ABZENA
“ I’ ve always been fascinated by science, how things work”
DAVE WILLIAMSON, CIO, ABZENA and scalability – meaning it can work with firms of all sizes while also ensuring it continues to be data smart.
“ Talking about machine learning and scientific development, we’ re very excited about what’ s possible,” Dave asserts.“ This has enabled us to move from a push environment to a pull – allowing us to be proactive and see what else we could do.
“ There are a lot of untapped ideas that we could use to help these technologies excel in sifting through large amounts of data – both structured for machine learning and unstructured like documents for Gen AI.
“ In my own experience, you often have a very broad idea of what you might be able to achieve with technology. When it comes to scientific developments, more often it’ s about putting the best answer forward first. Sometimes that counters your own intuition – for example, I could guess based on my experience we should go with answer C, but the technology tells you to try B first instead. This approach allows us to cut waste, cutting the time and resources required to get to the best answer. And, at times, it uncovers things that do not make sense to the expert – and that leads to innovation.”
The prospect of continuing on this trajectory and developing these approaches at Abzena is exciting to Dave, looking ahead. abzena. com 15