Machine Learning as an API: easy ways to add intelligence to your web app by Sara Robinson

2,752 views · Published 17 May 2017 · 44:57 · Indexed 22 October 2026

Channel: Devoxx · 2017 · Science & Technology

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Machine Learning has a lot of potential to make our apps smarter but all the theory and mathematics behind it is really hard! Thankfully, we can rely on trained models and public APIs to do some of the heavy lifting. In this session, we will take a look at some of these friendly Machine Learning APIs for image classification, speech recognition, text entity analysis to see how we can make our web apps smarter.

Sara Robinson is a Developer Advocate on Google's Cloud Platform team, where she helps with developer relations through online content, outreach and events. She has a bachelor’s degree in Business and International Studies from Brandeis University. When she's not programming, she can be found running, listening to country music, or finding the best ice cream in San Francisco.

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