“Last week, half a dozen teams from the AI Tech Sprint, run by the National Artificial Intelligence Institute (NAII) at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), were selected to present their results as part of a technology ‘demo day’ at the U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce.”
“The ‘demo day’ event was a culmination of a federal initiative known as The Opportunity Project (TOP), a collaboration between government agencies, technology companies and nongovernment organizations to translate open data into user-friendly tools that solve real world problems.”
“The AI Tech Sprint implemented an award-winning AI-able data ecosystem framework to incentivize government-industry links around data to engage industry and leverages the TOP Toolkit.”
“Unique to this year’s ‘demo day’ was the TOP Prize Challenge, which recognized the most promising and effective uses of open data. The Census Bureau, in coordination with the Office of Management and Budget and Federal Chief Information Officer Suzette Kent, announced the winning projects. Two of NAII’s AI Tech Sprint Teams were recognized: CURA Patient and Clinical Trial Selector…”
“Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Chief of Staff Larry Connell served as one of the event’s keynote speakers. He discussed VA’s commitment to innovation and indicated that the Department has one of the world’s largest health data bases. ‘[VA is] drowning in data, but starving for information…’” Read the full article here.
Source: National Artificial Intelligence Institute: AI Tech Sprint Veteran-focused teams recognized in national challenge -By Alan Greilsamer, December 16, 2019. VAntage Point.
