Deep learning, part of artificial intelligence, is being used to create fake videos that look and sound like the real thing. But could this same artificial intelligence be used to turn the tables on these nefarious acts? In this edition of Intersections: The RIT Podcast, Professor Matthew Wright, director of RIT’s Center for Cybersecurity Research, talks with John Sohrawardi, a Ph.D. student in the Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences, about software they are creating that uses artificial intelligence to help journalists detect and root out deep fake videos.

Read a transcript of this podcast: http://www.rit.edu/sites/rit.edu/files/docs/Cybersecuity-Transcript.pdf

A multidisciplinary contingent from RIT is creating innovative design solutions to improve the quality of medical care and education for some of the most vulnerable in Central America. Today, Mary Golden, interior design program chair and director of RIT Hope for Honduras, speaks with Christian Perry, a healthcare designer and co-founder of Little Angels of Honduras, about important initiatives to help reduce infant mortality in that region.

Read a transcript of this podcast here: https://www.rit.edu/sites/rit.edu/files/docs/RIT%20Hope%20for%20Honduras%20podcast%20transcript.pdf

Wellness on today’s college campus is nothing like the gym classes students used to be required to take. On this edition of Intersections: The RIT Podcast, Michelle Schrouder, director of Wellness Education, talks with student Richa Khanolkar about how the wellness options of today – everything from badminton to yoga, from managing your stress to managing your finances – is helping students learn new skills, make friends and have fun.

Read a transcript of this podcast: https://www.rit.edu/sites/rit.edu/files/docs/Wellness%20Podcast%20transcript.pdf

Caroline Easton, professor in RIT’s School of Behavioral Health talks with Jacob Wadsworth, a doctoral intern in the university’s priority psychology internship program, about a project that uses telemedicine, the process of using telecommunications to evaluate, diagnosis and treat patients, to help homeless people access mental health and drug addiction counseling.

Read a transcript of this podcast: https://www.rit.edu/sites/rit.edu/files/docs/Behavior%20Health%20transcript.pdf

Since 2010, Metaproject has paired RIT student designers with a client in what has become a signature project for the university’s internationally-ranked industrial design program. Distinguished professor Josh Owen, director of RIT’s industrial design program and the founder of Metaproject, talks with distinguished professor Roger Remington, director of the Vignelli Center for Design Studies, about a decade of connecting students to industry.

Read a transcript of this podcast: https://www.rit.edu/sites/rit.edu/files/docs/Vignelli%20Metaproject%20Podcast%20Transcript.pdf

So, you like playing video games so much that you think you’d like a career in making them. But what does a video game producer do? John Blau, a fourth-year game design and development major, talks with John Veneron, digital games hub associate at RIT’s MAGIC Spell Studios, about their experiences in video game production and how RIT’s MAGIC Center is helping student developers publish their work.

Read a transcript of this podcast: https://www.rit.edu/sites/rit.edu/files/docs/RIT%20Video%20Game%20Production%20Podcast%20Transcript.pdf

From objects that are barely visible under a microscope to snowflakes and the massive RIT Big Shot, professor Michael Peres has made scientific photography a major focus, with his images appearing on CNN, The Weather Channel, and Mashable. Peres talks with colleague Ted Kinsman of RIT’s photo sciences program about how one masters such specialized photography.

Read the podcast transcript here: https://www.rit.edu/sites/rit.edu/files/docs/Scientific%20Photography%20RIT%20Podcast%20Transcript.pdf

Not all learning does, or can, happen in a classroom. Last summer, Bolaji Thomas, professor in the College of Health Sciences and Technology, took a group of students to Nigeria to give them a firsthand look at the impact of malaria on global health. Abigail Melake, a biomedical science major, and Janice Fung, a biomedical science and biotechnology major, talk about what they learned from this experience about themselves and their future professions.

Read the podcast transcript here: https://www.rit.edu/sites/rit.edu/files/docs/RIT%20Malaria%20Research%20Podcast%20transcript.pdf

Sports analytics, highlighted in the real-life story told in the popular book and movie Moneyball, is transforming the landscape of college sports as well. Matthew Hoffman, associate professor in RIT’s School of Mathematical Sciences, and Ryan Stimson, author of the book Tape to Space: Redefining Modern Hockey Tactics, talk about the RIT Sports Analytics Conference that they founded and how analytics is shaping the larger sports world and making data cool.

Read a transcript of this podcast: https://www.rit.edu/sites/rit.edu/files/docs/Sports%20analytics%20podcast%20transcript.pdf

Cooperative education – also known as co-op – plays a unique role in a student’s college experience. A paid, full-time work experience, co-op helps students achieve success through experiential learning and gives them a real-life taste of work in their chosen field. Maria Richart, director of RIT’s Office of Career Services and Cooperative Education, talks with student Wil Seifried about this unique feature of the RIT experience and how students can make the most of their co-op opportunities.

Read a transcript of this podcast: https://www.rit.edu/sites/rit.edu/files/docs/Co-op%20podcast%20transcript.pdf