A self-driving AI and Raspberry Pi powered Trash Bin with Ahad Cove
Why NOT make a self-driving AI and Raspberry Pi powered Trash Bin? Programmer Ahad Cove saw a problem and he took it upon himself to solve it. Ahad and Scott talk through the design and conception process, how it was coded, limitations, and future plans! Now, why don't YOU solve a problem in your home with coding and IoT?YOUTUBE - Self-Driving Garbage Can That Takes Itself Out
26 Nov 202034min
TL;DR - Extreme Summarization as a service with Isabel Cachola
Isabel currently a PhD student studying Computer Science at Johns Hopkins. Previously she was a Pre-Doctoral Young Investigator at the Allen Institute for AI. She and Scott talk about her PhD thesis where she's taught a model to look at scientific texts and pull out a "TL;DR" summary that is both accurate AND useful!https://isabelcachola.com/
19 Nov 202028min
Growing the next generation of technologists with CodeCrew's Meka Egwuekwe
Meka Egwuekwe is Executive Director of CodeCrew, an innovative, mentorship-based youth coding initiative guiding young people in Memphis to be tech producers. Scott talks to Meka about CodeCrew's multifaceted plan to fill the pipeline through summer camps, after school programs, and Code School for adults learning to code!https://www.code-crew.org/
12 Nov 202034min
Programmatic Problem Solving with Nicole Archambault
Nicole Archambault believes we can scale back on learning to code and we should ramp up on learning problem solving. She believes this so much she's launched a whole online course - Newbie Coder Problem Solving School - that teaches tons of problem solving skills...with not a single line of code! Is this possible? A good idea? We find out this week!https://www.lavieencode.net/launchpad
5 Nov 202035min
Creating with Constraints with Python Africa's Marlene Mhangami
Marlene Mhangami is a Python Software Foundation Director and the co-founder of ZimboPy, a Zimbabwean non-profit that empowers women to pursue careers in tech. Marlene is also the current chair of Pycon Africa, the first pan-African gathering of the Python community. Today she talks with Scott about working and creating with constraints, as well as her views on the incredible technology talent promise of the African Continent.
29 Okt 202033min
Greatly Accelerating Machine Learning with Intel's Huma Abidi
Scott talks to Huma Abidi, the Senior Director of AI Software Products at Intel. Huma leads a team of software engineers and today she sits down and gets deep with Scott on AI, machine learning, deep learning, optimization...and painting! What is the role of silicon and hardware instructions when doing AI and ML? How does Intel interact with the open source community?https://www.unite.ai/huma-abidi-senior-director-of-ai-software-products-at-intel-interview-series/https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2019/02/01/intel-ai-women-intc.htmlhttps://www.electronicdesign.com/technologies/embedded-revolution/article/21120470/enabling-ai-with-intels-deep-learning-boost
22 Okt 202032min
Virtual Desktop is what VR needs - with Guy Godin
Why can't I control a Virtual Desktop of my PC from my VR headset? Guy Godin asked this question...and made the answer. Is VR Desktop VR's killer app? Scott talks to Guy about how he did it, and how VR Desktop made a $400 VR headset into Scott's primary rig...wirelessly! And it's written entirely in C#? With latency in the low milliseconds!? Impossible.https://www.vrdesktop.net/
15 Okt 202035min
Normalizing Failure with Susana Benavidez
Susana Benavidez has had an interesting path into technology and she wants to normalize that path. Sometimes it's not straight and narrow, sometimes it's windy and filled with bumps. What would tech look like if we normalized failure and gave folks a space place to fail fast, fail often and come out on the other side better than ever?Happy Hispanic Heritage Month!
8 Okt 202030min
