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Slalom's Mukesh Kumar on stage at Convergence AI 2024 in Dallas. [Photo: Dallas Innovates]

The Last Word: Slalom’s Mukesh Kumar—AI Is Like Fire

by | May 7, 2024
“Fire can really be very useful—or it can be destructive.”

Mukesh Kumar President, Global Technology Slalom Consulting  … on equating artificial intelligence to fire, at the Dallas Regional Chamber’s Convergence AI event in Irving on May 2.

 

 

As head of technology at Slalom Consulting, Mukesh Kumar knows a thing or two about the impact of AI....

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Australian Global Outsourcing Co. Opens U.S. Headquarters in Irving, Plans 130 Hires
by | Dec 7, 2023
As one of the world’s leading outsourcers, Acquire BPO is eying an ambitious growth trajectory, with headcount potentially reaching 100,000 globally by 2035.
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Supercharging Performance: MassChallenge Seeks Tech Innovators for Human Potential Sprint in Dallas
by | Aug 18, 2023
MassChallenge will assemble human performance and sports tech innovators to redefine the bounds of the human condition in a new six-week, high-intensity program. Target technologies are applications in biotech, defense, healthcare, space, and sports.

Applications for the Dallas-based cohort are open through September 7.
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Digital Twins to Air Monitoring: See 17 UTD Student Projects Solving Real-World Challenges for Companies
by | Jun 29, 2023
On the hunt for a resourceful, cost-effective solution to your company's tech challenges or project pileup? Or maybe you need a product prototype. UTDesign Capstone is now open for company project applications for Fall 2023. But hurry—the window of opportunity closes soon.

Check out these past projects. One of them is bound to spark an idea for yours..
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Toyota Just Parked Its Insurance Agency in Plano with First TIMS HQ

by | May 3, 2021
Toyota customers can compare and buy policies online boosted by AI, with opt-ins for usage-based data tracking of their connected vehicles. Another reason for the opening? TIMS covers more than your Rav4. The agency has expanded to offer insurance products for home, renters, RVs, even pets.
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Tech Titans’ 5G Challenge Winner: ‘We See a Future Society of Synthetic and Real Humans Working Together’
by | Oct 14, 2020
UT Dallas' Marjorie Zielke, winner of the 5G award, says her AI/VR platform could "eventually create stand-alone, life-like holograms of virtual teachers." Judge Mark Cuban commented on the tech's potential to provide access to virtual teachers for students attending disadvantaged schools.
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UNT Will Start Texas’ First AI Master’s Degree Program in the Fall
by | Feb 21, 2020
The University of North Texas' new program will meet the growing demand for professionals in the field of artificial intelligence. We asked AI entrepreneur—and UNT alumnus—Dave Copps why he thinks the degree can "literally play a part in changing the world."
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Will That Antidepressant Help? UT Southwestern Scientists Create AI Computer to Predict What Works
by | Feb 13, 2020
Up to two-thirds of depression patients do not respond to their first treatment. That's why UTSW researchers are working to eliminate antidepressant trial and error based on a patient’s brain activity.
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UTSW scientists think that AI may be able to help doctors jump start patients' radiation therapy. [Image: Courtesy UTSW Medical Center]

Discovery: UTSW Scientists Use AI to Improve Radiation Therapy, UTD Prof Gets $2.7M in Grants for Protein Research

by | Jan 31, 2020
In this weekly roundup of research and development activity in North Texas, you'll also find out about DART receiving a federal grant to help in the fight against human trafficking.
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Caris Life Sciences Launches AI-Driven Profiling Tool for Tumors
by | Dec 12, 2019
The Genomic Profiling Similarity Score uses over 6,500 mathematical models in a machine learning algorithm to compare molecular characteristics of a patient's tumor against Caris' extensive database.
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Beyond Smart Cities: Dallas Ranks High in Global Cities’ AI Readiness Index
by | Oct 11, 2019
Dallas is third in the nation among large cities that rank for urban AI resilience and readiness in the rise of the 'Fourth Industrial Revolution,' according to The Oliver Wyman Forum.
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Masergy Announces AI-Powered ‘Virtual Engineer’ to Enable Autonomous Networking
by | Sep 11, 2019
Masergy's newest product is the "industry’s first digital assistant for network, security, and application optimization."
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AI Problem Solvers: Hypergiant Industries Teams Up with Global Giant Booz Allen Hamilton

by | Aug 6, 2019
With the companies' combined backgrounds in artificial intelligence, this collaboration brings serious firepower to AI solutions for the U.S. government and the private sector.
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Spectral MD Gets $27M to Advance Trials of AI-Powered Wound, Burn Care Device
by | Jul 24, 2019
Spectral's device uses real-time data and artificial intelligence to help look beneath the skin's surface and assess wound and burn damage, which can help doctors improve treatments and outcomes — as well as be a tool in the response to mass burn casualties in a national emergency.
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Early Adopters: Accenture Survey Puts Dallas Ahead of the Pack in Emerging Tech
by | Feb 22, 2019
When it comes to blockchain, AI, and extended reality, Dallas proves better than most in adopting new, cutting-edge technologies.
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DI People: Neiman Marcus, Pier 1, Crayon, Neos Therapeutics Make Exec Moves
by | Feb 5, 2019
You’ll also find news from Nuvectra, Zimperium, ON2IT, Nifty Method, Dynata, the University of North Texas Health Science Center, and Calise Partners in this roundup of executive and leadership moves by companies and organizations with ties to North Texas.
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