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Written By: Deshani Geethika – Sysco LABS EAG R&D Team  Where does Regression come in Machine Learning? The following chart describes the main categorization of ML Types of Machine Learning [1] If you are completely new to ML, supervised learning is where a labeled dataset is provided for the model in the training phase. So, according

Software Engineer Pivithuru Amarasinghe who works with the Sysco LABS R&D Team conducts this tutorial on the Trellis Framework. The tutorial includes; – An Introduction into the Food Supply Chain – Technical Detail about Trellis – What is OADA – Single Node Setup: Token Generation & Scope Selection – Multi-Node Setup Watch the full video

Written By: Pivithuru Amarasinghe – Sysco LABS EAG R&D Team  The food supply chain has gone through a lot of change within the past few years. Today, most large scale food suppliers introduce new technology into their supply chains in order to obtain on-time supply of food products and deliver high-quality products. However, in today’s world,

The time we have is finite and irreversible. Your energy to make productive use of this finite time however, is boundless and replenishable. This innovation Session by Director Operations Nirmal Kumarasiri is an attempt to identify a few key concepts and actions one can undertake to effectively re-energize yourself to maximize longevity and output. Watch

Written By: Isham Mohamed – Sysco LABS EAG R&D Team  Blockchain. Unless you’ve been living under a virtual rock, this is almost certainly a technology you’ve at least heard of as of late. Even so, it’s a good idea to start at the top.   The most famous implementation of Blockchain was the Bitcoin. A virtual currency that

The application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) across industries in recent years has undeniably resulted in both higher customer satisfaction and organizational efficiency. In this Innovation Session, Yoosuf Maktoum – Senior Manager (QE) for Sysco BT – talks about the application of AI specifically in the field of Quality Engineering and the benefits associated with doing so. The

Reactive programming is an asynchronous programming paradigm concerned with data streams and the propagation of change. This means that it becomes possible to express static (e.g. arrays) or dynamic (e.g. event emitters) data streams with ease via the employed programming language(s). This talk by Tech Lead Ashan Dhanapala is focused on the Rx framework and

Senior Software Engineer Gayan Pathirana from our Customer Experience (CX) team takes us through the fundamentals of how to use Nginx as a Reverse Proxy and implement high performance URL caching with Memcached in this Sysco LABS Tutorial. The tutorial covers; – Creating an example application with NodeJs – Installing Nginx via the OpenResty bundle on Ubuntu

How do you carry out a software upgrade for thousands of hardware devices deployed in the field, without disrupting the businesses that use them? This was the problem the team faced back in 2016. A dearth in external tools meant they had to look inwards, and build something of their own. In this discussion we

Nilupa Kiringoda – Senior Director for Delivery in the Sysco LABS Customer Experience (CX) vertical – discusses the path that led him to Sysco LABS and where he is today. He explains the seamless digital flow that the CX team has developed which  has revolutionized the entire journey of Sysco’s customers whilst keeping true to the spirit

QE Lead Ishara Abeyarathne recently conducted an Innovation Session for the Sysco LABS team under the topic “Paralyze or Parallelize”. The session covered; – Parallelizing Methods [Hardware, Software and Hybrid] – Pros and Cons of each method – How to pick the method that suits you – Distributed Test Execution Tools – Software Parallelization Implementation

UI/UX Lead at Sysco LABS Roshan Wettesinghe conducts this Tutorial on using Web Components. The tutorial covers the following areas; – What are Web Components – The anatomy of a Web Component – Implementing a basic Web Component – Advantages of Web Components   Watch the full video below;