You, AI and US

Zoe Hanson, The Podcast Lady , catches up with Yaseen Mohammed Osman, Postgraduate Researcher, to explore how bringing AI closer to home could make it more sustainable and private. By developing in-house models, Yaseen is investigating how organisations can keep greater control of their data while reducing unnecessary data transfers and dependence on third-party systems hosted online. We also chat...

Zoe Hanson, The Podcast Lady is catching up with guests from across the You, AI and US series to hear what they’ll be bringing to the British Science Festival and what visitors can look forward to. From thought-provoking conversations and science comedy performances to hands-on activities, discover how their work will bring AI to life in fresh, surprising and accessible ways. In this episode we’re...

Can AI uncover hidden shipwrecks? In this episode of You,AI and US , host Zoe Hanson talks to Dr Alexandra Karamitrou, Lecturer in Archaeology and AI at the University of Southampton, and Sam Bossman, Artistic Director of Deadman Theatre. Alexandra explains how she is training AI using satellite imagery and environmental data from known wrecks to identify previously undiscovered sites. Locating wr...

What if the River Itchen could speak for itself? In this episode, Zoe Hanson, The Podcast Lady , joins Electronics and Computer Science Postgraduate Researchers Angelina Spilnyk and Andrei Sontea to explore Talking Itchen. Developed with a group of home-educated children, this innovative project uses environmental sensors and AI to transform river data into a conversation - making conservation mor...

Episode 5: Science Comedy: Laughing at AI Can artificial intelligence really be funny - and can comedyhelp us see AI in a different light? In this episode Zoe Hanson, The Podcast Lady , is joined by Professor Les Carr, Deputy Director of the Web Science Institute, and Will Hunt, a postgraduate researcher in Electronics and Computer Science and science comedian. Together, they explore the surprisin...

In this episode of You, AI and Us , Zoe Hanson, The Podcast Lady, chats to Vic Briggs, creative producer and theatre-maker, and Nadera Assim, a podiatrist and Black Futures Scholar at the University of Southampton. Funded by NIHR ARC Wessex, Nadera’s doctoral research explores theintersection between the UK asylum system and foot care among people living with type 2 diabetes. The study is informed...

What can a marble run teach us about artificialintelligence? In this episode, Zoe Hanson, The Podcast Lady , sits down with Matthew Partridge, Senior Enterprise Fellow at the University of Southampton and part of The Future Chemistry Hub, to explore how a rolling marble’s twists, turns and choices can help explain how machine learning systems process data, identify patterns and improve over time....

In this episode, Zoe Hanson, The Podcast Lady , sits down with Antonia Marcu, New Frontiers Fellow at the University of Southampton, to explore how AI models really “think” and to talk about her selection for an Award Lecture at this year’s British Science Festival in September. Zoe also catches up with Damian Smith, Electronics andComputer Science Postgraduate Researcher, to discuss the role of A...

In this episode Zoe Hanson, The Podcast Lady , chats with Dr Chiying Lam, Lecturer in Community Music and Social Justice , and Dr Tan Viet Tuyen Nguyen, New Frontiers Fellow in AI , about their inspiring project with Dr Bindi Shah using generative AI and a charming little robot called 'Buddy' to help schoolchildren create climate-action stories. You can meet Buddy for yourself at the AI Ar...