The AnyLogic Conference 2019

Next generation artificial intelligence: Agent-based simulation + reinforcement learning

The ability to create a mental model of our environment, project forward in time, and take appropriate action is a key element of human intelligence. Combining agent-based simulation with reinforcement learning will lead to a new era of continuously learning agents that accomplish this functionality. Is this the next generation of AI - beyond deep learning?

Join our expert panel of practitioners from simulation and AI as they debate the role of agent-based simulation and reinforcement learning in the broader quest for Artificial Intelligence and conclude with a Q&A.

Moderator

Dr. Anand Rao – Partner and Global Artificial Intelligence Lead – PwC, with over 33 years of industry and consulting experience, helping senior executives structure, solve and manage critical issues facing their organizations. With a computer science and Artificial Intelligence background and over 20 years consulting experience he blends deep analytics and computational techniques to solve challenging business problems using creative solutions.

Panel members

Chris Nicholson – Co-founder and CEO of Skymind, an enterprise software company built around artificial intelligence deployment and the open-source distributed learning framework Deeplearning4j. Chris works with companies to apply machine learning to solve business problems in areas including fraud detection, healthcare, and smart robots. Prior to Skymind, Chris spent a decade as a journalist covering global business and technology for The New York Times and Bloomberg News. He attended Deep Springs College, holds a degree in Economics, and lives in the Bay Area.

Benjamin Schumann Ph.D, simulation expert with over 10 years of experience applying simulation and AnyLogic. He wants to ensure that the AI community benefits from the knowledge of simulation practitioners before they reinvent the wheel from scratch. Ben leads his own simulation practice advising global consulting firms as well as industrial and academic clients. Previously, he was pushing the potential of simulation as a consulting tool with McKinsey & Company, Inc. as well as working for boutique consulting firms as a modeller. Ben holds a PhD in Complex Systems Simulation for Aerospace Design.

Ilana Golbin – Responsible AI Analytics Lead , Artificial Intelligence Accelerator – PwC, specializing in applying machine learning and simulation modeling to address client needs across sectors, regarding strategic deployment of new goods and services, operational efficiencies, consumer adoption, geospatial analytics, and addressing model bias and explain-ability. Ilana currently leads PwC's efforts in exploring cutting edge approaches to create explainable and robust AI in the Artificial Intelligence Accelerator and co-leads the analytics development of the Global Responsible AI Platform.

Don't Forget Your User: Creating Amazing User Interface Design with Little Effort in AnyLogic

Benjamin Schumann, Ph.D., Senior Analytics Fellow

This year, irresistible interfaces. Benjamin Schumann is becoming a key presenter at the AnyLogic Conference. After uncovering the hidden gems of AnyLogic in 2016, Benjamin continued to improve the AnyLogic user experience by exploring his list of best practices for model-building at the last conference.

Now, he is taking a deep dive into world-class user interface (UI) design with AnyLogic. How can your model be as intuitive and elegant as the best apps around? How can you create and reuse advanced UI objects yourself? Based on several real-world models, Ben will share the UI knowledge that makes his clients jaws drop and keep them wanting to use models again and again.