Ensuring that clinical trial data is accurate and that clinical trials are safe and effective, is a time-consuming and a manually intensive process. Many life sciences companies have implemented home-grown or off-the-shelf clinical data review platforms and defined the reviewing and cleaning processes to be used with them. Many of these systems have proven to […]
Posts Tagged ‘Artificial Intelligence’
The Importance of Reinforcement Learning
A few years ago, BBC Earth highlighted a memory test performed by a Chimpanzee named Ayumu. The Chimp displayed traits of machine learning (ML) when it was shown the numbers 1 to 9 in a randomized order on a screen and able to correctly remember the sequence when the numbers disappeared almost 90% of the […]
Addressing Clinical Trial Challenges with Robotic Automation
The success of any given clinical trial depends heavily on the relationship between the sponsors and study sites. This is more important than ever since life sciences and healthcare companies are undergoing a digital transformation. The evolving trend towards patient-centric trials, combined with the introduction of digital technology solutions that improve clinical trials outcomes, means […]
Meet Perficient’s Chief Strategists: Arvind Murali
Thrilling our clients with innovation and impact – it’s not just rhetoric. This belief is instrumental for our clients’ success. In 2018, we introduced our Chief Strategists, who provide vision and leadership to help our clients remain competitive. Get to know each of our strategists as they share unique insights on their areas of expertise. The […]
The Science of Artificial General Intelligence
I was just listening to an Audio Book titled “The Fourth Age: Smart Robots, Conscious Computers, and the Future of Humanity” and going through an interesting period of listening and comparing the Dualism Theory and Artificial General Intelligence. This is an interesting thought and wanted to share it with you expecting comments and thoughts. Let […]
Data Strategy at Strata Data Conf New York
It’s no secret that data is a massive asset when it comes to making better business decisions. But gaining the valuable insights required to make those decisions requires quality data that you can trust. And to accomplish this you need a data strategy. Without understanding your business objectives, identifying use cases, knowing how your users […]
5 Digital Transformation Interests for IT Service Providers
Gartner predicts a whopping 70% growth in artificial intelligence (AI), while niche vendors such as KenSci and viz.ai are shaking industries with their industry specific intelligence. In addition, software vendors such as Informatica and Microsoft are heavily investing in putting pervasive AI in their own technologies to efficiently use their software for better augmented intelligence […]
Implementing Chatbots in Financial Services
Previously, I discussed chatbot technology in the financial services industry. This post outlines the benefits of implementing chatbots to enhance the customer experience. Many firms begin their foray into chatbot technology by replacing or augmenting internal service desks. Functions such as information security password resets, IT software installation requests, and HR inquiries are typically the […]
Moving from Narrow AI to Artificial General Intelligence
Microsoft’s investment of $1 billion in OpenAI to build Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) shows a market trend moving towards the next phase of AI. While this has economic benefits of scale, AGI is only possible if software and hardware work together in perfect harmony. In the last decade, the general AI community has been very […]
Chatbot Technology in Financial Services
This blog series highlights the benefits of implementing chatbots in financial service to exceed customer expectations. This post explores chatbot technology in the financial services industry. Chatbots, often referred to as virtual assistants and interactive agents, are software applications that can interpret human speech and texts. They can execute transactions via an organization’s systems, providing […]
AI and New Collar Jobs
Gartner stated that AI will create 2.3 Million jobs in 2020, while eliminating 1.8 Million. In my previous blog, “AI Adoption and How to Thrive in 4th Industrial Revolution“, I had written about the importance of humans to co-exist with AI or jeopardize their jobs. Gartner had confirmed this by calling AI a “positive job […]
AI Cements its Place at the Digital Health Table
My previous blog installment described the opportunities with better analytics and patient experience. This blog will highlight artificial intelligence (AI), and all the opportunities it brings to the industry. Despite the myriad of trend articles claiming a seismic change in healthcare as a result of AI applications, the reality of the impact we see is […]