TOB: Data Science and Amazon Web Services

AFCEA-TECHNOLOGY OVER BAGELS PRESENTS: Data Science and Amazon Web Services Presented by: Jim Cannaliato / Director of Science and Technology, Engineering Solutions Inc.  Technology Over Bagels (TOB) is a free event and you do not have to be an AFCEA member to attend.  Continental breakfast will be provided. RSVPs are not required but are strongly encourage.  Summary: Data Science and machine learning are receiving a great deal of attention today, and cloud providers such as Amazon Web Services are adding support to their platforms to support these types of applications. In this talk, Jim will discuss various algorithms and techniques used in data science and machine learning and how these algorithms relate to the services provided by Amazon Web Services, such as Amazon Rekognition, Amazon Machine Learning, and Amazon Polly to name a few. Included in the talk will be a few demonstrations and an overview of some of the new services recently announced at AWS Re:Invent held November, 2017. Speaker Bio: Mr. Cannaliato is a certified AWS Solutions Architect, technologist, and SCRUM master. His thirty years of experience has encompassed a wide range of topics, such as, real time embedded systems, PC and web applications, and big data systems. He has over seven years of experience working on AWS, and recently won the IITSEC Data Science Futures Hackathon using AWS services. In his spare time, he tinkers with electronics, robotics, and spends time mentoring middle and high school students.