Artificial Intelligence & Robotics (SIGAIR)

SIGAIR is an IITPSA Special Interest Group (SIG) in South Africa for the Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics community. The idea of the SIG is to bring people together from diverse backgrounds who are either practitioners of, or interested in AI and Robotics. The adoption of AI is especially relevant for South African businesses if we are to compete in global markets. We need to separate the hype around these technologies from the realities and work together as a business community to embrace it and to empower our workforce to be ready for its impact. Local leaders in the fields of AI, Robotics, Cognition and Machine Learning will be part of the SIG committee.
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The objectives of the group are: To promote knowledge sharing for both the computing and business community To facilitate discussion, debate and cooperation between business leaders To encourage discussion with government and policymakers To study the potential impact of these technologies on our local economy (unemployment and re-skilling) To host monthly discussion meetings and an annual conference / workshop To recognise local achievements in AI and Robotics advancement
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Gauteng SIGAIR Committee
SIGAIR Chairperson:	Johan Steyn (SIGAIR@iitpsa.org.za) Published author. AI enthusiast. Podcaster. Conference speaker. Founder of thebusinessoftesting.com
Committee Members:	Dr Jacques Ludik Founder & CEO of Cortex Logic and Founder & President of Machine Intelligence Institute of Africa (MIIA
	Phil Anderson Cognitive Process Transformation Lead at IBM
	Mike Snyman Organisational Test Architect at Nedbank
	Dr Michael Grant Chief Technical Officer at DataProphet
—	Michelle Gervais Head of Group Data Science – Standard Bank
	Khaya Mbanga RPA/Intelligent Automation @ EY Africa
PRESENTATION ARCHIVE
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