

Industrial AI Podcast
Robert Weber / Peter Seeberg
The Industrial AI Podcast reports weekly on the latest developments in AI and machine learning for the engineering, robotics, automotive, process and automation industries. The podcast features industrial users, scientists, vendors and startups in the field of Industrial AI and machine learning. The podcast is hosted by Peter Seeberg, Industrial AI consultant and Robert Weber, tech journalist.Their mission: Demystify Industrial AI and machine learning, inspire industrial users.
The hosts:
Peter Seeberg is an Industrial AI and machine learning expert for the manufacturing industry. He worked over 25 years in IT (Intel) and 10 years in Automation. He co-initiated the Industrial Data Intelligence Startup (Softing) where he was responsible for managing machine learning projects in industrial environments. Today he advises companies when it comes to Industrial AI and machine learning. Together with Robert Weber, journalist for industrial topics, he discusses AI and ML applications, standards, and education topics, make or buy decisions as well as regulation for AI in manufacturing.
The hosts:
Peter Seeberg is an Industrial AI and machine learning expert for the manufacturing industry. He worked over 25 years in IT (Intel) and 10 years in Automation. He co-initiated the Industrial Data Intelligence Startup (Softing) where he was responsible for managing machine learning projects in industrial environments. Today he advises companies when it comes to Industrial AI and machine learning. Together with Robert Weber, journalist for industrial topics, he discusses AI and ML applications, standards, and education topics, make or buy decisions as well as regulation for AI in manufacturing.
Episodes
Mentioned books

Nov 29, 2023 • 19min
What are AI ProductOps and why do I need them?
We know MLOps, DataOps and now AI ProductOps are coming. What do you need them for and who should use them? Robert Weber spoke to Anna Maria Brunnhofer-Pedemonte from Impact AI.
Thanks for listening. We welcome suggestions for topics, criticism and a few stars on Apple, Spotify and Co.
We thank our partner Siemens
**OUR EVENT IN JANUARY ** https://www.hannovermesse.de/de/rahmenprogramm/special-events/ki-in-der-industrie/
Contact Anna Maria https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-maria-brunnhofer/
We thank our team:
Barbara, Anne and Michael!

Nov 22, 2023 • 53min
The ImageNet moment of Robotics
A few weeks ago, Deepmind caused a stir in the robotics industry. The reason: the paper Scaling up learning across many different robot types. We spoke to Prof. Dr. Abhinav Valada from the University of Freiburg about the foundation models of robotics.
Thanks for listening. We welcome suggestions for topics, criticism and a few stars on Apple, Spotify and Co.
We thank our partner Siemens
**OUR EVENT IN JANUARY ** https://www.hannovermesse.de/de/rahmenprogramm/special-events/ki-in-der-industrie/
Contact Prof. Dr. Abhinav Valada https://rl.uni-freiburg.de/people/valada
The Deepmind Paper https://deepmind.google/discover/blog/scaling-up-learning-across-many-different-robot-types/
We thank our team:
Barbara, Anne and Michael!

Nov 15, 2023 • 34min
Autonomous Industrial AI for production scheduling
Peter Seeberg talked to Bryan DeBois Director of Industrial AI at RoviSys. RoviSys is a global system integrator. Bryan speaks about autonomous Industrial AI.
Thanks for listening. We welcome suggestions for topics, criticism and a few stars on Apple, Spotify and Co.
We thank our partner Siemens
Contact to Bryan https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryan-debois/
The mentioned book: Designing Autonomous AI
https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/designing-autonomous-ai/9781098110741/
**OUR EVENT IN JANUARY ** https://www.hannovermesse.de/de/rahmenprogramm/special-events/ki-in-der-industrie/
We thank our team:
Barbara and Anne!

Nov 8, 2023 • 41min
GenAI: More than ChatGPT. A new paradigm for the industrial sector
Prof. Dr. Jakub Tomczak has been researching GenAI for 10 years. He represents a new generation of researchers and is recognised throughout Europe as an expert on GenAI. He explains the new way of „thinking“ in AI.
Thanks for listening. We welcome suggestions for topics, criticism and a few stars on Apple, Spotify and Co.
We thank our partner Siemens
**OUR EVENT IN JANUARY ** https://www.hannovermesse.de/de/rahmenprogramm/special-events/ki-in-der-industrie/
We thank our team:
Barbara, Anne and Simon!

Nov 1, 2023 • 30min
Industrial AI and AutoML - 2 days "AI in the forest"
Prof. Dr. Frank Hutter and Prof. Dr. Marco Huber discuss democratizing machine learning, benefits of AutoML, limitations and solutions for Time Series data, exploring AutoML tools and AI augmented R&D, and future plans for upcoming events.

Oct 25, 2023 • 20min
How to deploy your ML models? Listen to Festo's approaches.
After all the LLM stuff: We talked to Dr. Martin Plank from Festo about a bread and butter topic. He explains us different approaches to deploy your ML model.
Thanks for listening. We welcome suggestions for topics, criticism and a few stars on Apple, Spotify and Co.
We thank our partner Siemens
[Martin Plank]
(https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-plank-9246a9203/)
**OUR EVENT IN JANUARY **
https://www.hannovermesse.de/de/rahmenprogramm/special-events/ki-in-der-industrie/
We thank our team:
Barbara, Anne and Simon!

Oct 18, 2023 • 21min
xLSTM - "I am almost exploding"
Prof. Dr. Sepp Hochreiter discusses xLSTM, the European answer to ChatGPT and Co. He compares xLSTM to transformers, highlighting its speed and parallel word processing capabilities. The advantages and limitations of LSTM and the introduction of xLSTM as an improved version are explored. Criticism surrounding large language models and the goal of securing 300 million euros for the project are discussed. The structural differences between LSTM and xLSTM and their potential in engineering applications are also explored.

Oct 11, 2023 • 1h 7min
Democratizing Industrial Data with generative AI
Kurt DeMaagd, Chief AI Officer at Sight Machine, discusses democratizing industrial data with generative AI and how their company helps manufacturers extract and transform data into useful formats. They also cover the architecture of Sight Machine's platform, their support for edge devices and cloud computing, industries and customers they work with, and the capabilities of their AI interface including multilingual support.

Oct 4, 2023 • 16min
How do I explain neural networks to my parents? Use the Crazy Village of AI
How do I explain neural networks to my parents? We talked to Prof. Günter Klambauer about his idea to use the Crazy Village of AI.
Thanks for listening. We welcome suggestions for topics, criticism and a few stars on Apple, Spotify and Co.
We thank our partner Siemens
[Günter Klambauer]
(https://www.linkedin.com/in/g%C3%BCnter-klambauer-1b73293a)
Thanks to Women in AI and Robotics (more)
PLEASE fill out the survey from Gabriel Krummenacher and the ETH Zurich
https://www.zuehlke.com/en/machine-learning
We thank our team:
Barbara, Anne and Simon!

Sep 27, 2023 • 33min
Update: The SORDI dataset
Chafic Abou Akar works for BMW and is Tech Lead SORDI.ai. He gives us an update on the SORDI dataset.
Thanks for listening. We welcome suggestions for topics, criticism and a few stars on Apple, Spotify and Co.
We thank our partner Siemens
Chafics Open Source profile
https://github.com/chaficii
and LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/chafic-abou-akar/
Thanks to Women in AI and Robotics (more)
PLEASE fill out the survey from Gabriel Krummenacher and the ETH Zurich
https://www.zuehlke.com/en/machine-learning
We thank our team:
Barbara, Anne and Simon!


