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    Preferred Networks is a Japanese AI startup founded in 2014 that focuses on distributed deep learning. It has 40 employees and investors including NTT, Fanuc, and Toyota. Preferred Networks uses deep learning for applications in transportation, manufacturing, and healthcare. Examples include autonomous vehicles trained with deep reinforcement learning and industrial robots that use deep learning for bulk bin picking. The company also develops the open source deep learning framework Chainer and is working on a system called Deep Intelligence in-Motion that runs deep learning at the edge of networks and in fog computing environments.

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    Preferred Networks is a Japanese AI startup founded in 2014 that focuses on distributed deep learning. It has 40 employees and investors including NTT, Fanuc, and Toyota. Preferred Networks uses deep learning for applications in transportation, manufacturing, and healthcare. Examples include autonomous vehicles trained with deep reinforcement learning and industrial robots that use deep learning for bulk bin picking. The company also develops the open source deep learning framework Chainer and is working on a system called Deep Intelligence in-Motion that runs deep learning at the edge of networks and in fog computing environments.

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    講演資料3 Preferred-Networks 20161004

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    Preferred Networks is a Japanese AI startup founded in 2014 that focuses on distributed deep learning. It has 40 employees and investors including NTT, Fanuc, and Toyota. Preferred Networks uses deep learning for applications in transportation, manufacturing, and healthcare. Examples include autonomous vehicles trained with deep reinforcement learning and industrial robots that use deep learning for bulk bin picking. The company also develops the open source deep learning framework Chainer and is working on a system called Deep Intelligence in-Motion that runs deep learning at the edge of networks and in fog computing environments.

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    Preferred Networks, Inc.

    October 4, 2016
    Toru Nishikawa
    Preferred Networks, Inc. (PFN) at a glance
     Founded: March 2014 (Spin-off from Preferred Infrastructure)
     Located: Tokyo, Japan
    San Mateo CA. US (PFN America)
     Number of Employees: 40 Engineers & Researchers (and Hiring)
     Investors: NTT (2014), Fanuc (2015), Toyota (2015)
     Our focus: Distributed Deep Learning applied to transportation, manufacturing,
    and healthcare industries

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    Deep Learning Application (1): Autonomous Vehicle

    Presented at the Toyota booth


    in the main venue of CES 2016

    • Silver cars are autonomous,


    trained by deep reinforcement
    learning
    • The red car is driven manually

    Moive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7A9UwxvgcV0
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    Deep Learning Applications (2): Intelligent industrial robots

    Bulk bin-picking: 8 hours of self- At Amazon picking challenge 2016 PFN


    training achieves 90% success rate, won the 2nd prize in the picking task
    comparable to the best human trainer

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydh_AdWZflA
    https://twitter.com/hillbig/status/74960549436
    9742848

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    Chainer (http://chainer.org/):
    Open source framework for deep neural networks

     Its unique on-the-fly network construction enables building various types of


    NN’s, including CNN (convolutional NN), RNN (recurrent NN), and
    autoencoders in a single framework
     Runs on latest GPU’s to attain highest performance in training and
    inferencing
     Worldwide developer community is expanding
     Used as the core of all PFN’s applications
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    : Deep Intelligence in-Motion

    Control Deep Learning


    Cloud running at the edge of the
    Portal network from the Cloud!

    Collaboration through layers


    Integrate Deep Learning to
    Fog Fog/IIoT platforms such as
    Agent FANUC FIELD system

    Sophisticated DL packages:
    • Computer vision
    Edge • Anomaly detection
    Agent • Energy demand prediction
    • Reinforcement learning
    • More coming soon
    Deep Learning at the edge of the network and in the fog
    • Low latency data processing/information extraction
    • Autonomous smart collaboration between edge devices
    • Filter data at the edge/fog to reduce bandwidth usage
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