AI Today Podcast

AI continues to be used to enhance the human experience through art, music, language and other aspects. Researchers at the University of Adelaide in Australia recently created the MURMUR project, the world’s FIRST AI Art Exhibit Space. In this episode of the AI Today podcast we interview Anton van den Hengel, a professor at the University and a creator of the MURMUR project to discuss how this project came about, additional research projects, why AI is so hot in Australia right now.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: Global Perspectives on AI – Interview with Anton van den Hengel at University of Adelaide in Australia at Cognilytica.

As people, companies, and governments are being asked to do more with less people, automation is playing an increasingly role is handling tasks and helping keep things on schedule. In this episode of the AI Today podcast we interview Chris Townsend who is Area Vice President, Federal at UiPath. He shares with us how automation and RPA is helping deal with significant shifts in the way that the world works, interactions with companies and governments, and changes in global supply chains.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: Advancing intelligent automation: Interview with Chris, AVP, Federal, UiPath at Cognilytica.

LinkedIn has been at the cutting edge of AI for many years and uses AI in many ways users may not be aware. In this episode of the AI Today podcast we interview Igor Perisic, Chief Data Officer (CDO) and VP of Engineering at LinkedIn. He shares with us how LinkedIn is applying AI and how it’s enhancing the user experience, how data regulations such as GDPR and California’s Consumer Privacy Act impact data used for your AI-enabled systems, and more.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: AI at LinkedIn – Interview with Igor Perisic, Chief Data Officer (CDO) and VP of Engineering at Cognilytica.

It’s no surprise that AI will have an impact on the workforce from chatbots, recognition systems, or predictive analytics tools. But what happens when workplaces require employees to use tools that collect data on them such as facial recognition technology? In this podcast we interview Valerio De Stefano, Professor of Labour Law at KU Leuven to discuss how AI will broadly impact the workforce.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: AI Changing the Workforce, Interview with Valerio De Stefano at Cognilytica.

Humans have long dreamed of machines that could function and perform just like other humans. However, giving machines emotional IQ has been an incredibly hard problem to solve. Aniket Bera and his team of researchers had the idea to create AI systems that can detect emotion based on gait. The applications for this type of robot can be seen in many industries including healthcare, law enforcement, and others especially in the time of social distancing.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: Detecting Emotion Through Gait – Interview with Aniket Bera, Assistant Research Professor in Computer Science at University of Maryland GAMMA lab at Cognilytica.

The US Federal Government has made AI a priority. In this podcast we interview Suzette Kent who is the US Federal Chief Information Officer (CIO) to discuss how the US government will adopt AI across agencies, how they will address the need to reskill and upskill the workforce, and what the US needs to do to remain a leader in AI.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: AI in the US Federal Government – Interview with Suzette Kent, US Federal CIO at Cognilytica.

A few years ago the US Air Force created AFWERX to find new efficiencies in policy and processes and improve Air Force culture. To date there have been some interesting outcomes and technologies that have come through the AFWERX program. In this podcast we interview Mark Roland, Innovation Actualizer at AFWERX Vegas to share his insights on this program, how it’s helping the Air Force, and more.Continue reading AI Today Podcast #139: AI & Entrepreneurship in the US Air Force: Interview with Mark Rowland, AFWERX at Cognilytica.

The US Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) has been very forward thinking in their adoption of transformative technologies including AI and block chain. In this podcast we interview Oki Mek, Senior Advisor to HHS CIO at HHS. He shares with us various ways HHS is adopting and implementing AI, how adoption of new technologies in the public sectors differs from the private sector, and explains the HHS Reimagine project.Continue reading AI Today Podcast #138: Interview with Oki Mek, Special Advisor, HHS at Cognilytica.

While much of the attention up until now has been focused on the development of machine learning models, as the industry moves from innovators and early adopters to the early majority, new customers will be more concerned about consuming third party models and building on top of existing best practices rather than building their own from scratch.Continue reading AI Today Podcast #137: ML Ops in Practice: Interview with Seth Clark, Modzy at Cognilytica.

Machine Learning Model Operationalization Management, referred to as “MLOps”, is focused on the lifecycle of model development and usage, machine learning model operationalization, and deployment. Cognilytica recently published a report on this topic that examines the ML Operationalization Management market, provides visibility into emerging best practices in the MLOps space, identifies open source and commercial vendor solutions, and provides a forecast for the growth of the overall market for solutions and products focused in this space.Continue reading AI Today Podcast #136: ML Model Management and Operations (“ML Ops”) at Cognilytica.