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As the Managing Director of Metason and the lead architect behind Hong Kong's city-scale dynamic digital twin, I'm excited to share an exclusive inside look at this innovative initiative. On June 1st, 2024, I'll be the guest speaker at a special feature talk hosted by the Hong Kong Geospatial Lab, titled "Unveiling the Secrets Behind Building a City-scale Dynamic Digital Twin of Hong Kong." During this session, I'll be diving deep into the technical details and key learnings from this ambitious project: - How we efficiently managed the massive amounts of geospatial data required to build out a true city-scale digital twin in OpenUSD - The design principles and architectural choices that make this platform truly dynamic and practical for real-world applications - Insights into our streamlined application development process, allowing us to build robust, AI-powered tools in a matter of weeks - Strategies for enhancing the functionality and interactivity of the digital twin, like integrating live traffic data from the Transport Department https://lnkd.in/dFyUJ_dT https://lnkd.in/dwdDKT-v #DigitalTwin #SmartCity #GIS #SpatialData #TechInnovation

New open-source model, FalconMamba 7B, from Technology Innovation Institute with the Mamba architecture just dropped! Just a reminder that you still have lots of exciting research and innovation happening at the model architecture level. State Space Language Models can handle longer sequences of text more efficiently, require less memory to operate, and maintain consistent performance regardless of input size. Read the article on Maginative - https://lnkd.in/eVvXsWKQ

Real-time insights from the cosmos—not so out of this world. 🌌   Our Tata Consultancy Services - Researchers crafted a visionary “space-sensing-as-a-service” architecture, breaking free from the confines of dated information. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3utszhk #Research #Space #SpaceSensing #Data

Real-time insights from the cosmos—not so out of this world. 🌌   Our Tata Consultancy Services - Researchers crafted a visionary “space-sensing-as-a-service” architecture, breaking free from the confines of dated information. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/ehwBPgzv #Research #Space #SpaceSensing #Data

🏆 We have been nominated for Polish Smart Development Award!   💡Join an inspiring group of smart development leaders in the category Innovative Company. We have always believed that data, knowledge, and algorithms are the keys to creating sustainable buildings and healthy communities. Keep you fingers crossed 20th of June :) #aec #award #building #architecture #city #data #algorithms

#Deepfakes and #misinformation are a big challenge. #AI-powered detection + #Web3's decentralized architecture builds digital watermarks, community fact-checking, education & awareness to combat this problem.

The Future is Now! In Conversation with Sean Harry and Dan Hinch - The Intersection of Digital Practice and Landscape Architecture. Sean C. Harry, Managing Principal, Digital Design, and Dan Hinch, Managing Principal, Planning + Landscape, discuss the fascinating intersection of digital practice and landscape architecture. They offer insights into how cutting-edge technologies are reshaping our projects, our company, and the future of our planet, highlighting initiatives aimed at regeneration and preserving biodiversity by utilizing data and technology. The conversation pivots around the role of new technologies and artificial intelligence (AI) in design, navigating excitement and uncertainty, the importance of retaining the human touch, and exploring modern technology's potential to revolutionize workflows, enhance creativity, and streamline project delivery. Watch the full conversation here - https://lnkd.in/ewzDSc-g #LandscapeArchitecture #LandscapeDesign #DigitalPractice #DigitalDesign #DesignTechnology #SustainableFuture #AIinDesign 

Very interesting research article:   "Pushing Mixture of Experts (MoE) to the Limit: Extremely Parameter Efficient MoE for Instruction Tuning"   This research article underscores the versatility of the mixture of experts architecture, howcasing its ability to deliver robust performance even when subjected to rigorous parameter constraints. The code used in all experiments is publicly available here:    https://lnkd.in/e37bSkN9  #analytics #Innovation #inteligenciaartificial #MachineLearning #businessintelligence

The Future is Now! In Conversation with Sean Harry and Dan Hinch - The Intersection of Digital Practice and Landscape Architecture. Sean C. Harry, Managing Principal, Digital Design, and Dan Hinch, Managing Principal, Planning + Landscape, discuss the fascinating intersection of digital practice and landscape architecture. They offer insights into how cutting-edge technologies are reshaping our projects, our company, and the future of our planet, highlighting initiatives aimed at regeneration and preserving biodiversity by utilizing data and technology. The conversation pivots around the role of new technologies and artificial intelligence (AI) in design, navigating excitement and uncertainty, the importance of retaining the human touch, and exploring modern technology's potential to revolutionize workflows, enhance creativity, and streamline project delivery. Watch the full conversation here - https://lnkd.in/ewzDSc-g #LandscapeArchitecture #LandscapeDesign #DigitalPractice #DigitalDesign #DesignTechnology #SustainableFuture #AIinDesign 

Rod Higgins, led a thought-provoking Lunch and Learn session on IT Architecture yesterday. Rod delivered key insights, urging us to effectively utilise existing resources, warning against the over-engineering of solutions for hypothetical issues, and emphasising the importance of simplicity over complexity. 💡 #lunchandlearn #teamlearning #itarchitecture