Professional Development Seminars http://www.gbcacm.org/seminars/pds/2012/spring-2012-pds.html en Neural Networks and Deep Learning – a Practical Introduction with CL Kim http://www.gbcacm.org/seminars/pds/2021/neural-networks-and-deep-learning-%E2%80%93-practical-introduction-cl-kim.html <div class="field field-type-date field-field-evening-seminar-time"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> When:&nbsp;</div> <span class="date-display-single">Saturday, October 16, 2021 - 9:00am</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-gbc-room"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Room:&nbsp;</div> online via Zoom </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-evening-seminar-speakers"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Lecturer(s):&nbsp;</div> CL Kim </div> </div> </div> <p>Image recognition, speech recognition, and natural language processing are among the challenging problems for which neural networks and deep learning can provide solutions.</p> <p>• A neural network can learn the weights and biases of its artificial neurons from training examples using stochastic gradient descent.<br /> • A backpropagation algorithm makes it practical to use neural networks to solve problems previously thought to be insoluble.<br /> • Iterating a deep neural network over too many training epochs can result in overfitting, but there are ways to ameliorate that problem.</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-pds-seminar-topics"> <div class="field-label">Seminar in Detail:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>This talk will introduce the sigmoid artificial neuron, and the core ideas and principles behind a feedforward neural network, deep learning, stochastic gradient descent, the four backpropagation equations, and the backpropagation algorithm. It will also introduce additional approaches, besides increasing size of training data, to reduce overfitting, such as L2 regularization, dropout, and artificially expanding the training data.</p> </div> </div> </div> Wed, 15 Sep 2021 00:42:33 +0000 Peter Mager 372 at http://www.gbcacm.org Design for Delight — Transforming Your Designs From Good To Great Deliver The Most Delightful Experiences To Your Users http://www.gbcacm.org/seminars/pds/2019/design-delight-%E2%80%94-transforming-your-designs-good-great-deliver-most-delightful-expe <div class="field field-type-date field-field-evening-seminar-time"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> When:&nbsp;</div> <span class="date-display-single">Saturday, November 2, 2019 - 8:30am</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-gbc-room"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Room:&nbsp;</div> Microsoft Burlington 5 Wayside Road Burlington, MA 01803 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-evening-seminar-speakers"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Lecturer(s):&nbsp;</div> Jared Spool </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-lecturer-photos"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/seminars/pds/2019/design-delight-%E2%80%94-transforming-your-designs-good-great-deliver-most-delightful-expe" class="imagecache imagecache-128x128 imagecache-linked imagecache-128x128_linked"><img src="http://www.gbcacm.org/sites/www.gbcacm.org/files/imagecache/128x128/lecturers/jared2019.jpg" alt="Lecturer Photo" title="Lecturer Photo" width="128" height="128" class="imagecache imagecache-128x128"/></a> </div> </div> </div> <p>Focus your design efforts on the big customer problems.</p> <p>Move away from the shiny new features that only make your product or service more complex. Create products and services which change people’s lives.</p> <p>Rally support for delivering best-of-class products.</p> <p>Corporate mission statements are too vague and buzzword ridden to design to. Put your customers in the center of your organization’s long-term product strategy by broadening your research approach.</p> <p>Guide smart decisions backed by solid data.</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-pds-seminar-topics"> <div class="field-label">Seminar in Detail:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>8:30 - Registration, Networking, and Continental Breakfast<br /> 9:00 - Balance features, expectations, and delight<br /> 10:15 - Break with snacks<br /> 10:30 - Deliver pleasure when you exceed users' expectations<br /> 12:00 - Lunch<br /> 1:00 - Increase user flow with a focus on end-to-end experiences<br /> 2:45 - Break with snacks<br /> 3:00 - Capture long-term customer loyalty by infusing meaning into the designs<br /> 5:00 - Conclusion<br /> Microsoft Burlington requires a government-issued photo-ID for admission to the building.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-evening-seminar-bio"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Jared M. Spool is a co-founder of Center Centre and the founder of UIE.</p> <p>If you’ve ever seen Jared speak about user experience (UX) design, you know that he’s probably the most effective and knowledgeable communicator on the subject today. He started working in the field of usability in 1978, before the term "usability" was ever associated with computers.</p> </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://www.gbcacm.org/seminars/pds/2019/design-delight-%E2%80%94-transforming-your-designs-good-great-deliver-most-delightful-expe" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Thu, 05 Sep 2019 06:50:11 +0000 Peter Mager 356 at http://www.gbcacm.org Career Success: Jobs, Continuous Learning, and Advancement with Demetrios Karis http://www.gbcacm.org/seminars/pds/2018/career-success-jobs-continuous-learning-and-advancement-demetrios-karis.html <div class="field field-type-date field-field-evening-seminar-time"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> When:&nbsp;</div> <span class="date-display-single">Saturday, November 10, 2018 - 9:00am</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-evening-seminar-location"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Location:&nbsp;</div> Microsoft Burlington </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-evening-seminar-speakers"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Lecturer(s):&nbsp;</div> Demetrios Karis Saturday, November 10, 2018 </div> </div> </div> <p>Transform your job into a successful and satisfying career. Networking is critical for finding jobs, while continuous learning is critical for advancement. What should you do after you have a job, and what are the best ways to advance in your career? Many of the skills required for finding that first job need to be maintained and upgraded for career success. In addition, continuing to learn new skills and information will be indispensable throughout your professional life.</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-pds-seminar-topics"> <div class="field-label">Seminar in Detail:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>The seminar will be held at Microsoft Burlington,<br /> 5 Wayside Road,<br /> Burlington, MA</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-evening-seminar-bio"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Presenter Biography</p> </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://www.gbcacm.org/seminars/pds/2018/career-success-jobs-continuous-learning-and-advancement-demetrios-karis.html" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Sat, 29 Sep 2018 04:36:19 +0000 Peter Mager 345 at http://www.gbcacm.org Practical Data Visualization with R http://www.gbcacm.org/seminars/pds/2015/practical-data-visualization-r.html <div class="field field-type-date field-field-evening-seminar-time"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> When:&nbsp;</div> <span class="date-display-single">Saturday, October 3, 2015 - 8:00am</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-gbc-room"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Room:&nbsp;</div> Auditorium </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-gbc-venue"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Venue:&nbsp;</div> <a href="/venues/waltham/constant-contactreservoir-place.html">Constant Contact/Reservoir Place</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-evening-seminar-speakers"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Lecturer(s):&nbsp;</div> Robert Kabacoff, Ph.D. </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-lecturer-photos"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/seminars/pds/2015/practical-data-visualization-r.html" class="imagecache imagecache-128x128 imagecache-linked imagecache-128x128_linked"><img src="http://www.gbcacm.org/sites/www.gbcacm.org/files/imagecache/128x128/lecturers/Robk_0.png" alt="Lecturer Photo" title="Lecturer Photo" width="128" height="108" class="imagecache imagecache-128x128"/></a> </div> </div> </div> <p><strong>Back by Popular Demand!</strong></p> <p>In 2014 Robert Kabacoff delivered a GBC/ACM seminar on R. That seminar was a great introduction to R, focusing on learning R and applying it to Big Data Analytics. The attendees wanted more - specifically more on using R for data visualization, graphics, and presentations. Based on this demand, Dr. Kabacoff has agreed to deliver a follow-on workshop dedicated to visualization.</p> <p><strong>Visualization in R</strong></p> <p>Data visualization has become a central feature of modern data analysis. The R platform provides one of the most flexible and powerful platform for graphing data, understanding and evaluating statistical models, and communicating results to others.</p> <p>This day-long workshop will provide practical review of R’s major graphing capabilities, including its base functionality and exciting new capabilities provided by add on packages (including ggplot2, ggvis, and rCharts).</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-pds-seminar-topics"> <div class="field-label">Seminar in Detail:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p><strong>In This Workshop</strong></p> <p>This workshop will provide a practical introduction to data visualization using R. The workshop will be highly practical and interactive. Participants are encouraged to bring a laptop and work through each of the examples as they are described.</p> <p><strong>Course Outline</strong></p> <p>I. Introduction – R basics; importing data; the base graphics system; creating univariate and multivariate plots; customizing plots (fonts, axes, grids, titles, labels, colors, symbols, legends); saving plots in various formats (e.g., pdf, svg, png, emf, jpeg).</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-evening-seminar-bio"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Dr. Kabacoff is a seasoned researcher, with 30 years of experience in data analysis and data visualization.</p> <p>As Vice President of Research for Management Research Group (1997-present), he consults widely with academic, government, and corporate organizations throughout North America, Western Europe, and the Pacific Rim.</p> <p>As a Professor in the Center for Psychological Studies at Nova Southeastern University (1987-1997), he taught numerous graduate courses on multivariate statistics, statistical consulting, and research computing.</p> </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://www.gbcacm.org/seminars/pds/2015/practical-data-visualization-r.html" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Wed, 19 Aug 2015 01:21:34 +0000 GBCACM Administrator 306 at http://www.gbcacm.org R for Software Developers and Data Analysts http://www.gbcacm.org/seminars/pds/2014/r-software-developers-and-data-analysts.html <div class="field field-type-date field-field-evening-seminar-time"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> When:&nbsp;</div> <span class="date-display-single">Saturday, June 28, 2014 - 8:00am</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-gbc-room"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Room:&nbsp;</div> TBD </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-gbc-venue"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Venue:&nbsp;</div> <a href="/venues/cambridge/microsoft-nerd-cambridge-ma.html">Microsoft NERD, Cambridge, MA</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-evening-seminar-speakers"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Lecturer(s):&nbsp;</div> Robert Kabacoff, Ph.D. </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-lecturer-photos"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/seminars/pds/2014/r-software-developers-and-data-analysts.html" class="imagecache imagecache-128x128 imagecache-linked imagecache-128x128_linked"><img src="http://www.gbcacm.org/sites/www.gbcacm.org/files/imagecache/128x128/lecturers/Robk.png" alt="Lecturer Photo" title="Lecturer Photo" width="128" height="108" class="imagecache imagecache-128x128"/></a> </div> </div> </div> <p><strong>Big Data Analytics</strong></p> <p>If you are looking at this workshop, you probably have some data that you need to collect, summarize, transform, explore, model, visualize, or present. If so, then R is for you! R has become the world-wide language for statistice, predictive analytics, and data visualization. It offers the widest range of methodologies for understanding data, from the most basic to the most complex and bleeding edge.</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-pds-seminar-topics"> <div class="field-label">Seminar in Detail:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p><strong>In This Workshop</strong></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-evening-seminar-bio"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Dr. Kabacoff is a seasoned researcher, with 30 years of experience in data analysis and data visualization.</p> <p>As Vice President of Research for Management Research Group (1997-present), he consults widely with academic, government, and corporate organizations throughout North America, Western Europe, and the Pacific Rim.</p> <p>As a Professor in the Center for Psychological Studies at Nova Southeastern University (1987-1997), he taught numerous graduate courses on multivariate statistics, statistical consulting, and research computing.</p> </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://www.gbcacm.org/seminars/pds/2014/r-software-developers-and-data-analysts.html" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Sun, 27 Apr 2014 13:12:30 +0000 GBCACM Administrator 284 at http://www.gbcacm.org