Riya Pahuja

Riya covers B2B applications of machine learning for Emerj - across North America and the EU. She has previously worked with the Times of India Group, and as a journalist covering data analytics and AI. She resides in Toronto.

Articles by Riya

30 articles
Transforming a Legacy Enterprise Culture to a Data-Based Enterprise Culture-min

Transforming a Legacy Enterprise Culture to a Data-Based Enterprise Culture – with Bikalpa Neupane of Takeda Pharmaceuticals

Fostering a culture of experimentation in AI and data science is crucial for organizations to stay competitive and drive innovation. In 2021, an MIT Sloan report found companies that prioritize AI experimentation are 2.7 times more likely to capture new value and improve their operations. By embracing a more experimental mindset, organizations can harness the full potential of AI-driven tools and unlock new opportunities for growth.

V.1 – How AI Drives Drug Development Workflows and Value Chains Across Life Sciences Enterprises-1x-min

How AI Drives Drug Development Workflows and Value Chains Across Life Sciences Enterprises – with Leaders from Benevolent and Takeda

This article/interview analysis is sponsored by BenevolentAI and was written, edited, and published in alignment with our Emerj sponsored content guidelines. Learn more about our thought leadership and content creation services on our Emerj Media Services page.

IT for Financial Services in the Age of GenAI-min

IT for Financial Services in the Age of GenAI – with Craig Mackereth of Rimini Street

Dozens of GPT-driven products are already on the market, and hundreds more are in development. These tools collectively aim to revolutionize traditional roles and processes, transforming them into dynamic, parallelized workflows using variants of LLM models, such as AutoGPT. Tools like GitHub Copilot, powered by OpenAI's Codex, are demonstrating significant improvements in developer productivity, with some studies showing up to a 55% increase in task completion speed. 

AI at Nationwide

Artificial Intelligence at Nationwide Insurance- Two Use Cases

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, commonly known as Nationwide, is a primary US insurance and financial services company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.

Transforming the Enterprise-Level Customer Experience with AI@1x

Transforming the Enterprise-Level Customer Experience with AI – with Jason Aubee of TechSee

Contact centers play a crucial role in delivering exceptional customer experiences (CX) across industries, both B2c and B2b. As customer expectations elevate, organizations increasingly leverage AI to streamline operations and enhance customer service. According to recent reporting in the MIT Technology Review, enterprises generally deploy AI to transform contact centers, usually taking the form of intelligent virtual assistants to obtain predictive customer insights as well as for dispute and fraud management. 

Driving Responsible Approaches to AI through Operations and Development Workflows

Driving Responsible Approaches to AI Through Operations and Development Workflows – with Ranjan Sinha of IBM and Tsavo Knott of Pieces

This interview analysis is sponsored by Pieces and was written, edited, and published in alignment with our Emerj sponsored content guidelines. Learn more about our thought leadership and content creation services on our Emerj Media Services page.

Driving Data Solutions and Governance in Procurement – v.3-1-min

Driving Data Solutions and Governance in Commodities Procurement – with Rupam Baijal of Algoma and Edmund Zagorin of Arkestro

This interview analysis is sponsored by Arkestro and was written, edited, and published in alignment with our Emerj sponsored content guidelines. Learn more about our thought leadership and content creation services on our Emerj Media Services page.

Leveled Approaches to AI for Asset Management Challenges-1-min

Leveled Approaches to AI for Asset Management Challenges – with Aman Thind of State Street

The asset management industry is going through several challenges, like the prolonged low-interest rate environment, dwindling margins, increased cost pressures, and squeezed profitability. Meanwhile, exponential growth in data volumes has overwhelmed legacy data management systems and analytical tools, making it tiring to process and extract valuable insights from the deluge of information. 

Driving Drug Discovery Efficiencies in Life Sciences with AI-1-min

Driving Drug Discovery Efficiencies in Life Sciences with AI – with Anne Phelan of BenevolentAI

According to research from the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, nine out of 10 drugs fail to make it to market in the clinical trials process. Researchers in the cited studies found that 40-50% of these failures are due to a lack of clinical efficacy, meaning that the drug is not able to produce its intended effect in people, and 30% were due to unmanageable toxicity or side effects.

The Evolution of Artificial Intelligence-min

The Evolution of Artificial Intelligence – with Matt Berseth of NLP Logix

Natural language processing (NLP) is a branch of artificial intelligence meant for analyzing, understanding, and generating human language. It enables computers to process and interpret natural language data, allowing for more natural interactions between humans and machines.