{"id":19968,"date":"2020-09-14T09:18:46","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T16:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/azuregov\/?p=19968"},"modified":"2020-09-14T12:25:10","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T19:25:10","slug":"how-government-can-put-ai-into-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/azuregov\/how-government-can-put-ai-into-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Join us online Sept. 30:  How government can put AI into action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s AI solutions perform increasingly complex tasks that can enhance government\u2019s mission; from predictive maintenance to language translation to improving farming and expediting disaster response. While the magnitude of impact AI can have on agencies is significant, there are many roadblocks to adoption and understanding optimal scenarios and how to best leverage data to fuel these solutions.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the impact of AI and analytics on government, we invite you to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/DCAzureGov\/events\/270065967\/\">RSVP and join us<\/a> Wednesday, Sept. 30 at 6:30 p.m. ET for a virtual Azure Government meetup, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/DCAzureGov\/events\/270065967\/\"><em>How government can put AI into action,<\/em><\/a> hosted on Teams Live Event.<\/p>\n<p>During this meetup, which is free and open to the public, you\u2019ll hear from US government and industry experts who will share:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Best practices and strategies for getting started in AI<\/li>\n<li>Importance data and data integrity needed to fuel AI<\/li>\n<li>Top adoption hurdles and tips to overcome them<\/li>\n<li>Plus, demos of the latest AI technology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Featured speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 706px; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border-style: none;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 169px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 11.5439%; height: 132px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19972 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/azuregov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/09\/Jane-Pinelis_JAIC_BWImage-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Image Jane Pinelis JAIC BWImage\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 88.4561%; height: 132px;\"><strong>Dr. Jane Pinelis<\/strong>, Chief, Test and Evaluation of AI\/ML, DoD Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 168px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 11.5439%; height: 152px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19970 size-thumbnail alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/azuregov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/09\/BrianDrake_DIA_BW-profile-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Image BrianDrake DIA BW profile\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 88.4561%; height: 152px;\"><strong>Brian Drake<\/strong>, Director of AI, Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 85px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 11.5439%; height: 110px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19988 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/azuregov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/09\/CHERYL_INGSTAD_PORTRAIT_BWDSF3434-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Image CHERYL INGSTAD PORTRAIT BWDSF3434\" width=\"153\" height=\"153\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 88.4561%; height: 110px;\"><strong>Cheryl Ingstad<\/strong>, Director, AI and Technology Office, Department of Energy (DOE)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 85px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 11.5439%; height: 122px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19977 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/azuregov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/09\/DevakiRaj_CrowdAI_BW-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Image DevakiRaj CrowdAI BW\" width=\"153\" height=\"153\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 88.4561%; height: 122px;\"><strong>Devaki Raj<\/strong>, CEO and Founder, Crowd AI, Inc.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 85px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 11.5439%; height: 98px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19975 \" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/azuregov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/09\/SusieAdams_MSFT_BW-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Image SusieAdams MSFT BW\" width=\"153\" height=\"153\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 88.4561%; height: 98px;\"><strong>Susie Adams<\/strong>, CTO, Microsoft Federal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 85px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 11.5439%; height: 92px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19974 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/azuregov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/09\/SarahBird_MSFT_BWImage-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Image SarahBird MSFT BWImage\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 88.4561%; height: 92px;\"><strong>Sarah Bird<\/strong>, Principal Program Manager, AI\/ML Platform, Microsoft<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We hope to \u201csee\u201d you at our virtual meetup. 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