Dr. Jacques Ludik
Founder & CEO, Cortex Logic & Cortex Group
Founder & President, ML Institute of Africa
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Smart tech entrepreneur, AI expert, author, speaker, with a Ph.D. in AI and 25+ years' experience in AI & Data Science. He is Founder & CEO of Cortex Group & Cortex Logic, Vive Teens and Journey Wellness; and Founder & President of Machine Intelligence Institute of Africa. One of his previous AI companies, CSense Systems, was Africa's first AI company that was sold to General Electric in 2011. He authored books such as Democratizing AI to Benefit Everyone and Neural Networks & Psychopathology. He was previously VP DS & CDO at Jumo, Director & Big Data & Analytics Leader at General Electric and Senior Lecturer & Researcher at Stellenbosch University. He received Africa’s AI Leader of the Year Award.
Previous awards by SwissCognitive:
Expertise
- Artificial Intelligence
- AI-driven digital transformation across industries
- Smart technology entrepreneurship
- Data Science
- AI-driven scalable platforms
Publications & Blog post of Dr. Jacques Ludik
- AI as Key Exponential Technology in the Smart Technology Era
- AI-driven Digital Transformation of the Business Enterprise
- AI Revolutionizing Personalized Engagement for Consumer Facing Businesses
- AI-powered Process and Equipment Enhancement across the Industrial World
- Ultra-personalized AI-enabled Education, Precision Healthcare, and Wellness
- AI’s Impact on Society, Governments, and the Public Sector
- The Debates, Progress and Likely Future Paths of Artificial Intelligence
- Beneficial Outcomes for Humanity in the Smart Technology Era
- Democratizing AI to Help Shape a Beneficial Human-centric Future
- Audiobook "Democratizing AI to Benefit Everyone" available world-wide
- How we can make sure AI benefits everyone
- Democratizing AI to Benefit Everyone: Book Update, Reviews and Interview
- Democratizing AI to Benefit Everyone
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