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The Turing Podcast

The Turing Podcast

The Alan Turing Institute

The Turing Podcast is an exciting podcast from The Alan Turing Institute, the UK’s national institute for data science and artificial intelligence.
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best The Turing Podcast episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to The Turing Podcast for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite The Turing Podcast episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

The Turing Podcast - Diagnosing Dementia with AI

Diagnosing Dementia with AI

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06/05/23 • 27 min

Join Bea and Anneca as they discuss the potential and current AI tools being used around treating and diagnosing illnesses such as dementia, with Zoe Kourtzi.

Zoe is Professor of Computational Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge. Her research aims to develop predictive models of neurodegenerative disease and mental health with translational impact in early diagnosis and personalised interventions.

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The Turing Podcast revisits Project Bluebird; a fascinating collaboration aiming to solve some of the biggest and most complex problems in air traffic control with digital twins and AI.

Join Ed as he sits down with Nick Pepper of The Alan Turing Institute, George De Ath of the University of Exeter and Marc Thomas of NATS - the team behind Project Bluebird.

First featured on our podcast in 2020, the team now provides a progress update at the midpoint mark. Learn how they are developing innovative AI to train a digital twin air traffic controller with the aim of enhancing aviation safety and functionality, and what the challenges are, integrating human expertise with machine intelligence.

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The Turing Podcast - Our AI Futures - Lord Chris Holmes and the AI Bill
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04/16/24 • 33 min

On this episode of The Turing Podcast Bea and Anneca are joined by Lord Chris Holmes, Britain’s most successful Paralympic swimmer and an active member of the House of Lords with a policy focus on digital technology for public good.

Connect with Lord Holmes on Linked In

Explore our regular news AI news podcast, too long didn't read

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The Turing Podcast - Making the world add up with Tim Harford
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05/09/23 • 62 min

In this week’s Turing Podcast, Ed chats with Tim Harford about the themes from his 2020 book “How to Make the World Add Up”, which include thinking about the ways statistics and numbers are (mis)used in the media and what we can do about it. Tim is an economist and presenter of the BBC radio show “More or less”.

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The Turing Podcast - The Coffee Pod - Tom Andersson
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04/21/23 • 17 min

Welcome to another episode of the Coffee Pod Podcast! A short series about the Turing's AI for Science and Government fund, that gives you the chance to hear about the people behind the project. Each episode you’ll be listening to a different colleague, their background, career and most importantly... how they like their coffee.

In this episode, Bea catches up with Tom Andersson, a data scientist.

Tom's worked on the Turing/British Antarctic Survey on Environmental models: Bridging the spatial scales, from surface sensors to satellite sensors in the Environment and Sustainability cross-theme project.

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The Turing Podcast - The Coffee Pod - Domenic DiFrancesco
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04/21/23 • 12 min

Welcome to another episode of the Coffee Pod podcast! A short series about the Turing's AI for Science and Government fund, that gives you the chance to hear about the people behind the project. Each episode you’ll be listening to a different colleague, their background, career and most importantly... how they like their coffee.

Joining Bea this week is Domenic DiFrancesco, a Turing Research Fellow.

Domenic's worked on the project PDRA Digital Twins for Fleets and Supply Chain Management in the Ecosystems of Digital Twins cross-theme.

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The Turing Podcast - The Coffee Pod - Fernando Benitez
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04/21/23 • 17 min

Welcome to another Coffee Pod episode! A short series about the Turing's AI for Science and Government fund, that gives you the chance to hear about the people behind the project. Each episode you’ll be listening to a different colleague, their background, career and most importantly... how they like their coffee.

In this episode, Bea is joined with Fernando Benitez, a research associate.

Fernando worked on PDRA - the Spatial Modelling project in the Shocks and the Resilience cross-theme project.

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The Turing Podcast - The Coffee Pod - Ruoyun Hui

The Coffee Pod - Ruoyun Hui

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04/06/23 • 15 min

Welcome to the first Coffee Pod episode!

A short series about the Turing's AI for Science and Government fund, that gives you the chance to hear about the people behind the project. Each episode you’ll be listening to a different colleague, their background, career and most importantly... how they like their coffee.

Joining podcast host Bea this week is Ruoyun Hui, a postdoctoral research associate at The Alan Turing Institute.

This series is hosted by Bea Costa Gomes and produced by Luca Lane. The music has been produced by Spiders Eat Vinyl.

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The Turing Podcast - AI in the financial sector

AI in the financial sector

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03/10/23 • 66 min

With Dr Adrian Weller (Programme Director and Turing Fellow) and Kate Platonova (Group Chief Data Analytics Officer at HSBC), Ed Chalstrey discusses how AI is being used in financial services and what data is useful in banking today.

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The Turing Podcast - How to Speak Whale

How to Speak Whale

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04/14/23 • 51 min

Following Tom Mustill’s popular Turing Lecture at the Royal Institution, How to Speak Whale, Tom joins Bea and Jo to catch up on the latest advancements in communication between humans and animals.

This lively edition of the Turing podcast covers a great variety of subjects, including some of Tom’s favourite (and surprising) whale facts, and whether attempting to chat with aliens should be prioritised over speaking with animals.

A biologist and filmmaker, Tom has recently also turned writer. His debut book, How To Speak Whale: A Voyage into the Future of Animal Communication, was selected as one of Amazon's Best Books of The Year.

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FAQ

How many episodes does The Turing Podcast have?

The Turing Podcast currently has 63 episodes available.

What topics does The Turing Podcast cover?

The podcast is about Podcasts, Social Sciences, Science and Physics.

What is the most popular episode on The Turing Podcast?

The episode title 'Diagnosing Dementia with AI' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on The Turing Podcast?

The average episode length on The Turing Podcast is 50 minutes.

How often are episodes of The Turing Podcast released?

Episodes of The Turing Podcast are typically released every 14 days, 20 hours.

When was the first episode of The Turing Podcast?

The first episode of The Turing Podcast was released on Mar 31, 2020.

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