Podcasts

 

Rethink What's Possible, Season Two

Episode One: Preparing Students for the AI Era

Andrew B. Williams, Ph.D., dean of engineering at The Citadel, and Amy Bires, a computer science and digital learning consultant for the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, sit down and discuss the implementation of AI in K-12 and higher education after their time presenting at MSOE’s AI Week.

Episode Two: AI Myths, Hype and Reality

Nataliya Kosmyna, Ph.D. is a research scientist at MIT Media Lab’s Fluid Interfaces group and a visiting faculty researcher at Google. She has over 15 years of experience in developing and designing end-to-end brain-computer interfaces (BCIs). She joins the podcast to talk about her research, MSOE AI Week presentation and how we can create a partnership between AI and human intelligence.

Episode Three: What AI is Revealing in Education

Tina Austin, founder of GAInable.ai, AI ethics consultant and biomedical researcher, discusses the importance of ethics in AI and what AI is revealing to us about education. 

Episode Four: AI Insights from MSOE to Google DeepMind

Luke Leonhard ’04, a chief of staff within Google DeepMind, shares AI insights from the speech and audio teams that work on Gemini models used across Google products and that serve users across the world. An MSOE alumnus, Luke also shares about his experience as a student offering advice for current Raiders.

Episode Five: What Employers Want in an AI World  

Nancy Connolly, president of Hammes Healthcare, and Sarah Alt, CIO for Phelps Dunbar, join the podcast to share how careers are now being shaped by AI, and give advice for students approaching the workforce.

Episode Six: Supercharging AI Research at MSOE

Graduate student and alumnus Hugo Garrido-Lestache and Dr. Jeremy Kedziora, associate professor and PieperPower Endowed Chair of Artificial Intelligence, discuss their collaborative research project that gained national attention and Hugo’s inspiration from the MSOE 2025 Rosie Supercomputer Super Challenge.