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Speakers

Jonathan Mugan

Employers on the program

  1. 2020–2026DeUmbra8 talks
  2. 2019Deep Grammar2 talks

Bluesky: @jonathanmugan.bsky.social

Events8
Conferences2
Talks101 keynote
Years active2019–2026

Appearances by year

201920202021202220232024202520262027
  • Data Day Texas
  • The Texas AI Summit

Talks

DateEventConferenceRoleTitleLinks
Jan 24, 2026Data Day Texas + AI 2026Data Day TexasspeakerLLMs Expand Computer Programs by Adding Judgment
as De Umbra
Even if large language models (LLMs) stopped improving today, they still have yet to make their real impact on computer systems. This is because LLMs expand the…Show less

Even if large language models (LLMs) stopped improving today, they still have yet to make their real impact on computer systems. This is because LLMs expand the capability of programs by adding judgment.

Jan 25, 2025Data Day Texas + AI 2025Data Day TexaskeynoteWhat Superintelligence Will Look Like
as De Umbra
Superintelligence will be able to invent new knowledge and understand new situations. Current generative methods, such as the LLMs in chat models like ChatGPT,…Show less

Superintelligence will be able to invent new knowledge and understand new situations. Current generative methods, such as the LLMs in chat models like ChatGPT, are insufficient for superintelligence because they only interpolate the human knowledge in their training data.

Jan 27, 2024Data Day Texas + AI 2024Data Day TexasspeakerPractical Large Language Models: Using LLMs in Your Business With Python
as De Umbra
LLMs can teach you the theory of general relativity, but let’s talk about something important. We will cover how you can use large language models (LLMs) such…Show less

LLMs can teach you the theory of general relativity, but let’s talk about something important. We will cover how you can use large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT in your business using the Python ecosystem.

Jan 27, 2024Data Day Texas + AI 2024Data Day TexasspeakerSurvey of recent progress in intelligent robotics
as De Umbra

Robots are finally getting smart. This talk will survey this progress from the vantage points of hardware, intelligence, and simulation infrastructure.

Jan 28, 2023Data Day Texas 2023Data Day TexasspeakerHow to build someone we can talk to
as DeUmbra
So many intelligent robots have come and gone, failing to become a commercial success. We’ve lost Aibo, Romo, Jibo, Baxter, Scout, and even Alexa is reducing…Show less

So many intelligent robots have come and gone, failing to become a commercial success. We’ve lost Aibo, Romo, Jibo, Baxter, Scout, and even Alexa is reducing staff.

Jun 13, 2022Data Day Texas 2022Data Day TexasspeakerA Path to Strong AI
as DeUmbra
We need strong artificial intelligence (AI) so it can help us understand the nature of the universe to satiate our curiosity, devise cures for diseases to ease…Show less

We need strong artificial intelligence (AI) so it can help us understand the nature of the universe to satiate our curiosity, devise cures for diseases to ease our suffering, and expand to other star systems to ensure our survival.

Jun 13, 2022Data Day Texas 2022Data Day TexasspeakerRLlib for Deep Hierarchical Multiagent Reinforcement Learning
as DeUmbra
Reinforcement learning (RL) is an effective method for solving problems that require agents to learn the best way to act in complex environments. RLlib is a…Show less

Reinforcement learning (RL) is an effective method for solving problems that require agents to learn the best way to act in complex environments. RLlib is a powerful tool for applying reinforcement learning to problems where there are multiple agents or when agents must take on multiple roles.

Jan 25, 2020Data Day Texas 2020Data Day TexasspeakerMoving Your Machine Learning Models to Production with TensorFlow Extended
as DeUmbra
ML is great fun, but now we want it to solve real problems. To do this, we need a way of keeping track of all of our data and models, and we need to know when…Show less

ML is great fun, but now we want it to solve real problems. To do this, we need a way of keeping track of all of our data and models, and we need to know when our models fail and why.

Jan 26, 2019Data Day Texas 2019Data Day TexasspeakerHow to Progress from NLP to Artificial Intelligence
as Deep Grammar

Why isn’t Siri smarter? Our computers currently have no commonsense understanding of our world.

Jan 25, 2019The Texas AI Summit 2019The Texas AI SummitspeakerPractical Methods for Overcoming the Machine Learning Data Bottleneck
as Deep Grammar

Frequent co-speakers

SpeakerShared eventsShared talksLast together
Jans Aasman6—2026
Juan Sequeda6—2026
Amy Hodler5—2025
Joe Reis4—2026
Matthew Housley4—2026
Patrick McFadin4—2026
Ryan Boyd4—2026
David Hughes4—2025
Ryan Wisnesky4—2025
William Lyon4—2025
Paige Roberts4—2024
Michael Uschold4—2023
Alex Merced3—2026
Arvind Prabhakar3—2026
Bill Inmon3—2026

Speakers with the same name are merged into one entry, so this page may combine more than one person. Affiliations are shown as each conference listed them.