Created in 1995 by the Engineering Faculty of the University of Mons, the research innovation center of Multitel has adopted IBM Watson Machine Learning Accelerator to harness the power of deep learning (DL) and tackle some of the biggest challenges of our time. Jean-Yves Parfait, AI Team Leader at Multitel and Franz Bourlet, Power Systems Expert at IBM, explain why ML is an added-value for industrial players. F. Bourlet, IBM: Arthur Samuel is one of the pioneers of machine learning. While working at IBM, Arthur Samuel wrote a Checker's playing program on IBM's first commercial computer 701. IBM Research has been exploring artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies and techniques for decades.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is allowing researchers to address some of the biggest and most urgent questions facing the world. For example, how to tackle climate change or find effective treatments for degenerative diseases. While many organizations are interested in AI, few have the data science expertise and tools to use deep learning solutions to solve their business challenges. Enter Multitel--an ICT innovation center and a leader in machine learning research committed to helping companies across sectors reap the rewards of AI. Jean-Yves Parfait, AI Team Leader at Multitel comments: "There is a lot of hype surrounding AI, which is making it more difficult for business leaders to have realistic expectations about how it could drive their business forward. We've made it our mission to help organizations realize the true potential of this emerging technology. We've been so successful that we've seen a steady increase in the number of companies commissioning AI research projects with us in recent years."