About the Webinar

Achieving autonomy - the ability and authority to act on one’s own volition - is generally a sign of maturity in humans. In machines, it means that some aspect(s) of control or decision-making has been ceded by humans. As we get comfortable with delegating routine domestic tasks to home robots and prepare for a world with self-driving cars and beyond, it is important to understand the opportunities and limits for autonomous systems. Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics was a good start for programming behavioral constraints, but the world of tomorrow will need more.

In this webinar participants will learn about the current state of autonomous systems development, and design constraints for the independent and collaborating autonomous solutions of the future.

About the Speaker

Adrian Bowles

Founder, STORM Insights, Inc.

Adrian is an industry analyst and recovering academic, providing research and advisory services for buyers, sellers, and investors in emerging technology markets. His coverage areas include cognitive computing, big data / analytics, the Internet of things, and cloud computing. Adrian co-authored Cognitive Computing and Big Data Analytics (Wiley, 2015) and is currently writing a book on the business and societal impact of these emerging technologies. He has held executive positions at several consulting and analyst firms. Adrian also held academic appointments in computer science at Drexel University and SUNY-Bingamton, and adjunct faculty positions in the business schools at NYU and Boston College. He began his career with research and application development roles at IBM and GTE Laboratories. Adrian earned his BA in Psychology and MS in Computer Science from SUNY-Binghamton, and his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Northwestern University.