The Machine: A computer science education Podcast
1) CodeGirl and the Conversation: Women in Computing
In this special live-recorded episode of The Machine, Rob O’Connor hosts a panel discussion following a viewing of the CodeGirl documentary at SETU Waterford. The event brought together a group of sec...Show More
2) Why Study Computing?
Are you interested in studying computing but feel a bit daunted by entering a field that can seem overwhelming? As professional computer science educators, we are often asked questions by prospective ...Show More
3) Garda National Cyber Crime Bureau
Coming out of our latest Computing Week on campus in SETU, Rob spoke with two members of the Garda National Cyber Crime Bureau – Detective Sergeant Eoin O’Connell and Detective Noel O’Gorman. They spo...Show More
4) Indrakshi Dey - Autonomous Systems and Artificial Intelligence
Autonomous Systems are the jumping off point for this podcast episode with Indrakshi Dey of the Walton Institute at SETU. We talk about how computer science research is progressing in this area, encom...Show More
5) Nuria Oliver - Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Addressing Imbalances
To help celebrate International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, Rob spoke with Spanish computer scientist Nuria Oliver about her work to date, such as using big data systems to help unbanked pe...Show More
Nuria Oliver - Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Addressing Imbalances
55:44 | Mar 7th, 2024
6) Jobs in Computing (Live Panel Discussion)
Here's a live panel discussion we recently hosted at SETU, in which a bunch of computing professionals talked about what it's like to work in the tech sector in Ireland. This took place in front of ap...Show More
7) Building a Local Large Language Model (LLM)
Another #ComputingWeek talk turned into a podcast! Two Red Hat software engineers, both recent graduates of SETU, returned to discuss the issues surrounding running your own LLM on a local machine, ho...Show More
8) How AI is changing the ICT work environment
On the back of a packed #ComputingWeek talk at SETU, Rob nabbed two speakers from UNUM Ireland – Gary Kenneally and Shourjya Sanyal – and recorded a conversation about the pace of change in the ICT in...Show More
9) Quantum Computing and Quantum Communications
Don't know your q-bits from your bytes? This is the podcast for you! Quantum Computing is one of the next-gen technologies that can truly usher in a new era in computing. Quantum Communications has th...Show More
10) ChatGPT and AI in the Classroom w/ Hazel Farrell and Pete Windle
Hazel Farrell and Pete Windle are academics at SETU who have been playing with ChatGPT (and other AI tools) to see how they can be used in the classroom to assist teaching and learning. They both take...Show More