Welcome to techUK AI week 2020!
Today marks the start of techUK’s annual AI campaign week. Throughout the week we will demonstrate how AI, paired with other critical technologies, is supporting the UK’s current adapt and recovery phase in the fight against COVID-19. We will share insights and case studies from members and other key stakeholders highlighting how AI is helping to build back the economy and support our society.
Furthermore, for the UK to remain a world-leader in AI we must ensure the UK has a clear, up-to-date strategy that visibly demonstrates the UK’s offering to businesses looking to locate, grow and scale in the UK. To remain globally competitive the UK’s current AI Sector Deal, which was originally published in April 2018, is due a refresh. Therefore during techUK’s AI campaign week members will also provide their recommendations on the issues and sectors that need the greatest support from government, to help to build the UK AI ecosystem and drive responsible adoption across the UK.
Over the coming days, our members and other industry experts will focus on the opportunities and challenges of AI paired with different technologies, as highlighted below:
- Monday- AI and Automation
- Tuesday- Cloud, Edge and AI
- Wednesday- AI and Cybersecurity
- Thursday- AI and Data Analytics
- Friday- The UK’s AI future and recommended next steps
To keep up to date with all the great material being produced this week, take a look at the links below. You can also join the debate and discussion on social media using #AIweek and visiting @techUK.
Monday - AI and Automation
Automation, AI & Augmentation in Policing - Guest Blog: 'Robocop, Skynet, and Talking Toasters. Adam Etches, Technical Director at Chorus Intelligence gives his thoughts on what automation, artificial intelligence, and augmentation really mean and their potential application to law enforcement.
AI and the hybrid workforce revolution - Guest Blog: Faisal Abbasi, Managing Director Western Europe & MEMA, Amelia
Automating your projects: which bot is right for you? - Guest Blog: Tim Franklin, Managing Consultant, Digital, Civica, discussing investing in automation technologies to support always-on communication.
How to train your AI - Guest Blog: Adam Etches, Technical Director, Chorus Intelligence - Don’t train harder, train smarter. How partnering with the private sector will help law enforcement explore and exploit the opportunities of AI.
Tuesday- Cloud, Edge and AI
The Promise of Safe, Usable Data in the Cloud - Guest Blog: Tom Kennedy, Director - Cloud & Technology Partnerships at Privitar
Rebellion against the Blob - Guest Blog: Rebellion Defence. Is the institutional ‘Blob’ stopping technological innovation in its tracks?
Scrooge 2021 - Past, Present, Future’ of tech, AI and automation - Guest Blog: Richard Boddington, Head of Local Government & Housing at blueprism Cloud exploring the ‘Past, Present, Future’ of tech, AI and automation
Businesses must keep the heat on innovation as they emerge from crisis - Guest Blog: Paul O'Sullivan, Managing Director, Accenture - Having a cloud first innovation mindset
Wednesday- AI and Cybersecurity
Protecting the oldest brand in tennis with cognitive security - Guest blog by Martin Borrett, CTO & Technical Executive IBM Security EMEA.
Deepfakes: Curbing the spread of misinformation - Guest Blog: Nicola Milburn, Senior Consultant, Roke
Adversarial AI and exploiting machine learning models - Guest blog by Freha Arshad H&PS Security Lead, Accenture
Engaging with AI: Six tips for CIOs - Guest Blog: James Tromans, Technical Director, Office of the CTO, Google Cloud
AI a key role as part of an effective cybersecurity strategy- Guest Blog: Paul Glass, Baker & MKenzie, how AI is currently being used both to execute and defend against cyber attacks, the legal risks arising under privacy and security laws as a result, and the steps companies can take to reduce those risks.
Cyberattacks against machine learning systems can be common - Guest Blog: Ram Shankar Siva Kumar Data Cowboy, Azure Trustworthy ML and Ann Johnson Corporate Vice President, SCI Business Development
Will Artificial Intelligence Replace Your SOC? - Guest Blog: Sergej Epp is Chief Security Officer (CSO) at Palo Alto Networks
Thursday- AI and Data Analytics
Explainable AI – Start with the Data - Guest Blog: Detlef Nauck, Head of AI & Data Science Research, BT
The CDO’s Role in Crisis Management - Guest Blog: Susan Wilson, VP Data Governance & Privacy
Welcome to the digitalisation of everything - Guest Blog: Patrick Smith, Field CTO discusses the business imperative for analytics
AI hype? It’s slow and steady that wins the race - Guest Blog : Stéphane Bédère CCO at Sidetrade questions the notion of "trust" in AI
Building Intelligent Enterprises with AI and Data Analytics - Guest Blog: Wipro
The use behaviour analytics to measure impact of social distancing - Guest Blog: Humanising Autonomy and Transport for Greater Manchester, use behaviour analytics to measure impact of social distancing and ease city out of lockdown
A stressful year for public sector IT, but here’s how data can help - Guest blog: Shaun Collings, Pure Storage, talks through the recent survey results on how teams admit to feeling unprepared for COVID-19, want to move away from legacy infrastructure, accelerate transformation & ensure greater levels of resiliency.
Friday- The UK’s AI future and recommended next steps
Can human and machine intelligence work in unison? - Guest Blog: Marianne Hewlett, CMO Northern Europe, Atos
How to bring AI into Social Care?- Guest Blog: Peter Engelsen discusses artificial intelligence has great potential in social care, but significant thought and planning is needed to make it a success
Accelerating the public sector’s AI journey - Guest Blog: Steve Thorn, Executive Director, Digital, & Steve Brain, Executive Director, Health & Care, Civica
Getting AI results by "going pro" - Guest Blog: Fernando Lucini, Global Lead Data Science & ML Engineering – Applied Intelligence
Network to success against the Brexit and COVID odds - Guest Blog: Professor Andy Pardoe, Pardoe Ventures, explores how British AI businesses can thrive, scale and prosper locally and globally, despite the economic challenges ahead
Spot the dot in the scattered #thenewnormal workforce - Guest Blog: Vinay Diwakar, Account Delivery Head & Govindaraj Rangan, Head of Cloud Transformation Services, Innovation & Engineering