In this blog post we demonstrate how to run distributed offline inference on large datasets using Apache MXNet (incubating) and Apache Spark on Amazon EMR. We explain how offline inference is useful, why it is challenging, and how you can leverage MXNet and Spark on Amazon EMR to overcome these challenges. After a deep learning model has been trained, it's put to work by running inference on new data. Inference can be executed in real-time for tasks that require immediate feedback, such as fraud detection. This is typically known as online inference.

Marketers may be able to deliver more relevant, personalized experiences to consumers by defining the customer journey, leveraging data and machine learning, and monitoring performance. In today's customercentric environment, delivering superior experiences can create competitive advantage for brands. However, many marketers face challenges providing highly personalized, real-time experiences to consumers across websites, mobile apps, call centers, retail stores, and other venues. Consider this example: Jane receives a coupon in the mail, addressed to "current resident," for a 10 percent discount on an in-store or online purchase. She takes the coupon to the store on her next visit and pays for a blouse in cash.

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We are excited to announce the Amazon ML Solutions Lab, a new program that connects machine learning experts from across Amazon with AWS customers to help identify novel uses of machine learning inside customers' businesses, and guide them in developing new machine learning-enabled features, products, and processes. Amazon has been investing in machine learning for more than 20 years, innovating in areas such as fulfilment and logistics, personalization and recommendations, forecasting, fraud prevention, and supply chain optimization. The Amazon ML Solutions Lab provides you access to the same talent that built many of Amazon's machine learning-powered products and services. Amazon ML Solutions Lab engagements are designed to take you through the full process of implementing machine learning, combining educational workshops and boot camps, advisory professional services, and hands-on help building custom models with a your own data. The Amazon ML Solutions Lab will partner with you to customize the engagement model to your needs, including hosting you at a dedicated facility at the AWS Headquarters in Seattle or sending machine learning model developers to work on-site with you.

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