A bit of AI Replays are a part of A bit of AI Show.

All previous episodes of A bit of AI Show can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmsFUfdnGr3yOvVOZSnM8oobBTUiySQQ4

What is this session about?
What is it like to work in the field of AI? How do you get started with AI? And what is going on this week? Find out in this 30-minute show hosted by cloud advocates Henk and Amy. In this show we will enter a conversation with our guest who works with AI daily, and challenge you to expand your skill set with a recommended weekly MS Learn module.

Who is it aimed at?
Everyone who is interested in the AI field and wants to learn more. Find out what is going on in the community and skill up or contribute.

Why should I attend?

• Find out what is going on in the AI community
• Get an insight into a life and roles in the AI space
• Skill yourself up with a new AI Learn Module each week

Speaker Bio’s

Steph Locke
Data Scientist, Author turned Entrepreneur, Steph Locke is passionate about helping business use their data more effectively through AI. She believes the adoption of low/no-code tools are helping many more businesses digitally transform and investing in the right tooling is a much bigger performance enabler than many businesses think. Locke runs Nightingale HQ and is focused on helping manufacturers to automate repetitive processes across their operations. Their GoSmarter.ai platform offers AI-powered tools that are easy to deploy and support manufacturers to do more with less, so employees don't need as much time per task. It's a low-risk way to increase productivity and employees tend to support it. Steph is a contributor on the Focus Group Artificial Intelligence (AI) run by the European DIGITAL SME Alliance, and she sits on several industry steering groups and boards. She is also one of 4 people in the world to be recognised by Microsoft as a MVPs (Most Valued Professional) in both Data Platform and Artificial Intelligence.
Connect with Steph
Twitter: @stephlocke
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanielocke
Github: https://github.com/stephlocke

Henk Boelman | Cloud Advocate at Microsoft
Henk is a Cloud Advocate specializing in Artificial intelligence and Azure with a background in application development. He is currently part of the regional cloud advocate team in the Netherlands. Before joining Microsoft, he was a Microsoft AI MVP and worked as a software developer and architect building lots of AI powered platforms on Azure. He loves to share his knowledge about topics such as DevOps, Azure and Artificial Intelligence by providing training courses and he is a regular speaker at user groups and international conferences.
Connect with Henk on Twitter: @hboelman

Amy Boyd | Senior Cloud Advocate at Microsoft
Amy Boyd is a Cloud Advocate at Microsoft, having obtained a degree in Computer Science, completing a research project in Natural Language Processing/Machine Learning. Amy is passionate about Data Science and Machine Learning and her roles at Microsoft have allowed her to work on many different areas of data science (Visualisation, ML, Big Data, IoT) as well as working on projects with customers across the globe. Her role as a Cloud Advocate is to help developers to learn, engage and build on the Microsoft AI Platform. Amy creates and delivers content online and in-person and works with developers to provide the best product experience for them.
Connect with Amy on Twitter: @AmyKateNicho