Kristian Hammond

Kristian Hammond
CTO, Narrative Science

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Kristian Hammond is CTO of Narrative Science, a Chicago start up focused on the generation of narratives from data. He is also a professor of Computer Science and Journalism at Northwestern University and a researcher in the areas of human-machine interaction, context-driven information systems and artificial intelligence. In 1998, Kris founded Northwestern University’s Intelligent Information Laboratory (InfoLab) where his team is creating technology that bridges the gap between people and the information they need. From 2000 to 2001, Dr. Hammond also enjoyed a run as the weekly technology correspondent for WTTW’s Chicago Tomorrow. Kris received his PhD from Yale University.

Sessions

8:30am Wednesday, 02/15/2012
Scaling Content Development Through Automation
Make Broadway South
Moderated by:
Joe Wikert (O'Reilly Media, Inc.)
Panelists:
Robbie Allen (Automated Insights, Inc.), Kristian Hammond (Narrative Science) Moderated by: Joe Wikert
With recent advances in linguistic algorithms and the availability of large structured data sets, it is now possible for software to create long form narratives that rival humans in quality and depth. This session features two speakers who will offer somewhat different perspectives on the opportunity. Read more.
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