MindSET

MindSET

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MindSET episodes

  • Big Robot Boats with Donnelly Bohan
    On this week’s MindSET episode, Leidos Vice President and Maritime Systems Division Manager Donnelly Bohan talks about her work and experience in maritime autonomy, or as her team calls it “big robot boats.”
    Key takeaways:
    The range of future maritime autonomy technologies
    How maritime autonomy supports the US Navy
    AI/ML in autonomy development and COLREGs
    Managing a diverse, dispersed workforce
    The next evolution of autonomous vessels
    Commercial uses for autonomy technology
    35 min
  • Rapid Prototyping Success through an Exceptional Team
    How passionate are you about your work team? Are they the reason you joined the company? In this episode of MindSET, we are talking with Trip Ferguson, Director of Manufacturing at Dynetics.
    Key takeaways:
    How Dynetics uses rapid prototyping to solve complex problems,
    Core capabilities of Dynetics and its manufacturing operations team,
    What projects are best suited for rapid prototyping,
    The biggest opportunities and challenges related to rapid prototyping,
    Working with Dynetics at the Huntsville campus
    23 min
  • Digital Modernization with Doug Jones
    Today on MindSET we’re speaking with Doug Jones, Director of Leidos Digital Modernization Accelerator.
    Key takeaways:
    How Doug got into the technology field
    Digital modernization only exists to support customers in their work
    The high level challenges in digital modernization
    Which technologies are getting the most attention from the industry and customers
    Where the big transformations will be happening in the next 5 years
    How Doug stays at the leading edge of innovations
    The importance of listening
    39 min
  • Practical Measures for COVID-19 Prevention
    If you run a busy office, what can you do to protect your employees and customers? In this episode with Grant Kim, CEO of QTC, we learn about the practical measures they’ve taken to ensure practically zero transmission while still remaining operational.
    Key takeaways:
    Why the work at QTC is mission critical
    The importance of being able to adapt, improvise and overcome
    How to combat anxiety and fear that arise when facing the unknown
    Their management plan for dealing with coronavirus going forward
    43 min
  • Software Factories and Maintaining a Great Culture with Mike Raker
    If great culture is what you look for in an organization, then you should look no further than Leidos. Today we talk with Mike Raker, Vice President and Chief Engineer for Leidos.
    Key takeaways:
    What C4 technology involves
    What a software factory is
    Why universities influence where software factories are located
    The culture within software factories
    Matching innovation with standards that need to be maintained
    Future trends in software development
    23 min
  • Combatting Coronavirus with Dr. Donald Kosiak
    We’ve taken a break from discussing differentiated technology to talk about COVID-19, the new Coronavirus, with Dr. Donald Kosiak, the Chief Medical Officer for Leidos.
    Key takeaways:
    The scientific basics of the Coronavirus
    How Leidos is supporting the efforts to contain COVID-19
    Why we should ALL be social distancing
    The best practices to help limit the spread of COVID-19
    The different risk levels for different age groups
    The cyber security challenges coming out of the pandemic
    29 min
  • Separating Science From Science Fiction in AI with Ron Keesing
    Ron Keesing, Vice President and Director of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning at Leidos shares with us his passion for how we humans can best utilize this human like intelligence to solve problems.
    Key takeaways:
    Why there’s a leap forward in AI and ML
    Why AI and ML won’t suit every organization
    Big data is critical for AI and ML to solve a problem
    How to handle attacks on ML systems
    Why our existing fears about AI and ML taking over are unfounded
    How to keep up with advances in AI and ML
    33 min

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