Matteo Interlandi on Project Hummingbird

Hello and Welcome to Data Driven. In this episode, Frank and Andy speak with researcher Matteo Interlandi about project Hummingbird.   Audio file  matteo-mixdown.mp3  Transcript  00:00:00 BAILey  Hello and welcome to dated driven.  00:00:02 BAILey  In this episode, Frank and Andy speak with researcher Matteo Interlandi about project Hummingbird.  00:00:09 BAILey  Now on with the show.  00:00:10 Frank  Second, hello and welcome to data driven.  00:00:21 Frank  The podcast where we explore the emerging fields of data science, machine learning and artificial intelligence.  00:00:27 Frank  If you'd like to think of data as the new oil, then you can consider us.  00:00:30 Frank  Car Talk because we focus on where the rubber meets the virtual road and with me on this epic Rd.  00:00:36 Frank  We're on the information superhighway as oh is Andy Leonard.  00:00:39 Frank  How you doing Andy?  00:00:40 Andy  I'm well Frank, how are?  00:00:41 Frank  You I'm doing alright. We're recording this on Wednesday, September 1st, 2021 and the the.  00:00:51 Frank  The the remnants of Hurricane Ida are ripping through the DC area.  00:00:57 Frank  Uh, so if, uh, if I suddenly get dropped, that's because we probably lost power.  00:01:03 Frank  But I do have the backup generator, the one that the professionals installed and my.  00:01:10 Frank  Duct taped together a solar generator so.  00:01:15 Frank  I will be offline.  00:01:17 Frank  For a short.  00:01:18 Frank  Bit and hopefully come back online.  00:01:20 Frank  How how you doing, Eddie.  00:01:23 Andy  I'm doing alright Frank. Well, we are you know I'm about gosh 250 miles South of UM we didn't get near the near the effects of Hurricane Ida as you did.  00:01:34 Andy  We're getting a little bit of rain now.  00:01:36 Andy  We've had some wind.  00:01:37 Andy  Gusts, but it's been really mild, and if you look on the radar.  00:01:41 Andy  Gotta watch it into track and I I do.  00:01:43 Andy  I'm a weather weenie and amateur but it it just kind of went around us to the to the West and it actually started the east when it got a little north of us and aimed right for your house.  00:01:54 Andy  I was looking outside that's where Frank lived, right?  00:01:56 Andy  And look, the eye is coming right for.  00:01:58 Andy  Frank what's left?  00:02:00 Frank  Well, fortunately we're safe.  00:02:02 Frank  There was some kind of flooding in Rockville and the small overnight, and some folks they got up.  00:02:09 Frank  No one, nobody died that I'm.  00:02:10 Frank  Aware of so.  00:02:11  It it says.  00:02:12 Frank  You know we're not.  00:02:13 Frank  Custom the floods or hurricanes or tornadoes up here in DC and and we're more used to the human threats of, you know, little things...