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Spiking Neural Nets and ML as a Systems Challenge with Jeff Gehlhaar - TWIML Talk #280

Spiking Neural Nets and ML as a Systems Challenge with Jeff Gehlhaar - TWIML Talk #280

Today we’re joined by Jeff Gehlhaar, VP of Technology and Head of AI Software Platforms at Qualcomm. Qualcomm has a hand in tons of machine learning research and hardware, and in our conversation with Jeff we discuss: • How the various training frameworks fit into the developer experience when working with their…

53 MinutesThe TWIML AI Podcast

Celebrating episode 50 and the neural net!

Celebrating episode 50 and the neural net!

Woo hoo! As we celebrate reaching episode 50, we come full circle to discuss the basics of neural networks. If you are just jumping into AI, then this is a great primer discussion with which to take that leap. Our commitment to making artificial intelligence practical, productive, and accessible to everyone has never…

51 MinutesPractical AI

Transforming Oil & Gas with AI with Adi Bhashyam and Daniel Jeavons - TWIML Talk #279

Transforming Oil & Gas with AI with Adi Bhashyam and Daniel Jeavons - TWIML Talk #279

Today we’re joined by return guest Daniel Jeavons, GM of Data Science at Shell, and Adi Bhashyam, GM of Data Science at C3, who we had the pleasure of speaking to at this years C3 Transform Conference. In our conversation, we discuss: • The progress that Dan and his team has made since our last conversation, including…

46 MinutesThe TWIML AI Podcast

Fast Radio Burst Pulse Detection with Gerry Zhang - TWIML Talk #278

Fast Radio Burst Pulse Detection with Gerry Zhang - TWIML Talk #278

Today we’re joined by Yunfan Gerry Zhang, a PhD student at UC Berkely, and an affiliate of Berkeley’s SETI research center. In our conversation, we discuss: • Gerry's research on applying machine learning techniques to astrophysics and astronomy. • His paper “Fast Radio Burst 121102 Pulse Detection and Periodicity: A…

39 MinutesThe TWIML AI Podcast

Exposing the deception of DeepFakes

Exposing the deception of DeepFakes

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55 MinutesPractical AI

Tracking CO2 Emissions with Machine Learning with Laurence Watson - TWIML Talk #277

Tracking CO2 Emissions with Machine Learning with Laurence Watson - TWIML Talk #277

Today we’re joined by Laurence Watson, Co-Founder and CTO of Plentiful Energy and a former data scientist at Carbon Tracker. In our conversation, we discuss: • Carbon Tracker's goals, and their report “Nowhere to hide: Using satellite imagery to estimate the utilisation of fossil fuel power plants”. • How they are…

42 MinutesThe TWIML AI Podcast

Topic Modeling for Customer Insights at USAA with William Fehlman - TWIML Talk #276

Topic Modeling for Customer Insights at USAA with William Fehlman - TWIML Talk #276

Today we’re joined by William Fehlman, director of data science at USAA, to discuss: • His work on topic modeling, which USAA uses in various scenarios, including member chat channels. • How their datasets are generated. • Explored methodologies of topic modeling, including latent semantic indexing, latent Dirichlet…

45 MinutesThe TWIML AI Podcast

Phronesis of AI in Radiology with Judy Gichoya - TWIML Talk #275

Phronesis of AI in Radiology with Judy Gichoya - TWIML Talk #275

Today we’re joined by Judy Gichoya an interventional radiology fellow at the Dotter Institute at Oregon Health and Science University. In our conversation, we discuss: • Judy's research on the paper “Phronesis of AI in Radiology: Superhuman meets Natural Stupidy,” reviewing the claims of “superhuman” AI performance in…

44 MinutesThe TWIML AI Podcast

Model inspection and interpretation at Seldon

Model inspection and interpretation at Seldon

Interpreting complicated models is a hot topic. How can we trust and manage AI models that we can’t explain? In this episode, Janis Klaise, a data scientist with Seldon, joins us to talk about model interpretation and Seldon’s new open source project called Alibi. Janis also gives some of his thoughts on production…

44 MinutesPractical AI

The Ethics of AI-Enabled Surveillance with Karen Levy - TWIML Talk #274

The Ethics of AI-Enabled Surveillance with Karen Levy - TWIML Talk #274

Today we’re joined by Karen Levy, assistant professor in the department of information science at Cornell University. Karen’s research focuses on how rules and technologies interact to regulate behavior, especially the legal, organizational, and social aspects of surveillance and monitoring. In our conversation, we…

43 MinutesThe TWIML AI Podcast

GANs, RL, and transfer learning oh my!

GANs, RL, and transfer learning oh my!

Daniel and Chris explore three potentially confusing topics - generative adversarial networks (GANs), deep reinforcement learning (DRL), and transfer learning. Are these types of neural network architectures? Are they something different? How are they used? Well, If you have ever wondered how AI can be creative…

52 MinutesPractical AI