Harnessing the Power of Enterprise Knowledge Graphs for AI and Analytics
This episode features Siemens Digital Industry Software veterans John Nixon and Bill Hahn, along with Ben Szekely from the new Altair family (now part of Siemens). They discuss how Altair’s RapidMiner platform fits into Siemens’ portfolio and the broader AI and data ecosystem.
Key points:
- RapidMiner provides a low-code platform for machine learning and data analytics, helping a wide range of users deploy AI models quickly.
- RapidMiner also includes enterprise knowledge graph capabilities, which allow companies to integrate and contextualize diverse data sources without having to move all the data into a centralized platform.
- The knowledge graph creates a virtual “blanket” over a company’s existing data systems, automatically mapping relationships between data points from different sources (e.g. linking maintenance records to asset performance data).
- This contextualized data provides a stronger foundation for AI models, which tend to perform better with rich, interconnected data versus just accessing a data lake.
- RapidMiner enables faster time-to-value compared to traditional approaches of manually integrating data or building a monolithic data warehouse.
- A key use case is in maintenance and operations, where RapidMiner can quickly pull together all relevant data about an asset (from manuals to sensor data) to empower field technicians and engineers.
Overall, the discussion highlights how RapidMiner’s capabilities around data integration, knowledge graphs, and low-code AI can help Siemens customers accelerate their digital transformation and get more value from their existing data and systems.
John Nixon
John has worked in energy and utilities for 29+ years, creating multiple energy and technology start-ups leading business development in China, Romania, Panama and the USA. John has also led large greenfield and brownfield projects with oil and mining supermajors in Canada and China, and spearheaded pipeline asset integrity programs in USA and Mexico.
Ben Szekely
Ben is an experienced leader in enterprise product development and positioning, enterprise sales and client delivery in the modern data management software space. He runs the go to market for data and AI at Altair (now part of Siemens).
Bill Hahn
Bill is the director of solutions consulting at Siemens Digital Industries Software, covering several of our industries, including energy, chemicals, infrastructure, consumer product goods, as well as life sciences. He leverages extensive industry experience in digital strategy development, systems engineering, and business process optimization to drive efficiency and growth. Bil’s expertise includes end-to-end software development and implementation, aligning technology solutions with business objectives, and implementing risk management frameworks to ensure compliance and operational resilience.
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