Steve MacLaird with OMG

Industrial Talk is onsite at OMG, Q1 Meeting and talking to Steve MacLaird, Sr. VP, Government and Industry Strategy with OMG  about “Delivering industry standard to help businesses succeed!”

Scott MacKenzie interviews Steve MacLaird, Senior Vice President of Government and Industry Strategy at OMG, about the organization’s role in developing and maintaining standards for various industries. OMG, which has been around for over 35 years, has created standards like CORBA, used in 5 billion devices worldwide. They focus on adaptable standards, such as the Software Communication Architecture (SCA) and Systems Modeling Language (SysML), which have been adopted and modified by NASA and the Department of Defense. MacLaird emphasizes the importance of collaboration with government, industry, and academia to identify and address evolving needs. OMG’s standards are free and accessible, encouraging broad participation and influence in their development.

Chuck Byers with OMG

Industrial Talk is onsite at OMG, Q1 Meeting and talking to Chuck Byers, CTO with Industry IoT Consortium  about “Developing AI standards to insure market trustworthiness!”

Chuck Byers, a seasoned industry professional, discussed the integration of AI and IoT technologies in the context of the Object Management Group (OMG) and the Digital Twin Consortium. Byers highlighted the importance of AI in real-time systems, emphasizing the need for prompt engineering and meta AI to ensure trustworthiness. He detailed the computational requirements of training large language models, noting that retraining the ChatGPT 3 model would require 195 NVIDIA DGX servers, costing $80 million and consuming 2.5 million watts. Byers also stressed the importance of sustainable energy sources and efficient cooling solutions for future data centers.

Claude Baudoin with cebe IT

Claude Baudoin, co-chair of several OMG task forces, including the AI Platform Task Force, discussed the timeliness of AI standards. He highlighted the need for standards to address interoperability and portability issues in AI, citing examples like the portability of neural network models and standardization of image classifiers. Baudoin emphasized OMG’s open process for determining standards through RFIs, contrasting it with ISO’s more guideline-focused approach. He encouraged active participation in OMG to shape standards, offering a competitive advantage in the market. OMG’s efforts aim to provide concrete, technical standards, unlike ISO’s general advice.

Dennis Dokter with Nexus Leeds

Industrial Talk is onsite at OMG, Q1 Meeting and talking to Dennis Dokter, Smart City Lead with Nexus Leeds about “Smart City – A journey to improving the quality of life”.

Scott MacKenzie and Dennis Dokter discussed the evolution of smart cities beyond digitization, emphasizing the importance of prioritizing quality of life and involving the community in the development process. Later, they explored the role of Nexus and White Rose Park in fostering innovation and making cities smarter, with a focus on partnerships with universities and businesses. They also discussed the importance of scaling innovation in local communities, highlighting the need for trust, public engagement, and policy considerations. Finally, they emphasized the importance of measuring the impact of new technologies and interventions in real-life settings.

Claude Baudoin with OMG

Industrial Talk is onsite at OMG, Q1 Meeting and talking to Claude Baudoin, Co-Chair of Business Modeling and Integration Task Force with OMG about “Standard Business Reporting Model (SBRM)”.

The conversation revolved around the need for a standardized business reporting model to improve efficiency and rigor in reporting across various domains. Claude Baudoin and Scott MacKenzie discussed the initiative’s origins in response to increasing regulatory requirements and the importance of defining semantic relationships, constraints, and formulas. They also touched on the need to enhance reporting consistency and semantic rigor across domains, with a focus on standardizing a metamodel to enable tools to produce compliant reports. Later, Claude and Scott MacKenzie discussed the significance of standardization in the tech industry, with Claude emphasizing the importance of OMG standards like UML, and Scott MacKenzie highlighting the need for dynamic documents that keep up with time.