Author: Prof Andy Pardoe
AI Awards Showcase Event – London 12th October
We are very pleased to announce a partnership with the AI & Robotics The Main Event Conference who will be hosting our first ever AI Awards Showcase for shortlisted companies on Friday 12th October in London to demonstrate their AI products before our Awards Judges. This is a new feature of our Awards this year, and we are really looking forward to being able to showcase a selection of shortli...
Virtual Drugs: Is VR The Next Addiction Epidemic?
We already know the stories of people who have become so immersed in videogames that they have paid the ultimate price. These poor individuals have stopped sleeping, eating, visiting the bathroom; they have not attended to any of their bodily needs for so long that they have died. Worse still are the stories where people have failed to attend to their children, like the South Korean couple who bec...
Rolls-Royce is looking for tech talent – Sheffield – October 15th-16th
Rolls-Royce is looking for tech talent – graduates, developers, data scientists, and computer vision startups to build an automated decision-making system for inspection processes. A two-day hackathon on October 15-16 in Sheffield in the heart of AMRC Factory 2050. A chance to work with Rolls-Royce, win a cash prize of £10,000, and access to top-level mentorship experts. Numerical datasets will be...
FEEDBACK Please – Help us make Neurons a great place for us all
All, I would really really like your feedback on Neurons, especially how we can make the online portal more engaging to yourselves. The online portal is in part to support the chapters and the local communities that are forming around each chapter, but it is also about building a global community and platform for communication that supports all the other websites and activities that are part of In...
AI In Gaming: NPCs Enhanced With AI For A More Immersive Gaming Experience
Wouldn’t it be cool if non-player characters were more interactive? What if they were almost like real people? With artificial intelligence developing at speed, developers are beginning to consider this as a real possibility. Well, I say ‘beginning’. In fact, AI has had a part to play in gaming for a while now. Perhaps one of the most well-known early examples is The Sims, which, in terms of its u...
London Summer Party – Tuesday 19th June 6pm
All, We are celebrating our 3rd Anniversary with a Summer Party on Tuesday 19th June, 6pm. A free event that is purely a networking opportunity, so come and meet others working in the industry of AI and celebrate with the founder of Neurons.AI and Informed.AI, Dr Andy Pardoe. Our third anniversary is a great milestone for the development of the ecosystem we have build, so come and celebrate the su...
Open and Easy Access to Read
I am very pleased to announce that we have decided to open up the platform so anyone can read the content posted on the site from user blogs and forum posts. This should make the platform more accessible to everyone, and mean that you only need to sign-up and login if you wish to post content to share with others. We hope this makes the platform more useful for most people that are just interested...
Reminder – London Chapter Meeting – Tuesday 10th April
I hope you had a lovely Easter holiday.Just a quick reminder that our next London Chapter meeting is scheduled for the Tuesday 10th April 6pm to 9:30pm. We have the best lineup of speakers with Dr Janet Bastiman and Aric Whitewood, so it promises to be a fantastic evening. Plus Andy will talk about a new framework he his designing to help measure the progress of AI. For more information and to Res...
AI Expo Global happening in London’s Olympia on April 18-19.
I would like to make everyone aware of the AI Expo Global happening in London’s Olympia on April 18-19. Over 12,000 attendees are expected! Attend keynotes and case studies from AI, IoT and Blockchain thought leaders with 18 conference tracks to get involved in. Get the chance to meet and network with over 300 exhibitors and discover the latest AI and IoT start-ups within the start-up & innova...
Announcing the AI Awards 2018 Now Open for Initial Nominations
We are very pleased to announce that the 2018 AI Awards are now officially open for initial Nominations. This year, we have 52 Awards, across six categories. See our previous post for more details on the list of Awards. To nominate an AI Company, Product or Individual please fill in this online AI Awards Nomination form. To learn more about the schedule for the awards, check out our Programme. Ple...
Happy New Year 2018
All, Just a quick note to wish you all a very happy 2018. Our progress in 2017 has been fantastic, with the growth of the online platform going well, and the dramatic increase in our offline meetup chapters. We have gone from just the London Chapter to well over 10 chapters getting established. I plan for us to continue our growth in 2018, with more Chapters launching and more activity on the onli...
AI Unicorns and the Third Wave of AI Startups
AI Unicorns and the Third Wave of AI Startups Since 2014 we have seen a huge focus on startup investment for companies working in the field of Artificial Intelligence, and for obvious reasons. But the first wave of AI startups are now in the later stages of startup growth and this is focusing the VC sector on the later stage investments as they are lower risk. While the second wave of AI startups ...
