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Language, Power and NLP
Consequential - February 03, 2021 05:01 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsNatural language processing is the branch of artificial intelligence that allows computers to recognize, analyze and replicate human language. But when it’s hard enough for humans to say what they mean most of the time, it’s even harder for computers to get it right. Even when they do, we might ...
Tepper Reads Spring 2021 Podcast #1 - Why Tepper Reads?
Tepper Reads - January 27, 2021 16:59 - 33 minutesFor the first podcast of Spring 2021 we talk with one very recent Tepper MBA alum, Jillian McCarthy, one current MBA student, Cynthia Mills, and one May 2020 alum, Adeel Rind, about their experience with Tepper Reads. If you're not sure if Tepper Reads is for you, give it a listen. We think you'...
Why does open source have such a wide gender gap?
Consequential - January 20, 2021 05:01 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsOpen source software is the infrastructure of the Internet, but it is less diverse than the tech industry overall. In this deep-dive on gender in open source, we speak to CMU’s Laura Dabbish and Anita Williams Woolley about what’s keeping women from participating in open source software developm...
Building Equitable Transportation Networks Part 2: Autonomous Vehicles with Allante Whitmore
Heinz Radio - January 18, 2021 13:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsIn the second part of our "Building Equitable Transportation Networks" series, we sat down with Allante Whitmore to talk about the autonomous vehicle landscape and how future developments in this space can take equity considerations into account. We examined the synergies between public transpor...
Building Equitable Transportation Networks Part 1: AI with Haley Townsend
Heinz Radio - January 04, 2021 13:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsHappy new years! In this episode, we sat down with Haley Townsend to discuss the use of artificial intelligence in the transportation space. How can artificial intelligence be used to ensure that transportation systems are equitable across socioeconomic and accessibility lines? In what ways has ...
Is the presence of a human enough to regulate an AI decision-making system?
Consequential - December 30, 2020 05:01 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsFrom helping to identify tumors to guiding trading decisions on Wall Street, artificial intelligence has begun to inform important decision-making, but always with the input of a human. However, not all humans respond the same way to algorithmic advice. This episode of Consequential looks at hum...
Arts & Entertainment in the Time of COVID-19 Part 3: Theme Parks with Christine Barnes
Heinz Radio - December 22, 2020 00:23 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsIn our final part of the Arts & Entertainment in the time of COVID-19 series, we had the opportunity to chat with Christine Barnes, a theme park creative and video game enthusiast. We discussed the effects of the pandemic on the theme park industry, what ways theme parks are integrating aspects ...
Enron, Wikipedia and the Deal with Biased Low-Friction Data
Consequential - December 16, 2020 05:01 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsThe Enron emails helped give us spam filters, and many natural language processing and fact-checking algorithms rely on data from Wikipedia. While these data resources are plentiful and easily accessible, they are also highly biased. This week, we speak to guests Amanda Levendowski and Katie Wil...
Arts & Entertainment in the Time of COVID-19 Part 2: Live Entertainment with Whitney Jefferson
Heinz Radio - December 08, 2020 18:52 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsIn the second part of our series on arts & entertainment in the time of COVID-19, we spoke with Whitney Jefferson about the state of live entertainment. Whitney is a second-year Master of Entertainment Industry Management Student here at Heinz College, and she spent the summer doing research on ...
Can automation make peer review faster and fairer?
Consequential - December 02, 2020 05:01 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsPeer review is the backbone of research, upholding the standards of accuracy, relevance and originality. However, as innovation in the fields of AI and machine learning has reached new heights of productivity, it has become more difficult to perform peer review in a fast and fair manner. Our hos...
Enjoy The Long Weekend!
Consequential - November 25, 2020 17:41 - 18 seconds ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsWe're taking a day off today from our episode and will be back in December. Have a great holiday weekend!
Arts & Entertainment in the Time of COVID-19 with Lisa Alexander
Heinz Radio - November 23, 2020 13:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsWe had the chance to sit down with Lisa Alexander, in the first episode of our series on arts & entertainment in the time of COVID-19. Lisa Alexander is currently the PR Marketing Manager for Calliope: The Pittsburgh Folk Music Society, where she has worked for nine years and taken on a variety ...
Tepper Reads Fall 2020 Podcast #5 - Leanne Meyer
Tepper Reads - November 20, 2020 14:22 - 18 minutesIn the final podcast of the Tepper Reads Fall 2020 project, we talk with Leanne Meyer, Executive Director of the Accelerate Leadership Center in Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper School of Business. Leanne talks about how she ended up at Tepper, hope and pragmatism, empathy vs. sympathy, havin...
Tepper Reads Fall 2020 Podcast #4 - Dr. Rich Purcell
Tepper Reads - November 12, 2020 15:21 - 31 minutesDr. Rich Purcell is an Associate Professor of English at Carnegie Mellon University, as well as Director of the Literary and Cultural Studies Program. In this episode we talk about a day in the life of an English faculty member, post-Civil War Reconstruction in the U.S., voting rights, changing ...
Is Crowdsourcing the Answer to our Data Diversity Problem?
Consequential - November 11, 2020 05:01 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsTraditional scientific research has a data diversity problem. Online platforms, such as Mechanical Turk, give researchers access to a wider variety and greater volume of subjects, but they are not without their issues. Our hosts are joined by experts David S. Jones, Ilka Gleibs, and Jeffrey Bigh...
Tepper Reads Fall 2020 Podcast #3 - Kevin Dietrick
Tepper Reads - October 29, 2020 14:35 - 20 minutesThe third installment of the Fall 2020 Tepper Reads podcast series features Associate Director of Tepper Graduate Student Services, Kevin Dietrick. We talk about the banality of evil, growing up in a multicultural family, and what to do after you vote, all through the lens of The Nickel Boys.
If Banning Bots Won't Stop Disinformation, What Will?
Consequential - October 28, 2020 04:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsDisinformation is as old as the printing press, if not older. So what has accelerated its spread now, and what can be done to stop it? On this special bonus episode of Consequential, we speak to the experts about disinformation, the election, and COVID-19.
If Banning Bots Won't Stop Sisinformation, What Will?
Consequential - October 28, 2020 04:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsDisinformation is as old as the printing press, if not older. So what has accelerated its spread now, and what can be done to stop it? On this special bonus episode of Consequential, we speak to the experts about disinformation, the election, and COVID-19.
The Story of the EEG
Consequential - October 21, 2020 04:01 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsIn the first episode of Season 3 of Consequential, hosts Eugene and Lauren look at how underlying biases in the development of the EEG have impacted healthcare, medical technology, and scientific research, with guests Ben Amaba, Arnelle Etienne, Pulkit Grover, and Shawn Kelly.
Knowledge Production and the Bias Pipeline: The Story of the EEG
Consequential - October 21, 2020 04:01 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsIn the first episode of Season 3 of Consequential, hosts Eugene and Lauren look at how underlying biases in the development of the EEG have impacted healthcare, medical technology, and scientific research, with guests Ben Amaba, Arnelle Etienne, Pulkit Grover, and Shawn Kelly.
Tepper Reads Fall 2020 Podcast #2 - Rhonda Fischer
Tepper Reads - October 15, 2020 19:29 - 33 minutesIn episode two of the Fall 2020 Tepper Reads podcast series, we talk with Chief Operating Officer of the Tepper School, Rhonda Fischer, about the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., her experience of raising Black boys in 21st century America, and the capacity for loving one's enemies. Thi...
Season 3 Trailer | Knowledge is Power
Consequential - October 08, 2020 16:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsIn Season 3 of Consequential, hosts Eugene and Lauren will be exploring knowledge production in the Information Age. Beginning on October 21, this season will examine how AI and machine learning will impact research practices and data collection, as well as the development and dissemination of k...
Season 3 Trailer - Knowledge is Power
Consequential - October 08, 2020 16:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsIn Season 3 of Consequential, hosts Eugene and Lauren will be exploring knowledge production in the Information Age. Beginning on October 21, this season will examine how AI and machine learning will impact research practices and data collection, as well as the development and dissemination of k...
Tepper Reads Fall 2020 Podcast #1 - Matthew Stewart and Michelle Stoner
Tepper Reads - October 08, 2020 13:22 - 19 minutesIn the first podcast for the Tepper Reads Fall 2020 project, SHIFT Program Managers in the Accelerate Leadership Center, Matthew Stewart and Michelle Stoner, discuss reading like a writer, and reading for empathy, when reading Colson Whitehead's The Nickel Boys.
How Do You Reopen A State?
Consequential - June 11, 2020 04:30 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsToday we're asking our experts: how do you coordinate a crisis response to an issue like COVID-19, where every public health decision has economic ramifications, and every economic decision has a direct impact on public health? To answer these questions, we speak to Dean Ramayya Krishnan of Hein...
An Update from Consequential
Consequential - June 03, 2020 04:30 - 55 seconds ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsWith consideration to the events of the past week and in order to hold space for the voices that are boldly challenging systemic racism and injustice, we have decided to postpone the release of our new episode. We would also like to echo the sentiment expressed by Carnegie Mellon's President Far...
Death by a Thousand Emails
Consequential - May 20, 2020 04:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsCan teams still be effective when working together remotely? Is working from home the future of work? In this week’s episode, hosts Eugene and Lauren talk to Professor Anita Williams Woolley of Carnegie Mellon’s Tepper School of Business to learn about how communication and collaboration change...
How will COVID-19 Change Higher Ed?
Consequential - May 06, 2020 04:01 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsIn the span of just two weeks, the entire American higher education system moved online due to COVID-19. While this is often considered a temporary measure, the truth is that higher ed may never fully go back to normal. And in some regards, we may not want it to. In this week’s episode, hosts ...
Sorry, Your Phone Says You Have Anxiety
Consequential - April 22, 2020 04:30 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsHow will certain new standards for data sharing and surveillance during the COVID-19 pandemic impact the future of healthcare? In episode two of Consequential's two-part deep-dive on pandemics, public health and privacy, hosts Eugene and Lauren talk to David S. Jones of Harvard University and ...
Pandemics, Public Data, and Privacy
Consequential - April 08, 2020 04:30 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsMobile data records, tracking devices and government-mandated selfies have played a large role in both enforcing quarantines and providing data to better understand the coronavirus. In this week’s episode of Consequential, hosts Eugene and Lauren talk to Wilbert Van Panhuis, an infectious dise...
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