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MLOps deployment best practices for real-time inference model serving endpoints with Amazon SageMaker

After you build, train, and evaluate your machine learning (ML) model to ensure it’s solving the intended business problem proposed, you want to deploy that model to enable decision-making in business operations. Models that support business-critical functions are deployed to a production environment where a model release strategy is put in place. Given the nature […]

New expanded data format support in Amazon Kendra

Enterprises across the globe are looking to utilize multiple data sources to implement a unified search experience for their employees and end customers. Considering the large volume of data that needs to be examined and indexed, the retrieval speed, solution scalability, and search performance become key factors to consider when choosing an enterprise intelligent search […]

Configure an AWS DeepRacer environment for training and log analysis using the AWS CDK

This post is co-written by Zdenko Estok, Cloud Architect at Accenture and Sakar Selimcan, DeepRacer SME at Accenture. With the increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) for a vast majority of industries (ranging from healthcare to insurance, from manufacturing to marketing), the primary focus shifts to efficiency when building and training […]

Model explanation for Cover 3 Zone comes right after the ball snap

Identifying defense coverage schemes in NFL’s Next Gen Stats

This post is co-written with Jonathan Jung, Mike Band, Michael Chi, and Thompson Bliss at the National Football League. A coverage scheme refers to the rules and responsibilities of each football defender tasked with stopping an offensive pass. It is at the core of understanding and analyzing any football defensive strategy. Classifying the coverage scheme […]

Image classification model selection using Amazon SageMaker JumpStart

Researchers continue to develop new model architectures for common machine learning (ML) tasks. One such task is image classification, where images are accepted as input and the model attempts to classify the image as a whole with object label outputs. With many models available today that perform this image classification task, an ML practitioner may […]

Predict football punt and kickoff return yards with fat-tailed distribution using GluonTS

Today, the NFL is continuing their journey to increase the number of statistics provided by the Next Gen Stats Platform to all 32 teams and fans alike. With advanced analytics derived from machine learning (ML), the NFL is creating new ways to quantify football, and to provide fans with the tools needed to increase their […]

Build a water consumption forecasting solution for a water utility agency using Amazon Forecast

Amazon Forecast is a fully managed service that uses machine learning (ML) to generate highly accurate forecasts, without requiring any prior ML experience. Forecast is applicable in a wide variety of use cases, including estimating supply and demand for inventory management, travel demand forecasting, workforce planning, and computing cloud infrastructure usage. You can use Forecast […]

Build a loyalty points anomaly detector using Amazon Lookout for Metrics

Today, gaining customer loyalty cannot be a one-off thing. A brand needs a focused and integrated plan to retain its best customers—put simply, it needs a customer loyalty program. Earn and burn programs are one of the main paradigms. A typical earn and burn program rewards customers after a certain number of visits or spend. […]

Get smarter search results with the Amazon Kendra Intelligent Ranking and OpenSearch plugin

If you’ve had the opportunity to build a search application for unstructured data (i.e., wiki, informational web sites, self-service help pages, internal documentation, etc.) using open source or commercial-off-the-shelf search engines, then you’re probably familiar with the inherent accuracy challenges involved in getting relevant search results. The intended meaning of both query and document can […]