USC Information Sciences Institute

ISI/nsiders

Technology EN ↓ 17 episodes

After the success of AI/nsiders, the director of AI at the Information Sciences Institute, anthropologist Adam Russell, expands his horizons beyond AI in his new podcast, ISI/nsiders. He interviews the computer scientists of the institute specialized in disciplines such as cybersecurity, quantum, computational systems, data management, and even space.

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"You can get lucky in research, but you can't get lucky if you are not prepared" 08.07.2025 20:33

EP. ## ISI’s Artificial Intelligence director, anthropologist Adam Russell, gets to know researchers from across the institute. This week: Steve Crago

"Genuine curiosity pays off in a deeply technical environment" 24.06.2025 20:31

EP. 16 ISI’s Artificial Intelligence director, anthropologist Adam Russell, gets to know researchers from across the institute. This week: Terry Benzel

"Having an AI strategy is becoming more complex because it's unpredictable" 10.06.2025 20:10

EP. 15 ISI’s Artificial Intelligence director, anthropologist Adam Russell, gets to know researchers from across the institute. This week: Craig Knoblock

"My hope for AI is that it will make us better people" 27.05.2025 20:48

EP. 14 ISI’s Artificial Intelligence director, anthropologist Adam Russell, gets to know researchers from across the institute. This week: Yolanda Gil

"AI is making outputs more accessible, forgetting the value of the process" 14.05.2025 20:26

EP. 13 ISI’s Artificial Intelligence director, anthropologist Adam Russell, gets to know researchers from across the institute. This week: Maxyn Leitner

"You can only design a system to the limit of what you can plan for" 30.04.2025 19:47

EP. 12 ISI’s Artificial Intelligence director, anthropologist Adam Russell, gets to know researchers from across the institute. This week: Joe Barnes

"You have to make your security useful for people without it being a burden" 15.04.2025 20:40

EP. 11 ISI’s Artificial Intelligence director, anthropologist Adam Russell, gets to know researchers from across the institute. This week: Erik Kline

"Quantum could be able to explain features of nature that change the world" 01.04.2025 20:59

EP. 10 ISI’s Artificial Intelligence director, anthropologist Adam Russell, gets to know researchers from across the institute. This week: Federico Spedalieri

"You want to build resilient systems because bad things can happen fundamentally " 18.03.2025 20:10

EP. 9 ISI’s Artificial Intelligence director, anthropologist Adam Russell, gets to know researchers from across the institute. This week: Alefiya Hussain

"We over rely on technology but lack the resilience we need to depend on it" 04.03.2025 20:09

EP. 8 ISI’s Artificial Intelligence director, anthropologist Adam Russell, gets to know researchers from across the institute. This week: David Balenson

"My career goal is to make difficult technology more usable" 18.02.2025 20:50

EP. 7 ISI’s Artificial Intelligence director, anthropologist Adam Russell, gets to know researchers from across the institute. This week: Wes Hardaker

"I tell my students to get curious, get confident, then get active" 04.02.2025 20:02

EP. 6 ISI’s Artificial Intelligence director, anthropologist Adam Russell, gets to know researchers from across the institute. This week: Jonathan Habif

"We are not studying how humans respond to misinformation properly" 21.01.2025 20:25

EP. 5 ISI’s Artificial Intelligence director, anthropologist Adam Russell, gets to know researchers from across the institute. This week: Jelena Mirkovic

"AI has the greatest potential leverage in long duration spacecrafts" 07.01.2025 20:14

EP. 4 ISI’s Artificial Intelligence director, anthropologist Adam Russell, gets to know researchers from across the institute. This week: David Barnhart

"People need to understand there are different layers to the Internet" 17.12.2024 20:35

EP. 3 ISI’s Artificial Intelligence director, anthropologist Adam Russell, gets to know researchers from across the institute. This week: John Heidemann

"Try a technology out before committing to a research field" 03.12.2024 19:53

EP. 2 ISI’s Artificial Intelligence director, anthropologist Adam Russell, gets to know researchers from across the institute. This week: Elizabeth Boschee

"Researchers have to ask themselves how AI can be used for nefarious purposes" 19.11.2024 21:17

EP. 1 ISI’s Artificial Intelligence director, anthropologist Adam Russell, gets to know researchers from across the institute. This week: Jacob Lichtefeld