Anecdotes in Applied Machine Learning

Brian McClendon, a former Vice President at Google, will discuss how machine learning has become a bigger and more important factor in nearly every business and share examples of potential applications in the future. McClendon spent two years at Uber leading its Maps and Business Platform efforts. For 10 years, McClendon was a vice president with Google and led its entire Geo business unit including Google Maps, Street View, and Google Earth. He spent 8 years at Silicon Graphics, designing 3D graphics workstations. McClendon was inducted into the National Academy of Engineering in 2015 and holds a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Kansas, where he is currently a research professor. ISU Innovation Prize Weekend