Engineers use STEM skills (and beyond) to solve problems – but what does a career in engineer look like? How do we attract students to careers in engineering? How do we foster and support diversity and inclusion in the engineering workforce? And finally, how do we train engineers to manage the increase in complexity that comes with emergent technologies like artificial intelligence – particularly for safety-critical settings? We explore these questions (and beyond) with Jane MacMaster, Global Engineering Integrity Director at Babcock International Group, and former Chief Engineer of Engineers Australia.

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Guest: Jane MacMaster

Co-hosts: Zena Assaad and Liz Williams

Producers: Robbie Slape, Zena Assaad, Liz Williams

Audio / Video producer: Martin Franklin (East Coast Studio)

For the full episode transcript, visit https://algorithmicfutures.org/s03e07

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What does it take to regulate artificial intelligence? We invited Professor Geoff Mulgan of University College London, author of When Science Meets Power (Polity Press) and many other titles, to help us unpack the possibilities. Listen in as he draws on his background in technology, governance, academia, and beyond to consider this multidimensional challenge and offer some thoughts on how to make progress. There are some calls to action, too, for those of you in the field.

Credits

Guest: Geoff Mulgan

Co-Hosts: Zena Assaad and Liz Williams

Producers: Robbie Slape, Martin Franklin (East Coast Studio), Zena Assaad, Liz Williams

For the full transcript or YouTube vodcast, visit: https://algorithmicfutures.org/s03e06

This month, we chat with Dr Vanessa Pirotta, a wildlife scientist and science communicator with a passion for creatively making use of technology for her work in wildlife conservation. We learn all about how she uses drones to survey the health of whales in transit and what research like this is telling us about these magnificent creatures. We also get into a wide-ranging discussion about life in science as a woman in STEM and in academia, the importance of sharing our work with society, the role citizen science can play in our understanding of the world, and so much more.

Vanessa is a real inspiration, and we think our chat with her is a perfect way to get yourself in the mood for Australia's National Science Week.

Guest: Vanessa Pirotta

Hosts: Zena Assaad, Liz Williams

Producers: Zena Assaad, Liz Williams, Robbie Slape, Martin Franklin

A video of our chat and a full (edited!) transcript are available on our website:

https://algorithmicfutures.org/s03e05