Conversations on Applied AI

Ren Bin Lee Dixon - Exploring Global AI Policies

25 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today we're talking with Ren Bin Lee Dixon. Renin comes to the podcast with a deep experience in public and artificial intelligence policy. She&a...

Dr. Elizabeth M Adams - Harnessing AI Responsibly

03 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today, we're talking with Dr. Elizabeth M. Adams. Elizabeth is the Chief Engagement Officer at the Minnesota Responsible AI Institute and the CEO...

David Quimby - Systematic Innovation and the Art of AI:

27 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with David Quimby. David is a principal at Innovation Radiation, specializing in systematic innovation, experimental des...

Ayisha Tabbassum - AI Upskilling: A New Era of Workforce Empowerment

08 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Ayisha Tabbassum. Ayisha is a visionary technology leader with more than 10 years of experience in driving business...

Caroline Holden - How Artists Will Shape the Future of Tech

25 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Caroline Holden. Caroline is a dynamic creative technologist with more than seven years of experience across startu...

Jean Machart - From Digital Transformation to AI-Driven Healthcare

11 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Jean Machart. Jean is a transformation executive leading companies by applying digital and artificial intelligence ...

Michael Pitt - When AI Listens Better Than We Do

25 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with   Michael Pitt, MD. Mike is an award winning educator, speaker, pediatrician, and entrepreneur. He's the c...

David Howard - Why AI Adoption is Harder Than AI Development

11 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with David Howard. David is a multidisciplinary data scientist and researcher with more than six years of industry exper...

AI Chronicles: Transformative Talks from 2024

05 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Hey everyone, Justin Grammens here, welcoming you to another episode of Conversations on Applied AI. Today’s episode is especially cool because I us...

Łukasz Borzęcki - AI for Business and Development: Practical Tools and Strategies

31 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Lukasz Borzecki, the CEO of VM Software House, a company specializing in bespoke IT project implementation using a ...

David Wynn - Striking the Balance Between AI Summarizing and Human Insight

17 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with David Wynn. David is the Principal Solution Architect at EdgeDelta and an enthusiast for all things technology.With...

John Stanton - Using AI to Bring Access to Communities and Those in Need

15 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with John Stanton. John's specialties include working with nonprofits, specifically in the areas of organizational ...

Kevin Liu - The Future of Machine Learning with Creative AI and Science

01 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Kevin Liu. Kevin is an associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Ohio State U...

Satish Movva - Transforming Eldercare with Artificial Intelligence

17 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Satish Muvva. Satish has founded two companies, both harnessing cutting edge technology and focusing on health. His...

Nick Roseth - Human Factors Psychology Applied to Artificial Intelligence

23 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Nick Roseth. Nick is a visionary technologist positioned at the nexus of business technology and design. His 25 yea...

Zach Hatch - The Future of Seamless Interactions with AI

09 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Zach Hatch. Zach is an AI and automation engineer at Gemini, an advanced marketing solutions company in Edina, Minn...

Lori Ryan - Empowering Us With the Foundational Knowledge of AI

18 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Lori Ryan. Lori is the creator of Lorignite.com an artificial intelligence hub aimed at making AI more accessible. ...

Rajeev Bukralia - Applying AI to the Right Problem at the Right Time

04 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Rajeev Bukralia. Rajeev holds the position of a tenured associate professor and the graduate coordinator in the Dep...

Pete Edstrom - Using AI in Your Product and Educational Journey

21 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Peter Edstrom. Peter is a proactive, methodical leader and team player with 24 years of software experience, adept ...

Tim Bornholdt - How to Explore and Use Artificial Intelligence Products

07 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Tim Bornholdt. Tim is an AI strategist where he looks to help organizations figure out how to deploy AI solutions t...

Donna Herbel - Your Path to Becoming an AI Tech Hobbyist

23 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Donna Herbel. Donna is the founder and chief igniter of Blue Phoenix Learning, where she provides speaking, trainin...

Jim Wilt - Using AI to Make a Difference in How You Work

09 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Jim Wilt. Jim is a technology executive focused on innovations in aerospace, manufacturing, health, fintech, and re...

Andy Carroll - Healthcare: The Perfect Storm for Disruption by AI

26 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Andy Carroll. Andy is not your typical chief commercial officer. He is a Six Sigma Black Belt and is just as comfor...

Jody Carey - The Future of Copywriting, Education, and the Workplace

12 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Jody Carey. Jody says in her LinkedIn profile: “You can call me a copywriter or content writer or the person you ...

Will Preble - Creating Heart-Centered Technology

27 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Will Preble. Will is a media and tech entrepreneur passionate about the intersection of Web3 and human potential. H...

David Espindola - What AI Means to Us as Human Beings

13 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with David Epsindola. David is an entrepreneur, futurist, keynote speaker,  award-winning author, consultant, and advis...

Jenny Zhang - How AI Can Help Creators and Influencers Succeed

30 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Jenny Zhang, otherwise known as Jay-Z. Jenny has been a senior AI product manager who has launched machine learning...

Bradley Canham - The Standing Reserve That AI Is Ready to Release

16 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Bradley Canham. Brad is the VP of Research for Transforma Insights, a UK based high tech analyst firm, corporate fe...

Michael Petersen - Artificial Intelligence and Repairing Your Automobile

28 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Michael Petersen. With over 30 years of engineering, marketing, and leadership experience, he is the founder and CE...

Alex Muller - Deploying AI Easier and Faster Using Turn-Key Solutions

07 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Alex Muller. Alex is the founder of Savvy AI, where he and his team run a mission to make AI work for all of us.Pre...

Rehgan Avon - Applying Artificial Intelligence to Strategic Initiatives

24 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Rehgan Avon. Rehgan is co-founder and CEO at Align AI. Align AI helps AI experts scale their knowledge faster and m...

Beth Rudden - How Linguistics, Semantics, and Artifacts Improve Our Understanding of AI

10 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Beth Rudin. Beth is the CEO of Bast AI and a global executive leader with 20 plus years of IT and data science expe...

Steve Hsu - Solving the Hallucination Problem

26 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Steve Hsu. Steve is a professor of Theoretical Physics and Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering at M...

Cameron Wolfe - AI Personalization Services

12 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Cameron Wolfe. Cameron has a passion for leveraging academic research and industry to solve large scale industrial ...

Seth Uschuk - AI From the Perspective of a Full-Stack Engineer

29 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Seth Uschuk. Seth is a full stack software engineer with a passion for developing high quality software solutions. ...

Matt Nash - The Importance of Authenticity and Reliability in AI

15 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Matt Nash. Matt is the CEO at Kairos Technologies, where he and the team are focused on building a better future fo...

Avinash Malladhi - Applying AI & ML in Optical Character Recognition ( OCR ) Solutions

01 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Avinash Malladhi. Avinash is a PSPO certified professional with over 15 years of experience and implementing financ...

Corbin Fonville - Uncovering Many Uses of AI in Coding and Education

18 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Corbin Fonville. Corbin is the owner of the Minnesota Championship Series, which delivers pro quality free to compe...

Damien Riehl - The Importance of Humanity as We Bring AI and Law Together

04 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Damien Riehl. Damien is a technology lawyer who has advised clients on tech litigated tech issues, remedied cyberse...

Christopher Nguyen - Skillsets and the Foundations of Industrial AI

20 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Christopher Nguyen. Christopher is CEO and co-founder of Aitomatic, where he's helping businesses harness the ...

Sam Tyner-Monroe - Living at the Intersection of AI and Applied Statistics

06 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Sam Tyner-Monroe. Sam is an accomplished, applied statistician and data scientist with a PhD in statistics from Iow...

Deborah Carver - Artificial Intelligence Through the Eyes of a Content Technologist

23 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Deborah Carver. Deborah is the writer and publisher of The Content Technologist. When she's not compiling the ...

Dishant Gandhi - Building a Community for Chatbot Developers

09 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Dishant Gandhi. Dishant is an AI/ML Engineer at Hoory, who reads an AI-powered Customer Support Assistant that help...

Seth Clark - The Future of MLOps and AI at Scale

25 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Seth Clark. Seth is an MIT-trained engineer who just likes building things. He's the Head of Product for Modzy...

Mona Akmal - Using AI to Predict Efficient Revenue Growth

11 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Mona Akmal. Mona is the CEO and co-founder at Falcon AI. Falcon is the first intelligence platform for the entire G...

Eric Olson - Deriving Answers Using Word Embeddings in NLP

28 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Eric Olson. Eric is the co-founder and CEO at Consensus a search engine that uses AI to surface expert answers. Pri...

Dr. Antonio Di Fenza - Artificial General Intelligence Through the Eyes of a Futurist

14 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Dr. Antonio Di Fenza. Antonio has a Master of Arts and a Ph.D. in Romantic Languages, Literature, and Linguistics f...

Panos and George Karagiannis - Building AI Virtual Assistants With No-Code Platforms

28 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Panos and George Karagiannis, co-founders of Moveo.AI. Both of these guys are passionate about new technologies and...

George Bryant - Data Integrity, Analytics, and Personal Balance

14 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with George Bryant, a partner of Fulton Analytics. Fulton Analytics is a Minnesota-based data analytics strategy and con...

Sam Cartford - Interpretable AI and Stock Market News Monitoring

31 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Sam Cartford. Sam is doing cybersecurity by day and is the co-founder of his own startup called Babbl, which he is ...

Peter Scott - What AI Means for Your Life, Your Work, and Your World

17 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Peter Scott. Peter is the author of Crisis of Control: How Artificial Super Intelligences May Destroy or Save the H...

Lois and Ross Melbourne - Moral Code | Women in Tech, Morality, and Ethical AI

03 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Lois Melbourne & Ross Melbourne. Lois is an author presenting visions of what if her former life was exciting a...

Ngan MacDonald - Opening Opportunities by Liberating Healthcare Data

20 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Ngan MacDonald. Ngan is the chief of data operations at the Institute for Augmented Intelligence in Medicine, where...

Cal Al-Dhubaib - Secure, Fair, Transparent & Auditable Models

06 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Cal Al-Dhubaib. Cal is a data scientist, entrepreneur, and Chief Executive Officer of Pandata, where his team empow...

Fraser Gray-Smith - Using Data Engineering to Create Business Value in AI

22 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Fraser Gray-Smith. Fraser is a business strategy professional that specializes in using analytics to drive value in...

Stefan Krawczyk - The Power of ML Dataflows using Hamilton

08 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Stefan Krawczyk. Stefan is a data-focused leader and polymath engineer. His interest has spanned design, implementa...

Shawn Hymel - Technical Content and Community Outreach in AI, ML and IoT

25 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Shawn Hymel. Sean is a machine learning DevRel Engineer, Instructor and University Program Manager at Edge Impulse....

Pete Warden - Bringing Deep Learning to Microcontrollers with TinyML

11 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Pete Warden. Pete's mission is simple: Organizing the physical world's information to make it universally...

Younes Amar and Mohammed Sabri - Operationalized ML and Managing Customer Expectations

27 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

NOTE: I am excited to announce that all listeners of the Conversations on Applied AI Podcast are eligible to receive a 50% discount at the 2022 Applie...

Daniel Kornev - Conversational AI | Today and Into the Future

13 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

NOTE: I am excited to announce that all listeners of the Conversations on Applied AI Podcast are eligible to receive a 50% discount at the 2022 Applie...

Neil Sahota - Hybrid Intelligence | Complementing Human Abilities with Machine Capabilities

30 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Neil Sahota. Neil is an IBM Master Inventor, United Nations AI advisor, Chief Innovation Officer, and globally reco...

Tom Doyle - Applying AI to Always On Sensing Devices

16 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Tom Doyle. Tom is a veteran in the semiconductor industry working in many different areas over the last 35 years, i...

Gian Marco - Combining AI and Low-Power Devices to Make the World Smarter

02 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Gian Marco. Gian is a tech lead in the machine learning group at ARM and the author of the TinyML Cookbook publishe...

Blair Newman - Making Edge Devices Intelligent With No-Code Automation

19 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Blair Newman. Blair is an accomplished executive with more than 25 years of experience creating business value with...

Amelia Winger-Bearskin - Using Empathy to Create Responsible Technology

05 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Amelia Winger-Bearskin. Amelia innovates with artificial intelligence in ways that make a positive impact on our co...

Bryant Cruse - Building Thinking Machines with Knowledge

28 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Bryant Cruse. Bryant has been a pioneer in the application of AI technology to difficult real-world problems. He gr...

Rob Telson - Edge AI on-Chip Processing and Learning

21 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Rob Telson. Rob is an experienced sales leader with a demonstrated successful history working in the software and s...

Brandon Satrom - AI and IoT in a World of Digital Transformation

14 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Brandon Satrom. Brandon is the VP of Developer Experience and Engineering at Blues Wireless, a driven technologist ...

Jigyasa Grover - Becoming a Published Author on ML and Women in AI Award Winner

07 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Jigyasa Grover. Jigyasa recently co-authored a book titled Sculpting Data for ML: The First Act of Machine Learning...

Prasanna Balaprakash - DeepHyper | Scalable Automated Machine Learning for Scientific Applications

31 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Prasanna Balaprakash. Prasanna is a group leader and computer scientist at the Mathematics and Computer Science Div...

Caroline Sinders - The Intersection of Design, Art and Artificial Intelligence

24 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Caroline Sinders. Caroline is a machine learning design researcher and artist. For the past few years, she has been...

Erik Beall - Computer Vision and Learned Expectations

17 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Erik Beall. Erik is an imaging AI scientist and product developer. Eric is the CEO of Thermal Diagnostics, where he...

Tim Kraska - Transforming How Data-Driven AI Teams Collaborate

10 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Tim Kraska. Tim is a professor at MIT in their Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, and a Co-Fo...

Robert Parker - Building Intelligent Environments Using IoT and AI

05 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Robert Parker. Robert has engineered some of today's biggest life-changing innovations from Amazon Alexa to Fi...

Miles Porter - Perspectives on Analytics, AI and Data Science

03 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Miles Porter. Miles is an experienced data scientist focused on image processing, time series analysis, and combina...

Scott Litman - AI-Powered Knowledge Management Assistants

28 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Scott Litman. Scott is a serial entrepreneur with multiple exits under his belt and someone whom I highly respect a...

Francis Brero - Designing the Right AI for the Right Audience

26 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Francis Brero. Francis is an aspiring hands-on T Rex obsessed with levering science to improve efficiency and effec...

Scott Brown - How Machine Learning Is Revolutionizing Veterinary Medicine

12 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Scott Brown. Scott is a business focus Senior Technology executive with 25 years of experience in transforming orga...

Paul Denman - Where IoT and Industry 4.0 Is Today

29 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Paul Denman. Paul started his career as an engineer focused on new innovative technologies. He is passionate about ...

Jeff Coyle - Building Quality Content & Prediction Systems With AI

15 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Jeff Coyle.  Jeff is a cross-discipline data-driven inbound marketing executive with 20 plus years of experience m...

Josh Braaten - Optimizing Systems to Create Better Outcomes Using Machine Learning

01 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Josh Braaten. Josh is the CEO of Brandata where he and his team use brand measurement, consumer insights, and growt...

Jacob Solawetz - DataFlows and Deep Learning Applications

15 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Jacob Solawetz. Jacob is a Machine Learning Lead at RoboFlow where he’s developing and scaling computer vision us...

Eri O'Diah - The Role of Human Bias in Artificial Intelligence

01 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Eri O'Diah. Eri is a seasoned strategist who has been applying experience as a creative at the intersection of...

Erik Zwiefel - Asking the Right Questions of Artificial Intelligence

07 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is with Erik Zwiefel. Erik is is a Director and Technical Specialist in the Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning gr...

Ryan Phelan - The Impact of AI on Patents and Intellectual Property

14 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation this week is all about the intersection of Intellectual Property and Artificial Intelligence! I'm thrilled to have an expert in ...

QingHui Yuan - The Data Science of Physical Dynamic Systems

22 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

If you are curious how a Data Science leader thinks about applying Artificial Intelligence to physical dynamic systems in the areas of Industrial IoT,...

Greg Hayes - Applying Design Thinking and Machine Learning to Solve Business Challenges

28 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Wow! Where to start. What an amazing interview and opportunity to have Greg Hayes on our program. We had a great conversation on applying Design Think...

Peter Voss - The Third Wave of AI

13 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week I am thrilled to be joined but a serial entrepreneur, engineer, inventor, and pioneer in Artificial Intelligence, Peter Voss. Peter coined t...

Sabina Stanescu - Building Better Products Using Responsible AI and MLOps

01 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

How does one ensure that data models are performing the right tasks as the right time? We've heard a lot about MLOps and in particular Responsibl...

Jason Shepherd - Trust Fabrics, IoT and Interconnected Ecosystems at the Edge

18 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

How do machines on the internet know who and what to trust? As tens of billions of internet-connected devices are already online and billions more add...

Jessica Meyer - Why Diversity and Inclusion Are Important for AI Practitioners

05 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Bias in Machine Learning models is a real problem, but also is the lack of representation of women and minorities in the more general Data Science fie...

Mike Hugo - Using AI Technologies for Biomedical Analysis

21 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

One of the areas in which Artificial Intelligence is making a huge impact on our lives is the areas of biomedical analysis. In this episode, I'm ...

Danika Hannon - The Impact of Quantum Computing on Artificial Intelligence

07 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We've all heard the hype about Quantum Computing, but what does it really mean for Artificial Intelligence? In this episode, Danika Hannon breaks...

Bongjun Kim - Sound Recognition and Audio Signal Processing with Machine Learning

24 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

If you ever wondered how Alexa, Siri, Google can be trained to recognize and process audio, this is the episode for you! In this episode, we speak wit...

Nick Walton - Using Artificial Intelligence to Augment Human Creativity

10 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

I’m so happy that Nick Walton took time out of his busy schedule to join us and talk about human and AI collaboration. This was one of my favorite c...

Fatma Kocer - Using Artificial Intelligence for Product Design and Simulation

24 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Amazing topic and conversation! In this episode, Fatma Kocer talks with Justin Grammens about the fascinating work she and the team at Altair are by u...

Tyler Nigon - Artificial Intelligence in Production Agriculture

09 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Tyler Nigon shares with Justin Grammens his deep experience in production level agriculture and some of the cool ways AI is being app...

Nick Heller - Machine Learning for Medical Image Analysis

24 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Super excited the share the conversation I had with Nicholas Heller. Nick is PhD student in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the ...

Tina Nguyen - From Vietnam to Becoming a Leader in Artificial Intelligence

13 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

I’m so happy to have had the opportunity to interview Tina Nguyen for this podcast. In this episode, Tina shares how she came from humble beginnings...

Jake Mason - Building Data Science Communities and Applying Artificial Intelligence Before It Was Cool

10 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we speak with Jake Mason, a Senior Data Scientist at Carrot Health. Prior to his current role, he was at United Health Group where he...