Patrick Buckley How IoT technology is helping candy producers make sweet profits! From chocolate bars to lollipops, gumdrops to Haribos, the confectionary industry is now worth an estimated 210$ billion worldwide. With the industry experiencing strong growth, it is no surprise...
Olivia Brookhouse When will Robots find a place in the Smart Home? With the mass introduction of smart speakers, smart doorbells, smart fridges and even smart toilets there is a world of possibilities when it comes to innovating our homes. Whilst...
LUCA The best-bits of Changing the Game with Big Data Valencia! Last Thursday, the 14th of December, the finished our schedule of yearly events with the latest edition of Changing the Game with Big Data. This conference was created with...
LUCA Which country will lead the race for AI dominace? Every January, the World Economic Forum meets in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos, bringing together politicians, economists, business leaders and more to discuss the key issues of the...
LUCA Deep Learning and satellite images to estimate the impact of COVID19 Motivated by the fact that the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic has caused worldwide turmoil in a short period of time since December 2019, we estimate the negative impact of...
LUCA Success Story: LUCA Transit and Highways England The transport industry is very receptive to the application of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence strategies, as there are clear use cases that can maximize a companies’ efficiency and...
LUCA Deep Learning and satellite images to estimate the impact of COVID19 Motivated by the fact that the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic has caused worldwide turmoil in a short period of time since December 2019, we estimate the negative impact of...
LUCA Can Big Data and IOT prevent motorcycle crashes? Most of us are familiar with the dangers involved in driving motorbikes, with motorcyclists being 27 times more likely than passenger car occupants to die in a crash per...
5 ways to close the STEM gender gapOlivia Brookhouse 20 March, 2020 Rosalind Franklin, Liese Meitner, Ester Lederberg and Ada lovelace are just some of the women whose contributions to science were not recognised at the time because of their gender, because they were not men. Whilst we have come a long way, we cannot ignore the gender gap that widely exists in the STEM field, where women only make up 22% of the STEM workforce. Empowering women from day 1 ensures STEM workforces are diverse, because diversity breeds innovation and innovation breeds success. Education From an early age, boys are pushed towards science and maths to become astronauts, engineers and programmers, whilst girls are pushed towards humanity subjects and languages, celebrated for their creativity rather than their intelligence. It is estimated that a girl loses self-confidence in mathematical abilities between the ages of 13-15 years old, despite outperforming boys of similar ages in these fields. Education is an essential component to close the gender gap in STEM as it can stop underlying gender bias from day 1. It can give girls the hard skills required to become programmers, data scientists, engineers, physicians etc, and it can teach everyone on the importance of diversity, not only in STEM but in every industry. “This is not about fixing women — it is about recognising that girls and young women often learn a set of concepts in early years that limit their views of themselves.” Gabriela Mueller Mendoza, speaker about diversity in STEM Schools are the key place to convince girls from day 1 that they are just as capable as their male counterparts. Girls often don’t choose to continue with these subjects because they never saw it as a possibility, maybe because no females in their family ever pursued science. Encouraging girls to believe in their intelligence is a necessity. Work experience A lack of role models and accessible work experience to show young girls how they can fit into this field of work is also responsible for the STEM gender gap. Whilst education can provide the hard skills necessary to be hired, nothing compares to real life experience. Female leaders already in the field need to be part of the movement to inspire the next generation, to act as mentors. This means going into local schools and youth centres to pass on expertise and advice. Education and work experience give girls the drive to work in STEM but how do companies need to change to ensure woman remain in STEM careers. Diversity Innovation in the workplace requires diversity, diversity of genders, cultures and ages to bring something new and creative. This means hiring a diverse workforce and training existing workforce on the importance of inclusion. A push for diversity may also mean companies need to stamp out unconscious and conscious biases, removing both legal barriers and social invisibilities. The solution needs to be a concerted effort to train HR, recruiters and managers of the importance of making teams diverse and keeping them that way, via upskilling or directly hiring skilled women to be part of the change. Also, within companies, there needs to be equal opportunities for women to be promoted. Diversity is also very important in programming to produce fair machine learning sytems. If these automated systems are fed with examples of biased justice, they will end up perpetuating these same biases. Diversity in programming teams is important to spot these biases and mitigate against them. Artificial Intelligence will only learn to be inclusive, fair and representative if we are. Diversity in the workplace means there are increased the opportunities for women which encourage them to enter and remain in STEM careers. Support those at the top Too often woman at the top are not given the recognition they deserve. Once women reach the top, they need to be celebrated, not doubted. More comments are made about what they are wearing than what they have achieved and how hard they worked to get there. We all need to come together and celebrate those women in our company, sector or community who have climbed to the top. Self-belief As with many things, as women we need to have the self-belief to achive what we want in STEM because we are no less capable than the men around us! Together we can close the gender gap in STEM. Hacker Women are driving Aura, Telefónica’s Artificial Intelligence To stay up to date with LUCA, visit our Webpage, subscribe to LUCA Data Speaks and follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn o YouTube. Why are Hedge Fund managers investing in Big Data?What is Natural Language Processing and its Use Cases?
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Patrick Buckley Is AI key to successful Real Estate investment? As Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to shape the world around us, in today’s post we explore the impact of AI on commercial Real Estate investment. To what extent is...
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Patrick Buckley How should you speak to children about Artificial Intelligence? In previous years, people’s relationship with technology in general, and with artificial intelligence in particular, was based on “text”, usually using specialised programming languages. Today, however, artificial intelligence has...
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Patrick Buckley COVID-19 Shines a light on the huge possibilities of AI in Education In 2020 remote learning platforms have become essential for students around the world as a result the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of these platforms incorporate Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology which continues to...