IBM has been conducting
the Digital Developer Conference on a regular basis. Those who has taken part
in their previous year’s activities or those who are regular in their
#CallForCode campaign or those who follow their social media pages would know
this for sure.
Cloud was the theme for last year
and for this year, it is Data and AI (Artificial Intelligence). For a software
programmer/developer, this event is like a ritual since this sees the
participation from all over the country with bright minds trying to compete
with each other, in their respective domain.
I was lucky to be a participant
of The Hindu Businessline and The Weather Company (an IBM Company) conference
on how the weather impacts the business and how does AI help them to overcome
the shortfalls and unexpected events. This event saw the participation from
industry stalwarts which included DR R S Sodhi, Chairman of Gujarat
Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd (GCMMF) which owns the brand Amul
and Mr P C Musthafa, CEO and Co-Founder of ID fresh foods. The discussion gave
some great insights on how these major brands being in the Dairy and Fresh
Foods industry which are highly perishable and with lesser shelf life overcome
the hurdles with the help of AI. Mr Musthafa said that they have the data of
the past 10 years wherein they know as to how many packs of their brand would
be sold in a particular shop on a particular day. This helps them to avoid
wastage/returns. Their returns are pegged at just 2% in Bengaluru. This shows
how AI helps them in leveraging the data.
The above example was given just
to give a bigger picture as to how the technology could be put to great use.
Now that we have the Digital Developer Conference coming up on 24th
November, 2020, there is no better time or better platform to showcase your
skills in this field. This would not only help you to bring it to reality, the
ideas you have conceived which could help the community in a much bigger and
better way.
You may ask, “What’s in it for
me”?
This is where, it gets even more
interesting. To start with, you could get a Date & AI Essentials badge. All
you need to do is to visit the site
and perform these steps:
· Successful completion of a
face-to-face Data & AI Essentials workshop delivered by the IBM Client
Developer Advocate team, which includes hands-on labs.
· OR
·
Take the online course Data
& AI Essentials Workshop offered on Cognitive Class.
·
Complete and pass the badge quiz on Cognitive Class. (Note: The quiz link is
made available at the end of the face-to-face class or at the end of the online
course).
Post this, flaunt the badge on
your website/cv and on your social media channels.
You may keep browsing the site
for more info or come back without fail on the 24th of November 2020
when the actual conference happens. Attend it and post completing the
conference, you are entitled for a FREE Course on Coursera worth US$800.
Can it get any better than this? The courses can be redeemed anytime until
March 30,2021. These are the following courses on offer which you can avail.
IBM AI
Enterprise Workflow Specialization
IBM Machine Learning Professional Certificate
IBM Data Science Professional Certificate
Advanced Data Science with IBM Specialization
This isn’t over yet. The event will see eminent speakers and
product specialists which includes:
1. Aaron Baughman
2. Bill Higgins
3.
Dale Davis
4.
David Bartram-Shaw
5.
David Carew
6.
Don Scott
7.
Fernando Perez
8.
Francesca Rossi
9. Greg Bramble among others. Well, the list is real long (almost 35 speakers in total).
Do you know?
You can even host a watch party of this conference and watch it along with your friends.
There is a short video for you to watch to get to know more about this prestigious event.
Most importantly, for the
developers, these sessions are made available On-Demand at launch. There
is also a competition with Prize Money of US$5000 for Call for Code
Spot Challenge on Wildfires. Ge your team together. Register for the
Conference and be ready to take the world by storm, with your coding.
EmoticonEmoticon