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The InfoQ Podcast 2021 Year in Review: Hybrid Working, Ethics & Sustainability, and Multi-Cloud
In this special year-end wrap-up podcast Thomas Betts, Wes Reisz, Shane Hastie, Charles Humble, Srini Penchikala, and Daniel Bryant discuss what they have seen in 2021 and speculate a little on what they hope to see in 2022. Topics explored included: hybrid working, the importance of ethics and sustainability within technology, and multi-cloud architectures.
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Phil Winder on the History, Practical Application, and Ethics of Reinforcement Learning
In this podcast Dr Phil Winder, CEO of Winder Research, sits down with InfoQ podcast co-host Charles Humble. They discuss: the history of Reinforcement Learning (RL); the application of RL in fields such as robotics and content discovery; scaling RL models and running them in production; and ethical considerations for RL.
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Carin Meier Using Machine Learning to Combat Major Illnesses, Such as the Coronavirus
Carin Meier of Reify Health sits down with Wesley Reisz and discusses how machine learning is being used to combat major illnesses (such as the coronavirus). After a short discussion on some of the work being done today, the two shift into a discussion on the challenges of working with healthcare data and machine learning. Topics around safety, ethics, and explainability are discussed.
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Anne Currie Discusses Cloud Providers and the Environmental Impact of Software
Charles Humble talks to Anne Currie from Container Solutions, exploring the environmental impact of technology. They look at how technology compares to other industries such as aviation and farming, how the big cloud providers compare in terms of their commitments to reducing carbon emissions, and the impact of the choices made by individual developers and software architects.
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Katharine Jarmul and Ethical Machine Learning
Today on The InfoQ Podcast, Wes talks with Katharine Jarmul about privacy and fairness in machine learning algorithms. Jarmul discusses what’s meant by Ethical Machine Learning and some things to consider when working towards achieving fairness. Jarmul is the co-founder at KIProtect, a machine learning security and privacy firm based in Germany, and is one of the three keynote speakers at QCon.ai.
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Techno-solutionism, Ethical Technologists and Practical Data Privacy
In this podcast Shane Hastie, spoke to Katherine Jarmul of Thoughtworks about the dangers of techno-solutionism, challenges in ethical application of technology and her book Practical Data Privacy.
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Engaging with and Serving the Digital Seeker to Craft Great Experiences
In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Raj de Datta about applying AI in high-performance tennis, serving the digital seeker and delivering exceptional digital experiences.
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Antoine Patton on Learning to Code While in Prison and Sharing That Knowledge
In this podcast recorded at QCon San Francisco 2019, Shane Hastie, lead editor for culture & methods, spoke to Antoine Patton on Holistic Ed-tech and Diversity, learning to code while in prison and founding a non-profit to teach people of color how to code.
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Ayana Miller on Privacy & Data Governance and Julia Nguyen on Mental Health Tech for Good
In this podcast recorded at QCon San Francisco 2019, Shane Hastie, lead editor for culture & methods, spoke to Ayana Miller of Pinterest on privacy & data governance and Julia Nguyen about her open-source project if-me.org for supporting mental health.
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Hoang Bao on Ethics, Privacy and Regulation in Software Engineering
In this podcast recorded at QCon San Francisco 2019, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Hoang Bao who was the track chair for the Ethics, Regulation, Risk, and Compliance track.