July 12, 2018

Episode 38: Collective intelligence (Part 1)

This is the first part of the amazing episode with Johannes Castner, CEO and founder of CollectiWise. Johannes is finishing his PhD in Sustainable Development from Columbia University in New York City, and he is building a platform for collective intelli...
July 9, 2018

Episode 37: Predicting the weather with deep learning

Predicting the weather is one of the most challenging tasks in machine learning due to the fact that physical phenomena are dynamic and riche of events. Moreover, most of traditional approaches to climate forecast are computationally prohibitive. It seem...
July 3, 2018

Episode 36: The dangers of machine learning and medicine

Humans seem to have reached a cross-point, where they are asked to choose between functionality and privacy. But not both. Not both at all. No data, no service. That’s what companies building personal finance services say. The same applies to marketing c...
June 29, 2018

Episode 35: Attacking deep learning models

Attacking deep learning models Compromising AI for fun and profit   Deep learning models have shown very promising results in computer vision and sound recognition. As more and more deep learning based systems get integrated in disparate domains, they w...
June 22, 2018

Episode 34: Get ready for AI winter

Today I am having a conversation with Filip Piękniewski, researcher working on computer vision and AI at Koh Young Research America. His adventure with AI started in the 90s and since then a long list of experiences at the intersection of computer scienc...
June 11, 2018

Episode 33: Decentralized Machine Learning and the proof-of-train

In the attempt of democratizing machine learning, data scientists should have the possibility to train their models on data they do not necessarily own, nor see. A model that is privately trained should be verified and uniquely identified across its enti...
June 4, 2018

Episode 32: I am back. I have been building fitchain

I know, I have been away too long without publishing much in the last 3 months. But, there's a reason for that. I have been building a platform that combines machine learning with blockchain technology. Let me introduce you to fitchain and tell you more ...
May 24, 2018

Founder Interview – Francesco Gadaleta of Fitchain

Cross-posting from Cryptoradio.io Overview Francesco Gadaleta introduces Fitchain, a decentralized machine learning platform that combines blockchain technology and AI to solve the data manipulation problem in restrictive environments such as healthcare ...
April 2, 2018

Episode 31: The End of Privacy

Data is a complex topic, not only related to machine learning algorithms, but also and especially to privacy and security of individuals, the same individuals who create such data just by using the many mobile apps and services that characterize their di...