Northern Illinois University Present--The Gateway

In this episode of The Gateway, we are thrilled to interview Libby Heeren, a data science educator and data community builder who wants to help data people cultivate a supportive and inclusive community of practice where they can really feel like they belong. She talks a lot about the benefits of making genuine human connections, the power of vulnerability, and why we all benefit when we show up a...

For this episode of Tech Bytes, the guys discuss how AI evaluates humans through hiring tools and dating apps.

For this episode of the Gateway, we are excited to welcome Dr. Mahesh Subramony. Mahesh is a Presidential Research Professor and Professor of Management at Northern Illinois University in USA. His research program is currently dedicated to understanding how frontline workers are being affected by a perfect storm of social, economic, ecological, and technological forces; and how service-work can be...

For this episode, The Gateway is excited to welcome David John Baker, the director and founder of Redgranite Group. His consultancy provides expert data services to small-to-medium sized companies looking to fully leverage their own data to make the best strategic use of the resources they have today. David also develops data products within his area of expertise: the performing arts, higher educa...

For this episode, the guys discuss the impact artificial intelligence may have on our interactions as a society. Reference: https://qz.com/open-ai-sam-altman-chatgpt-gpt4-please-thank-you-1851777047

For this episode of Tech Bytes, the guys discuss AI's impact on the future of learning.

For this episode of The Gateway, we are excited to welcome Samarth Shiramshetty, Samarth is a Northern Illinois University graduate student pursuing a degree in Management Information Systems . During Samarth's time at NIU, he has been able to pursue a plethora of opportunities---one including TreeHacks where Samarth's team won the education area with their development of HiveMInd.

For this episode, The Gateway is excited to welcome Ashley Bartelt. Ashley is the Program Director of the HASC Writing Center at Northern Illinois University. With a background in nonprofit administration, retail, and higher education, she has spent over a decade supporting students, faculty, and staff with their academic and professional writing. As part of her current role, she explores how gene...

For this episode, The Gateway is excited to welcome Tyler Otto is an analytics professional with over a decade of experience in data science ranging from the fintech space to medical aesthetics. He has a bachelor's degree in Mathematics and a Master's in Analytics from LSU.

In this episode, The Gateway was thrilled Mélissa M'Raidi-Kechichian (they/them,) a Research and Advocacy Fellow at the Center for AI and Digital Policy. Mélissa is a social entrepreneur and civic tech practitioner working at the intersection of technology, AI regulation, and advocacy. As the founder of Activists Of Tomorrow, they focus on how digital spaces can be used by everyday people to bring...

For this episode, the three discuss computer literacy and competency when utilizing such powerful tools.

For this episode The Gateway is proud to have Ansel Robateau, a software engineer who has been a full-stack developer with 25 years experience in the industry. Ansel has extensive experience with server-side software development and data processing. Projects Ansel has worked on include performance tuning, user interface design, web application development and database administration. Ansel also ad...

Happy New Year and happy new season! We discuss AI and how open-source models are impacting the tech landscape.

For this episode, we look back at 2024 and all of the wonderful guests we talked with. Thank you to everyone who listens and thank you to each of our guests: Jalal Sarabadani Kolina Koltai Raffaelle Ciriello Aidan Walker Adam Hood Doga Kurcuoglu Thomas Smith Joey Avraham Denis Sitailo Karl Swanson Anna Klis David Gunkel Pete Pachal Thomas Higgins Happy New year to everyone!

For this episode, The Gateway is excited to speak with Thomas Higgins! Thomas is currently the supply chain optimization manager at Winland Foods. His professional background involves experience related to supply chain and inventory management, production and manufacturing planning, data analytics, data engineering, and machine learning applications. He has been working in the supply chain managem...

Amin and Biagio pull the curtains back on all things at the end of the semester.

For this episode, we explore the impact of social media and the consumption of information in academic spaces.

Pete Pachal is the Founder and CEO of The Media Copilot , a newsletter and podcast about how generative AI is changing the media. He also teaches creative professionals in journalism and PR about how to use AI tools, and he consults with companies of all sizes on how to incorporate generative AI into real work. Pete has a long career in journalism, previously holding senior roles in global newsroo...

For this episode, The Gateway is excited to welcome David J. Gunkel (PhD Philosophy). David is an award-winning educator, researcher, and author, specializing in the philosophy of technology with a focus on the moral and legal challenges of artificial intelligence and robots. He is the author of over 115 scholarly articles and has published seventeen books, including The Machine Question: Critical...

For this episode the gateway is excited to welcome Professor Anna Klis. Anna earned her Ph. D. from the University of Texas at Austin in May 2015 and joined NIU the following August. Anna is a microeconomist who applies the techniques of game theory to questions of public economics and externalities. She is also a faculty associate with the NIU Institute for the Study of the Environment, Sustainab...

For this episode the gateway is excited to welcome Dr, Karl Swanson. Karl brings over ten years of combined experience in data science and informatics at the intersection of the clinical and biomedical domains. Karl's passionate about developing innovative applications using artificial intelligence for clinical use cases. Karl holds a D.O. in Osteopathic Medicine, an M.S. in Computational Biology,...

The Gateway is excited to welcome Denis Sitailo a Principal Technical Program Manager with the GE Healthcare IT Business Development Team. Denis has been with the company for 15 years, starting as an intern in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Along his journey, he held multiple positions ranging from completion of the Information Technology Leadership Program, to running IT Infrastructure Integrations for GE...

For this episode, The Gateway is excited to welcome Joey Avraham. Joey is a technology sales executive at Microsoft. Joey graduated from NIU in 2008 with a degree in accountancy and again in 2011 with an MBA. Joey has worked in Technology since 2008 starting his career at Dell and has worked at major companies like Google and Microsoft. Joey has 17 years of experience in tech sales with a specialt...

For this episode, The Gateway is excited to talk with Thomas Smith! Thomas is currently a coach in Dallas, TX with 7+ years experience building people up across sport, technology and art. He began his journey exploring what's possible by collaborating with researchers in NLP topic models, then entrepreneurs with physical products and finally global data decision platforms with software engineers a...

For this episode, The Gateway is happy to welcome Dr. Doga M Kurkcuoglu, a theoretical physicist at Fermilab. His current research interests are quantum technologies, quantum simulation, quantum algorithms and machine learning. Throughout his career, Dr. Kurkcuoglu has published in many subdisciplines of quantum physics. After completing Ph. D. program at School of Physics at Georgia Institute of...