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Operational artificial intelligence
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<h2 id="definitions">Definitions</h2> <p>According to a white paper by software company Tupl Inc, continuous machine learning model training and results extraction in the telecom industry requires a large number of automation utilities in order to "facilitate the development and deployment of a multitude of use cases, the collection and correlation of the data, the creation and training of the models, and the operation at telecom-grade levels of security and availability".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p> <p> Researchers in the <a href="/facts/University_of_Waterloo/NANSHN5Y">University of Waterloo</a>'s Artificial Intelligence Group describe operational AI in terms of the focus on <a href="/facts/Applications_of_artificial_intelligence/tIeFJjMo">applications</a> that bring value to products and company.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> University of Waterloo Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Fakhri Karray describes operational AI as "application of AI for the masses".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> Canada Research Chair and Associate Professor Alexander Wong (professor) describes operational AI as AI for "anyone, anywhere, anytime." </p> <h2 id="related-terms">Related terms</h2> <p><a href="/facts/Industrial_AI/vTCqyXAF">Industrial AI</a> refers to intelligent systems applied for business at any scale and for any use case. </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Applications_of_artificial_intelligence/tIeFJjMo">Applications of artificial intelligence</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Edge_computing/4lqr8N6V">Edge computing</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Industrial_artificial_intelligence/vTCqyXAF">Industrial artificial intelligence</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Continuous_integration/M4RYgSzt">Continuous integration</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Barnett, Gordon. "The insurance industry is a prime target for AI technologies and solutions". ZDNet. Forester Research. Retrieved 28 March 2018. <a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-insurance-industry-is-a-prime-target-for-ai-technologies-and-solutions/" target="_blank">https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-insurance-industry-is-a-prime-target-for-ai-technologies-and-solutions/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Tapia, Pablo; Palacios, Enrique; Noël, Laurent; Hautakangas, Petri. "Implementing Operational AI in Telecom Environments" (PDF). tupl.com. Tupl, inc. Retrieved 12 October 2018. <a href="https://www.tupl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/tupl-white-paper-operational-ai.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.tupl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/tupl-white-paper-operational-ai.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Operational Artificial Intelligence". University of Waterloo. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018. <a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/operational-artificial-intelligence-research/" target="_blank">https://uwaterloo.ca/operational-artificial-intelligence-research/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Han, Meghan. "New Institute for Applied AI Opens in Waterloo". medium.com. Synced Review. Retrieved 9 October 2018. <a href="https://medium.com/syncedreview/new-institute-for-applied-ai-opens-in-waterloo-afc35992cbf8" target="_blank">https://medium.com/syncedreview/new-institute-for-applied-ai-opens-in-waterloo-afc35992cbf8</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Caldwell, Brian (5 December 2011). "AI with a Difference". University of Waterloo. Retrieved 31 August 2017. <a href="https://engineerthefuture.ca/ai-with-a-difference/" target="_blank">https://engineerthefuture.ca/ai-with-a-difference/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>