STEM Expo 2018: Innovations Expo to Provide Scientific Solutions

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The Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Expo (STEM EXPO 2018) is happening this weekend, March 10-11, at the SMX Convention Center Manila

Proudly presented by the Philippine Society of Youth Science Clubs, DOSTv, Felta MultiMedia, SMX Convention Center Manila, and Unilab Foundation, the event is a two-day innovations expo aiming to provide scientific solutions to problems of society and the community. Open to the public!

Co-presented by Orange Segment Print and Design Studio and Technology Application and Promotion Institute (DOST-TAPI), in cooperation with Enchanted Kingdom and John Robert Powers Manila, together with our official backpack partner Hawk, experience ideas, innovation, exhibits, robotics, talks, and film shows for as low as P120!

With our official ticket partner, SM Tickets, buy your tickets online via smtickets.com/events/view/6491 or purchase at any of its outlets nationwide! For inquiries and reservations, please call 470-2222.

This cool event is also brought to us by Kumu, Fennel, IdeaSpace Philippines, LEXI, Philippine Science Centrum, Museo Pambata, Adarna House, WIP PH, SouthRepublik, UP Materials Science Society, and Edukasyon.ph! See and check out their booths for cool, cool freebies and prizes!

Along with our official partner organizations, Association for Computing Machinery - UP Diliman Student Chapter, Inc., UP IECEP, Ateneo Electronics and Computer Engineering Society, Computer Society of the Ateneo ¤, JPCS - FEU Institute of Technology, and official media partners, DZUP 1602 Kasali Ka!, DLSU-D 95.9 Green FM, MAGIS Radio, TOMCAT (Tomasian Media Circle and Talents), UST Tiger Radio, Herotv, NoInk, philstar.com, SparkUp, Wazzup Pilipinas, and FlipScience, we're gonna get the culture of ideation and innovation started among the youth!

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Hitachi Vantara Labs Introduces Machine Learning Model Management To Accelerate Model Deployment and Reduce Business Risk

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New Capabilities Monitor, Test, Retrain and Redeploy Predictive Models, Enabling Greater Algorithmic Transparency and Faster Business Outcomes

Hitachi Vantara, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. ,announced last March 6, 2018 additional capabilities for machine learning orchestration to help data scientists monitor, test, retrain and redeploy supervised models in production. An innovation fromHitachi Vantara Labs, collectively known as “machine learning model management,” can use these new tools in a data pipeline built in Pentaho to help improve business outcomes and reduce risk by making it easier to update models in response to continual change. Improved transparency gives people inside organizations better insights and confidence in their algorithms. Hitachi Vantara Labs is making machine learning model management available as a plug-in through the Pentaho Marketplace.

As organizations transform digitally, their algorithms become a key competitive advantage – and potentially a risk. Once a model is in production, it must be monitored, tested and retrained continually in response to changing conditions, then redeployed. Today this work involves considerable manual effort and, consequently, is often done infrequently. When this happens, prediction accuracy will deteriorate and impact the profitability of data-driven businesses.

David Menninger, ‎SVP & Research Director, Ventana Research, said, “According to our research, two-thirds of organizations do not have an automated process to seamlessly update their predictive analytics models. As a result, less than one-quarter of machine learning models are updated daily, approximately one-third are updated weekly and just over half are updated monthly. Out-of-date models can create significant risk to organizations.”

New data science model management improves the process of machine learning deployments in three areas:

Get models into production faster: New machine learning orchestration steps support data and feature engineering. These steps evaluate models and improve their accuracy using real production data before going live. For further model tuning and to avoid overfitting, data operations teams can generalize models against production test data using a choice of cross-validation and holdout evaluation techniques. Algorithm-specific data preparation and cleaning tasks – also referred to as “last mile data prep” – are now automated. Operations teams can adjust model parameters using a simple GUI instead of writing and maintaining code, which frees data scientists to develop new models.

Maximize model accuracy, while in production: Once a model is in production, its accuracy typically degrades as new production data runs through it. To avoid this, a new range of evaluation statistics helps to identify degraded models. Rich visualizations and reports make it easier to analyze model performance and uncover errors. When updates or changes occur, new “challenger” models can be easily A/B-tested against the current “champion” models. Since test results are returned faster the model can be adjusted sooner.

Collaborate and govern model operations at scale:More organizations are demanding visibility into how algorithms make decisions. Lack of transparency often leads to poor collaboration in groups deploying and maintaining models including operations teams, data scientists, data engineers, developers and application architects. These new capabilities from Hitachi Vantara promote collaboration, providing data lineage of model steps and visibility of data sources and features that feed the model. This greater transparency allows data and data pipelines to be easily shared, standardized and reused across teams allowing new machine learning applications to be built faster. Benefiting from an enterprise-grade platform, the machine learning model steps are embedded into data pipelines and can run large data volumes in a highly available and secure environment.

“Machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) are optimizing everything from customer interactions to enterprise operations. As these applications evolve, data scientist and IT operation teams will need to move newly trained models into production faster than ever before, which can jeopardize model accuracy, collaboration and governance,” said John Magee, VP, product marketing, Hitachi Vantara. “Hitachi Vantara Labs’ machine learning model management provides improved algorithmic transparency and automation so application teams can focus their efforts on innovating rapidly without risking model deterioration.”

From Mat to Cage: Garry Tonon Confident in Repeating BJJ Magic in Debut vs Filipino Talent

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For the past couple of decades, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu has been spreading like wildfire, gaining worldwide recognition and becoming the most well-known submission-orientated combat style among the grappling arts.

Since modern mixed martial arts opened its doors to Brazil’s concept of Jiu-Jitsu, the style has been put to the test against other extremely effective grappling arts in a variety of point systems and promotions.

Jiu-Jitsu is one of the most important elements of the sport, and many grapplers have made the successful switch from the mat to the cage.

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu legend Garry “The Lion Killer” Tonon has racked up a boatload of accomplishments as a celebrated grappler, and he is now ready to take his talents to the ONE Championship cage to begin a mixed martial arts career.

Tonon’s journey as a professional mixed martial artist commences on 24 March as he is slated to make his debut in ONE Championship, taking on Filipino stalwart Richard “The Notorious” Corminal.

Both men are set to face each other at ONE: IRON WILL, which takes place at the Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand.

“It is the natural evolution in my career as a grappler,” Tonon said. “I have achieved all that I have set out to do in the world of Jiu-Jitsu, and now I am ready to take on a new challenge.”

A fixture in global grappling tournaments and widely considered one of the best submission grapplers in history, Tonon made his first appearance inside the ONE Championship cage when he took on Japanese legend Shinya “Tobikan Judan” Aoki in the promotion’s first-ever Grappling Super-Match in May 2017.

The 26-year-old American grappling prodigy won the contest against Aoki impressively via heel hook submission.

Hailing from New Jersey in the United States, Tonon began wrestling in primary school, competing as an amateur before being introduced to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu at the age of 14.

Under the tutelage of coach Tom deBlass and the legendary Ricardo Almeida, Tonon would go on to win multiple IBJJF No-Gi world championships in different belts.

In September 2013, Tonon’s hard work on the mat finally paid off as deBlass and Almeida awarded him a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

Shortly after, his professional grappling career began as Tonon would later win multiple titles at the Eddie Bravo Invitational and Metamoris professional grappling leagues.

Determined to make a name for himself in the next chapter of his martial arts career, Tonon will be making his highly-anticipated professional debut at ONE: IRON WILL on 24 March.

“I am excited to begin my ONE Championship career, and proud to showcase my skills on the biggest global stage of competition,” he stated.

In his maiden assignment under the ONE Championship banner, Tonon crosses paths with Corminal, a Filipino martial artist based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia who is training out of MuayFit.

Corminal holds a professional record of four wins and three losses, with each of his career victories to date coming by way of knockout.

In his most recent bout, Corminal succumbed to Frenchman Arnaud LePont by way of submission in the first round this past November.

Corminal now aims for redemption as he eyes to spoil the much-awaited first appearance of Tonon in ONE Championship.

“I do not know what will happen in the match, but I am so excited because I like challenges,” Tonon pointed out. “Success is a future for only those able to see the value in facing challenges. Surely, I will exert tremendous effort in this new career path of mine.”

On the mat, Tonon owns notable victories over mixed martial artists such as Aoki, Dillon Danis, Beneil Dariush, Marcin Held, Gilbert Burns, Vinny Magalhaes and Ralek Gracie.

With an illustrious grappling career behind him, Tonon seeks to emulate the success of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioners like BJ Penn, Royce Gracie and Demian Maia, who rose to prominence by trading their Gis for four-ounce gloves.

“When I found Jiu-Jitsu, I realized that if I wanted to be good at this, I needed to put the actual work in. I will do the same thing in the new chapter of my martial arts career because I really do want to be the best at this,” he assured.

As the sport continues to evolve with the rise and incorporation of other martial arts disciplines, Tonon made it clear that Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu will always have a high regard for him.

“By heart, I will always be a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner.  There are so many great athletes who paved the way for young competitors like me and made these two sports what it is today. I will represent the art of Jiu-Jitsu with pride inside the cage,” he ended.

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