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Nuance Nuance Canada Canada paves paves the the road road to to the the autonomous autonomous car car
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f you drive a vehicle made by f youmajor driveautomaker a vehicle made any in theby any major automaker in the world, its voice recognition world, its voice recognition and artificial intelligence (AI) and artificial intelligence (AI) technology likely comes from Nuance technology likely comes from Communications Canada Inc.Nuance Communications Canada Inc. Nuance’s technology is integrated Nuance’s technology is integrated into more than 200 million cars on intoroad moretoday, than enabling 200 million cars to on the drivers the road today, enabling drivers to interact safely with conversational interact safely with conversational human machine interfaces in more human machine interfaces in more than 40 languages, from English than 40 languages, from English to Urdu. to “We’re Urdu. aligning innovation and “We’re aligning innovation and science with real-life customers,” science with real-life customers,” says Dave Ardman, Vice President of says Dave Ardman, Vice Mobile Speech R&D, in President Montreal.of Mobile Speech R&D, in Montreal. It’s a privilege and a real thrill to It’s a privilege and a real to know that something youthrill created know that something you created will be used by people all over will be used by people all over the world. the world.
Jonathan Greenspan Principal Researcher Jonathan Greenspan Principal Researcher
As the global organization’s largest As the global organization’s largest R&D location, Nuance’s facility in R&D location, Nuance’s facility in Montreal provides AI solutions for Montreal provides AI solutions for healthcare, automotive and enterhealthcare, automotive and enterprise applications. prise applications. In the automotive sector, Nuance In the automotive continues to push thesector, limitsNuance of AI continues to push the limits of AI to deliver increasingly sophisticated to deliver increasingly sophisticated human-machine interfaces to the human-machine interfaces to the
NUANCE IS DELIVERING THE INTELLIGENCE FOR THE CAR OF THE FUTURE NUANCE IS DELIVERING THE INTELLIGENCE FOR THE CAR OF THE FUTURE
world’s major automotive companies. world’s major automotive companies. “There are no roads where we’re “There are no roads where we’re going,” says Paulo Radtke, Senior going,” says Paulo Radtke, Senior Manager, Application Research. Manager, Research. “We have Application to pave the road our“We have to pave the road ourselves. We’re constantly moving selves. We’re constantly moving forward, which is great for researchforward, which is great for researchers and developers.” ersNew andvehicles developers.” already incorporate New vehiclescameras alreadyand incorporate microphones, real-time microphones, cameras and real-time sensors; autonomous driving will exsensors; autonomous driving will expand these human-machine interfaces pand these human-machine interfaces even further. As this occurs, Nuance even further.will As provide this occurs, Nuance technology a seamless technology will provide a seamless and intelligent conversational interand intelligent interface that enablesconversational a safer, smarter infaceexperience that enables a safer, smarter incar while keeping drivers car experience while keeping drivers connected to the outside world. connected to the outside world.
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As principal researcher on NuAs principal researcher Underon Nuance’s Natural Language ance’s Natural Language Understanding and AI team, Jonathan standing and AI team, Jonathan Greenspan “looks for the best way Greenspan “looks for the best way to apply the latest machine learning to apply the latest machine learning and AI technologies to our automoand AI technologies to our automotive assistant products.” tive assistant products.” These technologies advance rapidtechnologies rapidly,These challenging Nuanceadvance every day to ly, challenging Nuance every day to stay ahead of the curve. stay ahead of the curve. “In my research group,” says “In my research group,” says a Greenspan, “a volunteer learns Greenspan, “a volunteer learns a by new machine learning technique new machine learning technique reading the latest research papers by and reading the latest research papersway. and trying things out in a hands-on trying things out in a hands-on way. He or she then presents to the group, Hewe or can she all then presents so learn abouttoa the fieldgroup, so we evolving can all learn about field that’s faster thanathe time it that’s evolving faster than the time it
takes to organize something formal.” takes to such organize something formal.” With a dynamic environWith such a dynamic environment, Nuance attracts outstanding ment, Nuance attracts outstanding university graduates primarily from university graduates primarily engineering, computer science from and engineering, computerArdman scienceand and linguistics programs. linguistics programs. Ardman and Greenspan graduated from McGill Greenspan from McGill University, graduated while Radtke attended University, while Radtke attended École de technologie supérieure École technologie supérieure (ÉTS),deboth a short walk from Nu(ÉTS), both a short walk fromaims Nuance. This year, the company ance. This year, the company aims to attract 150 interns along with to attract many new150 gradinterns hires. along with many new grad “The benefits hires. are great, but it’s are great, but it’s the“The workbenefits that keeps you coming the work that keeps you coming back every day,” says Greenspan. back “I getevery to doday,” mathsays andGreenspan. artificial in“I get to do math and artificial intelligence development for a living. telligence development for a living. It’s a privilege and a real thrill to It’s a privilege and a real to know that something youthrill created know that something you created will be used by people all over will be used by people all over the world.” the world.”
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