Nerds and Nodes: The Mac AI Podcast

McMaster AI Society

The Nerds and Nodes Podcast serves as a deep dive into the minds of experts in Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the fields of biomedical sciences, engineering, business, humanities and more. The McMaster Artificial Intelligence Society is a group of students dedicated to the study and implementation of AI to students at McMaster and across Canada.

Episodes

  1. 03/26/2022

    Episode 7: Gayleen Gray on the current goals and challenges of IT in higher education

    Gal is joined by Gayleen Gray, the CTO of McMaster University, as they dive into the current goals, challenges, and responsibilities of IT in postsecondary institutions.

    1h 2m

  2. 02/19/2022

    Episode 6: Matthew Jordan, Pt. 2 - Human vs. Computer intelligence, creativity, and learning

    Matthew joins the podcast once again; this time to compare computer intelligence to human intelligence, as well as to describe the interplay between the two.

    52 min

  3. 02/05/2022

    Episode 5: Matthew Jordan on the history of AI from the 20th century to the modern day

    Gal is joined by Matthew Jordan, one of the founding members of the McMaster AI Society, as they discuss the history and evolution of AI throughout the 20th and 21st centuries.

    1 hr

  4. 01/23/2022

    Episode 4: John Weigelt on the consequences of adversarial AI and how we protect computer security

    Gal is joined by John Weigelt, the National Technology Officer at Microsoft Canada, for a discussion on the implications of adversarial AI within the world of computer security and data governance.

    48 min

  5. 12/16/2021

    Episode 3: Dr. Jodie Lobana on the governance and ethics of AI in business

    In this episode, Gal is joined by Dr. Jodie Lobana, an award-winning management consultant and chair of the advisory board for Mac AI, for a discussion on the rules and guidelines that govern the use of ethical AI in the world of business.

    59 min

  6. 11/27/2021

    Episode 2: Dr. Jon Stokes on deep learning for antibiotic discovery and the future of education in AI

    Gal is joined by Dr. Jonathan Stokes, an assistant professor at McMaster University in the Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, for a deep dive into the applications of deep learning and AI to discover novel antibiotics.

    56 min

  7. 10/13/2021

    Episode 1: Flawnson Tong on molecule discovery, productivity, and lessons learned as a Machine Learning Developer

    Gal is joined by Flawson Tong, a Machine Learning Developer who previously studied at the University of Waterloo, as they dive deep into the world of machine learning and the potential for novel molecule discovery.

    47 min
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The Nerds and Nodes Podcast serves as a deep dive into the minds of experts in Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the fields of biomedical sciences, engineering, business, humanities and more. The McMaster Artificial Intelligence Society is a group of students dedicated to the study and implementation of AI to students at McMaster and across Canada.

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