Docker container running a flask web server for image classification using Scikit-Learn

I just returned from one of Microsoft’s Open Hack events in Toronto, where we coded alongside engineers from several other companies across the region. Link to the GitHub repository One of the challenges required that we’d be able to deploy a trained model to Azure, which would expose an HTTP endpoint. From there, we’d be…

Getting started with Docker & Kubernetes

This past week I had to work on a project with a customer around Docker and AKS (Azure Container Service).As part of the project, I needed to use the Docker-in-Docker image, but also needed to install the Azure CLI, so I created an image for it here: davevoyles/dind-azurecli Recommended Reading I’d highly recommend Nigel Poulton’s books,…

Facebook and Microsoft introduce new open ecosystem for interchangeable AI frameworks

Facebook and Microsoft are today introducing Open Neural Network Exchange (ONNX) format, a standard for representing deep learning models that enables models to be transferred between frameworks. ONNX is the first step toward an open ecosystem where AI developers can easily move between state-of-the-art tools and choose the combination that is best for them. ———————–…

Microsoft & Gimlet team up for new podcast

The future isn’t random. It’s the result of the choices that we make now. We’ll be talking about technologies and industries that will define the next decade and beyond. Join host Cristina Quinn, a science and technology reporter, as she dives into everything from Minecraft to cyber warfare. You can wait for the future to…