Attensity linguist and product strategist Katherine Matsumoto to present at SVForum's Emerging Tech SIG

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

Description:
Emerging Technology: Emerging Tech SIG: Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Machine Learning Let Brands Filter the Customer Conversations Flood

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Dec 12, 2013 | 06:30PM - 09:00PM

Nixon Peabody LLP One Embarcadero Center, 18th Floor, San Francisco, CA

The Emerging Technology SIG meets the 2nd Thursday of each month. The SIG either zooms in on a specific new technology and its applications, or we step back and look at trends and opportunities across a market or industry.

Emerging Technology SIGs are free for SVForum members, and non-members who register in advance.

Presenter:

Katherine Matsumoto of Attensity

Title: Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Machine Learning Let Brands Filter the Customer Conversations Flood

Abstract:

Consumers, who are spurning feedback via forms and instead going public with their likes (and dislikes!) via tweets, are driving corporations to rethink Customer Service, PR, IT, Marketing, Market Research, Social Media, and Competitive Intelligence.

With customer conversations multiplying exponentially and new social networks emerging as influential feedback channels, corporations need tactics that let them put their ears to the rail of customer sentiment – in real time. Attensity is applying multi-channel customer analytics that include filtering the firehose that's the social web to uncover emerging trends and issues as seen through the eyes of consumers

Attensity linguist and product strategist Katherine Matsumoto will discuss:

· How identifying relevance is the larger problem – and how Attensity has succeeded in annotating and classifying the entire social web for themes, trends, sentiment, and relevance in real time.

· Why the need for these tools has grown into a billion dollar industry over the past 5 years - Forrester forecasts US marketers alone will spend $4.8 billion on social marketing tactics in 2013 and marketers throughout the world will add billions more to that figure - and how Attensity's NLP technology addresses the emerging challenges that corporations experience in implementing real time customer analytics and engagement.

· What directed Attensity and others in the market to use unstructured data from social and traditional channels to organize and classify tens of thousands of types of conversations into corporate intelligence that answers tough questions like:

• How do I address market need?
• Who are my potential customers?
• Where can they be found?
• What competition is out there and how distinct is my product from theirs?

Katherine Matsumoto brings passion for (and a soon-to-be-granted PhD in) linguistics to product strategy at Attensity, where she's a thought leader on the Product Innovation Team that's crafting Attensity's roadmap, as well as bringing her rich linguistic background to enterprise knowledge engineering and technical presales support. Leveraging Attensity's mission to unlock insight from massive volumes of social media data, Katherine works with clients like Whirlpool, eBay, Yahoo, PayPal and Nike to transform emerging trends and technology into business opportunities that exceed their expectations.

Previously, Ms. Matsumoto worked at the Center for American Indian Languages. She will receive her PhD in Linguistics from the University of Utah this Spring.

As background, Attensity is an enterprise software and services company that helps brands effectively find relevant, deep insights hidden in the vast amounts of customer data in feedback channels so they are aware and can act upon what the customer thinks about their products, services, competition and brand. Using a patented natural language processing engine, Attensity reads and annotates millions of conversations over web, social media and traditional sources like e-mail, surveys, chat and CRM notes.

Agenda:

6:30 – 7:00 p.m. Registration / Networking / Refreshments / Pizza

7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Presentation

About Attensity™

Attensity is an enterprise software and services company specializing in customer experience management and customer intelligence. Using semantic intelligence and other technologies, Attensity "reads" millions of real-time conversations with web, social media, emails, surveys and other internal sources, providing deep insights into a company's market and customers, and powering more effective customer engagement processes. Combining the strength of four development offices with its headquarters in Palo Alto, California, Attensity is empowering companies such as Cisco, JetBlue, Yahoo!, eBay, Verizon and Whirlpool to connect with their customers and understand their market space. Visit www.attensity.com and follow the company at blog.attensity.com, on twitter @Attensity, and on facebook.com/Attensity.

©2013 Attensity Group. Attensity is a trademark of Attensity Group in the United States and/or other countries. Other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Information is subject to change without notice. All rights reserved.

About SVForum

SVForum has been the hub of the Silicon Valley software community since the Software Entrepreneurs Forum (SEF) was founded in 1983. Started as a volunteer group of software entrepreneurs and developers who wanted to help each other and advance the software industry, the organization has now grown to more than 1000 members, meeting regularly for monthly dinners and special interest groups. SVForum fosters innovation, entrepreneurship and leadership within the San Francisco/Silicon Valley ecosystem of individuals and businesses participating in emerging technologies.  With the support of an outstanding team of knowledgeable, passionate volunteers, and an experienced, committed Board, SVForum connects with over 20,000 of the world's most productive developers and entrepreneurs annually.  To learn more, visit www.svforum.org.

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