Fix This

The team explores what human trafficking is and how technology like Amazon Rekognition can be leveraged to combat the global issue. Randi Larson of Amazon Web Services (AWS) chats with Sarah Gardner, director of development at Thorn, and Ray Rogers of AWS discusses the Tech Against Trafficking initiative with Hannah Darnton, program manager of ethics, technology, and human rights at BSR.

Scientists use machine learning (ML) and natural language processing (NLP) to conduct research every day, and these tools play key roles in shortening their time to science and speeding the path to discovery. The team explores what NLP is, and how it can save researchers valuable time. Ray Rogers chats with Julien Simon, machine learning tech evangelist from Amazon Web Services (AWS), Emily Silgard, data science manager from Fred Hutch, and Dr. Phillip Wolf, researcher and psychology professor from Emory University.

Ray Rogers, Brad Keppler, Julien Simon (machine learning tech evangelist, Amazon Web Services), Dr. P. Anandan (CEO, Wadhwani Institute for Artificial Intelligence). In this episode of Fix This, the team explores the world of artificial intelligence (AI). Ray Rogers sits down with Julien Simon, machine learning tech evangelist at Amazon Web Services (AWS), for a crash course in AI 101. The second guest is Dr. P. Anandan, chief executive officer of an India-based nonprofit, Wadhwani Institute for Artificial Intelligence. Ray chats with Dr. Anandan to learn how AI and machine learning can reach even the most rural parts of the world to help communities stay safe and healthy.

Ray Rogers, Brad Keppler, Randi Larson, Bourhan Yassin (COO of Rainforest Connection), Kenny Ewan (CEO and Founder of Wefarm)

In this episode, the team explores how cell phones are being used to preserve precious rainforest land and connecting smallholder farmers in Eastern Africa to the resources and answers they need. Randi Larson discusses why the rainforest is crucial to the Earth’s health with Bourhan Yassin, chief operating officer at Rainforest Connection. Ray Rogers chats with Kenny Ewan, chief executive officer and founder of Wefarm, about how machine learning is connecting tens of thousands of people – all through simple SMS messages.

Ray Rogers, Brad Keppler, Randi Larson, Don Sarver (AWS), Joe Hillis (Information Technology Disaster Resource Center), and Carrie Norton (American Red Cross) In this episode of Fix This, the team explores how technology is changing disaster response and recovery. From restoring the internet in times of need to providing the infrastructure for call centers, technology plays a key role in responding to a disaster. Ray Rogers sits down with Don Sarver, volunteer with the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Disaster Response Deployment Team, to talk about his experience after a hurricane. Randi Larson sits down with Joe Hillis (Information Technology Disaster Resource Center) to talk about how the nonprofit connects communities in crisis, and Ray chats with Carrie Norton (American Red Cross) about what happens during a community’s long-term recovery after disaster strikes.

This is Fix This. A bi-weekly podcast from Amazon Web Services (AWS) of bite-sized stories about how tech is making the world a better place. We talk to leaders from around the globe about how they use technology to fix some of the world’s most pressing issues. (Ray Rogers, Brad Keppler)