We are really pleased to announce the date of our second Meetup for the IBM PowerAI Melbourne group. Access to Level 28 requires a pass to activate the lifts after 18:30. Please try to arrive before then. The agenda has not yet been finalised, but will loosely follow: 17:30 - 18:00 - Arrive (& drink a refreshment or two) 18:00 - Intro 18:15 - Dr Adam Makarucha - IBM Systems 18:45 - Ben Swinney - IBM Lab Services - "Using PowerAI Vision inc. Our Presenters.... Dr Adam Makarucha is a data scientist within the IBM Systems team where he is developing deep learning use cases and demonstrations for clients on IBM's PowerAI platform.

We are really pleased to announce the date of our first Meetup for the IBM PowerAI Melbourne group. Please note - this meetup is being hosted by our awesome sponsors Advent One Pty Ltd (https://www.adventone.com). Our Presenters.... Dr Adam Makarucha is a data scientist within the IBM Systems team where he is developing deep learning use cases and demonstrations for clients on IBM's PowerAI platform. He recently completed his postdoctorate at IBM Research Australia, working within the Cognitive Analytics team on deep learning applications for the financial services industry. He has worked on machine and deep learning since joining IBM in 2015, primarily focused on natural language processing as well as risk and compliance.