Geniusnomics

In this episode, we connect the dots with AI and AR.

Today’s conversation with Ned T. Sahin, PhD from Brain Power. His mission is to empower the brains of people with invisible neural challenges. Developed by his team the heads-up system engages and motivates students in a gamified way, and automatically generates data on their progress for IEP reports. In this way, you can teach social-emotional skills to students with autism or ADHD.

In this episode, we connect the dots with neurodiverse robotics.

Today’s conversation with Richard Margolin from Robokind. Over a decade, Mark has been working on social robotics for neurodiverse individuals, trying to make it more compact, accessible and effective for different types of audiences and cases.

In this episode, we connect the dots with creative education for kids.

Today’s conversation with Sophie Deen. She is the founder and creative mind behind Detective Dot – a book and creative kit which helps kids to learn coding and computer science skills through storytelling and an entertaining approach.

In this episode, we connect the dots with open and user-driven data ownership.

Today’s conversation with Gal Ringel from Mine, that helps to discover what the internet knows about you and control your digital footprint. In particular, it allows you to decide where your data should or shouldn’t be.

In this episode, we connect the dots with open science and research platforms.

Today’s conversation with Cindy Wu. Her work is focused on making science and research more accessible through open-source platforms. In particular, she was the founder of the Experiment, a platform for discovering, funding, and sharing scientific research (with a holistic approach that involves researches ranging from biology, chemistry, physics, ecology to economics or political science).

In this episode, we connect the dots with open technologies and platforms.

Today’s conversation with Caitlin Reimers Brumme. She is a managing director at Masschallenge Boston, one of the biggest open tech accelerators, using zero-equity and non-profit models to support startups and tech teams around the world.

In this episode, we connect the dots with games and gamification.

Today’s conversation with Mariam Nusrat. She spent many years in international development to come with Grid – a social initiative that leverages digital games to educate, engage and empower awareness and action.

In this episode, we connect the dots of diversity & disability. 

Today’s conversation with Tiffany Yu. She is the founder of the Diversability, project and community known for its longterm journey and dedication to empowering people with various types of disabilities to perceive it as diversity and opportunity to spread a word and express your ability. She is also a part of the Mayor’s Disability Council at San-Francisco.

In this episode, we connect the dots of how to become AI inventors at 10... or even earlier.

Today’s conversation with Samaira Mehta (she is 11 at the moment of our talk), prodigy coder and inventor who started to code and create far before she turned 10. She is the founder of the CoderBunnyz – interactive game which helps to learn coding through studying concepts of artificial intelligence and Java. Besides tech, Samaira has an intersectional passion for social causes and projects, including women and minorities in tech, inclusion and underrepresented groups.

In this episode, we connect the dots with AI, ML & NLP.

Today’s conversation with Tanmay Bakshi, a coding prodigy, author of 3 books, including “Hello Swift”, “Julia for beginners”, “Cognitive Computing with IBM Watson” and expert developer known for his work with organizations like IBM and Google.

In this episode, we connect the dots of technology and creative experiences.

Today’s conversation with Andrea Baldereschi, inventor passionate about robotics and hardware for creative industries. Over his journey, he was a creator of Remidi – an interactive glove that turns the artist’s hand into a flexible instrument. Currently, he is a part of Scribit’s team, working on the world’s first write and erase robot. Besides, Andrea is known for his ability to connect the dots of inventions and the community. In particular, his venture Remidi was funded through crowdfunding.

In this episode, we connect the dots with learning technologies.

Today’s conversation with Ash Kaluarachchi from StartEd – one of the world’s leading tech accelerators focused on educational, learning and workforce technologies. Originated from a program closely connected to New York University, it evolved into an ecosystem that connects the dots of emerging EdTech startups around the world.

In this episode, we connect the dots democratizing access to clean energy.

Today’s conversation with Aneri Pradhan. Over her journey, she has built and successfully sold ENVenture – social impact incubator focused on clean energy in Uganda, and worked across over 15 countries deploying energy and climate projects, including the Facebook Connectivity Lab. After ENVenture, she works on ENVision and boards the New Energy Nexus. 

In this episode, we connect the dots with decentralized social networks.

Today’s conversation with Evan Henshaw-Plath. Over his journey, he was a member of Twitter’s founding team, worked at Yahoo, MIT Media Lab. Now he is working on Planetary – open, humane and decentralized social network that respects your privacy and honors makers and creators.

In this episode, we connect the dots with social & expressive robotics.

Today’s conversation (an excerpt for a while) with Aida Nazari from Luxai – developing social robots for children on the autism spectrum.

In this episode, we connect the dots with AI & empathy.

Today’s conversation with Dr. Bonnie Clipper – a veteran of nursing innovation, former vice president of innovation at the American Nurses Association, Adjunct faculty of John Hopkins school of nursing, a chief clinical officer at Wambi. She spent several decades on the intersection of medicine, technology, artificial intelligence and advocacy. She says that nurses are natural innovators.

In this episode, we connect the dots with open knowledge.

Today’s conversation with Jake Orlowitz, a veteran of open knowledge, founder of Wikipedia Library. He also spent many years serving across the Wikipedia ecosystem, including Wikimedia Foundation.

In this episode, we connect the dots with mathematics.

Today’s conversation with Alysia Silberg, data scientist, a global champion for entrepreneurship and women’s empowerment, and general partner at Street Global Venture Capital. She spent an amazing journey from South Africa born data scientist and mathematician to the UN women advocate and venture capitalist.

In this episode, we connect the dots with Collaborative AI.

Today’s conversation with Rudradeb Mitra from Omdena a global community of data and AI scientists solving real-world problems. We’ve talked on how to build AI movement, collaborative and competitive approach, infodemics, social network bubbles, coalitions and global challenges.

In this episode, we connect the dots with crowdsolving.

Today’s conversation with Celina Lee from Zindi Africa. Celina has spent over a decade in international development. Now she leads a data science competition platform that uses hackathons to solve the most pressing challenges through the machine learning and AI community. To date, they have involved over 10.000 scientists (over 12000 to date of our talk).