by Theresa Smith | May 18, 2023 | Weekly Reads
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...
by Theresa Smith | Apr 14, 2023 | Weekly Reads
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...
by Theresa Smith | Feb 10, 2023 | Artificial Intelligence
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...
by Theresa Smith | Jan 27, 2023 | Weekly Reads
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...
by Theresa Smith | Jan 13, 2023 | Weekly Reads
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. ...