IBM engineer to speak on AI during MRF Operations Forum Webinar

The 2021 MRF Operations Forum Webinar Series kicks off Monday, Oct. 18 with a session designed to break down the myths of artificial intelligence (AI) to MRF operators. Laura Chiticariu, chief architect of Watson Core Language and engineer at IBM, will present during the kickoff session “Understanding AI.”

At Armonk, New York-based IBM, Chiticariu leads the strategy for development of AI technologies for processing natural language. She believes in "transparent machine learning,” which entails leveraging machine learning techniques, while ensuring that the system remains transparent, easy to comprehend, debug and enhance.

Previously, Chiticariu was a researcher in the Scalable Natural Language Processing (NLP) group in IBM Research, where she built and led the transfer of NLP technologies to multiple IBM products and completed multiple customer engagements with Fortune 100 and multinational organizations.

She has been teaching NLP in universities within and outside of the U.S. and developed two online courses in the process. She also holds a Ph.D. in computer science from University of California, Santa Cruz, and a B.S. in computer engineering with a major in automation and industrial informatics from Politehnica University of Bucharest in Romania. In her spare time, she enjoys introducing kids to computer programming.

During the session, Chiticariu will break down what AI is and how machines learn from it.

Understanding AI airs Oct. 18 at noon EDT. The 2021 MRF Operations Forum Webinar Series takes place Oct. 18-19. Registration for the webinar series is free, and attendees will gain access to both days of the series along with all four days of programming for the 2021 Paper & Plastics Recycling Conference Webinar Series that takes place Oct. 20-21 and Oct. 26-27.

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