Microsoft Reactor

Smart phones were the first step in bringing the internet, data, and AI away from the desk and allowing us to be connected and sense some of the world around us wherever we go. The next step was wearables. These started as smart watches and fitness trackers, but this is slowly expanding into smart connected clothing and other devices.
In this series we learn how to build some smart wearables, leveraging the power of the cloud to make out clothes come to life! Learn how to add subtitles to your speech with a smart t-shirt, light up your hoodie when people say nice things about you, or have a parrot on your shoulder that reads to you.

Episode 3 - GitHub status bracer
We’ve all been there – you're away from a computer and need to know the status of one of your GitHub repos. How many open PRs are there? Did the repo actions run successfully? If only there was a way to check this.
In this episode of Wacky Wearable, Jim builds a language model that can be used to ask questions about the status of GitHub repos. He then uses this model from a Raspberry Pi to convert spoken questions into an understood query, which he then uses to query GitHub and show the relevant status on a wrist-mounted display.

Who should attend:
This show is targeted towards developers looking to learn AI using fun demos

Useful Event Resources:
https://aka.ms/ConversationalLanguageUnderstanding
https://aka.ms/LanguageStudio1

Speaker:
Jim Bennett, Regional Cloud Advocate, Microsoft
Jim is a Regional Cloud Advocate focusing on building out and skilling communities in the Pacific Northwest, with a focus on the Microsoft Reactor in Redmond, Washington. He’s British, so sounds way smarter than he actually is, and is happy he moved to Redmond in time to be locked down at home and not see the office he came to work in, or the places he wanted to visit. In the past he’s lived in 4 continents working as a developer in the mobile, desktop, and scientific space. He's spoken at conferences and events all around the globe, organized meetup groups and communities, and written a book on mobile development.
He also hates and is allergic to cats, but has a 9-year-old daughter who loves cats, so he has 2 cats.