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AI in Academia: Navigating the FutureEpisode 18: Jeff LeBlancJeff LeBlanc, a Lecturer of Management at Bentley University discusses the evolving role of AI in business education and leadership. Jeff shares insights on the human elements of organizational behavior, emphasizing that while AI is a powerful tool for generating ideas, it cannot replace genuine human connection and empathy. The conversation explores Jeff’s engaged empathy leadership model, highlighting the importance of kindness, fairness, and structure in guiding students and future leaders.
2025-11-2536 min
Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcastRobin Hood Maths - Taking back algorithms from the richBig business, tech and even universities are using maths to enrich their own pockets. Maths Professor Noah Giansiracusa shows us how we can take back the algorithms and beat the top end at their own game.Guest: Professor Noah Giansiracusa, Associate Professor of Mathematics at Bentley University, and author of Robin Hood Maths: Take Control of the Algorithms That Run Your Life.
2025-11-2221 minAI in Academia: Navigating the FutureEpisode 17: Nathan CarterNathan Carter, Professor of Mathematical Sciences and Director of the Center for Analytics and Data Science at Bentley University, joins the podcast to share his current research on whether AI can accurately grade mathematical proofs and provide meaningful feedback to students. The conversation explores the challenges of precision, logic, and ethical concerns in AI-assisted grading, and considers broader implications for teaching, learning, and faculty development. Listeners will also gain insights from Bentley’s participation in the AAC&U Institute for AI in Pedagogy and Curriculum, including practical frameworks for evaluating and integrating AI tools in higher education.
2025-09-3036 min
Thinking With Mitch JoelSPOS #999 – Noah Giansiracusa On The Algorithms That Run Your LifeWelcome to episode #999 of Six Pixels of Separation - The ThinkersOne Podcast. Noah Giansiracusa is an associate professor of mathematics at Bentley University and a visiting scholar at Harvard who has built a reputation for translating the hidden power of algorithms into plain language that empowers individuals. With a PhD in algebraic geometry from Brown, he's always bringing a mathematician's eye to the cultural and social impact of technology. His earlier book, How Algorithms Create and Prevent Fake News, was praised by Nobel Prize–winning economist Paul Romer as "the best guide to the strategies and stakes of...
2025-08-311h 05
New Books in Popular CultureNoah Giansiracusa, "Robin Hood Math: Take Control of the Algorithms That Run Your Life" (Penguin, 2025)Everything we do today is recorded as data that’s sold to the highest bidder. Plugging our personal data into impersonal algorithms has made government agencies more efficient and tech companies more profitable. But all this comes at a price. It’s easy to feel like an insignificant number in a world of number crunchers who care more about their bottom line than your humanity. It’s time to flip the equation, turning math into an empowering tool for the rest of us.
In Robin Hood Math: Take Control of the Algorithms That Run Your Life (Penguin, 2025), award-winn...
2025-08-201h 02
New Books in MathematicsNoah Giansiracusa, "Robin Hood Math: Take Control of the Algorithms That Run Your Life" (Penguin, 2025)Everything we do today is recorded as data that’s sold to the highest bidder. Plugging our personal data into impersonal algorithms has made government agencies more efficient and tech companies more profitable. But all this comes at a price. It’s easy to feel like an insignificant number in a world of number crunchers who care more about their bottom line than your humanity. It’s time to flip the equation, turning math into an empowering tool for the rest of us.
In Robin Hood Math: Take Control of the Algorithms That Run Your Life (Penguin, 2025), award-winn...
2025-08-201h 02
New Books in TechnologyNoah Giansiracusa, "Robin Hood Math: Take Control of the Algorithms That Run Your Life" (Penguin, 2025)Everything we do today is recorded as data that’s sold to the highest bidder. Plugging our personal data into impersonal algorithms has made government agencies more efficient and tech companies more profitable. But all this comes at a price. It’s easy to feel like an insignificant number in a world of number crunchers who care more about their bottom line than your humanity. It’s time to flip the equation, turning math into an empowering tool for the rest of us.
In Robin Hood Math: Take Control of the Algorithms That Run Your Life (Penguin, 2025), award-winn...
2025-08-201h 02
New Books in EconomicsNoah Giansiracusa, "Robin Hood Math: Take Control of the Algorithms That Run Your Life" (Penguin, 2025)Everything we do today is recorded as data that’s sold to the highest bidder. Plugging our personal data into impersonal algorithms has made government agencies more efficient and tech companies more profitable. But all this comes at a price. It’s easy to feel like an insignificant number in a world of number crunchers who care more about their bottom line than your humanity. It’s time to flip the equation, turning math into an empowering tool for the rest of us.
In Robin Hood Math: Take Control of the Algorithms That Run Your Life (Penguin, 2025), award-winn...
2025-08-201h 02
New Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNoah Giansiracusa, "Robin Hood Math: Take Control of the Algorithms That Run Your Life" (Penguin, 2025)Everything we do today is recorded as data that’s sold to the highest bidder. Plugging our personal data into impersonal algorithms has made government agencies more efficient and tech companies more profitable. But all this comes at a price. It’s easy to feel like an insignificant number in a world of number crunchers who care more about their bottom line than your humanity. It’s time to flip the equation, turning math into an empowering tool for the rest of us.
In Robin Hood Math: Take Control of the Algorithms That Run Your Life (Penguin, 2025), award-winn...
2025-08-201h 02AI in Academia: Navigating the FutureEpisode 16: Denny Hummer and Amber GuerreroDenny Hummer. assistant director of the Bucknell SBDC and Amber Guerrero, a business consultant at Bucknell SBDC discuss their roles in driving the use of AI among local entrepreneurs in Pennsylvania. They share their experiences with AI, including how it has transformed their work processes and improved efficiency. They emphasize the importance of AI in providing better service to clients and the need for students to learn and use AI tools effectively. The conversation highlights the evolution of AI in small business development, the integration of AI in educational settings, and the impact of AI on student internships and...
2025-08-1930 min
Something You Should KnowWhat Algorithms Really Know About You & The Awesome Power of Doing NothingWhat if starting your meal with a mediocre appetizer could actually make the main course taste better? In this surprising opening segment, we dive into the psychology of taste and explore clever, science-backed tricks to make your food taste better — using your brain, not just your palate. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3139067/
We’re all being influenced by algorithms every day — from what we watch and buy to what we believe. But what exactly is an algorithm, how does it work, and can you fight back against its invisible influence? Math professor and author Noah Giansi...
2025-08-1448 min
The Next Big Idea DailyFeel Like a Number? Learn How to Beat the System.In Robin Hood Math, mathematics professor Noah Giansiracusa shows how understanding a little math can help you push back against a world that keeps reducing you to a number.
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2025-08-1110 min
The Next Big Idea'The Next Big Idea Daily': Feel Like a Number? Learn How to Beat the System.In Robin Hood Math, mathematics professor Noah Giansiracusa shows how understanding a little math can help you push back against a world that keeps reducing you to a number.
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2025-08-1108 min
Unlock Your Ears To A Next-Level Full Audiobook.Robin Hood Maths by Noah GiansiracusaPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/256843to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Robin Hood Maths
Author: Noah Giansiracusa
Narrator: Dan Bittner
Format: mp3
Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins
Release date: 08-07-25
Ratings: Not rated yet
Genres: Mathematics
Publisher's Summary:
In today’s data-driven world, maths is a weapon wielded by banks, insurance companies, tech firms, and government agencies. These organizations use sophisticated algorithms to calculate odds, make predictions, uncover patterns, manage risk, and optimize actions. And they treat you as another number to crunch along the way. Robin Hood Maths explains the mathematical methods these companies and agencies use to manipulate an...
2025-08-075h 58
Get Lost In An Eye-Opening Full Audiobook And Elevate Your Mindset.Robin Hood Math by Noah GiansiracusaPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/256822to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Robin Hood Math
Author: Noah Giansiracusa
Narrator: Dan Bittner
Format: mp3
Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
Release date: 08-05-25
Ratings: Not rated yet
Genres: Mathematics
Publisher's Summary:
Award-winning mathematician Noah Giansiracusa explains how the tech giants and financial institutions use formulas to get ahead—and how anyone can use these same formulas in our everyday lives. You’ll learn how to handle risk rationally, make better investments, take control of your social media, and reclaim agency over the decisions you make each day.
2025-08-055h 57
Breaking Math PodcastRobin Hood MathIn this episode of Breaking Math, Dr. Noah Giansiracusa discusses his book 'Robin Hood Math', emphasizing the importance of mathematical literacy in navigating an algorithm-driven world. He explores how math can empower everyday people, the writing process behind his book, and practical applications of math in daily life, including social media algorithms and financial decisions. The conversation highlights the simplicity of the math that truly matters and encourages listeners to reclaim agency through understanding mathematics.Takeaways Math is a powerful tool that can empower individuals. The concept of Robin Hood Math aims to redistribute mathematical knowledge...
2025-08-0532 minBrother, Mine - An Audio DramaRobin Hood MathIn this episode of Breaking Math, Dr. Noah Giansiracusa discusses his book 'Robin Hood Math', emphasizing the importance of mathematical literacy in navigating an algorithm-driven world. He explores how math can empower everyday people, the writing process behind his book, and practical applications of math in daily life, including social media algorithms and financial decisions. The conversation highlights the simplicity of the math that truly matters and encourages listeners to reclaim agency through understanding mathematics.Takeaways Math is a powerful tool that can empower individuals. The concept of Robin Hood Math aims to redistribute mathematical knowledge...
2025-08-0532 min
All the Books!New Releases and More for July 29, 2025This week, Liberty and Jeff discuss Angel Down, Black Genius, Lonely Crowds, and more great books!
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2025-07-2955 minAI in Academia: Navigating the FutureEpisode 15: Mareike MöhlmannMareike Möhlmann, associate professor of computer information systems at Bentley University, discusses how her university has been working on guidelines and guidance for faculty around AI, what Uber tells us about the future of AI and work, and how to support digital literacy.
2025-05-0833 minAI in Academia: Navigating the FutureEpisode 14: Dawn EdmistonDr. Dawn Edmiston, an award-winning Clinical Professor of Marketing at William & Mary (W&M) discusses the use of generative AI for personal branding and digital marketing, practical strategies, challenges, and ethical considerations for integrating AI in the classroom and online learning. She also dives into the importance of asking better questions, and how AI can support—not replace—human creativity and connection.
2025-03-2538 minAI in Academia: Navigating the FutureEpisode 13: Karen Saxe and Courtney GibbonsKaren Saxe and Courtney Gibbons, two math professors who moved into careers in public policy, discuss Congress’s response to AI, key legislation affecting AI literacy, ethical concerns and bias, AI’s role in teaching and research, the U.S. vs. EU approach to AI regulation, and how academics can engage in policy-making at the local and national levels.NOTE: This episode was recorded on September 10, 2024. As you will hear in our intro, our guests on this episode work on public policies and with the current changes in the administration some of the disc...
2025-03-0553 minAI in Academia: Navigating the FutureEpisode 12: Julian TogeliusJulian Togelius, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at NYU's Tandon School of Engineering, discusses AI and games, learning strategies to assess AI in teaching, strategies for designing assessments, and when to use or avoid AI.
2025-01-1748 minAI in Academia: Navigating the FutureEpisode 11: Ian CrossIan Cross, Senior Lecturer in Marketing @ Bentley University, discusses one of Bentley's first AI courses, the impact of AI in advertising and marketing, AI's relation to the printing press, how AI helps companies evaluate and assess their brand, and why AI might be the next big wave of economic opportunity.
2024-10-3154 min
The Tech Humanist ShowThe Math Behind Social Media: How Algorithms Shape Our Digital Lives — featuring Noah GiansiracusaIn this insightful episode of The Tech Humanist Show, host Kate O’Neill sits down with Noah Giansiracusa, an associate professor of mathematics at Bentley University and visiting scholar at Harvard, to unravel the fascinating interplay between mathematics, social media algorithms, and their impact on society. Noah dives into his journey, which began during the pandemic, […]
2024-10-0154 minAI in Academia: Navigating the FutureEpisode 10: Melissa HeyMelissa Hey, lecturer in Natural and Applied Sciences at Bentley University, discusses her experiences teaching environmental science and sustainability in a post-ChatGPT world. Melissa shares how she AI-proofed her assignments, how much is too much AI to bring into the classroom, what worked well, what didn't, and the importance of collecting student feedback and data.
2024-09-0348 minAI in Academia: Navigating the FutureEpisode 9: Lindsey KosinskiLindsey Kosinski, Associate Director of Business Intelligence at Bentley University and a student of Bentley’s Masters in Analytics program, discusses her journey of upskilling before and after the release of ChatGPT, how students can leverage tools like it to learn more effectively in a dynamic environment, the skills that remain crucial as generative AI proliferates, and the evolution of business intelligence from the early days of big data to today.
2024-07-2436 minAI in Academia: Navigating the FutureEpisode 8: Janelle Estes and Sarah PagliaccioJanelle Estes and Sarah Pagliaccio, lecturers in Experience Design at Bentley University, join us to discuss the role of AI in user research and design. Topics include strategies and approaches for teaching with AI in the classroom, how gen AI can be considered as a junior intern for UX professionals, how it can help make room for higher order learning and thinking, how we can probe to reduce hallucinations, and the role of AI in designing with empathy.
2024-06-1848 minAI in Academia: Navigating the FutureEpisode 7: Jennifer XuJennifer Xu, professor of Computer Information Systems at Bentley University, discusses how to teach AI to business students, the intellectual value of learning coding, the data needs of AI versus human brains, and why curiosity and empathy are paramount as we prepare for jobs of the future.
2024-05-2341 minAI in Academia: Navigating the FutureEpisode 6: Fred LedleyFred Ledley, professor of Natural & Applied Sciences at Bentley University, discusses how today's AI grew out of the big data methods of computational biology from the past few decades, how AI is changing the way science is taught and researched, how it's paving the way for personalized medicine, what scientific research papers might look like in the future, and what chatbots do better than web search and what web search still offers that chatbots need to improve on.
2024-04-2040 minAI in Academia: Navigating the FutureEpisode 5: Chris BenekeChris Beneke, professor of history at Bentley University, discusses how Bentley's university-wide first year seminar class dealt with AI disruptions, what teaching AI and teaching sex ed have in common, how web search is evolving with AI, and how AI is forcing higher ed to confront some challenging questions around its mission and clarify its purpose.
2024-04-0539 minAI in Academia: Navigating the FutureEpisode 4: Chase CicchettiChase Cicchetti, Lecturer in Finance at Bentley University, discusses what happened when his students created their own class policy on AI, how generative AI sped up his research, how LLMs are poised to impact the finance industry, and what the biggest indicator was that some of his students used ChatGPT to write their essays.
2024-03-1933 minAI in Academia: Navigating the FutureEpisode 3: Monica GarfieldMonica Garfield, Professor and Chair of the Computer Information Systems department at Bentley University, discusses the evolution of AI, low-code/no-code environments, how to prepare students for a rapidly changing workforce, the right way to teach prompt engineering, Bentley's new cross-disciplinary AI major, what other universities should be mindful of when building AI programs, and what research tasks AI is ready to help faculty with.
2024-03-0528 minAI in Academia: Navigating the FutureEpisode 2: Axel SeemannThe head of Bentley's philosophy department, Axel Seeman, chats about the new computer science/philosophy joint major in AI at Bentley, why interdisciplinarity is "bloody hard," what role philosophy plays in AI and in preparing students for a world full of AI, what Descartes would have said about the latest chatbots, and what impact AI is going to have on our social lives and our feelings of loneliness.
2024-02-2035 minAI in Academia: Navigating the FutureEpisode 1: Paul TeslukIn this inaugural episode, Paul Tesluk, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Bentley University discusses the role of higher education leadership in supporting AI, Bentley’s response to the use of AI in teaching and scholarship, a new AI task force at Bentley, and using AI for scaling operations and reducing costs for programs and initiatives.
2024-02-2032 min2024-02-1702 min
The Gallup PodcastThe Public Is Skeptical About AI, but Do Opportunities Lie Ahead?A large majority of Americans don’t have confidence in business to use AI responsibly. What can businesses do to build trust with customers and educate the public about AI as a force for good? Dr. Noah Giansiracusa, associate professor of mathematical sciences at Bentley University, joins the podcast to discuss how transparency can be key to businesses responsibly adopting AI, and how young Americans’ greater optimism about AI presents an opportunity for the future.
2023-09-2822 min
Technologies Impacting SocietyMachine Learning & Societal Implications With Noah GiansiracusaDiscover the fascinating world of Machine Learning & Societal Implications with Noah Giansiracusa. Explore the profound impact of this cutting-edge technology on society and gain insights into its ethical, economic, and social ramifications. Join us for an enlightening conversation that delves into the opportunities, challenges, and responsibilities associated with the integration of Machine Learning in our lives.--------------------------------------FOLLOW NOAH GIANSIRACUSA, Associate Professor🌐 Website: https://www.noahgian.com/➡️ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ProfNoahGian--------------------------------------NOAH'S PUBLICATION: Ho...
2023-06-2742 min
It Could Happen HereHow Scared Should You Be About AI?Robert sits down with Noah Giansiracusa, math professor at Bentley University, to talk about the reasonable and unreasonable fears people have over AI.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2023-04-0434 min
The Media ShowWe Need to Talk About GaryThe BBC says that it is having a “frank conversation” with Gary Lineker after he tweeted that the language setting out the government’s new plan for small boats crossing the channel was "not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s".Also in the programme, Elon Musk picks a twitter fight with a sacked employee – and then says sorry, and the role algorithms play in how we consume media.Guests: Roger Mosey, former director of BBC Sport, Alva Ray, Host of POLITICO’s Westminster Insider Podcast, Kara Swisher, Host of "On with Kara Swisher"...
2023-03-0827 min
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the futureWhy the Zelensky Deepfake FailedThe FBI warned that Russia would use deepfakes to support its invasion of Ukraine. Are they missing the real threat?Guest: Noah Giansiracusa, professor of math and data science at Bentley University.Host: Seth Stevenson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2022-03-2522 min
Slate TechnologyWhat Next TBD: Why the Zelensky Deepfake FailedThe FBI warned that Russia would use deepfakes to support its invasion of Ukraine. Are they missing the real threat?Guest: Noah Giansiracusa, professor of math and data science at Bentley University.Host: Seth Stevenson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2022-03-2522 min