Alexa transformed the smart home market segment and is now transforming how we interact with applications and technology at work. In this session, learn about how Alexa is an example of Conversational AI in Education.

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Sohan Maheshwar, Alexa Evangelist
Alexa in Education
Why Voice is the Next Major Disruption in Computing

3. 4.54 billion years

4. 200,000 years

5. 100,000 years

6. 70s 80s 90s 00s Present
Graphical User
Interface (GUI)
Character Mode
Voice User Interface (VUI)
Mobile
Web

7. VO ICE REPRESENT S T H E
NEXT M AJO R DISRUPT IO N IN CO M PUT ING

10. Alexa Everywhere
AT HOME ON THE GO AT WORK

11. Gartner Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2018
“
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Conversational platforms
will drive the next big
paradigm shift in how
humans interact
with the digital world.

12. A L E X A I N E D U C A T I O N

13. For Students
• Machine Learning
• Natural Language Understanding (NLU)
• SSML
• AWS Lambda
• Conversational UI
• Voice Design

14. • Alexa Student Influencers
• Alexa Labs
• Campus Workshops

15. For Professors
• Enable your students to dream big
• Alexa as a teaching tool
• Using Alexa in the classroom

16. Source: https://blog.aboutamazon.in/devices/alexa-goes-to-school

17. Ed-Tech Professionals
• Your products improve education
• Alexa as a teaching tool
• Alexa in the campus
• Future-proof your offerings by enabling them for
voice with Alexa

18. Popular Skills in Education right now
• Byjus
• Career Launcher Word of the Day
• Playablo
• Meritnation
• 1-2-3 Math

19. Alexa Fellowship
• The Alexa Fellowship inspires and enables the next
generation of curious minds to invent the next big thing
in conversational AI
• The Graduate Fellowship
• The Innovation Fellowship

20. Alexa Graduate Fellowship
• Currently has 18 universities across the world
• IIIT-H is the First Indian University to join this list

23. G I V E Y O U R V I S I O N A V O I C E

24. “There’s no future that
doesn’t have ambient
computing or voice
activation”
Mark Cuban, Entrepreneur

25. Thank you!
Sohan Maheshwar | sohanm@amazon.com