Goodbye Passwords, Hello Biometrics with George Williams Episode 61: Show Notes. Is it really safer to have a system know your biometrics rather than your password? If so, who do you trust with this data? George Williams, a silicon valley tech veteran who most recently served as Head of AI at SmileIdentity, is passionate about machine learning, mathematics, and data science. In this episode, George shares his opinions on the dawn of AI, how long he believes AI has been around, and references the...
Feb 23, 2023•33 min•Ep. 61
Our discussion today dives into the climate change related applications of AI and machine learning, and how organizations are working towards mobilizing them to address the climate problem. Priya shares her thoughts on advanced technology and creating a dystopian version of humanity, what made her decide on her Ph.D. topic, and what she learned touring the world interviewing power grid experts around the world. Key Points From This Episode: Priya shares her take on ChatGPT. We talk about ChatGPT...
Dec 15, 2022•30 min•Ep. 60
Genetec has been a software provider for the physical security industry for over 25 years, earning its spot as the world’s number one software provider in video management. We are pleased to be joined today by Florian Matusek, Genetec’s Director of Video Analytics and the host of Video Analytics 101 on YouTube. Florian explains how his company is driving innovation in the market and what his specific role is before divining into the importance of maintaining both security and privacy, this new w...
Dec 08, 2022•31 min•Ep. 59
Navrina shares why trust and transparency are crucial in the AI space and why she believes having a Chief Ethics Officer should become an industry standard. Our conversation ends with a discussion about compliance and what AI tech organizations can do to ensure reliable, trustworthy, and transparent products. To get 30 minutes of uninterrupted knowledge from The National AI Advisory Committee member, Mozilla board of directors member, and World Economic Forum young global leader Navrina Singh, t...
Nov 18, 2022•29 min•Ep. 58
Arize and its founding engineer, Tsion Behailu, are leaders in the machine learning observability space. After spending a few years working as a computer scientist at Google, Tsion’s curiosity drew her to the startup world where, since the beginning of the pandemic, she has been building breaking-edge technology. Rather than doing it all manually (as many companies still do to this day), Arize AI technology helps machine learning teams detect issues, understand why they happen, and improve overa...
Nov 10, 2022•25 min•Ep. 57
Ian discusses what unique problems aerial automated vehicles face, how segregations in the air affect flying, how the vehicles land, and how they know where to land. Animal Dynamics' goal is to phase out humans in their technology entirely and Ian explains the human involvement in the process before telling us where he sees this technology fitting in with disaster response in the future. Key Points From This Episode: An introduction to today’s guest, Ian Foster. A brief overview of Ian’s backgro...
Oct 28, 2022•29 min•Ep. 56
Curren is a curious, driven, and creative leader with vast experience in data science and AI. Her original background was in neuroscience and cognitive neuroscience but entered the industry when she realized how much she enjoyed programming, maths, and statistics. Additionally, her biology background gave her an advantage, making her a perfect fit for managing the neuroscience portfolio for Johnson & Johnson. In our conversation with Curren, we learn about her professional background, how he...
Oct 20, 2022•25 min•Ep. 55
Dr. Kruft unpacks how she went from earning a Ph.D. focused on quantum chemistry, to working in AI and machine learning. She shares how she first discovered her love of data science, and how her Ph.D. equipped her with the skills she needed to transition into this new and exciting field. We also discuss the data science approach to problem-solving, deep learning emulators, and the impact that machine learning could have on the natural sciences. Key Points From This Episode: Introducing today's g...
Oct 06, 2022•26 min•Ep. 54
In our conversation, we discuss Brandon's approach to problem-solving, the use of synthetic data, challenges facing the use of AI in drug development, why the diversity of both data and scientists is important, the three qualities required for innovation, and much more. Key Points From This Episode: We hear about Brandon’s unconventional background and professional career journey. Why he has a passion for combining AI and machine learning with biology. An outline of the Opal platform and how it ...
Sep 22, 2022•29 min•Ep. 53
In this episode, Heather shares her background in both farming and commerce, and explains how her in-field experience and insights aid both her and the AI team in the development cycle. We learn about the advantages of drone-based precision spraying, the function of the herbicides that Precision AI’s drones spray onto crops, and the various challenges of creating AI models that can recognize plant variations. Key Points From This Episode: Introducing Heather Clair, Product Manager at precision.a...
Sep 15, 2022•29 min•Ep. 52
Xiaoyang Yang, Head of Data AI Security and IT over at Second Dinner Studios, explains how Second Dinner navigates the issue of excess data with intention and discover the metrics that go deeper than the surface to measure the quality of competition, balance, and fairness within gaming. Xiaoyang also describes the difference between AI and gaming AI and shows us how each can be used to enhance the other. Listen to today’s episode for a careful look at how AI can be used to improve player experie...
Aug 24, 2022•36 min•Ep. 51
Tune in to hear more about Becks’ role as a lead full stack AI engineer at Rogo, how they determine what should and should not be added into the product tier for deep learning, the types of questions you should be asking along the investigation-to-product roadmap for AI and machine learning products, and so much more! Key Points From This Episode: An introduction to today’s guest, Lead Full Stack AI Engineer, Becks Simpson. Becks’ cover band Des Confitures made up of machine learning engineers a...
Aug 18, 2022•25 min•Ep. 50
Dr. Seymour aims to take cutting-edge technology and apply it to the special effects industry, such as with the new AI platform, PLATO. He is also a lecturer at the University of Sydney and works as a consultant within the special effects industry. He is an internationally respected researcher and expert in Digital Humans and virtual production, and his experience in both visual effects and pure maths makes him perfect for AI-based visual effects. In our conversation we find out more about Dr. S...
Aug 11, 2022•31 min•Ep. 49
Ethics in AI is considered vital to the healthy development of all AI technologies, but this is easier said than done. In this episode of How AI Happens, we speak to Maria Luciana Axente to help us unpack this essential topic. Maria is a seasoned AI policy expert, public speaker, and executive and has a respected track record of working with companies whose foundation is in technology. She combines her love for technology with her passion for creating positive change to help companies build and ...
Jul 28, 2022•40 min•Ep. 48
The gap between those creating AI systems and those using the systems is growing. After 27 years on the other side of technology, Mieke decided that it was time to do something about the issues that she was seeing in the AI space. Today she is an Adjunct Professor for Sustainable Ethical and Trustworthy AI at Vlerick Business School, and during this episode, Mieke shares her thoughts on how we can go about building responsible AI systems so that the world can experience the full range of benefit...
Jul 21, 2022•23 min•Ep. 47
Today, on How AI Happens, we are joined by the Chief Digital Officer at Allied Digital, Utpal Chakraborty, to talk all things AI at Allied Digital. You’ll hear about Utpal’s AI background, how he defines Allied Digital’s mission, and what Smart Cities are and how the company captures data to achieve them, as well as why AI learning is the right approach for Smart Cities. We also discuss what success looks like to Utpal and the importance of designing something seamless for the end-user. To find ...
Jul 14, 2022•21 min•Ep. 46
In today’s conversation, we learn about Jason and Kevin’s career backgrounds, the potential that the deep technology sector has, what ideas excite them the most, the challenges when investing in AI-based companies, what kind of technology is easily understood by the consumer, what makes a technological innovation successful, and much more. Key Points From This Episode: Background and professional paths that led Jason and Kevin to their current roles. Reasons behind starting Calibrate Ventures an...
Jul 07, 2022•26 min•Ep. 45
Whether you’re building AI for self-driving cars or for scheduling meetings, it’s all about prediction! In this episode, we’re going to explore the complexity of teaching the human power of prediction to machines. Key Points From This Episode: Dennis shares an overview of what he has spent his career focusing on. How Dennis defines an intelligent agent. The role of prediction in the AI space. Dennis explains the mission that drove his most recent entrepreneurial venture, x.ai (acquired by Bizzab...
Jun 23, 2022•37 min•Ep. 44
Leading AI companies are adopting simulation, synthetic data and other aspects of the metaverse at an incredibly fast rate, and the opportunities for AI/machine learning practitioners are endless. Tune in today for a fascinating conversation about how the real world and the virtual world can be blended in what Danny refers to as “the real metaverse.” Key Points From This Episode: The career path that led Danny to his current role as Senior Vice President of AI at Unity. Data; the machine learnin...
Jun 16, 2022•29 min•Ep. 43
In today’s episode, Archy De Berker, Head of Data and Machine learning at CarbonChain, explains how he and his team calculate carbon footprints, some of the challenges that they face in this line of work, the most valuable use of machine learning in their business (and for climate change solutions as a whole), and some important lessons that he has learned throughout his diverse career so far! Key Points From This Episode: An overview of Archy’s career trajectory, from academic neuroscientist to...
Jun 09, 2022•27 min•Ep. 42
MATR Ventures Partner, Hessie Jones, is dedicated to solving issues around AI ethics as well as diversity & representation in the space. In our conversation with her, she breaks down how she came to beleive something was wrong with the way companies harvest & use data, and the steps she has taken towards solving the privacy problem. We discuss the danger of intentionally convoluted terms and conditions and the problem with synthetic data. Tune in to hear about the future of biometrics an...
Jun 03, 2022•34 min•Ep. 41
During Vinesh Sukumar’s colorful career he has worked at NASA, Apple, Intel, and a variety of other companies, before finding his way to Qualcomm where he is currently the Head of AI/ML Product Management. In today’s conversation, Vinesh shares his experience of developing the camera for the very first iPhone and one of the biggest lessons he learned from working with Steve Jobs. We then discuss what his current role entails and the biggest challenge that he has with it, Qualcomm’s approach to s...
May 26, 2022•27 min•Ep. 40
Joining us on this episode of How AI Happens is four-time author, entrepreneur, future tech strategist, and The Digital Speaker himself, Dr. Mark van Rijmenam. Mark explainsthe extraordinary opportunities and challenges facing business leaders, consumers, regulators, policymakers, and other metaverse stakeholders trying to navigate the future of the internet; the important role that AI will play in the metaverse; why he believes we need to enable what he calls ‘anonymous accountability’; and how...
May 19, 2022•36 min•Ep. 39
Neil Sahota is an AI Advisor to the UN, co-founder of the UN’s AI for Good initiative, IBM Master Inventor, and author of Own the AI Revolution. In today’s episode, Neil shares some of the valuable lessons he learned during his first experience working in the AI world, which involved training the Watson computer system. We then dive into a number of different topics, ranging from Neil’s thoughts on synthetic data and to the language learning capacity of AI versus a human child, to an overview of...
May 12, 2022•31 min•Ep. 38
Dr. Marcell Vollmer is the CEO of Prospitalia Group, formerly Chief Innovation Officer at Celonis and Chief Digital Officer at SAP. He joins to discuss Machine Learning advances in MedTech and how practitioners can be thoughtful about when it is appropriate to deploy ML.
May 05, 2022•22 min•Ep. 37
Today’s guest has committed many years of his life to trying to understand Artificial Superintelligence and the security concerns associated with it. Dr. Roman Yampolskiy is a computer scientist (with a Ph.D. in behavioral biometrics), and an Associate Professor at the University of Louisville. He is also the author of the book Artificial Superintelligence: A Futuristic Approach . Today he joins us to discuss AI safety engineering. You’ll hear about some of the safety problems he has discovered ...
Apr 28, 2022•25 min•Ep. 36
Joining us today on How AI Happens is Sebastian Raschka, Lead AI educator at GRID.ai and Assistant Professor of Statistics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Sebastian fills us in on the coursework he’s creating in his role at GRID.ai, and we find out what can be attributed to the crossover of machine learning in academia and the private sector. We speculate on the pros and cons of the commodification of deep learning models and which machine learning framework is better: PyTorch or TensorF...
Apr 21, 2022•31 min•Ep. 35
Antonio Grasso joins us to explain how he empowers some of the biggest companies in the world to use AI in a meaningful way and explains the two ways his company goes about this. You’ll hear about what Antonio believes is coming down the pipeline in terms of the Internet of Things, especially when it comes to edge computing, and why network traffic has become a huge concern. We discuss where edge computing begins and ends with regards to the difference between the device and its computational re...
Apr 14, 2022•24 min•Ep. 34
Today's guest is Aleksandra Przegalinska PhD, Vice-Rector at Kozminski University, research associate, and Polish futurist. From studying pure philosophy, Aleksandra moved into AI when she started researching natural language processing in the virtual space. We kickstart our discussion with her account of how she ended up where she is now, and how she transferred her skills from philosophy to AI. We hear how Second Life was common in Asia centuries ago, why we are seeing a return to anonymizatio...
Apr 07, 2022•38 min•Ep. 33
CyberLink's facial recognition technology routinely registers best-in-class accuracy. But how do developers deal with masks, glasses, headphones, or changes in faces over time? How can they prevent spoofing in order to protect identities? And where does computer vision & object detection stop and FRT truly begin? CyberLink Senior Vice President of Global Marketing and US General Manager Richard Carriere and Head of Sales Engineering Craig Campbell join to discuss the endless use cases for fa...
Mar 31, 2022•33 min•Ep. 32
