Ansgar Koene, global AI and ethics regulatory leader at Ernst & Young, joins us on the latest edition of the "Mind the Data Gap" podcast to discuss AI and business risks, and how to define, measure and mitigate such AI related risks. He shared his view on how data plays into this risk and what organizations do to manage this risk. Koene believes we should rethink legislation relating to data collection on gender, for instance, in order to avoid unintentional data bias. A former research scientist, Mr Koene works with policymakers, regulators and industry leaders among others, to support the trustworthy use of AI for the benefit of people, society and organizations. Speakers: Nicolai Baldin, CEO and Founder of Synthesized Nicolai leads Synthesized’s rapid growth, as a leading provider of DataOps tools for software testing and data science applications, across the UK, Europe and North America. Nicolai is responsible for the direction and product strategy of Synthesized. For over 8 years, Nicolai has designed and delivered complex ML solutions used by top financial and healthcare institutions. He holds a PhD in Machine Learning and Statistics from the University of Cambridge. Ansgar Koene, Global AI Ethics and Regulatory Leader, Ernst & Young His current work focuses on the development of design and regulatory tools to maximize the beneficial use of information technologies and minimize negative consequences on people and society. He has a multi-disciplinary research background, having worked and published on topics ranging from Policy and Governance of Algorithmic Systems (AI), data-privacy, AI Ethics, AI Standards, bio-inspired Robotics, AI and Computational Neuroscience to experimental Human Behavior/Perception studies. He holds an MSc in Electrical Engineering and a PhD in Computational Neuroscience. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/synthesized/message

Join us for a special session of our “Mind the Data Gap” podcast with Nicolai Baldin, founder and CEO of Synthesized, and Gillian Docherty OBE, CEO of The Data Lab and Chair of Scotland’s AI Alliance, as they discuss the results of Synthesized’s YouGov poll on trust in AI and data in Scotland. With nearly two-thirds of people living in Scotland concerned that AI use and development could lead to discrimination against them and others within society, Nicolai and Gillian discuss how to mitigate AI concerns and what can be done to build society’s trust in AI. Tune in now! Speakers: Nicolai Baldin, CEO and Founder of Synthesized Nicolai leads Synthesized’s rapid growth, as a leading provider of DataOps tools for software testing and data science applications, across the UK, Europe and North America. Nicolai is responsible for the direction and product strategy of Synthesized. For over 8 years, Nicolai has designed and delivered complex ML solutions used by top financial and healthcare institutions. He holds a PhD in Machine Learning and Statistics from the University of Cambridge. Gillian Docherty OBE, CEO of The Data Lab and Chair of Scotland’s AI Alliance Gillian Docherty is Chief Executive of The Data Lab, an innovation centre with a mission to help Scotland maximise value from data and lead the world to a data-powered future. Gillian is passionate about the opportunities for using data to drive economic and social benefits. Gillian was awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2019 for Services to Information Technology and Business. In 2021, Gillian was appointed the inaugural chair of the Scottish AI Alliance.Gillian has a degree in Computing Science from the University of Glasgow, and an Honorary Doctorate from Aberdeen’s Robert Gordon University. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/synthesized/message

Our resident testing experts, Seva, Denis and Ivan, dive deep into how to build the right software testing process to meet the needs of your organization. f In this episode we’ll discuss building Quality Gates and why they should be an integral part of every testing process. We answer burning questions such as: At which point in time should you start adding linters or E2E tests? How can you define the right strategy for improving the quality of your tests while not getting trapped into an endless configuration process? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/synthesized/message

What’s the difference between DataOps and DevOps? What are the most important skills engineers need to have in order to implement such approaches? Listen to this episode to get an overview of the best DataOps and DevOps tools and get an answer to the question: “Is DataOps today’s biggest transformation?” --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/synthesized/message

Brief Overview Welcome to Synthesized’s Mind the Data Gap podcast! In our first episode, we’re happy to be joined by Pavel (Pasha) Finkelstein, Developer Advocate at JetBrains to discuss all things Data Quality. We’ll chat about what data quality means and discuss various data generation tools. Last but not least, we’ll get into SQL query analysis and how it helps improve the quality of testing data. Synthesized is the development framework helping companies create optimized and safe to share datasets for use in machine learning, software testing and development and analytics. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/synthesized/message