AI in Practice

Hennie Huijgens is an independent AI specialist who researches the impact of artificial intelligence on industry. He is a lecturer and researcher at Hogeschool Utrecht and developed the online learning program AI in Practice. He previously wrote the book Agile works. In 2018, he earned his PhD at TU Delft on the subject of Evidence-Based Software Portfolio Management.

Get ready for AI in your organization

Artificial intelligence (AI) is popular and becoming more important to organizations every day. AI is complex, but we can’t leave its implementation to programmers alone. Organizations and their leaders need to think about how AI can help improve their business processes.

AI in Practice explains how to create your own plan for AI in your organization in three practical steps. First, you explore AI’s ethical aspects, opportunities and risks. Next, you develop a concrete implementation plan. Finally, you set priorities and make sure the AI plans are embedded in your organization’s existing systems.

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    ‘Een praktisch stappenplan, waarmee je direct aan de slag kan binnen je eigen organisatie. Vlot geschreven en vol met aansprekende voorbeelden — een aanrader!’

    Arie van Deursen - hoogleraar informatica, TU Delft en wetenschappelijk directeur van het AI for FinTech Lab.

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    ‘Als geen ander weet Hennie Huijgens wat het is om de vertaalslag te maken van uitdaging naar innovatie, en van daar naar realistische toepassingen die waarde genereren.’

    Maarten de Rijke - universiteitshoogleraar AI en Information Retrieval, Universiteit van Amsterdam, en wetenschappelijk directeur Innovation Center for Artificial Intelligence (ICAI).

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    ‘AI mag geen speeltje voor alleen grote bedrijven worden’. 

    Lees het interview met Hennie Huijgens in het online magazine van Managementboek.nl.

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Lesson series with case studies

Are you a teacher who wants to explore AI applications with your students? How do you decide whether an application adds a lot or a little value to an organization? What about ethical questions? And just how feasible and realistic is a promising idea for an AI system?

I’ve developed a lesson series you can use right away with your class. It includes a fun introduction with six current, relatable sample lessons, as well as video lessons on AI research in practice. Interactive, collaborative, hands-on and tested in practice.

AI in my organization? But how...

Would you like to identify which AI applications could be useful in your own organization? Then join your colleagues for an Ideation Workshop, where—as described in AI in Practice—you’ll create a backlog of epics for AI applications. In a two-hour workshop, you’ll put together an initial overview, giving you and your organization’s decision-makers an immediate insight into how AI can add value to your organization. It’s fascinating and fun for large private and public organizations, but especially for medium-sized and small organizations, too.

Read some handy tips for organizing a workshop like this, as well as useful tools you can download for free.

AI podcast Snoek op Zolder

Want to know what’s happening in AI research? Listen to the AI podcast Snoek op Zolder from ICAI and NL-AIC, where I speak with an AI researcher every two weeks.