New Frontiers: Emerging Science and Technology

Cloud infrastructure and IoT structures perform well when customers only work with one vendor for their needs. Vendors want customers to use all their systems, but most don’t have the capacity to develop the various technologies to accomplish this. Enterprise customers are constantly seeking ways to improve margins and efficiencies. However, through the diversity of choices available to them, the lack of communication protocols and interface methods leads to inefficiencies of operation and possible confusion. Is there a better way to connect these systems together? What if one could create a self-forming network of applications that could seamlessly interconnect for enterprise customers? That’s where TRANSEC was born. In this episode of New Frontiers, we are joined by Ken Wada and Murthy Ivaturi from TRANSEC. Ken Wada is the CEO of TRANSEC with over 25 years of experience architecting and designing high-tech products and systems, and is regarded as a Silicon Valley embedded systems and communications guru. Murthy Ivaturi is the CTO with over 18 years of experience architecting, designing, and implementing enterprise-grade software solutions. We discuss the innovative solution developed at TRANSEC that seamlessly interconnects advanced IIoT networking platforms.

The history of human civilization can be told as the story of energy. When we look back, the future of civilization is going to be told through the story of the battery – how we store and use energy. In this episode of New Frontiers, we are joined by Randy Moore, President and CEO at Aesir Technologies. Randy is a senior manufacturing executive and recognized industrial manufacturing leader. Randy and the team at Aesir leverage decades of research in zinc battery design, the latest advances in material science, and Aesir proprietary innovations, resulting in break-through battery technologies. Today we are talking about batteries. What they are. How they work. And what the business, societal, and environmental implications are for the ones you use.

In the world of architecture, there is an incredible amount of data that goes into designing a building. We are joined by Stet Sanborn and Katrina Kelly-Pitou from SmithGroup, an award-winning architectural design firm known for its integrated practice and commitment to excellence in strategy, design, and delivery. Stet is an Engineering Discipline Leader and award-winning designer with a background in both engineering and architecture, as well as a passionate advocate for Net Zero Energy and Net Zero Carbon engineering, serving on many taskforces to move these initiatives forward. Katrina is a Systems Strategist and an expert in energy systems and economic development where she pulls together engineers, architects, and computer and environmental scientists to bridge the gap between technical and social development needed to future-proof cities across the globe. In this episode, we explore big data and its ever-increasing use in building design.

Machine learning is a powerful tool being used in countless industries and technologies. There are, however, “Bad Actors” who have attempted to exploit this technology in ways that aren’t ideal. Joining us is Birhanu Eshete, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. Birhanu is a researcher and educator with vast experience in trustworthy machine learning, cybercrime analysis, and cyber threat intelligence. In this episode, we explore techniques used to confound machine learning-based systems and strategies for defending against the same.

Artificial Intelligence has allowed many companies to perform complex forecasting not previously possible. Bernoulli AI is an AI-based system that can assist with resource allocation in healthcare settings. We are joined by Dr. Sean Bozorgzad, Co-Founder and CEO of Potentia Analytics, a technology company with innovative solutions designed to improve operational efficiency in healthcare. Sean oversees a team of talented data scientists and software engineers who are responsible for designing the unique Bernoulli AI platform. In this episode, we explore artificial intelligence and how it’s being used to predict staffing, equipment, and room needs in healthcare facilities.