The Data Slice
by Data Science Alliance
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About this podcast
No matter how you slice it, data science and AI are creating powerful change. The Data Slice Podcast keeps you informed on how tech innovations can foster a brighter future when we leverage their power for good.
Join us every other Friday for captivating conversations about data science, AI, and technology with incredible guests like industry experts, professors, community leaders, and more.
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Episodes
The newest 20 of 26 episodes
- AI for All: Advancing Global Health Equity with Janet White · 28 minIn this Data Slice episode, Janet White (Portfolio & Platform Lead, Pneumonia, HPV, and Neglected Tropical Diseases, at the Gates Foundation) joins us to share insight on making…
- Retail, Reinvented: Data, Ethics & the Customer Experience · 42 minIn this episode, we chat with Sheena Patel, a former DSA intern who’s now a data scientist at a major retail company. She reveals how data is being used to reimagine the shopping…
- Ethics at the Center: Dr. Katie Shilton on Building Responsible Tech · 45 minDr. Katie Shilton, professor at the University of Maryland, College Park, and head of the Ethics & Values in Design Lab, joins us to tackle the big question: how do we keep tech…
- Ethics vs. Efficiency: Protecting Privacy with Advancing AI Technology · 35 minJust because AI can do it... should it? In this episode, Rakesh Senthilvelan (Deployment Strategist at Peregrine) brings sharp insights and real-world experience to the table…
- AI in the Design Space: Being Responsible Users and Creators · 32 minHow is AI changing the UI/UX landscape? Product Designer Kay Monnette joins us to share her insights on how we can use the latest tools while keeping ethics at the forefront!…
- Being a "Shapeshifting Unicorn" in the Evolving Tech Industry · 42 minWith over 20 years in the Navy and extensive experience with cybersecurity and data science, Grank Kluzak is here to discuss AI regulation and where he sees the ever-changing…
- GoFundMe's Co-Founder on Succeeding in the Startup Industry · 44 minWondering how to make it in the startup industry? From GoFundMe to EyePop.AI, Andy Ballester has extensive experience himself, and he's here to share fantastic insight and…
- From Vision to Impact: The Origins of HDSI and the Ethics of AI · 40 minIn this episode, we hear from Rajesh Gupta, the founding director of the Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute (HDSI), who shares the vision behind launching one of the first…
- GenAI Art: Fun and Fast, But is it Fair? · 55 minSure, using AI to turn a photo of your cat into a Studio Ghibli animation is fun, but what are the ethics behind it? Two DSA team members put on their artist hats to talk about…
- Tackling the Homeless Crisis with Ethical Data · 39 minHow do we ethically use data to fix the homeless crisis in San Diego and beyond? Paul Armstrong, the San Diego Rescue Mission’s “Data Guy,” joins us to talk about the positive…
- Breaking Barriers in AI with Melanie Laffin · 34 minIn this episode, Melanie Laffin (Chief AI Engineer at Booz Allen Hamilton) shares insights on AI, data science, and gender diversity in the tech industry. We discuss AI ethics…
- Advising the White House: Dr. David Danks on AI Ethics & Governance · 45 minDid you know there’s a committee that advises the White House on all things AI? In this episode, Dr. David Danks talks about the ways he combines his expertise in data science…
- Data Privacy Laws & Best Practices: Insight From a Litigation & Privacy Attorney · 33 minHow do you define privacy, especially when it comes to your data? Elaine Harwell (Partner and Privacy Officer at Procopio) is here to share her expertise on data privacy laws…
- Ethical AI in Drug Discovery: Data-Driven Healthcare · 47 minIn this episode, Will Copeland, Scientific Associate Director at Bristol Myers Squibb, tells us how he's seen AI and data science transform drug discovery and development. Will…
- Leveling Up: Data Science in the Video Game Industry · 21 minZhen Zhai is here to tell us about her role as a Data Science Senior Manager at Blizzard Entertainment! How do you begin a career in the gaming industry? How are data and AI used…
- Data & AI in Healthcare: Navigating a Male-Dominated Industry · 29 minMarianne Halloran is the Data Science Manager at GenMark Diagnostics, a Roche company, where she leads initiatives in manufacturing digital transformation. She leads the data…
- Finding Stories Behind the Data · 41 minBijan Arbab (Director of Telemetry and Data Science, Intel) shares several anecdotes on amazing discoveries made through data analysis and how they led to improved products and…
- The Lady of Fire: Harnessing Data to Save Lives and Shape the Future · 50 minGet to know the “Lady of Fire”—a nickname Dr. Ilkay Altintas earned for her groundbreaking work using real-time data to predict and contain wildfires. At UC San Diego, she is…
- Changing Lives with Data-Driven Approaches · 28 minCasey Castillo became CEO of the Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank in 2022 after serving more than 14 years in various leadership positions for the hunger relief nonprofit…
- Fighting Cancer with Data and AI · 25 minIn this week’s Data Slice, Tony Reina (Head of Machine Learning, Exthymic) talks about using data and AI in the fight to cure cancer! *** No matter how you slice it, data…
