In this episode of Intel on AI host Amir Khosrowshahi talks with Joshua Tucker about using artificial intelligence to study the influence social media has on politics.

Joshua is professor of politics at New York University with affiliated appointments in the department of Russian and Slavic Studies and the Center for Data Science. He is also the director of the Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia and co-director of the Center for Social Media and Politics. He was a co-author and editor of an award-winning policy blog at The Washington Post and has published several books, including his latest, where he is co-editor, titled Social Media and Democracy: The State of the Field, Prospects for Reform from Cambridge University Press.

In the podcast episode, Joshua discusses his background in researching mass political behavior, including Colored Revolutions in Eastern Europe. He talks about how his field of study changed after working with his then PhD student Pablo Barberá (now a professor at the University of Southern California), who proposed a method whereby researchers could estimate people's partisanship based on the social networks in which they had enmeshed themselves. Joshua describes the limitations researchers often have when trying to study data on various platforms, the challenges of big data, utilizing NYU’s Greene HPC Cluster, and the impact that the leak of the Facebook Papers had on the field. He also describes findings regarding people who are more prone to share material from fraudulent media organizations masquerading as news outlets and how researchers like Rebekah Tromble (Director of the Institute for Data, Democracy and Politics at George Washington University) are working with government entities like the European Union on balancing public research with data privacy. The episode closes with Amir and Joshua discussing disinformation campaigns in the context of the Russo-Ukrainian War. 

Academic research discussed in the podcast episode:
•	Birds of the Same Feather Tweet Together: Bayesian Ideal Point Estimation Using Twitter Data.
•	Tweeting From Left to Right: Is Online Political Communication More Than an Echo Chamber?

AI, Social Media, and Political Influence – Intel on AI Season 3, Episode 11

Dr. Jason Knight joins Chip Chat to talk about Intel support for PyTorch*. As Head of Software Product for the Artificial Intelligence Products Group at Intel, Dr. Knight guides the development of software to enable the best use of hardware in Intel's heterogeneous product portfolio for AI. In this interview, Dr. Knight discusses the benefits of the PyTorch framework, broader community adoption of PyTorch, and highlights Intel investments in the PyTorch ecosystem such as direct optimizations through Intel® Math Kernel Library for Deep Neural Networks (Intel® MKL-DNN), the Neural Network Distiller PyTorch algorithm testing environment, and PyTorch support in nGraph Compiler. For more from Dr. Knight, follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/binarybana. For more on Intel solutions for AI, please visit https://ai.intel.com.

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Highlighting Support for the PyTorch Ecosystem - Intel® Chip Chat episode 609

In this archive of a livecast interview from Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, Jake Zim, Senior Vice President of Virtual Reality at Sony Pictures Entertainment, and Jason Elliot, 5G Marketing Development at Nokia, joins Intel® Chip Chat Network Insights to discuss building the business of immersive entertainment with a focus on virtual reality and how these new services for 5G were going to get developed. In an era of interactive storytelling, Jake explains how Sony Pictures is changing the game in terms of something that we can interact in and how to get our audiences more engaged in their content. Jason shares what technology collaborations had transpired between the two companies to deliver the underline of the structure, and where they are in terms of technology feasibility to deliver this type of experience. They also highlight the real capability of 5G to offer rich media services and immersive-type environments at massive scale; and the broader vision for this type of interactive engagement.

For more information visit: 
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Spark the 5G Media Revolution - Intel® Chip Chat Network Insights episode 192

Today Intel announced a major leap forward in executing a data-centric vision. Renu Navale, Senior Director of Edge Services and Industry Enabling in the Network Platforms Group at Intel joins the program to discuss the arrival of a new portfolio of innovations optimized for digital transformation. 

Renu shares how the new, 2nd generation Intel® Xeon® scalable processor and complementary platform components are the key technologies that communication service providers (CommSPs) can leverage to move, store, and process data across any workload across the data center, cloud, core, intelligent edge and back. 

Learn how the Intel® Network Builders ecosystem has evolved and grown, and supports end-to-end ecosystem collaboration to optimize and upgrade commercially available solutions that begin with Intel architecture to build world-class platforms and networks. Hear more about ecosystem challenges addressed by the Intel Select Solutions for NFVI reveal the value of an I/O balanced architecture based on the new, 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processor and complementary platform components including Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapters, Intel® QuickAssist Technology (Intel® QAT), Intel® Optane™ DC persistent memory and Intel® Solid State Drives.  

Additionally, Renu introduces a brand new Intel® Select Solution for Visual Cloud Delivery Network which offers a solution stack that leverages the most common and popular open source CDN caching frameworks such as NGINX* and Apache Traffic Server (ATS)*. It also leverages open source media libraries such as FFmpeg, Media Service Studio and Scalable Video Technology for media transcoding.

Renu addresses what is coming next for Intel® Network Builders to recognize and celebrate technical leadership, advance open source standards, and promote collaborate with end users to drive innovation. Learn how the leaders of our ecosystem are evaluated and the criteria used to determine the Winner’s Circle. The finalists and winners will be announced during the Intel Network Builders Summit at the SDN NFV World Congress, Oct 14-17, 2019 in The Hague, Netherlands.

For more information visit: www.networkbuilders.intel.com

Data Centric Innovation and Network Transformation - Intel® Chip Chat Network Insights episode 195

In the inaugural episode of Grit Talk, host Lisa Davis talks with Patricia (Pat) A. McDonald, Vice President in the Non-Volatile Memory Solutions Group and General Manager of the High-Velocity Program Office at Intel.

Since joining Intel in 1986, Pat has held a wide variety of engineering, manufacturing, and management roles. Pat has been recognized as a change agent and leader for diversity initiatives at Intel, winning an Intel Achievement Award for her work as Chief Talent Officer, her executive sponsorship of the Women at Intel Network (WIN), and chairperson of Intel Network of Executive Women (INEW). In this conversation, Lisa and Pat discuss the importance of tapping into your network to grow your career, what perseverance does for you in a challenging professional environment, and how to use your passion to propel your next move. Pat also offers advice for finding your place as a leader.

The mission of WIN is to empower women to deliver significant business impact with expanded connections, valued skill development, increased representation, and directed support.

INEW inspires change and advancement of executive women (VPs and Fellows). Through a solid support network, INEW members actively increase the population of female executives while tenaciously raising each other up to push the boundaries of their own talents and skills. The women of INEW drive several programs including Extend Our Reach, Protégé, and Pay it Forward, which are sponsorship programs that provide new ways to develop women as leaders, and find advancement opportunities and support through inspiration and community.

Nurturing Your Network: A Conversation About Leadership with Pat McDonald – Grit Talk episode 1

In this episode, host Lisa Davis talks with Sandra L. Rivera, Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer at Intel. 

Sandra leads the global human resources organization at Intel and is responsible for driving greater business results through a culture that embraces diversity and inclusion. In this episode, Lisa talks with Sandra about her recent shift from away from longtime leadership in the Network Platforms Group to HR, experiences that have shaped her leadership philosophy, and why risk-taking is so important for women in leadership. They also discuss the value of a personal board of directors – "thought partners" that can help you recognize and leverage your strengths as you are building a career.

Learn more about Sandra here: https://newsroom.intel.com/biography/sandra-l-rivera/#gs.5vf06e. And read her recent Fast Company editorial about how her Latinx upbringing made her a better leader here: https://www.fastcompany.com/90405208/how-my-latinx-upbringing-made-me-a-better-leader. Connect with her on Twitter at https://twitter.com/SandraLRivera.

Lisa Davis is co-chair of the Intel Network of Executive Women (INEW). Throughout her 30-year career in technology, Lisa has been a champion for women in technology and leadership – channeling that passion into leading professional development initiatives for women. Connect with her on Twitter at https://twitter.com/LisaM_Davis.

Learn more about global diversity and inclusion initiatives at Intel, including Women at Intel Network (WIN) and INEW, here: https://employeecontent.intel.com/content/news/nonportal/diversity.html.

Learning to Lead Fearlessly: A Conversation with Sandra L. Rivera - Grit Talk episode 2

In this episode, host Lisa Davis is joined by Lakecia Gunter, Vice President of the Network and Custom Logic Group at Intel. They talk about courage and why fearing less is an important characteristic for women in the workplace. Lakecia suggests that instead of thinking of fear as a siren, think of it as an opportunity to face things and rise. They also discuss the value of building community within the workplace and how those networks can become an important source of support and personal growth. 

In her current role, Lakecia is responsible for the strategy to advance marketplace adoption of Intel FPGA accelerator solutions. She previously served as Chief of Staff and Technical Assistant to former Intel CEO Brian Krzanich, and helped drive one of the largest corporate transformations in Intel’s 50-year history – the shift from pc-centric to data-centric. Lakecia is an active member of the Intel Network of Executive Women and Intel Black Leadership Council, and advocates for STEM education through several non-profit organizations. She was named one of the “26 Most Powerful Female Engineers” by Business Insider and received the Society of Women Engineers’ Prism Award for demonstrating outstanding technology and community leadership. Connect with her on Twitter at @LakeciaGunter or LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/lakecia-gunter-5578253.

Lisa Davis is co-chair of the Intel Network of Executive Women. Throughout her 30-year career in technology, Lisa has been a champion for women in technology and leadership – channeling that passion into leading professional development initiatives for women. Connect with her on Twitter @LisaM_Davis.

Learn more about global diversity and inclusion initiatives at Intel, including Intel Network of Executive Women and Intel Black Leadership Council here: https://employeecontent.intel.com/content/news/nonportal/diversity.html

Fearing Less and Saying Yes: A Conversation with Lakecia N. Gunter - Grit Talk episode 3

In this episode, Lisa Davis talks with Debra Goldfarb about charting your course and staying true to yourself. "There are people who naturally plot their careers. I was not that person at all,” Debra explains. Growing up in a family of scientists, there was an expectation that Debra would follow. But she had designs on something very different – a career in policy and diplomacy. Armed with a graduate degree in International Relations and Chinese Studies, Debra went to work for the analyst firm, International Data Corporation, building a market intelligence practice in high performance computing. Faced with a sophisticated client base, she was covering topics that were often unfamiliar and clients who would call with complex questions. But she knew that when the going got tough, she could put her phone on “do not disturb” and dig in to figure out the answers they were looking for. “The thing about fearlessness is not that you’re not scared. It’s what you do about it,” she says. It was the beginning of a career in which Debra says she has never once been bored.

Later, Debra shares a personal story of grit and how the key moments that define us help create it. “You can’t be outside your value system because when you do, other things break,” she says. Debra is an Intel Fellow and the Chief Analyst in Data Center Market Intelligence for the Data Platform
Group. Debra started her career as an industry analyst at IDC, launching its HPC practice. Her work as one of the early and influential leaders of HPC helped shape US technology policy and the global HPC ecosystem. Outside of Intel, she is actively involved in diversity and STEM initiatives, and is a devoted mom and avid skier. Connect with her on LinkedIn. 

Along with Debra, Lisa Davis is co-chair of the Intel Network of Executive Women. Throughout her 30-year career in technology, Lisa has been a champion for women in technology and leadership – channeling that passion into leading professional development initiatives for women. Connect with her on Twitter @LisaM_Davis or LinkedIn.

Learn more about global diversity and inclusion initiatives at Intel, including Intel Network of Executive Women, here: https://employeecontent.intel.com/content/news/nonportal/diversity.html

Living Your Truth: A Conversation with Debra Goldfarb - Grit Talk episode 4

In this episode, Lisa talks with Leslie Culbertson about what happens when you get out of your comfort zone and bring your strengths to bear. Or put another way: When the CEO calls, you answer – even when you are being called to something outside your expertise. This is something Leslie knows well. Former Intel CEO Brian Krzanich tapped her to lead the Intel Product Assurance and Security (IPAS) organization in 2018 thanks to her breadth of knowledge, leadership skills, network across the company, and passion for Intel. Though Leslie acknowledges that embracing a challenge like this has taken courage, as well as a strong team, and a commitment to customer obsession. 

•        On her leadership philosophy: I always wanted to be sure that whatever job I had, I mastered the job before I went somewhere else. So it’s been a long career. I think some of my background having rotated across the company gives me a good network and a real understanding of how the company works.

•        On what it means to be customer obsessed: Listen to your customers, they’re telling you a lot. We need to be listening and we need to understand what things we can do that will make us better partners.

Leslie is an executive vice president and general manager of Product Assurance and Security at Intel. She leads the IPAS organization and is responsible for cross company efforts to continuously improve the security of Intel products. Since joining in 1979 as an accounting manager for the Intel Oregon site, she has held leadership positions in numerous business units across the company including security, human resources, finance, and supply chain. 

Lisa Davis is co-chair of the Intel Network of Executive Women. Throughout her 30-year career in technology, Lisa has been a champion for women in technology and leadership – channeling that passion into leading professional development initiatives for women. Connect with her on Twitter @LisaM_Davis. Learn more about global diversity and inclusion initiatives at Intel, including Intel Network of Executive Women, here: https://employeecontent.intel.com/content/news/nonportal/diversity.html

Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone: A Conversation with Leslie Culbertson - Grit Talk episode 5

In this episode, Lisa Davis talks with Rose Schooler about some of the inflection points in Rose's career that required grit, and advice she has for women who are facing big decisions. Rose explains how she applies her own leadership filter to those career-defining moments using 3 Ps: 
•	Can I be passionate about it? 
•	Will I grow professionally?  
•	Can I manage it personally? 

They also discuss the value of mentorship – both having a mentor and being a mentor. “You can get mentorship in every exchange you have. … You can learn something from every conversation, every exchange if you just watch and listen,” Rose says. Finally, they examine the importance of self-reflection and vulnerability as you grow in your career. 

Rose Schooler is Corporate Vice President and General Manager of Global Data Center Sales. She leads a worldwide organization responsible for revenue and strategy across the various sales, technical support, and channels capabilities to deliver Data Center solutions to Intel customers and partners. Rose started her career at Intel in 1989 and has held positions in manufacturing, quality and reliability, and marketing. Connect with her on Twitter @RoseSchooler or LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/roseschooleriot/.

Lisa Davis is co-chair of the Intel Network of Executive Women. Throughout her 30-year career in technology, Lisa has been a champion for women in technology and leadership – channeling that passion into leading professional development initiatives for women. Connect with her on Twitter @LisaM_Davis or LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mako254/ . Learn more about global diversity and inclusion initiatives at Intel, including Intel Network of Executive Women.

Leadership and Leaning In: A Conversation with Rose Schooler - Grit Talk episode 6

On this episode of Chip Chat, High Performance Computing Vice President and General Manager Trish Damkroger talks with host Allyson Klein about HPC’s relevance in today’s society, particularly in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic. The podcast covers how Intel’s HPC solutions offer computing resources to researchers and scientists to better understand the underlying characteristics of COVID-19, to help limit the spread of the virus, and to advance the development of COVID-19 vaccines. Today’s episode also  discusses various HPC workloads that are being used and Trish’s observations on the HPC community’s positive responses and contributions. 

To learn more about HPC features and capabilities, visit intel.com/HPC. If you’d like to personally engage with Trish Damkroger, visit her Twitter account at https://twitter.com/trish_damkroger.

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HPC’s Relevance in the COVID-19 Pandemic - Intel® Chip Chat episode 697

The Intel on AI podcast features interviews with the world’s most interesting AI experts, covering a wide range of topics, including academia, applications, strategy, ethics, policy, entertainment, scientific research, and society’s future. Season 3 is hosted by Amir Khosrowshahi, Ph.D.. Amir is a Vice President at Intel Corporation, co-founder and CTO of Nervana Systems, and a visiting scholar at the Redwood Center for Theoretical Neuroscience at the University of California, Berkeley.

AI, Social Media, and Political Influence – Intel on AI Season 3, Episode 11

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