OpenWorld24 conference. I liked the positive vibes and enjoyed some key takeaways regarding the current state of AI in engineering: We need strong leadership to succeed: Nor more "analysis, analysis, paralysis" as Dr. Siegmar Haasis elegantly put it. We need technologically apt leadership that helps to set clear goals for implementing AI assistants and to avoid ending up in the PoC trap. We need better education around the technology: Many people still don't know that implementing an industrial AI assistant normally does not require model training. It is important to understand the basics of #RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) in order to create good entry-level use cases. We can get started today: Feasibility studies for many use cases can be run in days and implementing a solution that already serves real user needs only takes weeks. There is no excuse not to start right now! Thank you Udo Göbel, Christian Groh and Michael Krause for the interesting discussions and Maximilian Abenthum for hosting the great session. #FFWDX #AI #PLM #Innvoation

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💻 Want to improve the performance of your website with data-driven A/B testing? I am excited to share our latest blog post with you! I had the opportunity to write about how to generate data-driven and effective A/B testing hypotheses. This article will take you through the top 10 qualitative and quantitative sources you can use to create these hypotheses. 💡 👉 Curious to learn more? Click here: https://lnkd.in/ecxuKjQs #cro #customerexperience #abtesting #conversionrate #upreply

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This week I can introduce another key attribute that sets us apart at freiheit.com. After exploring decisiveness and accountability, this week we dive into what it means to be collaborative. For us at freiheit.com, collaboration means working together with one goal in mind—where egos take a backseat, and the best team result always comes first.

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Just came back from a workshop that I'm organizing together with the VDI Wissensforum GmbH. I had a great time, learned a lot and it made me realize (once again) how much has changed in AI over the last 5 years: When we started with the first workshop in 2019, the format 💠 targeted engineers who were able to code in Python 💠 focussed on the convolutional neural networks architecture 💠 involved building neural networks from scratch in Keras 💠 emphasized use cases that cost >100k to implement On Tuesday and Wednesday, we ✅ were a diverse group with little to no Python knowledge ✅ discussed Transformers (briefly) and RAG (in detail) ✅ used off-the shelve models and tools ✅ talked about use cases from 2k to 200k To me this is another testament to how much more accessible and ubiquitous AI has become. If you are interested in learning how to use retrieval augmented generation in industrial applications check out the workshop: https://lnkd.in/eTsG3x6h Thanks Nicolas Regiani for creating this together! #vdi #rag #industrialai

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Get a glimpse into the world of IT with our Schnupperkurs on June 10th at 10:00 AM! Learn how a Softwareentwicklerin works and gain valuable insights. Don't miss out - Link in bio for more details and to get tickets. #Schnupperkurs #IT #Softwareentwicklerin #GetTicketsNow #DontMissOut

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vCD RoundTable Episode 28: On vApps with Tobias Paschek (he/him), Matthias Eisner, Sascha Schwunk is online at https://bit.ly/45cjlnY Use vApps to streamline your infrastructure and manage VMs effortlessly! In this episode, we dive into the purpose, management, network types, implicit fencing, and automation of vApps. We further unpack key advantages, expert tips, and potential pitfalls. Available now and join us live next time to get your questions answered! #VMware #Broadcom #vApp #TechInsights2024

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Welcome to read the article "Integrated Gradients for Feature Assessment in Point Cloud-Based Data Sets" which is written by Mr. Markus Schwegler, Prof. Christoph Müller and Alexander Reiterer. This excellent article was published in issue 7 in 2023 and has been viewed 1313 times and cited 3 times! Article link: https://lnkd.in/gMCsed5z MDPI Fraunhofer IPM Furtwangen University Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg (Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg) #pointcloud #neuralnetwork #integratedgradients

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The Rails 8 feature set perfectly complements SQLite's power in creating resilient, high-performance production apps, but still the question lingers: Can I really go all-in on #SQLite? Join Stephen Margheim at #RailsWorld as he illustrates how to leverage Rails and SQLite's full potential in your next venture, and when SQLite does and doesn't make sense for your application. https://lnkd.in/eaBstScy

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🚀 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 🌱 (𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 : 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 2 𝐨𝐟 2) Thank you again, René Krause, for the interview and opportunity to share my insights 🙏 It was a great pleasure to immerse myself in #scenarios, #trends and #technologies with you, especially in the 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒔𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒚 💡There are a lot of debates about digital twins these days - I find the topic of the digital 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏 twin absolutely impressive and it will certainly be an absolute game changer in the future 👀 I also think it's important not to lose sight of the ongoing revolution of experience management #XM - be it the employee experience #EX, customer experience #CX or supplier experience #SX - alongside all the discussions about the availability and explosion of #data. S̳e̳c̳t̳i̳o̳n̳s̳ ̳o̳f̳ ̳i̳n̳t̳e̳r̳v̳i̳e̳w̳:̳ (𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒐 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒊𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒘 👇) 0:11 Intro 0:51 vision of metaverse 2:08 trend databases 3:17 tech convergence 4:20 metaverse x experience management 5:27 Digital Twins 7:22 data and blockchains 8:51 post-smartphone era #metaverse #EmergingTech #FutureTech #LifeSciences #Metaverse #DataSovereignty #TechConvergence #ExperienceManagement #ExperienceEconomy #ReturnonForesight #KPMG #Innovation #Bettertogether #ExtendedReality

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🚀 Unleashing the power of AI in automation with voraus.core See how easy you can integrate AI functionality into the voraus.core platform — using Microsoft Azure as an example! Profit from available solutions or use your own code, ideally in Python. Here’s your recipe: 1. Copy & Paste: Simply paste the code into the voraus.core development environment. 2. Input Image: Define an image to be used as reference and add it‘s address – here, an online available image. 3. Run the Simulation: Test & analyse the functionality in our simulation environment, e. g. running on your laptop. 4. Deploy to Production: Use the same codebase and deploy directly to your automation process! Benefits: ⏱️ Integrate AI code within minutes 🧪 Leverage a virtual test environment for safe and efficient simulations 💻 Use a single codebase for simulation and production AI integration has never been this seamless—thanks to voraus robotik and voraus.core! #AI #MachineLearning #Robotics #Automation #Industry40 #Innovation #MicrosoftAzure #Python #Simulation #vorausrobotik

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Software is Eating the World. Data is Eating Software. AI is Eating Data. Das erste ist ein prominentes Zitat von Marc Andreessen. Das zweite ist eine Abwandlung der Aussage von Tim Berners-Lee "Data is a precious thing and will last longer than the systems themselves". Das dritte ist eine Abwandlung der Aussage von Jen-Hsun Huang, "Software Is Eating the World, but AI Is Going to Eat Software". Ich finde die Verkürzung und in den Kontext gestellte Folge (wie hier als scheinbar zufälligen Gedanken geteilt), logischer, simpler, treffender. Gerade die Daten als Zwischenschritt der Fresskette sind meines Erachtens ein wichtiges Element.

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