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Learning with queried hints

Posted by Sreenivas Gollapudi, Senior Staff Research Scientist, and Kostas Kollias, Staff Research Scientist, Google Research, Algorithms & Optimization Team In many computing applications the system needs to make decisions to serve requests that arrive in an online fashion. Consider, for instance, the example of a navigation app that responds to driver requests. In such …

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Build a loyalty points anomaly detector using Amazon Lookout for Metrics

Today, gaining customer loyalty cannot be a one-off thing. A brand needs a focused and integrated plan to retain its best customers—put simply, it needs a customer loyalty program. Earn and burn programs are one of the main paradigms. A typical earn and burn program rewards customers after a certain number of visits or spend. …

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Braced From Space: Startup Keeps Watchful Eye on Gas Pipeline Leaks Across the Globe

As its name suggests, Orbital Sidekick is creating technology that acts as a buddy in outer space, keeping an eye on the globe using satellites to help keep it safe and sustainable. The San Francisco-based startup, a member of the NVIDIA Inception program, enables commercial and government users to optimize sustainable operations and security with …

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Deciphering Clinical Abbreviations with Privacy Protecting ML

Posted by Posted by Alvin Rajkomar, Research Scientist, and Eric Loreaux, Software Engineer, Google Research Today many people have digital access to their medical records, including their doctor’s clinical notes. However, clinical notes are hard to understand because of the specialized language that clinicians use, which contains unfamiliar shorthand and abbreviations. In fact, there are …