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ChoixpitreChoixpitre - La P.A.L. de l'été 2024 - Les pastilles, 1ere partiePour ouvrir cette P.A.L. de l'été, nous avons ouvert les micros à toutes les personnes qui souhaitaient participer. Deux consignes ont été données : Parler d'un livre que vous avez prévu de lire cet étéEn moins de 2 min.Presque tout le monde a respecté la consigne 😁Merci aux copaines de Podcut, podcasteurices ou auditeurices qui ont participé et merci aux copains podcasteurs de Galaxie Pop qui se sont prêtés au jeu avec plaisir 🤗 https://galaxie-pop-la-constellation.lepodcast.fr/00:00:34 Lily : LE DERNIER R...2024-08-0214 min
Sustainable AIUnderstanding Stress Levels of Campus Shootings with ML: A Conversation with Senior Microsoft Researcher, Koustuv SahaIn this episode, I spoke with Koustuv Saha about his paper called Modeling Stress with Social Media Around Incidents of Gun Violence on College Campuses. We spoke over the summer, on a day that neither of us expected would be in the immediate aftermath of one of the worst mass shootings in Illinois history.
You can find a link to the full paper here: https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3134727?casa_token=HWXx8Y-udkAAAAAA:FvlSN_4HOAawImzQJOJ8r7HLt1cltAexUoglICyAAVy-1zKtXowHTY9spB4Cxbdsvc3-kIZnXQ
You can learn more about Koustuv here: https://koustuv.com/
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Sustainable AIAI and the Future of Warfare w/ Lauren KahnSustainable Development Goal #16: Peace, Justice & Strong Institutions
In this episode, Lauren Kahn, research fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, talks about the impact of AI and emerging technologies on the future of warfare. She answers questions like, how is AI being used in conflicts like the one in Ukraine? Which players and institutions are driving defense innovation? And what risks are being considered as we traverse this new frontier?
It's a grim reality that war is at times necessary to promote and protect peace. This interview seeks to understand how AI is being used a...2022-08-3132 min
Sustainable AIUsing ML to identify buildings and empower communities: A Conversation with Google PM Aboulaye DiadackIn this episode, we dive into Google's Open Building's dataset with Abdoulaye, a research program manager at Google Research Ghana. Join us as we explore how this dataset is putting communities on the map. Informal settlements around the world often go unnoticed by traditional tools, making it challenging for governments and humanitarian groups to assess the population size and identify certain needs. Discover how the team at Google utilized machine learning to pinpoint the location and geometry of buildings in Africa and Asia, and learn why they made this valuable dataset accessible to the public. Abdoulaye shares insights on...2022-07-1325 min
Sustainable AIArtificial intelligence and the future of healthcare in hospitals w/ Dr. Karandeep SinghCOVID-19 patients that don't believe in COVID-19, hospitals at full capacity and burnout among healthcare professionals, are just a few of the challenges that put pressure on our hospital systems, on top of the age old question, what's wrong with this patient and how do we fix it? To help solve these challenges, Dr. Karandeep uses, not only his background as a trained physician, but also his expertise in biomedical informatics. In this conversation, Assistant Professor of Learning Health Sciences, Internal Medicine, Urology, and Information at the University of Michigan, Dr. Karandeep, and Lily Adelstein discuss applications of artificial in...2022-07-0332 min
Sustainable AIGiving directly with machine learning w/ Michael Kayemba and Alex NawarThis episode is a conversation with Director of Innovation Michael Kayemba and Regional Director, International Alex Nawar at GiveDirectly. GiveDirectly is a non-profit that helps individuals in extreme poverty by providing unconditional cash transfers via mobile phone.
In this episode we discuss extreme poverty, GiveDirectly’s approach to alleviating extreme poverty and how the organization has started using machine learning to effectively target the individuals most in need.2022-05-2830 min
Sustainable AIArtificial intelligence and public health w/ Ariel FrankelIn this episode of the podcast, Lily Adelstein speaks with Ariel Frankel about building capacity among public health officials world-wide to prepare for and leverage AI and other edge technologies to advance public health priorities.
Ariel Frankel is the Director of Public Health at TechChange, an all-in-one digital training and events firm. She is currently using human centered design methodologies to support the development of an online learning platform to facilitate the capacity building and knowledge sharing of key public health issues for a wide variety of audiences, from frontline health workers to Ministry of Health officials. ...2022-04-1336 min
Sustainable AITackling poverty in Togo with machine learning and non-traditional big data w/ Emily AikenIn this episode of the podcast, Lily Adelstein and Emily Aiken discuss the paper, "Machine learning and phone data can improve targeting of humanitarian aid".
Emily Aiken is a PhD student at the UC Berkeley School of Information advised by Joshua Blumenstock. Emily is interested in the application of computational methods to issues of economic development, global health, and sustainability. She is currently working on expanding machine learning methods for estimating poverty and other measures of well-being from digital trace data. Her past research has included deep learning methods for tracking disease outbreaks using Internet-based data sources and...2022-03-0142 min
Sustainable AIIntro: Welcome to Sustainable AIWelcome to Sustainable AI! This podcast brings together researchers and industry professionals using artificial intelligence and machine learning to tackle some of today's biggest challenges - 17 of today's biggest challenges to be exact. Why 17? In 2015, the United Nations laid out 17 ambitious goals to be achieved by 2030. In this podcast, we'll explore how creative researchers and professionals are using machine learning to achieve these goals.
These goals include: no poverty; zero hunger; good health and well-being; quality education; gender equality; clean water and sanitation; affordable and clean energy; decent work and economic growth; industry, innovation and infrastructure; reduced i...2022-02-2605 min
Machine Learning in ActionGoogle Launches New Pixel Phone with ML Front and CenterGoogle launched two new products today — Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 pro. Center stage at this launch was artificial intelligence and machine learning used to make smartphones more personal. Google is setting the bar high for the use of ML in apps and mobile features.2021-10-2022 min
Machine Learning in ActionAmazon's Alexa AnnouncementAmong the many new announcements at Amazon’s recent fall event was an exciting update that provides a window into the future of machine learning technology. By now consumers are well aware of voice assistants, and Amazon’s Alexa leads the market. In fact, roughly one-in-four US adults owns a smart speaker, with 70-75% of that market share estimated to be captured by Amazon. This makes smart speakers in general, and Alexa in particular, one of the most recognizable and regular interactions that the average consumer has with machine learning technology. Machine learning is core to Alexa’s ability to und...2021-10-1420 min
Machine Learning in ActionHow ML Can and Does Improve RobinhoodRobinhood is an American based FinTech company founded in 2013 with the mission to democratize access to public markets. With over 31 million users and 5000 stocks offered, it is a data rich platform. In fact, Robinhood publicly states, “Insights from data power most decisions at Robinhood.”
In this episode we talk a lot about machine learning for financial risk detection and how to help new users become more informed investors.2021-10-1426 min
Machine Learning in ActionIs Machine Learning the Future of Cybersecurity?Some of our most valuable assets live online. From bank information to the entire infrastructure of online businesses. This makes data breaches an incredibly serious violation. As high profile data breaches make headlines, including Twitch most recently and even the U.S. government back in December, more companies are using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to address cybersecurity concerns. One example is Darktrace, a company that uses AI to identify cyber threats as early as possible.2021-10-1416 min
Machine Learning in ActionWhat Role Does AI Play in the Music Industry?DJ Mag is in the midst of publishing a series on the future of music and the influence AI is having on the industry. It’s a fascinating look inside one of the many sectors of our economy that is being reimagined with the help of machine learning, and- because of the innately creative quality to this particular industry- it especially highlights questions about the relationship between humans and machines.2021-10-1421 min
Machine Learning in ActionAre Biased Algorithms Even Preventable?Technology promises a wide range of efficiencies; one of the most promising and yet elusive is the removal of human bias from decision making. A recent paper published by New York University (NYU) researchers presents a glimmer of hope for a less biased future. The study found that during Covid-19, “the majority of Black borrowers who received aid from the $800 billion relief program got their loan from a financial technology company, not a bank.” The study explains that fin-tech companies and large banks that employed algorithms and automation demonstrated higher rates of loan approvals for Black borrowers compared to smal...2021-10-1416 min
Machine Learning in Action$50M for More AI in Customer SupportCustomer service and support has been transformed by technology, and analysts predict it will experience even greater change in the coming years as it invests in and embraces artificial intelligence. That prediction took a big step closer to reality this week when SupportLogic announced they had raised an additional $50 million to help expand their AI-powered customer support platform offering.2021-10-1317 min
Machine Learning in ActionFacebook in the NewsIt’s been a bad few weeks for Facebook, starting with a massive trove of leaked internal documents and culminating most recently in a multi-hour service outage, as well as a 60 Minutes interview and US Senate testimony by a company whistleblower. The whistleblower, Frances Haugen, was a product manager at Facebook, and has provided documents and other evidence to journalists and Congress that paint an incredibly unflattering picture of the company.
In this episode we talk about Facebook's latest challenges and the integral role machine learning plays in making Facebook what it is today. 2021-10-0625 min
Machine Learning in ActionIdeas for Improving the NYT App with Machine LearningIn today’s episode, we talked about ways to improve the New York Times app with machine learning. While NYT is one of the largest, most successful news outlets in the world it is not immune to the changing nature of news distribution.
In this conversation, we highlight ways that news outlets can stand up and thrive against the changing publishing world using machine learning.2021-10-0530 min
Sustainable AIHow WaterScope is using machine learning to end water inequality w/ Sammy Mahdi, PhDIn this episode of the podcast, Lily Adelstein and Sammy Mahdi discuss the ways WaterScope is using machine learning to help ensure safe drinking water worldwide.
Sammy Mahdi, PhD, is the lead project engineer at WaterScope UK limited. He works closely with engineers, suppliers and end-users to develop and bring the product to market. He received his Master of Research and his PhD from the University of Cambridge in Sensor Technologies and Applications.
WaterScope's mission is to enable inclusive access to smart, easy-to-use, and reliable testing for bacterial presence in drinking water.
Since i...2021-09-1313 min