MindSET

AI technology is rapidly advancing. The capabilities and ongoing projects continue to expand at an astounding rate. But the faster the tech grows, the faster human trust in the tech needs to grow. Without trust in the technology from the humans using it and benefiting from it, the potential of AI will go unfulfilled. That's why Leidos is working to not only build AI humans can trust but also exemplify why humans should trust it. Today, Ron Keesing, senior vice president for technology integration at Leidos and Tifani O'Brien, lead for the AI and Machine Learning Accelerator at Leidos join us to walk us through how they're doing that and the challenges they face.

The importance of effective cybersecurity has never been more important. It's not enough anymore to make minor updates when weak points are exposed. Now is the time for organizations to do a complete overhaul in their cybersecurity approach. That's what the Zero Trust framework brings to the IT industry. Jeff Mims is a Leidos Chief Technologist. He spends most of his time in the Zero Trust world. He joins the show to explain more about what it is, how it works and why it's so important.

Humans are about to return to the moon after half a century. The tech that will get us there has changed drastically. In this episode, we focus on the IT infrastructure that’s making space exploration possible. Nate Apodaca is the Vice President and Division Manager of the NASA IT portfolio at Leidos. He joins host Shaunté Newby to share what IT infrastructure means in the context of space exploration, why it's more important than ever, and the new challenges that his team at Leidos' are working to overcome.

This season, new host Shaunté Newby brings you even more conversations about the fascinating areas of technological advancement at Leidos. From Trusted AI to IT infrastructure in space to threat-informed cybersecurity, we've got a lot in store to get you in the MindSET of some of the greatest thinkers at Leidos.

Stephen Cook, Deputy Group President at Dynetics, knows all about the technological Valley of Death -- that difficult divide between inception and operation. In today’s episode he explains why it’s so hard to cross the valley successfully, and how Dynetics and Leidos successfully live in the valley.

Key takeaways:

What is the the technological Valley of Death

Why it has become so common

5 keys to success in crossing the Valley

Examples of innovations that made it through the Valley

As Cyber Awareness Month draws to a close, Leidos Vice President Meghan Good shines a light on emerging cyber technologies, trends in cybersecurity, and the increasing adoption of the zero trust philosophy in the latest episode of MindSET.

Key takeaways:

The major challenges for cyber technology

President Biden's executive order

What zero trust means

Why create weird environments

The challenge of cyber-physical systems

Since we first spoke to Leidos Chief Medical Officer Dr. Donald Kosiak 18 months ago the world has changed in a myriad of ways we could never have imagined. In today’s episode, Dr. Kosiak discusses variants, vaccines, masks, what the strategy is for exiting the pandemic and what we might see in the future when we manage to move past it.

Key takeaways:

The strategy for exiting the pandemic

What we can learn from past pandemics

The vaccines and their effectiveness

The Delta variant and breakthrough cases

The debate on masks

When technology works, humans trust it very quickly. But you can’t go from zero to building a really trusted AI system overnight. It takes time for technology to get to the stage where people are ready to develop a trust relationship with it. Sharing how we can confront AI’s trust issues, is Head of AI at Leidos, Ron Keesing.

Key takeaways:

The consequences if AI isn’t trusted

From self driving cars to the sea hunter platform

The 4AI methodology for developing trust in AI

Navigating the ethics of AI

What’s next for trusted AI?

June is PTSD Awareness Month, and it comes at a time when the military science community is making huge advances in how it mitigates, diagnoses and treats this “invisible wound if war.” This episode of the Leidos MindSET podcast explores military mental healthcare and new discoveries in the field.

The past year has been remarkable in terms of the climate. 2020 saw extraordinary wildfires, tropical storms and heat. As we saw more recently in Texas, extreme weather can have devastating effects on the power grid and put lives at risk.

What have we learned about the grid’s vulnerabilities? To learn more, we welcome Leidos energy expert Josh Wepman to discuss:

The effects of extreme weather on the power industry

Distributed energy

What are microgrids?

The impacts of climate change

Alternative energy sources