"An agent is a software thing that knows how to do things that you could probably do yourself if you had the time."
Ted Selker of the IBM Almaden Research Center (quote taken from Janca (1995)
We live in an increasingly interconnected and digital world, driven by software agents.
In Business Process Automation (BPA), software robots are virtual workers that mimic people to take actions and procedures in various industry domains, such as scheduling, knowledge management, and virtual assistants.
In scientific research and exploration, software agents provide the impetus for speeding up simulations and data analysis for previously intractable problems such as DNA sequencing or exploring deep space.
This seminar covers the evolution and application of software agents for intelligent process automation and as software robots. Come learn about how software agents can transform your business and life
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Those interested in intelligent software agents
- 9 April 2019,Tuesday
- 9:00am - 12:30pm
Shaw Alumni Foundation House
Auditorium at Level 2
11 Kent Ridge Drive Singapore 119244
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| 8:30am |
Registration |
| 9:00am |
Welcome Address
By Ms Lisa Ong,Principal Lecturer & Consultant, Software Systems Practice, NUS-ISS
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| 9:10am |
Powering-Up Agents using Data Science: Challenges and Opportunities
Data science is now a prevalent means to imbue and augment reasoning capabilities in software agents. This talk will present data science challenges in building software agents, including development, implementation and maintenance.
by Mr.Desmond Lim, Data Science Evangelist, DataRobot
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| 9:45am |
How to Train Smarter Robots: Psychological Collaborative Systems
How do we make software robots future-ready? Can we move from artificial intelligence to artificial intuition?
by Dr. Fun Wey, Principal Lecturer & Consultant, Artificial Intelligence Practice, NUS ISS
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| 10:15am |
Refreshment & Networking
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| 10:45am |
Selecting the Right Process for Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
Implementing RPA bots is simple, but not easy. To quote Eliyahu Goldratt, "automation is good, so long as you know exactly where to put the machine.” This talk focuses on how to select the right process for RPA
by Mr Liu Siyong
General Manager, CFB Bots Pte Ltd
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| 11:15am |
Case Study and Demo: Empowering Robotic Process Automation with Machine Vision and Natural Language Processing
How intelligent OCR, NLP, and machine learning automated and streamlined core processes in the banking and insurance industries
by Mr. Kok Kum Yeong, Presales Team Leader, ASEAN,UiPath
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| 11:30am |
Panel Discussion: The Evolutionary Race: Are Software Agents catching up to Humans?
Is the gap narrowing, or are humans still steps ahead as new human role and domains emerge? Can these agents ever virtualise the human-social element?
Moderated by Ms. Lisa Ong, Principal Lecturer & Consultant, Software Systems Practice, NUS-ISS
Panelist
Mr. Desmond Lim,Data Science Evangelist, DataRobot
Dr. Fun Wey, Principal Lecturer & Consultant, Artificial Intelligence Practice, NUS ISS
Mr. Liu Siyong, General Manager, CFB Bots Pte Ltd
Mr. Kok Kum Yeong, Presales Team Leader, ASEAN, UiPath
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| 12:00pm |
Thank You & Goodbye |
Programme may be subjected to changes.
Mr. Desmond Lim
Data Science Evangelist, DataRobot
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Experienced Consultant with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Skilled in Business Analytics and Statistical Modeling (Data Science), Enterprise Software, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), and Strategy.
Mr. Liu Siyong
General Manager, CFB Bots Pte Ltd
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Siyong Liu is a Productivity Technologist who partners with organizations to implement cutting edge, yet practical technologies that help boost productivity. Siyong strongly believes that technologies like Robotic Process Automation and Artificial Intelligence are shaping the Future of Work, and that we need to disrupt ourselves before we get disrupted by others. Siyong recently founded his own start-up, CFB Bots, which provides a digital workforce solution that enables companies to be cheaper, faster and better. Siyong holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) from National University of Singapore.
Dr. Fun Wey
Principal Lecturer & Consultant, Artificial Intelligence Practice.
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Dr. Fun Wey joins NUS-ISS from HP Enterprise where he was the Big Data Lead Solution Consultant for the Asia-Pacific region. Prior to HPE, he was the Vice President, Corporate Development of ST Telemedia. Being the first technologist hired by the wholly owned subsidiary of Temasek Group Holdings, he played an instrumental role in the company’s investment strategies specifically in the area of assessing potential investee companies in the IT / Data Analytics space.
Dr.Fun Wey has more than 20 years experience in areas of data analytics, machine vision, simulations and unmanned systems. His career spans across MNCs (Intel, ST Engineering, HPE), government (MINDEF, IDA) and startups. He has numerous patented inventions. One of the companies he owned was to promote his own invention in 3D optical tracking and his achievement included the design and development of an auto human-following robotic mule vehicle and the prototype was subsequently showcased on MINDEF Pride Day!
Dr. Fun Wey received his Ph.D. in Computational Neuroscience from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.
Mr Kok Kum Yeong
Presales Team Leader, ASEAN, UiPath
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Kum Yeong has more than 20 years of experience in the IT industry, including 11 years at IBM, working on technologies such as supply chain, CRM, analytics, data governance, AI and automation. He is passionate in helping companies utilize robotic process automation (RPA) to accelerate their digital transformation and taking the robot out of the human!!
Kum Yeong graduated from National University of Singapore with a B.Sc (Comp & Info Sci) with Merit.