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title: The Intersection Of Learning, Knowledge And Language |  2021 Fall Graph + AI Summit
description: Dan McCreary, Distinguished Engineer in AI and Graph at Optum (a division of UnitedHealth Group), covers how to combine graph with machine learning to find similar patients and improve provider recommendations for more than 50 million members.
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# The Intersection of learning, knowledge and language

Dan McCreary of Optum

## The Intersection of learning, knowledge and language

##### dan mccreary keynote session | Graph + AI SUmmit Fall 2021

Dan McCreary, Distinguished Engineer in AI and Graph at Optum (a division of UnitedHealth Group), will explore the intersection of learning, knowledge, and language with use cases combining graph with machine learning to find similar patients and improve provider recommendations for more than 50 million members.

Speaker:

- [Dan McCreary, Distinguished Engineer in AI and Graph at Optum](https://www.linkedin.com/in/danmccreary/)

Download the [slides](https://info.tigergraph.com/hubfs/2021%20Graph%20+%20AI%20Slides/SESG4VGHB9FUUTN04_TigerGraph-Conference-2021-Oct-5th-Presentation.pdf)

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