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AI and ML Powering the Agents of Automation
Demystifying, IOT, Robots, ChatBots, RPA, Drones
& Autonomous Cars - The new workforce led Digital
Reinvention facilitated by AI & ML and
secured through Blockchain
by DEEPIKA M, VIJAY CUDDAPAH, AMITENDRA SRIVASTAVA, SRINIVAS MAHANKALI
FIRST EDITION 2019
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ISBN: 978-93-88511-636
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About the Author
DEEPIKA M
http://linkedin.com/in/deepika2019
Deepika is CCNA/CCNP/CCIE certified Computer Engineering graduate and a Cybersecurity professional with over four years’ of experience in Networking and Cybersecurity from Cisco. She has completed her MBA in General Management with specialization in Finance, Marketing and Analytics (Trained in R and Python) from Asia School of Business, Kuala Lumpur, in collaboration with the MIT Sloan School of Management. She is a R3 Corda certified Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology Evangelist. She received a scholarship at Stanford Ignite 2017 for her Entrepreneurial Development Program.
SRINIVAS MAHANKALI
http://linkedin.com/in/srini-ults
Srinivas Mahankali is an alumnus of IIT Madras and IIM Bangalore and heads the Blockchain Center of Excellence at ULTS (ULCCS Group, Calicut, Kerala). He is certified in Lean Six Sigma, NCFM Level 2, Capital Markets and R3 Corda. He is the author of the book Blockchain–The Untold Story and also co-authored, Successful Organizations in Action. Blockchain–The Untold Story is deemed to be the first book to be translated from English into Chinese by Artificial Engineering Bots.
VIJAY K. CUDDAPAH
http://linkedin.com/in/vijay-kumar-0706858
With a Masters degree in Business Management and a B.Sc. degree in Computer Science, Vijay is responsible towards Technology/Functional Development and Strategic Planning in IOT, AI and Analytics organizations. He has 10 years’ of experience in project development,deployment and delivery. He has experience in multiple areas such as Analytics, Machine Learning, Information Technology and Consultancy-related Services. He is passionate about drones and diverse technologies ranging from Analytics, Machine Learning, Simulation, Automation, Tools development, and Application Development across different verticals. He has significant experience in research methodology, design and conducting large-scale surveys and analysis.
AMITENDRA SRIVASTAVA
http://linkedin.com/in/amitendra-srivastava-a5007844
Amitendra holds a post graduate diploma in Business Administration from ISCS, Pune. He has more than 14 years of rich corporate experience in training delivery and analytics product development. He has worked with HDFC Bank, Redwood Associates and Analytics Training Institute. He is extremely passionate about Analytics, Statistical concepts, Deep Learning and AI, Predictive modeling, Video Analytics and Autonomous Vehicle Technology.
Acknowledgements
We are extremely delighted to see our combined team effort on our collective experience and expertise take shape in the form of an amazing resource to demystify the disruptive technological forces that operate as a ‘Blackbox’ to most, even now!
A number of passionate AI and ML Automation experts and great organizations like Microsoft, IBM, Google, Amazon, Oracle, CISCO, Facebook, and brilliant upcoming companies across domains like Manychat, Chatfuel, Blue Prism, Automation Anywhere Astound, Intel and many more have offered a lot of educational content on the net. This book has been inspired by many such works. We tried to mention the references in corresponding pages wherever referred to in this book. If you are concerned that we may have overlooked or missed anything, we request that you immediately contact us at agents of automationbpb@gmail.com.
We would like to thank all our friends, well wishers, and family members who encouraged us in pursuing our passion wholeheartedly. We would also like to thank Dr. Naghi Prasad (Co-founder of Astound Inc.), Mr. Ajay Kavungal Anat (President, Calicut Management Association), Deepak Agarwal, Abhishek Bhattacharya and others who have helped us with their reviews and shared their valuable feedback.
We indeed owe a lot to Asia’s largest publishers of Computer and Technology books, BPB Publications, headed by Mr. Manish Jain and his amazing team members!
Deepika M
(on behalf of the authors)
Preface
We live in an autonomous world. Billions of people and many more trillions of living organisms are using the resources of the universe which are apparently not made by living organisms but by the laws of nature.
The sun, moon, stars and the forces of nature are going about their paths in a routine manner for billions of years giving us seasons and all the great experiences.
The human being’s quest for unearthing ‘God’ or emulating Him by any means is manifesting in a number of ways, including the launch of autonomous devices and humanoids, that one day they may be more ubiquitous than the human beings.
Unmanned spacecrafts that hit their targets precisely on another planet are indeed a wonder to many.
The same autonomy is deemed to be transplanted into many more aspects of our modern life.
Chatbots, voice assistants, drones, AI-enabled robots and autonomous cars are now being ‘employed’ increasingly.
On the other hand, we have seen the launch of Bitcoin Cryptocurrency which has become the largest unmanned, unowned and unmanaged peer-to-peer network running on its own as a ‘Decentralized Autonomous Organization’ without any interference for over 10 years. We are witnessing an increasing trend towards autonomy, decentralized approach, open source, and pay-as-you-go approaches.
Where this all will lead to is anyone’s guess or a calculated forecast.
But it is imperative for us to take a close look at these developments, understand their dynamics and be prepared for the future.
We should be knowledgeable enough to foresee and leverage the forces of disruption and stay ahead of the rest. Only then our survival is assured, lest we would be blown away by these powerful waves of disruption. This book ‘Agents of Automation’ takes a close look at the various disruptive technologies that are shaping our world and enables everyone to take a pragmatic view to leverage them to ‘Augment’ our performance by making them our ‘Agents’ too.
Further, the power and utility of Blockchain is well examined as a tool to de-risk the growing threat of malware attacks and cybercriminals that could not only be a spoil sport but also provide dangerous twists along the way.
Blockchain allows us to scale our automation by striking the threats of data breaches and cyberattacks at their very roots, thus making the scaling through automation a delightful reality that improves the quality of life of all concerned. The readers are sure to enjoy this journey into the future!
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction to Automated Personal Assistants: Past, Present And Future
2. Disruptive Models Led by Digitization
Introduction:
Structure:
Conclusion
3. Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence .
Introduction
Structure:
Objectives:
The Rise of Machine Learning
Computer Vision:
Data Analysis and Data Visualization:
General Purpose Ml:
Natural Language Processing:
Topic Modelling:
Resources For Learning Data Science
Case Study: Intel ® Openvino™ Toolkit for Advanced InduStry 4.0 Applications
Openvino™ Toolkit Contains:
Conclusion
4. Internet of Things, Industry 4.0 and Factories of Tomorrow
Introduction:
Structure:
Objective:
What is Iot?
Data Management in a Typical Enterprise and the Threat of Single Point of Failure:
Conclusion
5. Robots
Introduction:
Structure:
Objective:
Important Skills of A Robot:
Advantages and Disadvantages of Robots
Laws Of Robotics:
Systems in a Robot:
Components of a Robot
Planning the Project:
Procuring the Components and Assemblies:
Robot Microcontrollers
Robot Sensors
Robot Servos
Robot Arms and Legs:
Ros (Robot Operating System