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Elena Fuller And Jordan Pérez - Celestial Dreams (photo Illustration By Artist Erial Ali)

We are back for 2023! In this episode we have a conversation with A/Prof. Geraldine Torrisi, a woman of many talents teaching and leading in the Griffith University School of ICT. She shines a light on the winding path she followed to land her dream career in Human Computer Interaction academia. We also discuss the acronym heavy world of Human Computer Interaction and WiFi enabled washing machines.

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Meet A/Prof. Geraldine Torrisi - The winding path to find a career and the world of HCI

Professor Bela Stantic at Griffith University's Big Data and Smart Analytics Lab is pioneering some truly ground-breaking advances in this fast-moving field. 

This interview discusses the highlights of Prof Stantic's work which has earned him an enviable reputation for predictive accuracy. He correctly called the outcome of the last Australian Federal election contrary to the pollsters and public opinion. He also predicted not only the outcome of the 2016 US presidential election and Brexit but also no less than 48 of the 50 US State elections that were also held around the same time.

Bela's approach takes publicly accessible social media data from the likes of Twitter, Flickr and Facebook, and by using a combination of sentiment analysis, location data and the vocabulary that people use, he is able to arrive at remarkably accurate predictions.

Interviewer: David Tuffley
Recorded & Edited: David Tuffley

Adventures in Big Data Analysis with Bela Stantic

Cyber security is at the forefront of world events. Barely a day goes by that we do not hear about the latest cyber-attack, hacking event or data breach. But what goes on behind the scenes? David Tuffley speaks with Associate Professor Ernest Foo from Griffith University's School of ICT to give some insight into the fastest moving aspect of the world of technology.
Interviewer: David Tuffley
Recorded & Edited: David Tuffley

Cyber Security: Staying Ahead of the Game with Ernest Foo

'Everybody Lies' author Seth Stephens-Davidowitz on why we tell the (sometimes disturbing) truth online. According to Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, everybody lies to preserve social relations.         How much do you really know about your friends? Your co-workers? Your community and your country? The fact is that much of what we think we know about the people around us is likely to be skewed, because people tend to lie. We lie in conversation, on social media, and in surveys. But there exists an online trove of data that allows us to paint a much more accurate picture of who we really are. That’s the argument of US data scientist Seth Stephens-Davidowitz uses data from the internet – what he calls “the traces of information that billions of people leave on Google, social media, dating, and even pornography sites” to tell us the surprising and sometimes disturbing truth about who we really are. Seth Stephens-Davidowitz spoke with David Tuffley, a senior lecturer in applied ethics and sociotechnical studies at Griffith University, to talk about what he learned. 
This podcast is republished from The Conversation under Creative Commons license.
Interviewer: David Tuffley

Seth Stephens-Davidowitz on why we tell the (sometimes disturbing) truth online

Professor Paulo de Souza was on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover team that put  "Spirit" and "Opportunity" safely on Mars in January 2004. Both rovers lived well beyond their planned 90-day missions. Opportunity worked nearly 15 years on Mars and broke the driving record for putting the most miles on the odometer.

Closer to home, Paulo is now the Head of the School of Information and Communication Technology at Griffith University. In the second half of the conversation Paulo discusses his vision of IT education in the 21st Century.

Interviewer: David Tuffley
Recorded & Edited: David Tuffley

Being on the team that put two NASA rovers onto Mars with Paulo de Souza

Narelle Clark is the CEO of the Internet Association of Australian (IAA), the only not-for-profit, neutral, peering exchange in Australia. The IAA enables the web to function smoothly and reliably, even during the time of COVID where the demands on it have never been greater.  Here are some insights into how this is accomplished. Narelle speaks with David Tuffley.

Conversation with Narelle Clark, CEO of the Internet Association of Australia

The mission of the ACS is to advance professional excellence in information technology and to promote the development of Australian ICT resources. Holly Bretherton talks to David Tuffley about how the ACS is going about its mission.
Contact ACS Qld on acs.qld@acs.org.au Tele : +61 (0) 7 3316 5700

Conversation with Holly Bretherton, Queensland State Manager at the Australian Computer Society

The AI Hub connects members of the Queensland AI community.  They look for AI talent and do what they can to give it a boost. It turns out that Queensland has a lot of AI talent with the potential to bring great economic prosperity. Hear about some of the ways that the AI Hub is helping.  https://www.qldaihub.com/

The Qld AI Hub: A chat with CEO Sue Keay

Die erste Station von TreuhandTechno fand im thüringischen Apolda statt. Wir haben im Zuge unserer Arbeit 2020 rund um Treuhand und Techno (der in Apolda Anfang der 90er Tekkno hieß)gefragt, verworfen, geprobt, gewickelt, getanzt, gestampft; maschinen, menschen und apoldaer glocken gesehen, gehört, erlebt. Und viel gelernt! Wie: Dass Technotanzen in den 90ern Arbeit war – Arbeit gegen den Totentanz, den die Treuhand mit der ehemaligen DDR-Wirtschaft aufs Parkett legte.

Das Projekt entstand und entwickelt sich unter maßgeblicher Mitarbeit von Zeitzeug:innen aus der Apoldaer Textilindustrie und der 90er-Jahre Tekkno-Subkultur.

Besonderer Dank für diese Collage: Ilka Lohmann für ihr Gedicht "Apolda Unbesungene Stadt" (2006)

Das PKRK Apolda-Ensemble
Künstlerische Leitung & Regie: Susann Neuenfeldt
Produktionsleitung: Richard Pfützenreuter
Performative Recherche & Choreographie: Maike Möller-Engemann
Kommunikation: Anna Stiede
Sounddesign: Hans Narva
Video: Simon Strick
Raum: Werner Türk
Lichtdesign: Holger Duhn
Zeichnungen: Lena Hasler
Performer:innen: Maike Möller-Engemann, Anna Stiede, Werner Türk
DJ*s: DJ MIKK & DJ Mat, RESOM

TreuhandTekkno Apolda, Herbst 2020

Join in conversation with Jo-Anne Clark who is researching the emerging field of Learning Analytics in Higher Education as part of a PhD project. Hear also how Jo-Anne manages to balance home life with work and study.

Conversation with Jo-Anne Clark on Learning Analytics

Personal stories, latest research, and career advice from the talented people in our Griffith University School of ICT Community.

Meet A/Prof. Geraldine Torrisi - The winding path to find a career and the world of HCI

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