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We live in a VUCA world – volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous – where the only constant is change, complexity is growing, and all the ambiguity this creates is making us feel anxious and uncertain. The world is being disrupted over and over again, and the risks previously categorized as “unknown unknowns” have become commonplace. Everywhere we turn, Mount VUCA is in various stages of volcanic eruption. Join IQ4U’s Dr. Tamara Schwartz and her invited guests in this new podcast exploring the intersection of globalization, technology, business, ethics, and social change as we learn to live with Weapons of Mass Disruption.
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Is AI making the digital world safer or more dangerous? In this episode, Information Technology Management major Enzo Oliveira and Cybersecurity Management majors Tylor Drukenmiller and David Guillen explore the double-edged role of artificial intelligence in cybersecurity. They examine how AI can help defenders identify threats, analyze data, and respond to attacks while also giving malicious actors powerful new tools for deception, automation, and exploitation. As AI becomes increasingly in...
What happens when healthcare becomes connected? In this episode, Cybersecurity Management majors Quincy Quaye, Jared Vinson, and Noah Smith explore the Internet of Medical Things, from wearable health technologies to connected and embedded medical devices. Bringing together perspectives on health and fitness, cybersecurity strategy, philosophy, embedded systems, and RF security, they examine both the possibilities these technologies create and the difficult questions surrounding cybersecurity...
What happens when athletes become increasingly connected, measurable, and even digitally modeled? In this episode, three of Dr. Schwartz’s students, Henry Mahew, Dawson Shelley, and Noah Conigliaro, explore the future of technology in sports through three emerging technologies: IoT wearables, digital twins, and artificial intelligence. Bringing perspectives from statistics, competitive athletics and coaching, cybersecurity, and gaming, they consider how these technologies could transform trai...
In this episode, Dr. Tamara Schwartz’s Emerging Technology students continue their WMD takeover. Artificial intelligence is woven into nearly every part of the social media experience, from helping create content to deciding what appears in your feed. In this episode, Information Technology Management major Taylor Heie explores how AI powers social media platforms, including the recommendation algorithms that personalize what we see and the systems designed to capture and hold our attention. ...
How are virtual and augmented worlds changing America's pastime? In this episode, the student takeover continues as lifelong baseball player and Baltimore Orioles fan Tyler Maxcy, a recent information technology graduate explores how virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality are transforming baseball. From new approaches to player training and preparation to immersive experiences that change how fans watch and interact with the game, Tyler examines how these emerging technologies ...
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