The ACID revolution - Vijay Narayanan (Microsoft)

Vijay Narayanan explains how rapid advances in algorithms, the cloud, the Internet of Things, and data are driving unimaginable breakthroughs in every human endeavor, across agriculture, healthcare, education, travel, smart nations, and more.

Examples include:

- Innovations in connected farming to predict the optimal time for sowing crops
- Innovations in eyecare to predict the success rate of surgical treatments for various eye conditions
- Innovations in education that recommend early interventions to students at risk of dropping out
- Innovations in machine perception that can enable the visually impaired to perceive their environment

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