PyData Amsterdam goes Rotterdam: Developing Computer Vision Systems for Production
We are thrilled to announce our first PyData Amsterdam edition with Rotterdam flavor on Thursday, Februrary 26, at the Clockworks office in Rotterdam!
Join us for an evening of technical talks, networking, pizza, and drinks as PyData Amsterdam brings its first ever meetup to Rotterdam!
This edition focuses on computer vision engineering at scale - from rethinking how these solutions are designed to deploying production systems worldwide. Whether you’re a machine learning engineer, data scientist, or software developer working with visual data, you’ll walk away with best practices in computer vision systems design.
Agenda
17:45 - 18:25: Walk-in with drinks & pizza
18:25 - 18:30: Clockworks Introduction
18:30 - 19:15: Talk 1 : Stop treating vision as a single prediction problem (and start treating it as a system) by Alexander Kern
19:15 - 19:30: Short break
19:30 - 20:15: Talk 2 - From prototype to a multi‑airport computer vision platform by Raimon Pruim
20:15 - 21:00: Networking + Drinks
Talk 1 : Stop treating vision as a single prediction problem (and start treating it as a system) by Alexander Kern
Talk Summary: Often computer vision solutions are still built using a single prediction model with a bit of post-processing on top. In this talk, Alexander Kern will argue that this approach often leaves performance, robustness and maintainability on the table. He will demonstrate that it is possible to achieve better performance, with less data, by designing these solutions as a pipeline of hierarchical models. He will discuss both the advantages of this approach, as well as practical requirements to make this approach work in production and when a simpler, end-to-end approach is still the right choice.
Bio
Alexander Kern is AI Solutions Expert at Clockworks where he works on numerous computer vision solutions that derive structured insights from raw pixel data. His work exemplifies how AI should be combined with smart engineering to deliver solutions that always and reliably work in production.
Talk 2 : From prototype to a multi‑airport computer vision platform by Raimon Pruim
Talk Summary: Deep Turnaround is a computer vision platform that processes camera footage to optimize aircraft turnaround operations through real‑time event detection and predictive analytics. Born from a hackathon at Schiphol Airport, it has grown into a globally deployed system running at multiple airports worldwide. In this session, we will walk through the product, demonstrate the live system, dive into the end‑to‑end AI model lifecycle, and share the fundamental technical decisions that were made to build a scalable system that delivers business impact on airport operations.
Bio
Raimon Pruim is a Senior Computer Vision Scientist with a PhD in Neuroimaging and a background spanning healthcare, defence/security and aviation. As one of the early members of the Deep Turnaround science team, he now shapes the platform’s data and AI strategy and works closely with airports to scope and implement the solution.
Directions
The venue for this event is the Clockworks office. It is located inside the groothandelsgebouw, right next to Rotterdam Central Station. Please enter via the E-entrance (right next to de Broodhandel), where a Clockworks host will guide you to the meetup space.