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The Digital Project ManagerThe Digital Project ManagerHow a Shared AI Mindset Can Drive Real Organizational TransformationAI projects aren’t just another trend—they’re already reshaping workplaces in ways big and small. From HR to finance, employees are integrating AI into daily tasks, often without formal initiatives. Yet many organizations are still struggling to align teams and create a clear strategy for AI adoption. So, how can companies move from scattered, anxiety-driven adoption to a cohesive, strategic approach?In this episode, host Galen Low sits down with Ron Schmelzer, Global Head of AI Partnerships at PMI, to explore how organizations can better support AI-driven projects. They discuss what it takes to get teams...2025-04-2246 minPondering AIPondering AICritical Planning with Ron Schmelzer and Kathleen WalchKathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer analyze AI patterns and factors hindering adoption, why AI is never ‘set it and forget it’, and the criticality of critical thinking.   The dynamic duo behind Cognilytica (now PMI) join Kimberly to discuss: the seven (7) patterns of AI; fears and concerns stymying AI adoption; the tension between top-down and bottom-ups AI adoption; the AI value proposition; what differentiates CPMAI from good old-fashioned project management; AI’s Red Queen moment; critical thinking as a uniquely human skill; the DKIUW pyramid and limits of machine understanding; why you can’t sit AI out.  A transcr...2024-11-2048 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastCognilytica is now part of PMI! [AI Today Podcast]We have some super exciting news to share with you all! And, we want our community to hear this news directly from us. Project Management Institute (PMI), the world’s leading organization for the project management profession has acquired Cognilytica and Managing Partners Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer have joined PMI’s Senior Leadership Team!In this episode of AI Today hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer reflect on Cognilytica’s and AI Today’s journey these past eight years.Continue reading Cognilytica is now part of PMI! [AI Today Podcast] at Cognilytica.2024-09-1921 minThe Human CodeThe Human CodeFrom Insight to Impact: Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer's AI OdysseySend us a textNavigating AI Implementation and Innovation with Expert InsightsIn this episode of The Human Code, host Don Finley explores the intersection of technology and humanity with AI experts Kathleen Walsh and Ronald Schmelzer. The discussion delves into the personal journeys of the guests, their insights on AI implementation over the years, and the transformative impact of AI across industries. They introduce the seven patterns of AI, emphasizing the importance of understanding AI's capabilities and limitations. Pitfalls in AI implementation, such as inaccuracies and the challenge of achieving AGI, are also covered. Additionally...2024-05-0341 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast: AI Glossary Series – Black Box, Explainable AI (XAI), Interpretable AIIn this episode of the AI Today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer define the terms Black Box, Explainable AI (XAI), Interpretable AI, explain how these terms relate to AI and why it’s important to know about them.📖 Learn about Black Box Technology 📦: Kathleen and Ron will unravel the mystery behind Black Box technology, explaining its connection to deep learning in the realm of artificial intelligence.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: AI Glossary Series – Black Box, Explainable AI (XAI), Interpretable AI at Cognilytica.2023-10-1814 minThat Gives Me AnxietyThat Gives Me AnxietyArtificial Intelligence with Kathleen Walch, Ron Schmelzer from the AI Today Podcast Part 2Join me for part 2 on anxiety related to Artificial Intelligence. From job loss to the terminator, there's a lot of discussion about the ways AI could harm us. But what's fact, what's Arnold themed fiction? I'm joined by Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer from the AI Today podcast to learn about AI and see if we can dispel some of the falsehoods.How to support the show!Pure Spectrum CBD: Promo code AnxietyPod for 15% off!https://www.purespectrumcbd.com/ref/552/Buy Me a Coffee:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/givesmeanxietyInstacart:...2023-06-2232 minThat Gives Me AnxietyThat Gives Me AnxietyArtificial Intelligence with Kathleen Walch, Ron Schmelzer from the AI Today Podcast Part 1Artificial Intelligence scares a lot of people. From job loss to the terminator, there's a lot of discussion about the ways AI could harm us. But what's fact, what's Arnold themed fiction? I'm joined by Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer from the AI Today podcast to learn about AI and see if we can dispel some of the falsehoods. How to support the show!Pure Spectrum CBD: Promo code AnxietyPod for 15% off!https://www.purespectrumcbd.com/ref/552/Buy Me a Coffee:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/givesmeanxietyInstacart:Instacart.oloiyb.net/An...2023-06-1539 minGovFuture PodcastGovFuture PodcastLLMs & AI Generated Content in Government, Interview with Scott Beliveau, USPTO [GovFuture Podcast]Do you know what the US Patent and Trademark Office is doing with AI generated content and large language models such as ChatGPT or Google Bard? And how will this impact the US Patent process? Building upon the panel discussion at the April 2023 GovFuture Forum, we interview Scott Beliveau who is the Branch Chief of Advanced Analytics and lead product owner of data and analytics at the United States Patent and Trademark Office. In this podcast episode Scott is able to dig a bit deeper on how the adoption of transformative technology in the public sector provides both risks...2023-05-1628 minAgileToolkit PodcastAgileToolkit PodcastRon Schmelzer and Kathleen Walch - Hosts of the AI Today Podcasts - 2022I spoke with Ron and Kathleen about their AI Today podcast.  AI Today is a great podcast that covers a wide range of practical AI topics.  Ron and Kathleen talk about the Podcast, their work at Cognilytica and a wide range of AI related topics.  We also talk about the interplay of Agile Methods, AI and large data projects.   https://www.cognilytica.com/aitoday/ Enjoy the conversation. Bob Payne2022-12-0745 minProject Management ParadiseProject Management ParadiseEpisode 149: "Emerging trends in AI" with Ron Schmelzer and Kathleen WalchRon Schmelzer and Kathleen Walch are the managing partners of Cognilytica, an AI research and advisory firm. Ron is also a judge for the South by Southwest Innovation Awards and started and runs the Tech Breakfast. Kathleen is a serial entrepreneur, an expert in AI and machine learning, a savvy marketer, and a tech industry connector. The birth of Cognilytica is when they both realized that the world is taking a huge leap in technology as AI is becoming more popular. The drive for them to create these podcast episodes came when they realized that people were...2022-11-3024 minThe Everyday PM: Project Management Principles for Your Everyday LifeThe Everyday PM: Project Management Principles for Your Everyday LifeArtificial Intelligence and Project ManagementIt was a tremendous honor to have both Ron and Kathleen on The Everyday PM Podcast. Ron and Kathleen have been hosting the AI Today Podcast since 2017 with 250+ episodes and tens of thousands of listeners. In this week's episode, we guest swap on each other's podcasts, talking about insights into why AI and data projects fail and the role methodology can play to help projects succeed.    We cover the following topics:  What do people commonly misunderstand about running AI projects?  Are we overpromising what AI can do, resulting in failed projects?  Where are there still gaps in th...2022-11-1644 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast: An Overview of the Data Labeling MarketIn order for many machine learning algorithms to be trained, especially supervised learning algorithms, they need to be fed relevant data along with the desired meaning of the data. In this episode of the AI Today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer provide an overview of the data labeling market, what “ground truth” labeling is, the different data labeling and annotation needs, and data labeling and annotation use cases.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: An Overview of the Data Labeling Market at Cognilytica.2022-01-1247 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast: The State of AI (and AI Today) heading into 2022On today’s AI Today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer are going to do their annual AI Market Forecast & Trends. They will spend some time reflecting on what they are seeing in the market and where they forecast the AI markets will go in 2022. They will talk about the Data Labeling, Data Engineering & Preparation, ML Platforms, ML Ops, and RPA markets.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: The State of AI (and AI Today) heading into 2022 at Cognilytica.2022-01-051h 14AI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast: Looking back at AI (and AI Today) in 2021With 2021 quickly fading into the rear view mirror it’s time to do our annual yearly AI recap. On today’s podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer are going to take a look back at 2021 as it relates to AI and share some of the hottest news from the past year, including acquisitions and fund raises, and some of our favorite podcasts of 2021.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: Looking back at AI (and AI Today) in 2021 at Cognilytica.2021-12-3151 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast: Interview with Gilman Louie, Commissioner for the National Security Commission on AI (NSCAI)Earlier in 2021, The National Security Commission on AI (NSCAI) published their final report that presents the NSCAI’s strategy for winning the artificial intelligence era and provides a strategy to get the United States AI-ready by 2025. On this episode of the AI Today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer had the opportunity to interview Gilman Louie who is one of 15 commissioners for the National Security Commission on AI (NSCAI) and co-founder and partner of Alsop Louie Partners, an early-stage technology venture capital firm.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: Interview with Gilman Louie, Commissioner for the National Se...2021-12-2343 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast: AI Failure Series – Not Understanding the Model & Data LifecycleIt’s important for organizations to understand all that’s involved that goes into the model. A common reason that AI projects fail is that the team does not understand the model and data lifecycle. In this episode of the AI Today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer dig deeper into this subject and share tips for organizations to overcome this common issue.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: AI Failure Series – Not Understanding the Model & Data Lifecycle at Cognilytica.2021-12-1539 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast: AI Failure Series – Believing Vendor & Industry HypeAI is not the solution to all problems. And, not every vendor solution solves your problem, regardless of what they may tell you. In this episode of the AI Today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer continue the discussion around common reasons why AI projects fail. In this episode they dig into issues that can happen when companies don’t ask the right questions and get caught up believing vendor and industry hype.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: AI Failure Series – Believing Vendor & Industry Hype at Cognilytica.2021-12-0844 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast: AI Failure Series – The Real World MismatchFar too often, organizations move forward with AI projects without having a clear understanding of how their AI and ML models are going to be used in the real world. This lack of real world understanding is a major reasons why AI projects fail. In this episode of the AI Today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer dig deeper into this topic, and share ways companies can overcome this issue.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: AI Failure Series – The Real World Mismatch at Cognilytica.2021-12-0319 minTuring’s Triple HelixTuring’s Triple HelixDoing AI Right: Host Swap with AI TodayIn this episode, the Scottish AI Alliance team catch up with Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer, both Managing Partners of Cognilytica and hosts of the AI Today podcast. They discuss the growing AI trends and the importance of trustworthy, ethical, and inclusive AI.  Links AI Today podcast: https://www.cognilytica.com/aitoday/  Seven Patterns of AI: https://www.cognilytica.com/2019/04/04/the-seven-patterns-of-ai/  Ethical Framework: https://www.cognilytica.com/document/cognilyticas-comprehensive-ethical-ai-framework/  AI and Government Event with Albert King: https://events.cognilytica.com/session/december-2021-ai-in-government/?utm_source=presenter  Original music from Post Coal Prom Queen: https://www.postco...2021-12-0134 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast: Interview with Albert King, Chief Data Officer of the Scottish GovernmentCountries across the world are understanding that they can take advantage of the tremendous transformation presented by AI and cognitive technologies and position themselves for global competitiveness in the future. As a result, countries are coming up with their own unique AI strategies. In this episode of the AI Today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer interview Albert King, Chief Data Officer of the Scottish Government to discuss the Scottish AI strategy that was published in March 2021.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: Interview with Albert King, Chief Data Officer of the Scottish Government at Cognilytica.2021-12-0127 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast: Data Science through a Human Lens – Interview with Felipe Flores, host of Data Futurology PodcastOn the AI Today podcast we regularly interview thought leaders who are implementing AI and cognitive technology at various companies and agencies. However in this episode hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer interview Felipe Flores, host of Data Futurology Podcast. On his podcast he talks about Data Science through a human lens and discusses the human side of data with leaders from across the globe.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: Data Science through a Human Lens – Interview with Felipe Flores, host of Data Futurology Podcast at Cognilytica.2021-11-2632 minData Futurology - Leadership And Strategy in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data ScienceData Futurology - Leadership And Strategy in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science#172 Making AI implementation a Reality, with Felipe Flores host of Data Futurology and Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer, Hosts of AI today podcastFor the first time in Data Futurology podcast, we’ll be having a two-in-one episode. In the first part of this episode, Felipe Flores is interviewed by AI today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer. Cognilytica's AI Today podcast focuses on relevant information about what's going on today in the world of artificial intelligence. In the latter part of this episode, Felipe interviews Kathleen and Ron to talk about certain challenges and finding out the real potential of AI. Enjoy the show! Thanks to our sponsor Talent Insights Gr...2021-11-261h 29AI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast: AI Failure Series- Data Quality IssuesThe saying garbage in is garbage out couldn’t be more true when it comes to data being fed into AI and ML models. In this podcast, hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer discuss the importance of data quality and why bad data is a main reason for AI project failure.Show Notes:CPMAI MethodologyCPMAI MethodologyIntro to CPMAI webinarAI Today Podcast: AI Failure Series – Data Quantity & Data Understanding IssuesAI Today Podcast: AI Failure Series – ROI MisalignmentContinue reading AI Today Podcast: AI Failure Series- Data Quality Issues at Cognilytica.2021-11-1030 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast: From Data Reporter to AI Strategist, Interview with Mara Pometti, Global AI Strategist at IBMOrganizations are finding that data is only part of their AI strategy. In order to fully utilize their data, they need to be able to make sense of that data and effectively communicate the story their data is telling. In this episode of the AI Today podcast, hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer interview Mara Pometti, Global AI Strategist at IBM.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: From Data Reporter to AI Strategist, Interview with Mara Pometti, Global AI Strategist at IBM at Cognilytica.2021-11-0449 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast: AI Failure Series – Data Quantity & Data Understanding IssuesAI and ML projects revolve around data so it’s important to understand how much data you really need. Understanding how to plan, manage, and operationalize AI & ML Projects is crucial for project success. In this episode of the AI Today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer continue the discussion around common reasons why AI projects fail.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: AI Failure Series – Data Quantity & Data Understanding Issues at Cognilytica.2021-11-0331 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast: The State of Ethical AI – Interview with Radical AI Podcast hosts Jessie J. Smith and Dylan DoyleOn the AI Today podcast we regularly interview thought leaders who are implementing AI and cognitive technology at various companies and agencies. However in this episode hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer interview Jessie J. Smith and Dylan Doyle, hosts of the Radical AI podcast. On their podcast they try to probe and advance the field of Artificial Intelligence Ethics so it was only natural to discuss what they see as the most common themes around responsible and ethical use of AI as well as where we currently stand with ethical AI.Continue reading AI Today Podcast...2021-10-1547 minThe Radical AI PodcastThe Radical AI PodcastWhat Causes AI to Fail? with the AI Today Podcast what causes AI to fail from a business/industry perspective and beyond? What metrics are used to measure and indicate failure? And how can we improve the field of AI by learning from these failures?  To answer these questions we interview Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer of Cognilytica’s AI Today podcast. Ron and Kathleen are both principal analysts, managing partners and founders of Cognilytica. Cognilytica is a research, advisory, and education firm focused on advanced big data analytics, cognitive technologies, and evolving areas of Artificial Intelligence and machine learning.  Full show notes for t...2021-10-1553 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today podcast: AI Failure Series- AI projects are NOT like traditional software development projectsAs part of the AI Failure Series, on this podcast, hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer dig into common themes and reasons we have seen why AI projects fail. Why are so many AI projects failing when they don’t need to be? Various sources are quoting AI project failure rates upwards of 70-80%.Continue reading AI Today podcast: AI Failure Series- AI projects are NOT like traditional software development projects at Cognilytica.2021-10-1328 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast: Data science in the Enterprise: Interview with Sanyam Bhutani, host of Chai Time Data Science podcastOn the AI Today podcast we regularly interview thought leaders who are implementing AI and cognitive technology at various companies and agencies. However in this episode hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer interview Sanyam Bhutani, host of Chai Time Data Science podcast. As his podcast talks about Data Science, he shares with us where things really stand in enterprises with data science, some of the biggest trends emerging in data and data science today, and some of the mundane but crucial aspects to data science that people need to be aware of.Continue reading AI Today Podcast...2021-10-0623 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast: Insights into the AI Startup Scene: Interview with Alexandra Petrus, host of the Applied AI PodOn the AI Today podcast we regularly interview thought leaders who are implementing AI and cognitive technology at various companies and agencies. However in this episode hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer interview Alexandra Petrus, host of the Applied AI Pod. On her podcast she talks to anyone who is applying AI today including startup founders, startup engineers, AI community leaders, research scientists, innovation leaders, product builders, passionate AI practitioners.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: Insights into the AI Startup Scene: Interview with Alexandra Petrus, host of the Applied AI Pod at Cognilytica.2021-10-0551 minAI with AI: Artificial Intelligence with Andy IlachinskiAI with AI: Artificial Intelligence with Andy IlachinskiAI Today Podcast: Interview with Andy Ilachinski and David Broyles, hosts of the AI with AI podcastAndy and Dave were recently interviewed on the AI Today podcast. On the AI Today podcast we regularly interview thought leaders who are implementing AI and cognitive technology at various companies and agencies. However in this episode hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer interview Andy Ilachinski and David Broyles, hosts of the AI with AI podcast. On their podcast, they explore the latest breakthroughs in artificial intelligence and autonomy, as well as their military implications so naturally, we discussed with them some of the biggest trends they are seeing emerging out of AI today, some of...2021-09-241h 00AI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast: Interview with Andy Ilachinski and David Broyles, hosts of the AI with AI podcastOn the AI Today podcast we regularly interview thought leaders who are implementing AI and cognitive technology at various companies and agencies. However in this episode hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer interview Andy Ilachinski and David Broyles, hosts of the AI with AI podcast. On their podcast they explore the latest breakthroughs in artificial intelligence and autonomy, as well as their military implications so naturally we discussed with them some of the biggest trends they are seeing emerging out of AI today, some of the challenges to AI adoption especially in military applications, and some of the surprising...2021-09-221h 00Harvard Data Science Review PodcastHarvard Data Science Review PodcastThe Future of Artificial Intelligence: Will it be the Terminator or the Jetsons?On this episode we explore all things AI with our guests Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer, hosts of the popular AI Today podcast and principal analysts and managing partners of Cognilytica, an AI research and advisory firm. With Kathleen and Ron, we discuss the spread of AI in our lives, from autonomous vehicles to Taco Bell’s new automatic drive thru lanes. But has too much been promised and not delivered? Are we on the brink of an AI winter, where development and investment cool down? We look at all the possibilities of how our future will ch...2021-09-1639 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast: Interview with Harvard Data Science Review (HDSR) Podcast hosts Liberty Vittert & Xiao-Li MengOn the AI Today podcast we regularly interview thought leaders who are implementing AI and cognitive technology at various companies and agencies. However in this episode hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer interview Liberty Vittert & Xiao-Li Meng, hosts of the Harvard Data Science Review (HDSR) podcast. On their podcast they discuss news, policy, and business through the lens of data science so they shared ways in which data is being used or misused as well as some of the most interesting articles published in Harvard Data Science Review.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: Interview with Harvard Data...2021-09-1641 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast: Interview with Craig Smith, host of Eye on AI podcastOn the AI Today podcast we regularly interview thought leaders who are implementing AI and cognitive technology at various companies and agencies. However in this episode hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer interview Craig Smith, host of the Eye on AI podcast. Just like with our podcast, Craig interviews thought leaders in AI. He shares with us interesting insights and common themes he has seen among guests as well as what guests have surprised him.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: Interview with Craig Smith, host of Eye on AI podcast at Cognilytica.2021-09-0846 minEye On A.I.Eye On A.I.CognilyticaThis week, I talk to Ron Schmelzer and Kathleen Walch, founders of Cognilytica, a research, advisory, and education firm focused on artificial Intelligence. We talked about the rise of MLOps, data labeling, unsupervised learning and what it will take to get us to human-level artificial general intelligence.2021-09-0143 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast: From IndyCar To AI: An Interview With Alex CastrounisOn the AI Today podcast we regularly interview thought leaders who are implementing AI and cognitive technology at various companies and agencies. In this episode hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer interview Alex Castrounis, the host from AI with Alex YouTube channel and Why of AI founder. We discuss the area of responsible AI including ethics, fairness, and safety as well as some of the biggest trends emerging in AI today.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: From IndyCar To AI: An Interview With Alex Castrounis at Cognilytica.2021-09-0147 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastBONUS episode: Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer interviewed on AI with AI podcastKathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer were recently interviewed on the AI with AI podcast. In this bonus episode, we wanted to share our podcast interview with you. Hosts of the AI with AI podcast Andy Ilachinski and David Broyles welcome the hosts of the weekly podcast AI Today, Kathleen Walch and Ronald Schmelzer. On AI … AI Today Podcast BONUS episode: Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer interviewed on AI with AI podcast Read More » The post AI Today Podcast BONUS episode: Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer interviewed on AI with AI podcast appeared first on AI & Dat...2021-08-2045 minAI with AI: Artificial Intelligence with Andy IlachinskiAI with AI: Artificial Intelligence with Andy IlachinskiAI Today, Tomorrow, & ForeverAndy and Dave welcome the hosts of the weekly podcast AI Today, Kathleen Walch and Ronald Schmelzer. On AI Today, Kathleen and Ron discuss topics related to how AI is making impacts around the globe, with a focus on having discussions with industry and business leaders to get their thoughts and perspectives on AI technologies, applications, and implementation challenges. Ron and Kathleen also co-founded Cognilytica, an AI research, education, and advisory firm. The four podcast hosts discuss a variety of topics, including the origins of the AI Today podcast, AI trends in industry and business, AI winters, and the...2021-08-2042 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast: Interview with David Asboth and Shaun McGirr from Half Stack Data Science podcastOn the AI Today podcast we regularly interview thought leaders who are implementing AI and cognitive technology at various companies and agencies. However in this episode hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer interview David Asboth and Shaun McGirr, the hosts from Half Stack Data Science podcast. As their podcast talks about realities of Data Science in the enterprise, they share with us where things really stand in enterprises with their data science practices and some of the biggest trends emerging in data and data science today.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: Interview with David Asboth and Shaun...2021-08-1842 minHalf Stack Data ScienceHalf Stack Data ScienceAI Today special with Ron Schmelzer and Kathleen WalchIn this special episode we did a podcast host swap with the hosts of the AI Today podcast. Cognilytica's AI Today podcast focuses on relevant information about what's going on today in the world of artificial intelligence. Hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer discuss pressing topics around artificial intelligence with easy to digest content, interview guests and experts on the subject, and cut through the hype and noise to identify what is really happening with adoption and implementation of AI. We spoke to Ron and Kathleen about what they do, their backgrounds, the realities of...2021-08-1843 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast: Interview with Francesco Gadaleta, host of Data Science at Home podcastOn the AI Today podcast we regularly interview thought leaders who are implementing AI and cognitive technology at various companies and agencies. However in this episode hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer interview Francesco Gadaleta, host of the Data Science at Home podcast. As his podcast talks about about data and data science trends, Francesco shares with us some of the biggest trends emerging in this area today as well as how organizations are dealing with and managing their data.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: Interview with Francesco Gadaleta, host of Data Science at Home podcast at...2021-08-1134 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast: Interview with Andrey Kurenkov and Sharon Zhou from Let’s Talk AI PodcastOn the AI Today podcast we regularly interview thought leaders who are implementing AI and cognitive technology at various companies and agencies. However in this episode hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer interview Andrey Kurenkov and Sharon Zhou from the Let’s Talk AI Podcast. As their podcast covers the latest AI news, we discussed what they are seeing as some of the biggest trends emerging out of AI today.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: Interview with Andrey Kurenkov and Sharon Zhou from Let’s Talk AI Podcast at Cognilytica.2021-07-2833 minLast Week in AILast Week in AIAI in the US State and Federal Governments with the hosts of the AI Today Podcast Check out this special crossover episode with the AI Today podcast, the hosts of which Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer discuss pressing topics around artificial intelligence, interview guests and experts on the subject, and cut through the hype around AI. For this crossover episode, we thought it’d be fun to chat about some of the topics that have recently been covered on the AI Today podcast, in particular what has been happening with AI in government. Specifically, we discuss: Challenges in Federal AI Adoption Interview with Justin Marsico, Chief Data Officer at the Bu...2021-07-2835 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast: Methodologies and Best Practices for Successful RPA ImplementationAutomation has provided tremendous value to organizations and agencies of all sorts. However, if you want to see real value from automation, and in particular Robotic Process Automation (RPA), it’s important to know what these bots can and can’t do, and how AI is being applied to help handle more complex tasks.Hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer walk through different methodologies including the Cognitive Project Management for AI (CPMAI) methodology to provide you with the foundation needed for project success, especially as you incorporate AI into your intelligent automation projects.Continue reading AI T...2021-07-2130 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast: Interview with Sagar Indurkhya, Head of NLP at VirtualiticsMany companies are trying to adopt AI at their organization. However, it’s important to have the right mindset and methodologies in place when adopting a transformative technology. In this episode of the AI Today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer interview Sagar Indurkhya who is Head of NLP at Virtualitics. He shares with us challenges he has seen organizations face regarding AI and ML adoption, especially for non-technical users.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: Interview with Sagar Indurkhya, Head of NLP at Virtualitics at Cognilytica.2021-07-0750 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast: Big Data Analytics Evolution with Antonio Cotroneo at OmniSciAI and advanced big data analytics have been transforming organizations and helping them get answers from their largest datasets for years. In this episode of the AI Today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer interview Antonio Cotroneo, Director of Technical Content Strategy at OmniSci. He shares how big data analytics has evolve over the past few years, how different industries are embracing AI and ML, and where the future is headed when it comes to AI usage.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: Big Data Analytics Evolution with Antonio Cotroneo at OmniSci at Cognilytica.2021-06-1632 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast: AI’s role in process automation, Interview with James Spencer, Blue PrismThe role of automation, and more intelligent forms of process automation, have played a big role for companies during the pandemic. In this episode of the AI Today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer interview James Spencer who is a Solutions Engineer Manager at Blue Prism. He shares with us how important robotic process automation (RPA) has become since the pandemic dramatically changed the way people work, examples of RPA in practice, as well as what he predicts the future of process automation will be and how AI is changing process automation for the better.Continue...2021-05-1930 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast: AI in Finance, Interview with Sravan Kasarla, Chief Data Officer of ThriventFor many years companies in the financial services industry have been at the forefront of using technology to help with many operations and processes. In this interview podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer interview Sravan Kasarla, Chief Data Officer (CDO) of Thrivent Financial. He discusses how AI is currently being applied in financial services, where the financial services industry rates in their adoption of AI compared to other industries, as well as how can companies create a responsive business especially from an AI perspective.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: AI in Finance, Interview with Sravan Kasarla...2021-05-0531 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast: Moving AI Innovation Forward, Interview with Erwin Gianchandani, Deputy Assistant Director, National Science Foundation (NSF)To the surprise of some, the National Science Foundation (NSF) is a very large funder of many AI projects every year. In this episode of the AI Today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer interview Erwin Gianchandani, Deputy Assistant Director, Computer and Information Science and Engineering at National Science Foundation. He discusses some of the projects that the NSF has funded.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: Moving AI Innovation Forward, Interview with Erwin Gianchandani, Deputy Assistant Director, National Science Foundation (NSF) at Cognilytica.2021-04-2141 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast: Leading Data Scientists The Right Way, Interview with Ylan Kazi, UnitedHealth GroupAs organizations continue to hire more data scientists it’s important to make sure they are being utilized to emphasize their skill sets. In this episode of the AI Today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer interview Ylan Kazi, Vice President, Data Science and Machine Learning at UnitedHealth Group. He shares with us his thoughts on why it’s important to leading data scientists the right way, what are some of the key traits you look for when hiring data scientists, as well as some of the barriers to ML adoption he has seen.Continue reading AI T...2021-04-1425 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast: Insights into No-Code ML: Interview with Matt Chambers & Juan Buhler, Boon AIIn this episode of the AI Today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer interview Matt Chambers, Principal Architect & Juan Buhler, Sr. Data Science Engineer at Boon AI. They share with us some challenges they see organizations face today with trying to make sense of their unstructured data, especially video data, as it relates to AI.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: Insights into No-Code ML: Interview with Matt Chambers & Juan Buhler, Boon AI at Cognilytica.2021-03-3126 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast: Advancing AI in Finance, Interview with Agus Sudjianto, Wells FargoThe finance and banking industries have long been ahead of other industries with their adoption of AI. From fraud detection, to roboadvising, to NLP applications the finance industry is adopting every pattern of the Seven Patterns of AI. In this episode of the AI Today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer interview Agus Sudjianto, Executive Vice President, Head of Corporate Model Risk at Wells Fargo.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: Advancing AI in Finance, Interview with Agus Sudjianto, Wells Fargo at Cognilytica.2021-03-1030 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast: The transformation of ML Ops, Interview with Kfir Yeshayahu, VeritoneSuccessful MLOps not only requires strong collaboration between the AI data team, AI model team, and DevOps it’s the ability to effectively manage and mitigate risk across the deployment, integration, scale, monitoring, and compliance stages of an AI project. In this episode of the AI Today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer interview Kfir Yeshayahu who is the Senior Vice President of Products at Veritone.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: The transformation of ML Ops, Interview with Kfir Yeshayahu, Veritone at Cognilytica.2021-02-2424 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast: Human-Centric Design driven ML Ops, Interview with Ahmer Inam and Mark Persaud at Pactera EdgeAs companies move from AI and ML projects as just a concept to actual production they need to find value in these projects. In this episode of the AI Today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer interview Ahmer Inam and Mark Persaud at Pactera Edge. They discuss some of the challenges they have seen companies face with their data science projects and why they fail to deliver for their executive sponsors and how companies can overcome this.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: Human-Centric Design driven ML Ops, Interview with Ahmer Inam and Mark Persaud at Pactera...2021-02-0334 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast: A Trusted Approach to ML Ops, Interview with Harish Doddi, CEO DatatronAs companies continue to advance in their adoption of AI and ML, they need a trusted approach to machine learning operations (MLOps). In this podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer interview Harish Doddi who is CEO of Datatron. He shares with us some of the challenges companies face as they use ML models in production.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: A Trusted Approach to ML Ops, Interview with Harish Doddi, CEO Datatron at Cognilytica.2021-01-2736 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast: 2021 AI Market PredictionsIn the face of the many of the challenges that 2020 represented, AI has continued at its unrelenting pace of adoption, investment and growth in both the private and public sectors. In this podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer share their AI market predictions and forecasts for where AI will make waves in 2021 including the continued worldwide adoption of AI and ML, hot markets including the ML Platforms space, ML Ops players, and data labeling.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: 2021 AI Market Predictions at Cognilytica.2021-01-2050 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast: A Look Back at AI in 2020With 2020 quickly (thankfully) fading into the rear view mirror it’s time to reflect on the year that was including looking at our predictions for 2020 and see how accurate they were, some of the big AI news, use cases and activity. In this podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer discuss some of the big newsmakers and insights from this year in the world of AI as well as some of the highlight episodes from 2020.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: A Look Back at AI in 2020 at Cognilytica.2020-12-3042 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast: Machine Learning (ML) Platforms 2020 – A Market UpdateMachine learning systems are core to enabling each of the seven patterns of AI. Machine learning platforms facilitate and accelerate the development of machine learning models by providing functionality that combines many necessary activities for model development and deployment. In this podcast, hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer share high level details for the recent ML Platforms Report 2020 report.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: Machine Learning (ML) Platforms 2020 – A Market Update at Cognilytica.2020-12-2328 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast: AI in Pharma, Interview with Subroto Mukherjee, Head of Innovation and Emerging Technology, Americas at GlaxoSmithkline Consumer HealthcareArtificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the pharmaceutical and health care industries. No doubt with the recent global pandemic AI and machine learning is being put to use in the fight against the pandemic. In this episode of the AI Today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer interview Subroto Mukherjee, Head of Innovation and Emerging Technology, Americas at GlaxoSmithkline Consumer Healthcare.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: AI in Pharma, Interview with Subroto Mukherjee, Head of Innovation and Emerging Technology, Americas at GlaxoSmithkline Consumer Healthcare at Cognilytica.2020-12-1632 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast: Energy Sector Adoption of AI, Interview with Dr. Satyam Priyadarshy, Technology Fellow and the Chief Data Scientist at HalliburtonThe energy sector has long used data methods and various technologies to make processes more efficient. However, in heavily regulated industries such as the energy industry there can be some unique challenges to technology adoption. In this episode of the AI Today podcast hosts Ron Schmelzer and Kathleen Walch interivew Dr. Satyam Priyadarshy, who is Technology Fellow and the Chief Data Scientist at Halliburton.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: Energy Sector Adoption of AI, Interview with Dr. Satyam Priyadarshy, Technology Fellow and the Chief Data Scientist at Halliburton at Cognilytica.2020-12-0929 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast: AI in Hungary, Interview with Gergely SzerticsThe pace of worldwide AI adoption continues to accelerate. AI is transforming just about every single industry and transforming the way humans work, live, and interact with each other. It’s no surprise then that countries see this technology as so important they are creating their own country level AI strategies. In this episode of the AI Today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer interview Gergely Szertics who is leading the transformative programs in the AI strategy for Hungary.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: AI in Hungary, Interview with Gergely Szertics at Cognilytica.2020-12-0231 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast: Ethics, Transparency, and AI Policy at the Department of Defense (DoD) – Interview with Alka Patel, Head of AI Ethics Policy at the Joint AI Center (JAIC)The US Department of Defense (DoD) takes the topics of topics of Ethics, transparency, and Ethics Policy very seriously. A few years ago the DoD stood up the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, also referred to as the JAIC, to help figure out how to best move forward with this transformative technology. In this episode of the AI Today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer interview Alka Patel, who is Head of AI Ethics Policy at Department of Defense, Joint AI Center.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: Ethics, Transparency, and AI Policy at the Department of Defense...2020-11-2546 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast: What is GPT-3 and why is it important?You may have seen headlines in the news about GPT-3. But, what exactly is it, and, why is it important? In this episode of the AI Today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer discuss what GPT-3 is, how it came about, what we can do with it, and the future of GPT-3.Show Notes:GPT-3 Creative FictionGPT-3 ExamplesList of free sites/programs that are powered by GPT-3 and can be used now without a waiting listContinue reading AI Today Podcast: What is GPT-3 and why is it important? at Cognilytica.2020-11-1838 minMI StúdióMI StúdióA look at the global AI landscape from across the pond with Cognilytica Analysts and AI Today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch & Ron SchmelzerWe caught up with Cognilytica Analysts and AI Today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer to find out what their impressions of Europe are in terms of AI, what if China’s quest for AI supremacy proves to be successful, and where they think AI is headed. Kathleen and Ron also run AI/ML consultancy and research firm Cognilytica, and they’ve put together a huge amount of compelling material. Check out the following key papers by Cognilytica dealing with global AI adoption trends, regulations and an exhaustive list of existing country AI strategies: 2020-11-1800 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast: AI at the GSA, interview with Emily Murphy, Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA)The General Services Administration (GSA) has been a very forward thinking agency in the US Federal Government. In this episode of the AI Today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer interview Emily Murphy, Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA). She shares with us how is AI helping with GSA’s mission, what role the Center of Excellence is playing at the GSA, and some of the unique opportunities the public sector has around AI.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: AI at the GSA, interview with Emily Murphy, Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) at Co...2020-11-1027 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast: AI and Healthcare, Interview with Gil Alterovitz, Director of AI at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)AI technologies have been positively impacting a number of industries, and medicine and healthcare is one of these such industries. In this episode of the AI Today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer interview Gil Alterovitz, Director of Artificial Intelligence at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). He shares how how AI is impacting the VA, details about recently created the National Artificial Intelligence Institute at the VA, and how AI will provide benefits to veterans.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: AI and Healthcare, Interview with Gil Alterovitz, Director of AI at the Department of Veterans...2020-11-0426 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast: Humanizing Privacy and Ethics: Interview with Shyamala Prayaga, Autonomous Digital Assistant Vision Lead at FordVoice assistants are increasingly becoming a part of our everyday lives. It should come as no surprise then that one of the visions for voice assistants is to bring voice applications to vehicles. In this episode of the AI Today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer interview Shyamala Prayaga, Autonomous Digital Assistant Vision Lead at Ford.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: Humanizing Privacy and Ethics: Interview with Shyamala Prayaga, Autonomous Digital Assistant Vision Lead at Ford at Cognilytica.2020-09-2321 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast: How AI is Being Applied to the Stock Market – Use Case SeriesRecently, adoption of AI in financial trading has seen a significant uptick. Wealth managers are using AI to help serve more clients. Traders are using AI and augmented intelligence tools to gain slight market advantages. And many are starting to see some real value gains from using AI. In this episode of the AI Today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer dig deeper into how AI is impacting the stock market and trading floor.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: How AI is Being Applied to the Stock Market – Use Case Series at Cognilytica.2020-08-0515 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast: What’s Happening with Robotics?Intelligent, Autonomous robots have long been the dream of science fiction with shows and movies alike showing robots interacting and working with humans. However, despite this dream the current reality of robots is quite different. In this podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer share the current state of robotics, dig into why many robotics companies are going under, and a look to the future.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: What’s Happening with Robotics? at Cognilytica.2020-07-0819 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast: Digitization, Digitalization, and how this fits into AIAt first glance, it may seem that digitization has nothing to do with AI. However, digitization is a necessary first step to extracting value from data that is locked in non-digital assets or human-based processes. In this podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer discuss digitization, digitalization, and how this fits into the world of AI including sharing some surprising findings about where organizations and governments are today on their journey towards digitization.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: Digitization, Digitalization, and how this fits into AI at Cognilytica.2020-07-0133 minCharlasDeSofaCharlasDeSofaEpisodio 7. Hanns SchmelzerEn este episodio de la serie #CharlasdeSofa entrevistamos al videógrafo Hanns Schmelzer desde Berín. www.hannsschmelzer.com Instagram: @hannstagram1 Cada martes a las 19hs una nueva charla y un nuevo invitado. Síguenos también en nuestras redes para no perderte nada: Facebook: Charlas de Sofá Instagram: @charlas_desofa créditos musicales y licencias: Feeling Lucky by Ron Gelinas Chillout Lounge | https://soundcloud.com/atmospheric-mu... Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... #charlas #fotografía #podcast #vídeo #entrevista2020-06-2522 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast: Where Are We With Machine Translation?While the concepts behind machine translation are fairly easy to grasp, the process of actually doing fully automated language translation is extraordinarily complex. So, where does the industry stand with regards to machine translation? In this podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer dig deeper into this topic discussing the evolution of machine translation, exploring the current state of the art around machine translation, and why it’s such a hard problem to solve.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: Where Are We With Machine Translation? at Cognilytica.2020-06-2521 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast #135: Special Episode on How AI is Helping to Fight the Global PandemicCOVID-19 is quickly changing the way people work, live, and interact with others. Social distancing is now becoming the norm and many workers who once went into an office are now working remotely.  How can AI help us in a time of global crisis? In the special episode hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer spend time discussing how AI can help detect COVID-19, fight COVID-19, help remote workers, and help predict the global economic impact this virus is having.Continue reading AI Today Podcast #135: Special Episode on How AI is Helping to Fight the Global Pandemic at C...2020-03-2630 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast #127: AI in LegalThe legal profession is largely the domain of humans. However, despite the very human nature of the legal profession, artificial intelligence is increasingly making waves in the industry, enhancing legal processes and activities in ways that are not possible with humans alone. In this podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer discuss ways that AI is impacting the legal profession.Continue reading AI Today Podcast #127: AI in Legal at Cognilytica.2020-02-0516 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast #126: Autonomous RetailOne of the most remarkable trends in artificial intelligence is the movement to autonomous retailing, which is the use of unmanned and cashier-less retail operations. In this AI Today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer discuss key players in the autonomous retail market, how these stores are changing the retail experience, and how this trend will impact jobs.Continue reading AI Today Podcast #126: Autonomous Retail at Cognilytica.2020-01-2917 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast #124: Semi-Supervised and One-Shot learningIncreasingly, we’ve seen some moves to combine different aspects of machine learning approaches together. What if we could find a way to train supervised learning approaches using less data? In this podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer will explore Semi-Supervised and One-Shot learning. We’ll define what it is, why it can be helpful, and possible use cases.Continue reading AI Today Podcast #124: Semi-Supervised and One-Shot learning at Cognilytica.2020-01-1519 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast #121: 2020 AI PredictionsAI has continued at its unrelenting pace of adoption, investment and growth in both the private and public sectors. In this podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer share their predictions for where AI will make waves in 2020 including the growth of model-as-a-service, Machine learning ops (MLOps) systems, the continued focus on responsible and ethical AI as well as increased awareness around data usage.Continue reading AI Today Podcast #121: 2020 AI Predictions at Cognilytica.2019-12-2523 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast #120: A Look Back at 2019 AI News MakersWith 2019 quickly fading into the rear view mirror it’s time to reflect on the year that was including some of the year’s biggest AI news headlines, AI use cases and activity. In this podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer discuss some of the big newsmakers and insights from this year in the world of AI.Continue reading AI Today Podcast #120: A Look Back at 2019 AI News Makers at Cognilytica.2019-12-1822 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast #114: Patterns of AI – Predictive Analytics / Decision SupportIn this episode of the AI Today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer dig deeper into the Predictive Analytics / Decision Support pattern of AI. This pattern uses machine learning and other cognitive approaches to understand how learned patterns can help predict future outcomes or help humans make decisions about future outcomes using insight learned from behavior, interactions, and data.Continue reading AI Today Podcast #114: Patterns of AI – Predictive Analytics / Decision Support at Cognilytica.2019-11-0619 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast #112: Patterns of AI – Autonomous SystemsIn this episode of the AI Today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer dig deeper into the Autonomous Systems pattern of AI. Autonomous systems are defined as systems that are able to accomplish a task, achieve a goal, or interact with its surroundings with minimal to no human involvement. This is applied both to physical, hardware autonomous systems as well as software or virtual autonomous systems (software “bots”).Continue reading AI Today Podcast #112: Patterns of AI – Autonomous Systems at Cognilytica.2019-10-2325 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast #110: Patterns of AI – Patterns & AnomaliesIn this episode of the AI Today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer dig deeper into the Patterns & Anomalies pattern of AI. The primary objective of this pattern is to find which one of the things is like the other and which is not. Example use cases include fraud detection and risk analysis, discovering patterns among data and surfacing insights, automatic error detection or correction, intelligent monitoring, finding hidden groups of data, finding best matches to given data, predictive text, and similar applications.Continue reading AI Today Podcast #110: Patterns of AI – Patterns & Anomalies at Cognilytica.2019-10-0922 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast #107: Benchmarking the Voice Assistants 2.0In this episode of the AI Today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer discuss results from Cognilytica’s Voice Assistant Benchmark 2.0. In this benchmark, Cognilytica evaluates the intelligence and knowledge graph capabilities of four voice assistants: Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant (Home), Apple Siri, and Microsoft Cortana. We want to know — just how intelligent is the AI back-end?Continue reading AI Today Podcast #107: Benchmarking the Voice Assistants 2.0 at Cognilytica.2019-09-1836 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast #104: Patterns of AI – Conversation / Human InteractionIn this episode of the AI Today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer dig deeper into the Conversation / Human Interaction pattern. The objective of this pattern is machines interacting with humans the way humans interact with each other. We spend time in this podcast going over various use cases and how industry is using this pattern for things such as Chatbots, Voice assistants, Content generation, Sentiment / mood / intent analysis, and Machine Translation.Continue reading AI Today Podcast #104: Patterns of AI – Conversation / Human Interaction at Cognilytica.2019-08-2822 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast #103: Insights into AI’s future with Naveen Rao, Corporate VP & GM of AI Products group at IntelIn this episode of the AI Today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer interview Naveen Rao, Corporate Vice President and General Manager of Artificial Intelligence Products Group at Intel. He shares with us how various training tools have evolved over the past few years to help teams more quickly train and deploy AI models and how companies need to maintain and manage models as they move from the training phase to the inference phase.Continue reading AI Today Podcast #103: Insights into AI’s future with Naveen Rao, Corporate VP & GM of AI Products group at Intel at...2019-08-2119 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast #102: Live at Amazon Re:MARS – Robots in Service of the Environment (RSE)Robots continue to be used in a variety of ways for useful and creative purposes. In this podcast, hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer interview Adam Cantor and Erika Angle from Robots in Service of the Environment (RSE). They share how underwater robots are helping control the invasive lion fish population, some of the technical challenges they encountered developing an underwater robot, and how they were able to transfer technology and knowledge from industry (particularly iRobot) to help make this robot a reality.Continue reading AI Today Podcast #102: Live at Amazon Re:MARS – Robots in Service of th...2019-08-1422 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast #97: Insights into AI Privacy, Ethics, and Regulations: Interview with Dr. Alvelda, CEO BrainworksIn this episode of the AI Today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer interview Dr. Philip Alvelda, CEO of Brainworks. He shares his thoughts on government’s role with regard to responsible and ethical AI, how new laws such as GDPR impact AI, whose role it is (companies or governments) to regulate AI, and more.Continue reading AI Today Podcast #97: Insights into AI Privacy, Ethics, and Regulations: Interview with Dr. Alvelda, CEO Brainworks at Cognilytica.2019-07-1027 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast #096: Live at Amazon Re:MARS – Data Prep & Labeling: Interview with Dale Brown, Appen Figure EightIn this episode of the AI Today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer interview Dale Brown, VP, Business Development & Operations at Figure Eight live in person at the Amazon re:Mars event. For those of our listeners that were not able to attend this event was June 3-7, 2019. Dale shares with us what organizations need to consider when trying to get a machine learning project off the ground and why high quality data matters for AI projects.Continue reading AI Today Podcast #096: Live at Amazon Re:MARS – Data Prep & Labeling: Interview with Dale Brown, Appen Figure Ei...2019-07-0316 minUser AdoptionUser AdoptionInterview with Ron SchmelzerListen to the user adoption podcast interview with Ron Schmelzer https://useradoptionpodcast.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/ron-schmelzer.mp3 Subscribe to this free weekly podcast series today. For a book about user adoption, check out http://useradoptionbook.com Interview conducted by Henrik de Gyor Amazon Alexa Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Radio.com RadioPublic Spotify Stitcher TuneIn Questions?2019-07-0107 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast #95: AI Use Case Series — AI in ConstructionConstruction companies are increasingly using AI in a range of ways. From optimizing work schedules to improving workplace safety to keeping a secure watch on construction facilities, AI in the construction industry is already producing value. In this podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer explore various ways AI is being used in the construction industry.Continue reading AI Today Podcast #95: AI Use Case Series — AI in Construction at Cognilytica.2019-06-2615 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast #94: Understanding the Goal-Driven Systems Pattern of AIIn this episode of the AI Today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer dig deeper into the Goal Driven systems pattern. The objective of this pattern is to find the optimal solution to a problem through trial and error. We spend time in this podcast going over various use cases and how industry is using this pattern for things such as roboadvising, Resource optimization, bidding and real-time auctions, and more.Continue reading AI Today Podcast #94: Understanding the Goal-Driven Systems Pattern of AI at Cognilytica.2019-06-1914 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast #93: AI Ethics & Government: Interview with Mona Siddiqui US Department of Health & Human ServicesIn this episode of the AI Today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer interview Mona Siddiqui, Chief Data Officer, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Mona shares some insights into the use of AI and machine learning at HHS as well as how she sees AI playing a role with respect to healthcare, medicine, and improving people’s lives.Continue reading AI Today Podcast #93: AI Ethics & Government: Interview with Mona Siddiqui US Department of Health & Human Services at Cognilytica.2019-06-1216 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast #90: Understanding The Recognition Pattern of AIMachine learning is great at identifying and understanding the real world and unstructured data.  ML can identify and understand images, sound, items, handwriting, faces, and gestures.  In this podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer discuss various use cases in the recognition pattern on AI.Show Notes:Recognition & Computer Vision Workshop & CertificationCPMAI TRAINING & CERTIFICATION Continue reading AI Today Podcast #90: Understanding The Recognition Pattern of AI at Cognilytica.2019-05-2219 minAI Today PodcastAI Today PodcastAI Today Podcast #79: AI in Fashion — Use Case SeriesA lot goes into the clothes we wear, covering a spectrum of activities including designing, manufacturing, logistics, marketing and sales. It’s no wonder that fashion and clothing manufacturing firms are applying AI technologies to transform various steps throughout the process. In this podcast, Cognilytica analysts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer will discuss various ways AI is being used in the fashion industry.Continue reading AI Today Podcast #79: AI in Fashion — Use Case Series at Cognilytica.2019-03-0616 min