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HUMAN & AI episodes

December 16, 2021 Karen Florschütz – Working in ecosystems to make industrial AI systems scale
Today’s genius mind is Karen Florschütz, CEO of Customer Services at Siemens. As a leader, Karen believes in the power of co-creation and co-exploration. Working in ecosystems, Karen notes, can be a big lever to make the digital enterprise work. Especially AI holds great potential to further increase productivity of factories while reducing costs. How can we overcome obstacles that hold AI solutions back from scaling? What are the steps to understand what customers really want? Tune in to this episode of Human&AI to find out!
43 min
November 29, 2021 Peter Körte – Technology with Purpose: innovating with the customer in mind
Today’s genius mind is Peter Körte, Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Technology Officer at Siemens. Combining technology and strategy, Peter is looking at future technologies. As such, he walks the talk of Technology with Purpose at Siemens. What is crucial, Peter emphasizes, is putting technology into productive use – and having customers’ needs in mind from scratch. For instance, industrial AI can be a great lever for decarbonization. What are Peter’s favorite use cases of industrial AI at Siemens? How can Siemens as a large corporate keep up with highly dynamic tech hyperscalers? And what does it mean to have an “opportunity-first” mindset? Tune in to this episode of Human&AI to find out!
45 min
November 16, 2021 Roger Meier - Driving Open Source and Software-Centrism in Large Corporations
Today’s genius mind is Roger Meier, Principle Key Expert for Digital Transformation at Siemens. As a software enthusiast, he frames digital transformation as a support for humans. Collaboration and transparency are key drivers of success in software engineering – which is why Roger founded the Siemens-internal social coding platform code.siemens.com. What does it mean to shape a software-centric culture in large organizations? How can open source help advance industrial AI? And how does this all relate to “HI” – Human Intelligence? Get answers to these questions in this episode of Human & AI!
41 min
October 21, 2021 Mathias Oppelt – Simulations, Sustainability, and Machine Learning
Today’s genius mind is Dr. Mathias Oppelt, head of the Simulation Center at Siemens. Virtual simulation tools can be great assistants to optimize real-world operations. As such, modeling and simulations are key levers for sustainability. But how might machine learning enhance simulations? And what role does trust play? Get answers to these questions in this episode of Human & AI! For more information, have a look at Mathias’ video on Simulation & Modelling for higher sustainability across the lifecycle with SIMIT.Curious about AI? Visit our Siemens AI Lab website!
43 min
September 30, 2021 Afzal Shabaz Mohammed - Data-driven Smart Cities & Dubai Expo2020
Today’s genius mind is Afzal Shabaz Mohammed, Head of MindSphere & Lead of the Expo2020 Dubai Project at Siemens. Cities are becoming increasingly “smart”. But how can we make those smart cities more human-centric and how can data help? What makes the Dubai ecosystem so special, as an example? Get answers to these questions and insights into the crazy dimensions of the Expo2020 Dubai in this episode of Human & AI!Curious about AI? Visit our AI Lab Website!
45 min
September 16, 2021 Christian Kabusch - The Upheaval towards "New Work"
Today’s genius mind is Christian Kabusch, Global Human Resources Business Partner at Siemens Industry. The way we work is changing, probably faster than ever. A key part of HR is keeping up with this transformation. But how do you face this upheaval towards “new work” in technology-driven organizations? How do you build and maintain adaptability and agility? Get answers to these questions in this episode of Human & AI!Visit our AI Lab Website!
56 min
September 02, 2021 Beat Weibel - Intellectual Property and AI
Today’s genius mind is Beat Weibel, Chief IP Counsel at Siemens. Intellectual property protection is a hugely important topic, not just for AI, but for innovation in general. Tune in to this episode to learn how Siemens is doing on AI patents, why quality is more important than quantity, and how IP protection and open-source work can go hand in hand.Curious on AI Use Cases? Visit our AI Lab Website!
37 min
August 26, 2021 Jan Pospisil - How AI changes Cybersecurity
Today’s genius mind is Jan Pospisil, Head of Artificial Intelligence and Cyber Analytics at Siemens Cyber Defense Center.A 320% increase in cyberattacks in 2019 demonstrates the growing importance of cybersecurity. Every year there are new forms of attacks. Tune in to this episode if you want to find out how AI helps and challenges cyber defense at the same time and why Jan thinks lifelong learning is especially important in this area.Visit our AI Lab Website!
46 min
August 05, 2021 Markus Lade - Working with Water: Challenges and AI Applications
Today’s genius mind is Dr. Markus Lade, Global Head of Water/Wastewater Vertical at Siemens.Tune in to this episode to learn what makes working with water so special, the unique challenges faced in this industry, and how AI can help overcome some of those challenges.Look at the Tech For Sustainability Challenge - Reduction of Sewage Overflow:https://ecosystem.siemens.com/topic/detail/default/142
46 min
July 22, 2021 Alexander Senn - HR in Transformation
Today’s genius mind is Alexander Senn, Head of HR at Siemens Smart Infrastructure. Tune in to this episode if you want to learn how a potential increase in employee leisure time due to technological improvements will affect HR, what buzzwords like "adaptive organization" or "operational agility" are all about, and whether large companies can still move fast.See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
42 min

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