IoT, AI, and Blockchain for .NET

Brings together three cutting-edge technologies that developers need to master in order to compete in today's marketplace
Demonstrates how complex capabilities can be provided and consumed as a service in the form of easy-to-use APIs, making them more accessible than ever before
Contains examples in C# that can easily be applied across a wide range of platforms, including web, desktop, and mobile

Autorentext
Nishith Pathak is Vice President at Accenture Technology Labs, a Microsoft Regional Director (RD), and an artificial intelligence Microsoft MVP. He helps Fortune 100 companies design and architect next-generation solutions that incorporate AI, ML, cognitive services, Blockchain, and more. He sits on several technical advisory boards across the globe, and is author of multiple books, most recently Artificial Intelligence for .NET (Apress, 2017). He is an internationally acclaimed speaker on technologies such as AI and Blockchain, and regularly speaks at various technical conferences.

**Anurag Bhandari** is Senior Researcher at Accenture Technology Labs, where he designs next-generation AI, ML, and IoT solutions for clients. He is a member of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), and regularly speaks at research and tech conferences. He also specializes in mobile and web development, and liveson the leading edge of these technologies. He is an ardent open-source evangelist whose love for free software helped him found the Granular Linux project 11 years ago.

Inhalt

1. The Artificial Intelligence 2.0 Revolution.- 2. Understanding the Internet of Things and Azure IoT Suite.- 3. Creating Smart IoT Applications.- 4. Understanding Cognitive APIs.- 5. Consuming Microsoft Cognitive APIs.- 6. Building Smarter Applications Using Cognitive APIs.- 7. Understanding Blockchain.- 8. Implementing Blockchain as a Service.- 9. Capturing, Analyzing, and Visualizing Real-time Data.- 10. Making Predictions with Machine Learning.