

EP 189: Unlocking AI's Profit Power w/ Dr. Luke Wilson
Dr. Luke Wilson (Chief Data Scientist and Senior Partner at Vizias. Vice President of the Board of Directors at Austin AI Alliance) has been a leading figure in high-performance computing and artificial intelligence for over two decades, with a distinguished career spanning academia, finance, and tech. Starting at the Texas Advanced Computing Center, he significantly contributed to the design and deployment of numerous Top500 systems, later enhancing TACC's educational offerings as Director of Training. At Dell Technologies, he pioneered groundbreaking work in HPC/AI infrastructure, earning him the title of Chief Data Scientist. Recently, at Optiver, he has been at the forefront of developing cutting-edge research infrastructure for high-frequency trading. With a PhD from the University of Texas at San Antonio, Luke has been instrumental in projects that have shaped the future of AI, including work that contributed to the Nobel Prize-winning LIGO project and optimizations for early transformer neural networks. An author of numerous research papers, Luke's work continues to influence the evolving landscape of technology and AI