How to run distributed training using Horovod and MXNet on AWS DL Containers and AWS  Deep Learning AMIs

Favorite Distributed training of large deep learning models has become an indispensable way of model training for computer vision (CV) and natural language processing (NLP) applications. Open source frameworks such as Horovod provide distributed training support to Apache MXNet, PyTorch, and TensorFlow. Converting your non-distributed Apache MXNet training script to

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Shared by AWS Machine Learning September 1, 2020

A big step for flood forecasts in India and Bangladesh

Favorite For several years, the Google Flood Forecasting Initiative has been working with governments to develop systems that predict when and where flooding will occur—and keep people safe and informed.  Much of this work is centered on India, where floods are a serious risk for hundreds of millions of people.

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Shared by Google AI Technology September 1, 2020

Should KM seek to change the culture? Or work within the culture?

Favorite If the culture of your organisation makes Knowledge Management difficult, what do you do? Seek to change the culture first?  Or work your way around the different cultural elements? Change Alley sign by Matt Brown on Flickr Introducing KM not only involves introducing new roles, processes and technologies, it

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Shared by Nick Milton September 1, 2020

How to sustain Knowledge Management in the long term

Favorite Many Knowledge Management initiatives fail to get going. Others succeed initially, yet fail once the KM implementation team is removed. And yet some are sustained for the long term, with KM becoming “part of the way we work”. What do these organisations do differently? Chart from the Knoco KM

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Shared by Nick Milton August 27, 2020

8 ways to transfer team knowledge

Favorite Imagine you have identified some lessons or new knowledge within a work team. How do you pass them on?  There are 8 different contexts which determine how you might approach this. I am a great believer in tailoring your approach to circumstances, and the circumstances you need to consider

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Shared by Nick Milton August 26, 2020