This is the fifth episode of the event series - Championing Azure - Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning.

You can view the previous episodes on this playlist here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmsFUfdnGr3zIXdBLfnRVZYbZk_jIJvyK

What is the event about?

The Azure Custom Vision service enables users to easily train convolutional neural networks (CNNs) for classification and object detection. These trained models can then be leveraged by custom vision applications as could-hosted services. The custom vision service also supports the exporting of trained models, allowing them to be used on-premises and on mobile devices for near-real time vision applications.

In this developer focused session Alan will start with the basics of neural networks and explain how they can be trained to clarify images. He will them move on to more complex convolutional neural networks (CNNs) and explain the details of object detection.

The use of the Azure Custom Vision service to train CNNs will be demonstrated using both classification and object detection examples with tips on techniques for training the networks effectively. The use of these trained networks will be demonstrated by calling the cloud-hosted services, as well as using and exported network model in an on-premises application for real-time object detection using a video stream.

Who is it aimed at?

This six-week series provides an introductory overview of Microsoft AI and is perfect for those early in their developer career.

Why should you attend?

Learn more about AI & ML on the Azure platform and how you can leverage these technologies in a responsible way to enhance your applications.

The next episode in this series is: Think Machine Learning is hard? Let the AI do the heavy lifting!

Speaker: Alan Smith - Windows Azure Developer, Trainer, Mentor and Evangelist

He has a strong hands-on philosophy and focusses on embracing the power and flexibility of cloud computing to deliver engaging and exciting demos and training.
Alan has held the MVP title for 10 years, and is currently MVP of the year for Windows Azure. He is in the organization team for the CloudBurst conference and the Global Windows Azure bootcamp.