Get the latest announcements about Canada's use of AI to drive the economy, how NVIDIA deep learning is used by Bosch and Paccar, and more in this week's Top 5 Deep Learning.

1. Insights into the new computing model
DEEP LEARNING TOP 5
Mar 24th, 2017

2. DEEP LEARNING IS THE FASTEST-GROWING FIELD IN
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI).

3. IT IS DRIVING SIGNIFICANT ADVANCEMENTS ACROSS
INDUSTRIES AND ENTERPRISES.

4. TOP 5
1. Canada Picks Clean-Tech and AI to Drive New Economy
2. How Three Companies are Using AI to Reinvent Fashion Retailing
3. NVIDIA and Bosch Team Up to Make Computer Brains for Automated Cars
4. How Deep Learning is Transforming Healthcare
5. Deep Learning Guides Paccar’s Self-Driving Truck
HERE ARE THE “TOP FIVE” STORIES HIGHLIGHTING
HOW DEEP LEARNING AND AI ARE ACCELERATING
INDUSTRIES THIS WEEK …

5. CANADA PICKS CLEAN-TECH AND AI TO DRIVE
NEW ECONOMY
“Canada’s Liberal government is picking six industrial
sectors, led by clean technology, to foster innovation
and jobs in an economy that’s been relying on
commodities to drive growth. Support will be focused
on clean tech, agri-food, digital, advanced
manufacturing, bio-sciences and clean resources,
according to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s second
budget released in Ottawa on Wednesday.”
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“We need to focus on our strengths -- areas where we can
lead globally and create good jobs for Canadians.”
- Bill Morneau, Canada Finance Prime Minister

6. THREE COMPANIES ARE USING AI TO REINVENT
FASHION RETAILING
“With AI, retailers can go beyond typical online
shopping to better customize consumer
shopping experiences, from taking photos of
merchandise you like and finding similar items
online, to experimenting with different makeup
and hair dye products without needing to leave
your couch.”
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7. NVIDIA AND BOSCH TEAM UP TO MAKE COMPUTER
BRAINS FOR AUTOMATED CARS
“The Silicon Valley maker of graphics processors
and its new German partner, which ranks
among the world’s largest auto parts makers,
will develop a computer that utilizes NVIDIA’s
deep learning software and Drive PX processor,
Bosch CEO Volkmar Denner announced at
Bosch’s ConnectedWorld conference in Berlin."
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"It's clear that non-tech companies now recognize that
autonomous technology is likely to drive the future,
powering not only cars, but almost all electrical
appliances too.“
-Paul Cuatrecasas, CEO, Aquaa Partners

8. HOW DEEP LEARNING IS TRANSFORMING HEALTHCARE
“In January, a medical startup won FDA approval
for an AI-assisted cardiac imaging system called
Arterys, and AI is playing vital roles in other health
fields such as fighting cancer and aging. NVIDIA
boasts that with deep learning, “AI can help
doctors make faster, more accurate diagnoses. It
can predict the risk of a disease in time to prevent
it.””
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“I have no doubt that sophisticated learning and AI
algorithms will find a place in healthcare over the coming
years.”
-Andy Schuetz, Sutter Health, Senior Data Scientist

9. DEEP LEARNING GUIDES PACCAR’S SELF-DRIVING
TRUCK
“Paccar, which manufactures the Kenworth,
Peterbilt and DAF lines of trucks, has
developed a proof-of-concept self-driving truck
with SAE Level 4 capability built on NVIDIA
Drive PX 2 technology, trained on deep neural
networks. Level 4 capability is defined as a
system that drives itself.”
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“Paccar is exploring automated driving systems and we are
excited about what our collaboration on artificial
intelligence with NVIDIA has delivered so far.”
-Ron Armstrong, CEO, Paccar

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