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      <description>&lt;p&gt;In this episode, student Nafisa Sadaf Hriti shares a research journey reflection, and interviews Bruce Matichuk of Medwatch. Medwatch is a health management platform that combines biosensing and AI coaching to deliver a comprehensive proactive health management experience. Nafisa&amp;rsquo;s research centers on healthcare with expertise in NLP, explainable AI, and ethical AI. Her recent work includes a frailty detection system using medical notes.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <itunes:summary>In this episode, student Nafisa Sadaf Hriti shares a research journey reflection, and interviews Bruce Matichuk of Medwatch. Medwatch is a health management platform that combines biosensing and AI coaching to deliver a comprehensive proactive health management experience. Nafisa&amp;rsquo;s research centers on healthcare with expertise in NLP, explainable AI, and ethical AI. Her recent work includes a frailty detection system using medical notes.</itunes:summary>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;In this episode, student Quamran Hasan shares a research journey reflection, and interviews Mehadi Sayed of Clinisys. Clinisys is a provider of AI-enabled software for healthcare organizations to help them manage their practice. Quamran&amp;rsquo;s research centers the use of large language models for high risk domains such as healthcare. He is also part of the XAI, explainable AI lab, at the University of Alberta and where he works on research to help make AI decisions more transparent.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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      <title>From Data to Decision: S2E7: Etamoni</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;In this episode, student Etamoni Chakma shares a research journey reflection, and interviews entrepreneur Arjun Puri of Symbiotic AI. Symbiotic AI provides cardiovascular decision support. Etamoni&amp;rsquo;s research is focused on biosensors to detect SARS-CoV-2 biomarkers, integrating AI tools like MATLAB for data visualization.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;In this episode, student Euijin Baek shares a research journey reflection, and interviews startup founder James McCormack of XPawn. XPawn helps organizations to prepare, structure, and validate data for use in AI applications. Euijin&amp;rsquo;s research is focused on explainable LLMs for real-world decision support, especially in healthcare settings.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;In this episode, student Hoda Ebrahimi shares a research journey reflection, and interviews Matthew Diggle, &amp;nbsp;a Consultant Clinical Microbiologist with Alberta Health Services and &lt;a href="https://www.albertaprecisionlabs.ca/"&gt;Alberta Precision Laboratories&lt;/a&gt; and a member of the Faculty of Medicine &amp;amp; Dentistry at the University of Alberta. Hoda&amp;rsquo;s research interests are focused on AI-based medical image processing for IBD diagnosis and developing tools to segment the GI tract in CT scans for faster, more accurate diagnosis.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <itunes:summary>In this episode, student Hoda Ebrahimi shares a research journey reflection, and interviews Matthew Diggle, &amp;nbsp;a Consultant Clinical Microbiologist with Alberta Health Services and Alberta Precision Laboratories and a member of the Faculty of Medicine &amp;amp; Dentistry at the University of Alberta. Hoda&amp;rsquo;s research interests are focused on AI-based medical image processing for IBD diagnosis and developing tools to segment the GI tract in CT scans for faster, more accurate diagnosis.</itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>In this episode, student Hoda Ebrahimi shares a research journey reflection, and interviews Matthew Diggle, &amp;nbsp;a Consultant Clinical Microbiologist with Alberta Health Services and Alberta Precision Laboratories and a member of the Faculty of Medici...</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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      <title> From Data to Decision: S2E4: Harvey</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;In this episode, student Harvey Ngoe Kolle shares a research journey reflection, and interviews edtech entrepreneur Ahmad Jawad of DOCEO. DOCEO offers a range of data powered, AI enabled products for educators. Harvey&amp;rsquo;s research is focused on machine learning models for generating personalized feedback in education, using student behavior data to support meaningful learning.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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      <itunes:episode>4</itunes:episode>
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      <title>From Data to Decision: S2E3: Khaled</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;In this episode, student Khaled Elbastawisy shares a research journey reflection, and interviews entrepreneur Robert Clapperton of ed-tech company, Ametros Learning. Ametros is focused on developing smarter assessments to help higher ed teams reduce grading time. Khaled&amp;rsquo;s research is focused on advanced machine learning techniques for automated feedback generation in educational settings.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <itunes:summary>In this episode, student Khaled Elbastawisy shares a research journey reflection, and interviews entrepreneur Robert Clapperton of ed-tech company, Ametros Learning. Ametros is focused on developing smarter assessments to help higher ed teams reduce grading time. Khaled&amp;rsquo;s research is focused on advanced machine learning techniques for automated feedback generation in educational settings.</itunes:summary>
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      <itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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      <title>From Data to Decision: S2E2: Yeji</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;In this episode, student Yeji Kim shares a research journey reflection, and interviews Nancy Mandaher, co-founder of robotics startup Sarcomere Dynamics. Sarcomere has developed a robotic hand with near human dexterity. Yeji&amp;rsquo;s research focuses on explainable LLMs for healthcare applications.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <itunes:summary>In this episode, student Yeji Kim shares a research journey reflection, and interviews Nancy Mandaher, co-founder of robotics startup Sarcomere Dynamics. Sarcomere has developed a robotic hand with near human dexterity. Yeji&amp;rsquo;s research focuses on explainable LLMs for healthcare applications.</itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>In this episode, student Yeji Kim shares a research journey reflection, and interviews Nancy Mandaher, co-founder of robotics startup Sarcomere Dynamics. Sarcomere has developed a robotic hand with near human dexterity. Yeji&amp;rsquo;s research focuses on...</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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      <title>From Data to Decision: S2E1: Augustine</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;In this episode, student Augustine Farinola shares a research journey reflection, and interviews Ryan Carrier, Executive Director of the not for profit, For Humanity. &amp;nbsp;For Humanity is a leader in independent AI audit and risk mitigation for AI and autonomous systems. Augustine&amp;rsquo;s research explores the ethical and societal impacts of AI, with a focus on Large Language Models.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <itunes:summary>In this episode, student Augustine Farinola shares a research journey reflection, and interviews Ryan Carrier, Executive Director of the not for profit, For Humanity. &amp;nbsp;For Humanity is a leader in independent AI audit and risk mitigation for AI and autonomous systems. Augustine&amp;rsquo;s research explores the ethical and societal impacts of AI, with a focus on Large Language Models.</itunes:summary>
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      <itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;In this episode, student Yasmin Madani shares a research journey reflection, and interviews University of Alberta Professor Ross Mitchell and entrepreneur Salim Samanani of OKAKI.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Yasmin&amp;rsquo;s research focuses on natural language processing (NLP) and large language models (LLMs) in the domain of geriatrics, with a specific emphasis on frailty&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <itunes:subtitle>In this episode, student Yasmin Madani shares a research journey reflection, and interviews University of Alberta Professor Ross Mitchell and entrepreneur Salim Samanani of OKAKI.&#13;
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      <itunes:keywords>Artificial Intelligence, Data, Research, Health, EMRs, Indigenous Healthcare, Career Development</itunes:keywords>
      <itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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      <itunes:episode>4</itunes:episode>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;In this episode, student Saghar Mirzaei Bafti shares a research journey reflection, and interviews University of Alberta Professor Michael Serpe as well as Jody MacDonald and Rod Szarka of Keystone Labs. &lt;br /&gt;Saghar&amp;rsquo;s research area is applying electrochemical sensors for quantitative bacterial genome detection.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <itunes:summary>In this episode, student Saghar Mirzaei Bafti shares a research journey reflection, and interviews University of Alberta Professor Michael Serpe as well as Jody MacDonald and Rod Szarka of Keystone Labs. Saghar&amp;rsquo;s research area is applying electrochemical sensors for quantitative bacterial genome detection.</itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>In this episode, student Saghar Mirzaei Bafti shares a research journey reflection, and interviews University of Alberta Professor Michael Serpe as well as Jody MacDonald and Rod Szarka of Keystone Labs. Saghar&amp;rsquo;s research area is applying electro...</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:keywords>Artificial Intelligence, Data, Research, Laboratory Testing, Career Development</itunes:keywords>
      <itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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      <itunes:episode>7</itunes:episode>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;In this episode, student Mobina Mosannafat shares a research journey reflection, and interviews University of Alberta Professor Ross Mitchell and entrepreneur Meaghan Nolan of Mikata Health.&lt;br /&gt;Mobina&amp;rsquo;s research areas include AI for early cancer detection through image processing and computer vision applied to MRI scans.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;In this episode, student Mahvash Siavashpour shares a research journey reflection, and interviews University of Alberta Professor Ross Mitchell as well as executive Celia Wanderly of Bits in Glass consulting.&lt;br /&gt;Mahvash&amp;rsquo;s research interests include reinforcement learning and applied LLMs in healthcare, focusing on automating spinal injury triage from&lt;br /&gt;radiology reports.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;In this episode, student Ali Rafiei shares a research journey reflection, and interviews University of Alberta Professor Michael Serpe and Graham Doerksen of Attabotics.&lt;br /&gt;Ali&amp;rsquo;s research interests include ML in health, particularly in precision health (diabetic retinopathy), health technology, creating impactful tools and applications.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;In this episode, student Abed Rahman shares a research journey reflection, and interviews University of Alberta Professor Michael Serpe and AHS cancer researcher Lorraine Shack. Abed&amp;rsquo;s research focuses on the development of explainable, ethical and trust-enhancing AI systems, particularly those that assist users in critical decision-making, such as healthcare applications.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;In this episode, we speak with executives from the University of Alberta and the From Data to Decision program. They share their perspectives about the program and its role in supporting the interdisciplinary learning approaches at the University of Alberta.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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