Digital Natives

Ola Michalec

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Software developers, security managers, data scientists, educators, ethnographers, digital artists... there are myriad ways one can "work in tech". What do these digital natives do, what makes them curious and what career tips they have for those of us who are considering following their steps?In this podcast, Ola Michalec, a social scientist based at the University of Bristol will talk to her techy friends about all things digital and society.

10/06/2021

Life of a global academic

In this episode, I speak to Dr Lata Nautiyal, a researcher based at Bristol Cyber Security Research Group. We chat about her career journey, great mentors she met, and compare academic life across the UK and India! Follow her on Twitter @latanautiyal !

20 min
07/01/2021

How data science helps to keep the lights on

In this episode, I'm interviewing Sam Young, Lead Data Scientist at one of the UK's major energy suppliers, Ovo. Sam uses complex maths from the smart meter and weather data to predict power demand and, ultimately, keep power networks stable and customer bills - cheaper. However, the history of power supply reaches far beyond the invention of computing - how come we use data science in the energy industry? What does it tell us about the future promises of digital innovations in that space? Finally, how do we innovate for the public purpose - to mitigate climate change and avoid pushing people into fuel poverty?

32 min
04/12/2020

Coding for democracy and security?

While we often hear about the 'big tech' advances and mishaps, we often forget that there's more to digital technologies than Amazon and Facebook. In today’s episode, I invited two developers, Will and Simon, to talk about their work in "small tech" :), namely, sustainable fin-tech start-up Tumelo and a cooperative local media outlet, the Bristol Cable. We will discuss their security practices and ponder about the role of computing in democracy.

29 min
23/10/2020

How cryptography is changing the world

In today’s episode, we’ll be discussing how a niche field of mathematics, cryptography, is transforming the ways we think about money, security and power. My guest is Simon Oxenham (@simoxenham), science journalist and – as of recently - social media manager of cryptocurrency vendor xcoins.com. Podcast by Ola Michalec (@Ola_michalec) Photo credit: www.quotecatalog.com https://unsplash.com/photos/I0TDRP0fj6Y

32 min

4 Episodes

Software developers, security managers, data scientists, educators, ethnographers, digital artists... there are myriad ways one can "work in tech". What do these digital natives do, what makes them curious and what career tips they have for those of us who are considering following their steps?In this podcast, Ola Michalec, a social scientist based at the University of Bristol will talk to her techy friends about all things digital and society.

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Ola Michalec
Years Active

2020 - 2021
Episodes

4
Rating

Clean
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Digital Natives

Digital Natives

Episodes

Life of a global academic

How data science helps to keep the lights on

Coding for democracy and security?

How cryptography is changing the world

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