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John Butler

John Butler is a 20-year veteran of the machine vision and industrial automation industry with an extensive background in the use of machine vision technologies and standards for solving problems across a range of application segments including medical imaging, defense and security and industrial automation for manufacturing and quality. Having served nearly 15 years in customer-facing and senior leadership roles with Pleora Technologies and prior to that for nearly 5 years with PixeLink, John’s leverages his experiences to help companies optimize ensure that they are receiving optimal value for technology investments as well as to build lasting business relationships that ensure long-term success and mutual benefit.

John has previously served as a member of the Association for Advancing Automation (A3) Vision & Imaging Technology Strategy Board and as a member of the A3 board, representing the interests of member companies within the association. In addition, he provides services to TECH B2B Marketing, advising on and helping with content delivery for companies in addition to offering sales and business consulting expertise for those interested in optimizing, refining and growing the success of their sales, marketing and product investments.

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Vision & Sensors | Machine Learning

Machine Learning for Automation & Quality Inspection

While machine learning is a subset of AI, deep learning should be viewed as a subset of machine learning.
David L. Dechow John Butler
February 5, 2024

Deep learning, a subset of machine learning, aims to mimic the learning process of the human brain. Learn how it improves through repetition and requires larger data sets and longer processing times to achieve reliable accuracy and sophistication.


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