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Building Scalable Machine Learning Pipelines for Multimodal Health Data on AWS

This post was co-authored by Olivia Choudhury, PhD, Partner Solutions Architect; Michael Hsieh, Senior AI/ML Specialist Solutions Architect; and Andy Schuetz, PhD, Sr. Partner Solutions Architect. Healthcare and life sciences organizations use machine learning (ML) to enable precision medicine, anticipate patient preferences, detect disease, improve care quality, and understand inequities. Rapid growth in health information […]

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Machine Learning Leukemia diagnosis at Munich Leukemia Lab with Amazon SageMaker

Munich Leukemia Lab (MLL) is a leading global institution for leukemia diagnostics and research, operating within a highly innovative environment. MLL aims to shape the future of hematological diagnostics and therapy through state-of-the-art molecular and computational methodologies. To this end, MLL partnered with the Amazon Machine Learning Solutions Lab (MLSL) and Mission Solutions Team (MST) […]

FSI Service Spotlight: Featuring Amazon Comprehend

Editor’s note: This is the second in a monthly series for Financial Services Industry Service Spotlight. Read Part 1 discussing Amazon SageMaker Notebook Instances. — In this edition of Financial Services Industry (FSI) Service Spotlight monthly blog series, we highlight five key considerations of a particular service that FSI customers should focus on to help […]

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[In the News] Machine Learning is Transforming Drug Discovery at AstraZeneca

This article originally appeared on Wired. Disease understanding and drug discovery is based on scientific rigor. And while it’s work that is potentially life changing, it can also be tedious and time-consuming. Few know this better than Magnus Söderberg, a pathology researcher with more than 20 years of lab experience and the director and technical […]

[In the News] The Intelligent Era: Design, Detect, Discover

This article originally appeared on BBC StoryWorks. How machine learning is changing the pharmaceutical industry and reshaping the way drugs are produced in the 21st century The scale of the pharmaceutical industry is staggering. There are millions of patients to take care of, billions of data points generated by every clinical trial—and that’s before you […]

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In the News: Morningstar Launches Global AWS DeepRacer Corporate Competition to Accelerate Application of Machine Learning

The following article originally appeared on Morningstar. First corporate AWS DeepRacer competition fuels hands-on learning in machine learning and artificial intelligence across more than 445 employees worldwide CHICAGO, May 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Morningstar, Inc. (Nasdaq: MORN), a leading provider of independent investment research, kicked off the first companywide internal Amazon Web Services (AWS) DeepRacer competition this week. More […]

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In the News: T-Mobile Calls on Machine Learning to Boost CX

The following article and podcast episode originally appeared on CIO. — The best applications of machine learning occur when algorithms augment human activities instead of replacing them. That’s the case with T-Mobile, which has deployed machine learning to help contact center agents better serve customers. In this episode of the Ahead of the Pack podcast, […]

In the News: How Amazon is Using Machine Learning to Eliminate 915,000 Tons of Packaging

The following article originally appeared on Venture Beat. Amazon is the co-founder and was first signatory of The Climate Pledge, which calls on signatories to commit to achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement 10 years early — reaching net zero carbon by 2040. Since 2015, the company has reduced the weight of its outbound packaging […]

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In the News: Data Empowers Patients and Providers

The following article originally appeared on WSJ. Whether based on your family history, your choices, your risk factors, or socioeconomic factors, healthcare is deeply personal at the individual level. “But,” says Laurent Rotival, SVP of strategic technology solutions and chief information officer at Cambia Health Solutions, “it’s not at all personal at the systemic level.” […]

Introducing a New Blog Series, Service Spotlight for Financial Services: Featuring Amazon SageMaker Notebook Instances

As we wrap up the 3-week long re:Invent virtual conference, we are pleased to launch the first blog post of the Service Spotlight for Financial Services. This series aims to provide financial services customers a deep dive into the five key considerations of a particular service to help streamline service approval based on our experience […]