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Javier Ideami, a multidisciplinary engineer, creative director, artist, and entrepreneur, shares his insights on generative artificial intelligence, ChatGPT, and other AI tools on the data world Podcast. With a background spanning technology, art, science, and media, Ideami has led projects and given talks across the globe.

In this insightful episode, we delve into the fascinating world of generative artificial intelligence and creative technologies with our esteemed guest, Javier Ideami. As a multifaceted engineer, artist, creative director, and entrepreneur, Ideami shares his unique perspective on how technology and creativity intersect and how this convergence drives innovation in the field of AI.

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Victoriano Izquierdo is a CEO and co-founder of Graphext.

From 0 to 17 years old he grew up in Granada. After graduating high school, he traveled and enjoyed a year in New York. He then decided to return to Spain and study Computer Science in Madrid – he has lived as an exchange student in Melbourne (Australia) -and in Rome (Italy), as an undergraduate student.

He has collaborated with the media as a freelance and worked with agencies such as Getty Images, The Wideangle or Bilderberg.
In 2015 he founded Graphext which is an innovative analysis tool that has revolutionized the world of statistics, allowing people to analyze data and use machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques to see the hidden information in the data.

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Victoriano is now based in Madrid.

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The Algorithmic Bridge with Alberto Romero

In this new episode of the Data Stand-UP! Jesús Templado by Bedrock talks with Alberto Romero, tech & AI writer and analyst and author the newsletter The Algorithmic Bridge. 3 years of experience as an ML engineer and 1.5+ years of experience as a writer. Words on publications such as Forbes, OneZero, and Towards Data Science. Alberto is the author of “The Algorithmic Bridge” newsletter about the AI that matters to your life.

How The Algorithmic Bridge will serve you?

You’ll learn how to make sense of everything AI.

You´ll learn to navigate a world that is inevitably becoming more complex and how to combine all the above into a clearer picture of the present and the future of a world that’s changing too fast for us to keep up and you’ll learn how all those topics converge at one point: where AI touches humans. and technology doesn’t happen in a vacuum and AI is the most powerful technology today, influencing all corners of our lives. This is the Algorithmic Bridge with Alberto Romero.

“With The Algorithmic Bridge, I’ll try to bridge that gap. You’ll learn and become knowledgeable about the AI that matters to you and affects you. Accompany me in this journey and you’ll begin to understand how AI touches every corner of this increasingly complex world — and how to navigate it better”.

Strong interdisciplinary profile focused on AI’s intersection with society, ethics, business, and the cognitive sciences and ambitious, with high initiative to embark on new projects and excellent communication skills both written and oral.

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New podcast from Data Stand-Up! Jesus talks to Pablo Samuel Castro, Research Software Developer at Google. Pablo currently works a Research Software Developer for Google Brain in Montreal. His focus is mostly in reinforcement learning and machine learning applied to music and creativity.

In previous teams (Ads and Chrome) he focused on developing and applying large-scale machine learning solutions to difficult problems, addressing both theory and practice.

Specialties: Computer programming, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Music, Fully and Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes, Reinforcement Learning, Linear Programming.

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In this new podcast in English from Data Stand-Up! Jesus talks to Francesca Gabetti, CEO at Team EQ. Francesca is co-founder & CEO of TeamEQ, the first Human SaaS. A Predictive Team Analytic solution that drives Team Intelligence and real time decision-making . TeamEQ, powered by Machine Learning, increases team’s alignment, engagement & performance at all levels of the organization. The use of analytics in HR is growing, with organizations aggressively building people analytics teams, buying analytics offerings, and developing analytics solutions. Companies are hiring people analytics staff, cleaning up their data, and developing models that help transform.

TeamEQ makes team management smart, data-driven & more effective, through real time management and continuous feedback, transforming companies into high-performance & intelligent living systems. It accelerate digital, agile & cultural transformation, developing new leadership needs with just few minutes of time investment per week.

We hope you like this episode.

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In this new episode of our podcast Data Stand-Up! Jesús talks with Richard Benjamins, Chief AI & Data Strategist at Telefonica.

He is among the 100 most influential people in data-driven business (DataIQ 100, 2018). He is also co-founder and Vice President of the Spanish observatory for ethical and social impacts of AI (OdiseIA). He was Group Chief Data Officer at AXA (Insurance) and before that held for 10 years executive positions at Telefonica on Big Data and Analytics. He is the founder of Telefonica’s Big Data for Social Good department, expert to the EP’s AI Observatory (EPAIO), member of the B2G data-sharing Expert Group of the EC, and a frequent speaker at Artificial Intelligence events. He holds a PhD in Cognitive Science, has published over 100 scientific articles, and is author of the books “The myth of the algorithm: tales and truths of artificial intelligence” (Spanish) and “A Data-Driven Company”. He is strategic advisor of several start-ups, including BigML, Focus360 and Nexus Clips.

Before joining Telefonica, he was director and board member at iSOCO, which he co-founded in 1999. Based on his work, iSOCO were granted the National Award for Computer Science.

Benjamins has held positions at the Technical University of Madrid, the University of Amsterdam, the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, the University of Paris-South, France, and the Spanish Artificial Intelligence Research Institute in Barcelona.

He is a founding member of the editorial board of the Springer’s AI Ethics Journal, member of the ETNO task force on Artificial Intelligence, and of the GSMA task force on AI for Impact.

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In this episode, Jesús talks to Mihaela Rosca, Research Engineer at Deepmind. Previously she was a Software Engineer at Google Zurich, working on NLP using neural networks. She is a third year PhD student at UCL under the supervison of Prof. Marc Deisenroth and she finished her 4 year Computing MEng degree from Imperial College London in 2014, with first honours and a prize of excellence for an outstanding overall performance.

Her Professional Interests are: Generative models, reinforcement learning, natural language processing, scalable and safe machine learning. More broadly, she is interested in anything related to learning probability distributions.

Bedrock is a boutique Data Science & AI practitioner and our podcast “Data Stand-up” is aimed to spread scientific knowledge and technical expertise relating to our work with clients. All guests contribute to this knowledge exchange by also sharing their own experiences, learnings, and achievements.

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In this new episode of our podcast Data Stand-Up! Luisma talks with Ana Jiménez, Director of Advanced Analytics at Afiniti an American multinational data and software company. Founded in 2005, Afiniti is focused on developing artificial intelligence for use in customer call centers.

During the last 15 years, her career has focused on Artificial Intelligence, providing an innovative vision to enhance data analytics in different companies. Ana is widely known in Spain for her work in artificial intelligence and complex systems analysis (especially in the area of marketing and biomedical informatics).

Ana is closely linked to the world of AI research. She has worked for years in research at the Polytechnic University of Madrid, applying AI in Biomedical Informatics (more than 20 scientific articles published) and is currently doing a PhD in clustering techniques in complex systems.

She also has an entrepreneurial past. Not long ago, she was considered one of the 75 most relevant entrepreneurs in Spain by a leading publication, due to the company she co-founded (Leads Origins), accelerated by Google and SeedRocket before being acquired by EY.

Ana raises in her conversation very clear aspects related to Artificial Intelligence and her vision of the moment in which we find ourselves.

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New episode of the podcast Data Stand-Up. On this occasion Luisma talks with Alejo Buxeres, Head of Data & Analytics at Wallbox, a global technology company, dedicated to changing the way the world uses energy.

Wallbox creates advanced electric vehicle charging and energy management systems that redefine users’ relationship to the grid. Wallbox goes beyond electric vehicle charging to give users the power to control their consumption, save money, and live more sustainably. The company offers a complete portfolio of charging and energy management solutions for residential, semi-public and public use in more than 80 countries. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Barcelona, the company now employs over 700 people in its offices in Europe, Asia, and the Americas.

October 4, 2021 they announced it had completed its business combination with Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp. II (NYSE: KCAC), a special purpose acquisition company. The business combination was approved by Kensington stockholders in a special meeting held on September 30, 2021 and formally closed on October 1, 2021. Wallbox shares will start trading today on the NYSE under the ticker symbol “WBX” and warrants will trade under the ticker symbol “WBX.WS”.

Alejo has more than 12 years of experience in software development and 6 years in the Business Intelligence / Big Data domain. Has an Experienced manager, leading projects & teams (agile methodologies – Scrum, SAFE), combined with a strong data architect, cloud computing, business intelligence and machine learning background.

With Alejo we talk about his experience within Wallbox and his work implementing a strategy based on correct data management.

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Today Jesus chats with Brian, an inspiring professional who really understands the importance of Design when it comes to ideating, creating, and implementing data-fueled solutions and applications.

Brian T. O’Neill is the founder of Designing for Analytics and a true believer in the importance of designing human-tailored data solutions. For over 20 years, he has been successful in creating innovative Advanced Analytical and AI business solutions for global leaders such as DellEMC or Tripadvisor, JP Morgan Chase amongst many others.

Brian and Jesús explore how extraordinary value can be created when the outputs of data science and analytics are turned into engaging, valuable decision support applications and user experiences centered around the stakeholders, as humans, in the loop. The importance of generating adoption when building a data application or business solution is also discussed throughout the call.

Brian also hosts his own podcast: Experiencing Data, where he reveals the strategies and activities that Product, Data Science, and Analytics leaders are using to deliver human-centered data products.

Brian also authored the DFA Self-Assessment Guide, teaches a seminar called Designing Human-Centered Data Science Solutions, and publishes a weekly Insights mailing list. In 2020, Brian began advising students in MIT’s Sandbox Innovation Fund and was published in O’Reilly Media’s 97 Things About Ethics in Data Science Everyone Should Know.
Brian is a classical and jazz musician by training, a professional drummer and percussionist in Boston.

Listen to this episode to discover if Brian´s creative musical background has something to do with his “Design mindset” for Advanced Analytics and AI solutions.

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