Northern Illinois University Present--The Gateway

Happy New Year and happy new season! We discuss AI and how open-source models are impacting the tech landscape.

For this episode, we look back at 2024 and all of the wonderful guests we talked with. Thank you to everyone who listens and thank you to each of our guests:Jalal SarabadaniKolina KoltaiRaffaelle CirielloAidan WalkerAdam HoodDoga KurcuogluThomas SmithJoey AvrahamDenis SitailoKarl SwansonAnna KlisDavid GunkelPete PachalThomas HigginsHappy New year to everyone!

For this episode, The Gateway is excited to speak with Thomas Higgins! Thomas is currently the supply chain optimization manager at Winland Foods. His professional background involves experience related to supply chain and inventory management, production and manufacturing planning, data analytics, data engineering, and machine learning applications. He has been working in the supp

Amin and Biagio pull the curtains back on all things at the end of the semester.

For this episode, we explore the impact of social media and the consumption of information in academic spaces.

Pete Pachal is the Founder and CEO of The Media Copilot, a newsletter and podcast about how generative AI is changing the media. He also teaches creative professionals in journalism and PR about how to use AI tools, and he consults with companies of all sizes on how to incorporate generative AI into real work. Pete has a long career in journalism, previously holding senior roles in

For this episode, The Gateway is excited to welcome David J. Gunkel (PhD Philosophy). David is an award-winning educator, researcher, and author, specializing in the philosophy of technology with a focus on the moral and legal challenges of artificial intelligence and robots. He is the author of over 115 scholarly articles and has published seventeen books, including The Machine Qu

For this episode the gateway is excited to welcome Professor Anna Klis. Anna earned her Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in May 2015 and joined NIU the following August. Anna is a microeconomist who applies the techniques of game theory to questions of public economics and externalities. She is also a faculty associate with the NIU Institute for the Study of the Environ

For this episode the gateway is excited to welcome Dr, Karl Swanson. Karl brings over ten years of combined experience in data science and informatics at the intersection of the clinical and biomedical domains. Karl's passionate about developing innovative applications using artificial intelligence for clinical use cases. Karl holds a D.O. in Osteopathic Medicine, an M.S. in Comput

The Gateway is excited to welcome Denis Sitailo a Principal Technical Program Manager with the GE Healthcare IT Business Development Team. Denis has been with the company for 15 years, starting as an intern in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Along his journey, he held multiple positions ranging from completion of the Information Technology Leadership Program, to running IT Infrastructure Int