AI for Network Management with Shirley Wu - 710

Today, we're joined by Shirley Wu, senior director of software engineering at Juniper Networks to discuss how machine learning and artificial intelligence are transforming network management. We explore various use cases where AI and ML are applied to enhance the quality, performance, and efficiency of networks across Juniper’s customers, including diagnosing cable degradation, proactive monitoring for coverage gaps, and real-time fault detection. We also dig into the complexities of integrating data science into networking, the trade-offs between traditional methods and ML-based solutions, the role of feature engineering and data in networking, the applicability of large language models, and Juniper’s approach to using smaller, specialized ML models to optimize speed, latency, and cost. Finally, Shirley shares some future directions for Juniper Mist such as proactive network testing and end-user self-service. 🎧 / 🎥 Listen or watch the full episode on our page: https://twimlai.com/go/710. 🔔 Subscribe to our channel for more great content just like this: https://youtube.com/twimlai?sub_confirmation=1 🗣️ CONNECT WITH US! =============================== Subscribe to the TWIML AI Podcast: https://twimlai.com/podcast/twimlai/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/twimlai Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/twimlai/ Join our Slack Community: https://twimlai.com/community/ Subscribe to our newsletter: https://twimlai.com/newsletter/ Want to get in touch? Send us a message: https://twimlai.com/contact/ 📖 CHAPTERS =============================== 00:00 - Introduction 5:07 - Time series and networking for ML&AI 10:17 - Layers in optimizing wi-fi connectivity 17:36 - Transformer-based models for time series 23:19 - Mist 24:50 - Marvis 29:18 - LanGraph integration 31:35 - RAG 34:19 - Use cases 41:19 - Small models 44:15 - Traditional vs AI/ML methods 46:56 - Future directions 🔗 LINKS & RESOURCES =============================== On-Demand: From Reactive to Proactive Networking with Mist AI - https://www.juniper.net/twiml Learn more about Juniper AI - https://juni.pr/3YWhq5b Marvis Virtual Network Assistant - https://www.juniper.net/us/en/products/cloud-services/marvis-virtual-network-assistant.html Explainable AI: Understand the logic behind Juniper’s Mist AI - https://www.juniper.net/us/en/dm/explainable-ai.html 📸 Camera: https://amzn.to/3TQ3zsg 🎙️Microphone: https://amzn.to/3t5zXeV 🚦Lights: https://amzn.to/3TQlX49 🎛️ Audio Interface: https://amzn.to/3TVFAIq 🎚️ Stream Deck: https://amzn.to/3zzm7F5