Extending the Conversation on Machine Learning Stories with Cargill & Unisys » MnTech

Following our Advanced Technology community powered session “Stories of Machine Learning: Showcasing ways to apply and deploy AI within your business” our Director of Member and Community Engagement Jade Denson joined data scientists from Unisys and Cargill to extend the conversation and dive further into the ways they are leveraging ML within their organizations.

Jade’s Fireside Chat with Unisys:

Jade and Mark Rosno, an Advanced Development Engineer at Unisys, recently came together to discuss Unisys’ latest machine learning initiatives and talk through tangible examples of how they’re using ML to drive business, improve productivity, and push innovation within Unisys.

This fireside chat was a deep dive into Unisys’ novel approach to information retrieval and the facilitation of semantic search and response over a large, domain-specific corpus of PDF- and WORD-encoded technical documentation – borrowing methods from both computational linguistics and cognitive modeling.

Watch the video below for machine learning stories from Unisys:

Jade Fireside Chat with Cargill:

Watch Will Armstrong, Senior Data Scientist Engineer, with Cargill and Jade Denson MnTech’s Director of Member and Community Engagement in a fireside chat. Will presents a detailed overview of the way Cargill’s using machine learning to detect changes in bird flock activity that could anticipate changes in flock health before a human can recognize it, as well as talking briefly about how they use computer vision to assess the quality of soybeans after they’re harvested. Following a presentation, Will answers a few questions and shares best practices for jumpstarting Machine Learning projects within your organization.

Jayshree Seth
Corporate Scientist, 3M

Jayshree Seth is a Corporate Scientist at 3M and currently holds 77 patents for a variety of innovations, with several additional pending. She joined 3M in 1993 after an MS and PhD in Chemical Engineering from Clarkson University, New York. She is a Distinguished Alumni Award recipient from her alma mater REC Trichy India, now NIIT Trichy, where she earned a B. Tech. in Chemical Engineering.

Jayshree was appointed 3M’s first ever Chief Science Advocate in 2018 and is using her scientific knowledge, technical expertise and professional experience to advance science and communicate the benefits of science and the importance of diversity in STEM fields. She is also a member of Carlton Society which is the 3M Science and Engineering “Hall of Fame.” Jayshree is the fourth woman and first female engineer to be inducted. In 2020, she was awarded Society of Women Engineers (SWE) highest Achievement Award. She is also the first-ever winner of a Gold Stevie® Award in the new Female Thought Leaders of the Year – category in the 18th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business in 2021. Jayshree was featured in a docuseries titled Not the Science Type that premiered during the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival and accepted for Brand Storytelling Showcase, a sanctioned event at Sundance Film Festival. She is the author of the books, The Heart of Science – Engineering Footprints, Fingerprints, & Imprints, and The Heart of Science – Engineering Fine Print published by the Society of Women Engineers, and all sales proceeds go to a scholarship for underrepresented minority women in STEM. She is a sought-after speaker, globally, on a multitude of topics such as innovation, leadership and STEM advocacy and has featured in local, national and international media.

Jayshree has served on the CEOs Inclusion Council, chaired the 3M Asian Employee Resource Group A3CTION and serves on the Steering Committee for 3M Technical Women’s Leadership Forum (WLF). She also serves on the Board of the Science Museum of Minnesota, Engineering Advisory Council for Clarkson University, AAAS Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy (COSEPP), Advisory Board for Innovation – The Conference Board, and Advisory Group of Aspen Institute Our Future is Science program.

Jayshree has two adult kids, and her husband also works at 3M.