Weekly Reads, 8/25/2023
Yesterday may have been the biggest sick day, but I was in the office. While I am developing multiple software products, one is particularly well-suited for a Cassandra NoSQL database. I’ve been actively undergoing the mental transition from traditional relational...
Weekly Reads, 6/22/2023
Some problems never go away, but some get easier over time. As this next article “Microsoft Authentication Library 4.54.0 Supports Managed Identities” describes, using the latest version of Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL) for .NET makes managing credentials...
Weekly Reads, 5/18/2023
In my upcoming articles for May, I delve into some captivating topics. Firstly, I discuss an Amazon internal case study that has been causing a stir on the internet. This study reveals a remarkable achievement of Amazon reducing AWS cloud computing costs by a...
Weekly Reads, 4/14/2023
I am the type of person who eagerly dives into new and exciting experiences. When someone suggested the book “Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World has Never Seen” I wasted no time and sprang into action. I purchased minimal...
Debunking the myths: Why over-emphasizing data labeling is a misstep in AI success
Last week, the article “Pentagon’s AI chief says data labeling is key to win race with China” caught my eye. The title tells you almost everything you need to know. The Pentagon believes that success in AI depends on collecting and labeling mountains of data. If only...
DC CTO Roundtable 2023
Last week the DC area CTO roundtable returned to meeting in-person for the first time since the pandemic. With SolarWinds and the popular Java logging framework Log4j still on many minds, the topic at the meeting was Software Bills of Materials (SBOM). An SBOM is...
Taking AI to the next level
There is so much going on with AI. From ChatGPT with over a hundred billion parameters (that is a lot!) to more organizations adopting AI - it has doubled since 2017[i]. In our work developing and supporting operational AI systems, we have learned so much. Thad...
Weekly Reads, 11/23/2022
This year is shaping up to be a volatile for the tech sector. But I agree with this first article, Three tech trends on the verge of a breakthrough in 2023, that demand for tech is not going away despite recent tech job cuts. There is still much work to be done,...
Weekly Reads, 10/28/2022
This week we look at generative AI where AI generates something new like an image, video, audio, text, or code. In “Ask an AI Art Generator for Any Image. The Results are Amazing – and Terrifying”, it describes new text to image generators that let you type in a...
SphereOI’s Thad Scheer, The Inevitable AI Bot Wars
Thad Scheer, Managing Partner, discusses the impact that large AI models, with billions of parameters, will have on cyber security when they are used by cyber criminals to launch more sophisticated attacks. (Presented at the annual AUSA 2022 Meeting &Exposition)....
Theresa Smith
Theresa Smith is a Senior Partner and Technology Delivery Lead for SphereOI who works with commercial and federal government clients to define and deliver enterprise technology that drives successful change for digital experience, artificial intelligence, machine learning, data analytics, cloud, customer experience, digital transformation, and blockchain. Theresa has extensive practical experience with enterprise projects and operational issues, where she consults, advises, and shapes the delivery of services for her clients. Theresa is particularly well known for skills in client engagement, satisfaction, and retention where she combines that with a solid software engineering background to deliver what is most valuable to the client.