[Kevin Praet (Adm)]

Hello Safety Analytics Community Members,

I hope all is well! We are just under one week away from our December (2022) Safety Analytics Community Conversation and want to get you excited about the session taking place. On Tuesday, December 13th at 2:00 PM CT, we’ll be joined by Carter White, Quantitative Analyst and Sam Dean, Data Scientist at TVA who will be leading a discussion around, “AI and Machine Learning with Robots for Innovations in Safety.” As this discussion will be interactive, we encourage you to come prepared with questions and your insight.

Learn more about this session and our speakers below!

Session Description:

TVA’s Enterprise Analytics team has been exploring the combination of AI and Machine learning with Robots for innovation. Spot, a robot produced by Boston Dynamics, was recently tested to automate data acquisition tasks. The team applied edge analytics, computer vision, and machine learning to allow Spot to collect data in various potentially hazardous environments without the need for an operator. The goal is to generate insights from various SPOT sensor data (camera images, LiDAR, thermal, acoustic, etc.) and allow engineers and field operators to perform asset and equipment inspections remotely from their computers, helping to keep them safe through reduced time physically spent in hazardous and/or high radiation areas . This session will include an overview of the technology used and how AI and Machine Learning are developed to apply intelligence to the data acquired. We’ll also discuss how these technologies can be applied to various use cases to reduce costs and drive employee safety.

Speaker: Carter White, Quantitative Analyst (TVA)

Carter White is a Quantitative Analyst working on the Enterprise Analytics team. During his time at TVA, he has worked to turn data into insights using machine learning and data analytics techniques. His projects have included item-recommender systems, computer vision and edge analytics applications, and robotics solutions. 

Speaker: Sam Dean, Data Scientist (TVA)

Sam Dean has been a data scientist with TVA’s Enterprise Analytics teams for just over 3 years working on projects primarily focused on the nuclear organization. Projects include intelligent text search applications, advanced statistics for equipment failure analysis and predictive maintenance, and most recently mapping and advanced image analytics with Spot the robot.
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A calendar placeholder for this community conversation was sent out via my alternate email address (kpraet@sg.utilityanalytics.com). I’ve noticed these invites can sometimes be flagged as spam, so please check your junk folders if you’re not seeing right away. For your convenience I have also attached the placeholder to this message as an easy download. If you are not seeing a placeholder on your calendar for Tuesday, December 13 at 2:00 PM CT, or are having trouble downloading the placeholder from this message, please reach back out to me so I can be sure you are forwarded the invite an alternate way.

Thanks and I look forward to connecting next week!

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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Original Message:
Sent: 12-02-2022 12:19
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Upcoming December (2022) Community Conversation

Hello Safety Analytics Community Members,

I hope all is well! With December just kicking off, I wanted to reach out and get you excited for our December (2022) Safety Analytics Community Conversation. On Tuesday, December 13 at 2:00 PM CT we’ll be joined by Carter White, Quantitative Analyst and Sam Dean, Data Scientist at TVA who will be leading a discussion around, “AI and Machine Learning with Robots for Innovation in Safety.” I’ll be providing more information on this session, including our Microsoft Teams credentials, one week prior to our meeting but you can always learn more about each of our upcoming Community Conversations on our Events Page HERE.

If you have any questions in the meantime please reach out to me at kpraet@utilityanalytics.com.

 

Thanks

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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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[Michael Keesey]

Kevin,

 

Thanks for organizing all of these meetings.

 

It would be helpful if the topic and description of the meeting would appear in the meeting notice itself.

 

The meeting notice in my calendar for Dec 13 contains no information about the topic of the meeting, I have to search back through my emails to find what the topic is.

 

Thanks for considering.

 

–Mike Keesey at AEP

 

 

 

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Original Message:
Sent: 12/2/2022 12:19:00 PM
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Upcoming December (2022) Community Conversation

Hello Safety Analytics Community Members,

I hope all is well! With December just kicking off, I wanted to reach out and get you excited for our December (2022) Safety Analytics Community Conversation. On Tuesday, December 13 at 2:00 PM CT we’ll be joined by Carter White, Quantitative Analyst and Sam Dean, Data Scientist at TVA who will be leading a discussion around, “AI and Machine Learning with Robots for Innovation in Safety.” I’ll be providing more information on this session, including our Microsoft Teams credentials, one week prior to our meeting but you can always learn more about each of our upcoming Community Conversations on our Events Page HERE.

If you have any questions in the meantime please reach out to me at kpraet@utilityanalytics.com.

 

Thanks

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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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[Kevin Praet (Adm)]

Hey @Michael,

Thanks for reaching out and I appreciate the suggestion! I think this is a great idea and actually just updated next week’s meeting placeholder with our session info. 

Typically we send three reminder messages for each community conversation (first of each month, one week prior, and one day prior). Due to some email issues on my end, I missed the one week reminder yesterday but will be sending a message to the group this afternoon. Be on the lookout and let me know if you have any questions in the meantime.

Thanks again!

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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Original Message:
Sent: 12-07-2022 09:21
From: Michael Keesey
Subject: Upcoming December (2022) Community Conversation

Kevin,

 

Thanks for organizing all of these meetings.

 

It would be helpful if the topic and description of the meeting would appear in the meeting notice itself.

 

The meeting notice in my calendar for Dec 13 contains no information about the topic of the meeting, I have to search back through my emails to find what the topic is.

 

Thanks for considering.

 

–Mike Keesey at AEP

 

 

 

Original Message:
Sent: 12/2/2022 12:19:00 PM
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Upcoming December (2022) Community Conversation

Hello Safety Analytics Community Members,

I hope all is well! With December just kicking off, I wanted to reach out and get you excited for our December (2022) Safety Analytics Community Conversation. On Tuesday, December 13 at 2:00 PM CT we’ll be joined by Carter White, Quantitative Analyst and Sam Dean, Data Scientist at TVA who will be leading a discussion around, “AI and Machine Learning with Robots for Innovation in Safety.” I’ll be providing more information on this session, including our Microsoft Teams credentials, one week prior to our meeting but you can always learn more about each of our upcoming Community Conversations on our Events Page HERE.

If you have any questions in the meantime please reach out to me at kpraet@utilityanalytics.com.

 

Thanks

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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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