AI Today Podcast

Successful 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...

As AI continues to move into the mainstream and more companies are looking to bring AI and ML into their organizations, the tools have also evolved to keep up with the changing demand. In this episode of the AI Today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schemlzer interview Sivan Metzger, Managing Director of MLOps and Governance at DataRobot. Continue reading AI Today Podcast: The Expanding MLOps...

As companies move from building models to buying models the focus shifts from tooling and platforms focused solely on model development to tools and platforms focused on the overall usage, consumption, and management of models. In this podcast Cognilytica analysts Kathleen Walch and Ronald Schmelzer interview Nir Bar-lev, CEO of ClearML to discuss the overlap between DevOps and MLOps, where ML Ops...

As 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 exec...

As 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, Interv...

In 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...

On the AI Today podcast we often discuss how AI is being applied at the federal level. However many states are also applying automation and AI technologies as well. In the episode of the AI Today podcast we interview Dorman Bazzell, Chief Data Officer for the state of North Dakota. He shares with us some of the unique challenges around data, data science and data privacy at the state level. Contin...

In this episode of the AI Today podcast we wanted to highlight our upcoming Machine Learning Lifecycle 2021 Conference taking place Jan 26-28, 2021. The 5 main areas of focus for sessions and content during the conference include: ML Model Development, ML Model Management, ML Operations (MLOps), ML Model Governance, and General Sessions Related to the ML Lifecycle. Continue reading AI Today Podcas...

With 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 highlig...

Machine 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 202...

Artificial 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...

The 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...

The 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 interv...

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...

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 Fiction GPT-3 Examples List of free sites/programs that are powered by GPT-3 and can be used now wi...

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 o...

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 Nation...

Over the last decade, data and analytics has grown to be more than just a quantitative support function. In this episode of the AI Today we interview Shiv Misra who is the Head of Medicare Retention Analytics at CVS Health. He has a very diverse background working at multiple large organizations. He shares with us how these various companies have approached data, some of the insights and challenge...

Data is increasingly playing an important role at organizations, and especially financial institutions. Data privacy is increasingly becoming an important topic and something that should be considered through all stages of the data lifecycle and ML model lifecycle. In this episode of the AI Today podcast we interview Rajeev Sambyal who is Director, Artificial Intelligence and Innovation at BNY Mel...

Retailers are turning to artificial intelligence and data science to help solve challenging E-commerce problems. From product recommendation systems to logistics and supply management, AI is helping in a variety of ways. In this AI Today podcast episode we interview Khalifeh Al Jadda, Director of Core Data Science at The Home Depot. He shares with us how The Home Depot is using data science, AI, a...

On the AI Today podcast we often discuss how AI is being applied at the federal level. However many states are also applying automation and AI technologies as well. In the episode of the AI Today podcast we interview Carlos Rivero, Chief Data Officer for the Commonwealth of Virginia. He shares will us how automation, advanced data analytics, and AI play an increasing role in state government, some...

Morningstar has been forward thinking in their use of artificial intelligence and machine learning to enhance various processes. In this episode of the AI Today podcast we interview Shariq Ahmad, Head of Technology for Morningstar’s Data Collection group. He shares with us how Morning is automating data collection, lessons learned along the way, as well as insights on responsible AI. Continue read...

Voice 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...

It’s so surprise that the Federal Government is adopting AI. However it’s often less talked about how AI is being adopted at the state and local level. In the episode of the AI Today podcast we interview Dan Hoffman, Assistant City Manager for the City of Gainesville. He shares will us how automation, advanced data analytics, and AI play an increasing role in local government, some unique challeng...

The United States Department of Energy (DOE) has a long history with AI. As the first Director of the Artificial Intelligence & Technology Office (AITO) within the DOE, Cherly has been helping to develop, deliver and manage AI technologies in support of DOE with over 600 AI projects currently in place. In this podcast we explore how AI is impacting the DOE, their perspective on ethics and resp...