Damien Deighan and Philipp Diesinger

Data Science Conversations

Welcome to the Data Science Conversations Podcast hosted by Damien Deighan and Dr Philipp Diesinger. We bring you interesting conversations with the world’s leading Academics working on cutting edge topics with potential for real world impact. We explore how their latest research in Data Science and AI could scale into broader industry applications, so you can expand your knowledge and grow your career. Every 4 or 5 episodes we will feature an industry trailblazer from a strong academic background who has applied research effectively in the real world. Podcast Website: www.datascienceconversat...

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Damien Deighan and Philipp Diesinger

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Jun 15, 2026

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Episodes

How to Leverage Data For Exponential Growth - Tarush Aggarwal 07.05.2021

In this episode we are joined by an industry veteran who has worked for some of the biggest names in the enterprise Data world.  Tarush Aggarwal shares his journey from his early days at Salesforce and then WeWork, right through to the present day. He reveals how to set Data Science & Engineering up for success in both small and large organisations. Episode Summary How Salesforce leverage...

How AI Imaging Is Transforming Satellite Imagery 25.01.2021

In this episode we discuss the rapidly developing field of Satellite Imaging. Our guests on this show are Heidi Hurst & Jerry He.   They are two remarkable industry Data Scientists with a strong academic pedigree and experience in the field of Satellite Image Processing.  Heidi is based in Washington DC and Jerry is based in New York. Join us as they discuss their journey into S...

AI V Humans (Part 2) - Esports Legends Battle With AlphaStar (Google DeepMind) 26.11.2020

Every so often on the podcast we will bring you something a little bit different. This episode is part two of our conversation with Esports Legends TLO & MaNa.  They are professional Starcraft II players and they tell us the story of what it was like to compete against Google DeepMinds AlphaStar AI agent. This is a fascinating discussion about the technical capability of AI agents and abo...

AI V Humans (Part 1) - Esports Legends Battle With AlphaStar (Google DeepMind) 10.11.2020

Every so often on the podcast we will bring you something that is a little bit different. This episode is part one of a conversation with Esports Legends TLO & MaNa. They are professional Starcraft II players and they tell us the story of what it was like to compete against Google DeepMinds AlphaStar AI agent. This is a fascinating discussion about the technical capability of AI agents an...

Deep Fakes (Part 2) - Technological Advancements & Impact on Society 28.10.2020

This is Part Two of our conversation about Deep Fakes with two experts in their respective fields. We talk to Dr Eileen Culloty of the Institute for Future Media and Journalism at Dublin City University and Dr Stephane Lathuiliere of Telecom Paris. EPISODE SUMMARY: The implications of disinformation on the media The role of fact checking How to deal with Deep fakes What Adobe and Microsoft ar...

Deep Fakes (Part 1) - Technological Advancements & Impact on Society 22.10.2020

This is Part one of our conversation about Deep Fakes with two experts in their respective fields. We talk to Dr Eileen Culloty of the Institute for Future Media and Journalism at Dublin City University and Dr Stephane Lathuiliere of  Telecom Paris. Stephane reveals what is possible and what is not possible technically with current Deep Fakes Technology. Eileen helps us cut through the hype a...

Philipp Koehn (Part 2) - How Neural Networks have Transformed Machine Translation 14.10.2020

This is Part 2 of our conversation with Professor Philipp Koehn of Johns Hopkins University.  Professor Koehn is one of the world’s leading experts in the field of Machine Translation & NLP.   In this episode we delve into commercial applications of machine translation, open source tools available and also take a look into what to expect in the field in the future. Episode Summa...

Philipp Koehn (Part 1) - How Neural Networks Have Transformed Machine Translation 07.10.2020

Professor Philipp Koehn of Johns Hopkins University discusses the evolution of machine translation and the fundamentals for using Neural Networks to deliver Machine translation. Episode Summary: Philipp Koehn Bio What is Machine Translation? Adequacy & Fluency How to Quantify the performance of Machine Translation models The Transition from Statistical approaches to using Neural Networks for t...

Trailer Episode 21.09.2020

Your co-Hosts Damien Deighan and Philipp Diesinger discuss the Data Science conversations Podcast concept. You will find out what to expect from the show in the coming weeks.

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