Meetups and Industry Events

Upcoming Industry Events

Data Science and AI Africa 2019

We will be at Data Science and AI Africa 2019, where various industry speakers will discuss topics such as how to grow AI initiatives, how to build the best data science teams and what challenges are faced by South African organisations in meeting the data science challenge.

Date: 5 to 7 November 2019

Venue: Focus Rooms, Johannesburg, South Africa

Upcoming Meetup Events

Learning machines regularly sponsors, attends and organises industry events and meetups.

Interested in attending one of our Big Data and Machine Learning Meetup events? Are you heading a data analytics group or are you a data scientist, data engineer or machine learning expert that would like to understand relevant issues in the South African industry? Some of the topics we are discussing in our upcoming events are listed below.

Come and join one of our Meetup events to find out what others in the industry are doing and network with other industry professionals. Drinks and refreshments are on us!

November 28, 2019

Building Machine Learning Teams

Data engineers, data scientists, machine learning engineers, business analysts, software engineers, DevOp engineers – different people are required to create teams that can cope with the data needs of the 4th industrial revolution.  Learn how to attract quality talent and how to optimally structure teams in your organisation.

November 28, 2019
January 30, 2020

Challenges of Creating Data Engineering Pipelines

“Data is the new oil” – most of us have heard this phrase before.  But what does it take to mine the data and build the infrastructure necessary to support making adequate use of it?  What challenges are you experiencing in gathering data, data storage, building processing queues and real time systems?

January 30, 2020
February 27, 2020

Trends in Big Data and Machine Learning

It seems that every week, big data and machine learning is having a significant impact on various industries and transforming the way problems are solved.  What do you see as the major trends in big data and machine learning? How will these impact and benefit your organisation in the immediate future?

February 27, 2020
March 26, 2020

Fake Data, Fake News and Fraud

We live in an era where machines can create fake images, videos and voice recordings.  Fake news is penetrating the mainstream media and fake people are creating trends on social media platforms.  Criminals are getting better at creating fraudulent transactions that are difficult to trace. Is your organisation geared to deal with the onslaught of fake data and fraud?

March 26, 2020
April 30, 2020

“Deep Impact – The influence of Deep Learning on Business”

The last decade has seen a shift in machine learning towards deep learning, through the availability of cheap computational power, large data sets and the advancement of algorithms and models.  Has deep learning had an impact in your organisation and to what extent? Join us for a discussion on what deep learning is and how it might be utilized in your organisation.

April 30, 2020

Come visit our booth at one of the upcoming industry events – we look forward to meet you in person.

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