Acknowledgments
This book incorporates perspectives from a diverse group of people to whom we would like to express our deep gratitude.
Our Customers
We have had the privilege to collaborate with some of the leading data-driven companies across various industries as they take the next step in their analytic evolution, and many have allowed us to share their stories here by name or anonymously. As this is a new field, we have all learned together, and we are grateful for that opportunity.
Our Talented Data Scientists
Data scientists with enterprise-tested deep learning credentials are scarce indeed, and we have been fortunate to call a number of them our colleagues. Their contributions to this book were invaluable in properly documenting the challenges and countermeasures enterprises face when taking on an artificial intelligence (AI) initiative. In particular, we’d like to offer a special thanks to Eliano Marques, Sune Askjaer, Chanchal Chatterjee, Peter Mackenzie, David Mueller, Frank Saeuberlich, and Yasmeen Ahmad.
Industry Analysts
We are voracious consumers of the insights provided by analysts covering the intersection of AI and Enterprise Digital Transformation—notably, those of IDC, Gartner, and Forrester. Their research, responses to our inquiries, and participation at our events has helped shape our point of view on AI market trends. Thank you for sharing your insights with us.
Our Community
Much inspiration has been drawn from associating with NVIDIA and our other industry partners as well as organizations that share our passion for moving the AI industry forward, including Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS), Stanford DAWN, O’Reilly AI Conference attendees, and various professional meetups and hackathons in North America, Europe, and Asia. Thank you for your enthusiasm, passion, and dedication to the AI industry.