Jehan Wickramasuriya — AI in High-Stress Scenarios Gradient Dissent: Conversations on AI

Jehan Wickramasuriya is the Vice President of AI, Platform & Data Services at Motorola Solutions, a global leader in public safety and enterprise security.
In this episode, Jehan discusses how Motorola Solutions uses AI to simplify data streams to help maximize human potential in high-stress situations. He also shares his thoughts on augmenting synthetic data with real data and the challenges posed in partnering with startups.
Show notes (transcript and links): http://wandb.me/gd-jehan-wickramasuriya
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⏳ Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:42 How AI fits into the safety/security industry
09:33 Event matching and object detection
14:47 Running models on the right hardware
17:46 Scaling model evaluation
23:58 Monitoring and evaluation challenges
26:30 Identifying and sorting issues
30:27 Bridging vision and language domains
39:25 Challenges and promises of natural language technology
41:35 Production environment
43:15 Using synthetic data
49:59 Working with startups
53:55 Multi-task learning, meta-learning, and user experience
56:44 Optimization and testing across multiple platforms
59:36 Outro
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Connect with Jehan and Motorola Solutions:
📍 Jehan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jehanw/
📍 Jehan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jehan/
📍 Motorola Solutions on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MotoSolutions/
📍 Careers at Motorola Solutions: https://www.motorolasolutions.com/en_us/about/careers.html
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💬 Host: Lukas Biewald
📹 Producers: Riley Fields, Cayla Sharp, Angelica Pan, Lavanya Shukla

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