Deep Learning in Retail & Advertising Summit
London

We are living in a digital age where all of our lives are impacted by digital technologies and information sciences, from cyber security and computational intelligence to games and visual effects to digital libraries, archives and records.

Flare uses artificial intelligence (AI) in order to bring an additional layer of home security and will send police to a residence on its own without a user’s approval. The Smart Home security system uses a software called AudioIntel that distinguishes normal noise from suspicious sounds, allowing the system to take action on its own.

London-based venture capital firm Atomico will double down on investments in US and European startups with two new venture partners. The new hires reflect rising investor interest in startups outside the UK, with France and Spain looking like particular hotspots.

Travis Perkins explored both Google and IBM machine learning technologies, looking at product visual recognition and predictive market behaviour. The team believes future applications have huge potential in helping to improve the customer experience.

Sky is going beyond a simple recommendation engine for content across its vast library by asking customers what mood they are in and using machine learning to deliver the best results.

Robotics has traditionally been associated with industrial applications such as manufacturing, but according to a robotics market forecast report by Tractica, the market is shifting to rapidly growing segments such a consumer, enterprise, military, healthcare, and vehicle applications.

For Jenny Griffiths, founder of retail startup Snap Tech, the ideas around stores of the future that excite her the most are the innovations that occur in previously neglected parts of the store. That’s where Snap’s own magic mirror comes in.