Navigating Change: AI in Arctic Sea Ice Forecasting
The Arctic is undergoing rapid changes due to climate change, making sea ice forecasting increasingly important. In this episode of the Turing Podcast, hosts Amelia Jabry and Dr. Sophie Arana discuss the critical role of AI models like IceNet in predicting sea ice conditions and aiding conservation efforts. Featuring Dr. Ellie Bowler from the British Antarctic Survey, the conversation dives into the technical details of IceNet, its applications for wildlife conservation, and the challenges of predicting sea ice dynamics. The discussion also covers the importance of these predictions for indigenous communities and wildlife that rely on the frozen Arctic landscape. Learn how AI is revolutionising our approach to these urgent environmental challenges.
Read more about our environmental forecasting work here: https://www.turing.ac.uk/blog/democratising-environmental-forecasting-age-ai
Explore IceNet: https://icenet.ai/
Find out more about Dr Ellie Bowler's publications: https://www.bas.ac.uk/profile/eller/
Read more about Dr Sophie Arana here: https://www.turing.ac.uk/people/dr-sophie-arana
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction to Arctic Climate Change
00:39 Meet the your host Amelia and co-host Dr Sophie Arana
00:57 Understanding the Role of a Research Application Manager
01:47 Introduction to ICE Net
02:47 AI vs. Traditional Physics-based Forecasting Models
03:40 Human Expertise and AI Collaboration
04:56 Introducing Dr. Ellie Bowler and her sea ice and caribou migration forecasting research
06:21 Challenges in Sea Ice Forecasting
10:01 Caribou Migration and Conservation
12:30 Impact of Human Activities on Arctic Wildlife
16:38 Innovative Conservation Methods
23:25 Future of ICE Net and AI in Conservation
26:54 Conclusion and Further Resources
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The Cyber Cold War: How AI is Defending Our Critical National Infrastructure
New podcast - defending our critical national infrastructure.
Podcast host Amelia Jabry is joined by co-host and Turing Principal Research Scientist, Vasilios Mavroudis to explore how AI is reshaping both the defence and attack of vital systems like healthcare, energy and transport. With the help of special guest, Microsoft’s Director of Global AI & Cybersecurity Policy Nicholas Butts, they ask: how vulnerable are our power grids, water systems, and communications networks in the age of advanced AI? And what are organisations like the Alan Turing Institute and Microsoft are doing to protect these essential services?
Episode Notes
Please find below a list of resources and news articles that were mentioned in the podcast:
Microsoft Digital Defense Report 2024
Glossary - AIRC
Staying ahead of threat actors in the age of AI | Microsoft Security Blog
https://www.thestack.technology/ai-agent-whisperer-liberates-llm-to-spout-filthy-cardy-b-lyrics/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0el31nqnpvo
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czx1qp64wrno
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Defining AI safety
Ed and David chat with Professor Ibrahim Habli, Research Director at the Centre for Assuring Autonomy in the University of York, and director of the UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Safe AI Systems. The conversation covers the topic of defining and contextualising AI safety and risk, given existence of existing safety practices from other industries. Ibrahim has collaborated with The Alan Turing Institute on the "Trustworthy and Ethical Assurance platform", or "TEA" for short, an open-source tool for developing and communicating structured assurance arguments to show how data science and AI tech adheres to ethical principles.
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The cutting edge of emotional and cognitive neuroscience
On this episode, Bea and Jessie are joined by Becky Inkster and Mark Sheppard, co-founders of The Laß; a fusion of science, creativity and personal reflection.
Collaborating with famous musicians, dancers and members of the public, Becky and Mark use EEG brain activity technology to visualise poignant moments. They hope to offer both internal and external reflection opportunities to nurture personal growth and community bonds.
For more information visit -
https://www.beckyinkster.com/the-lab
Don't forget to explore our shorter AI news podcast - too long didn't read
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AI for Cyber Defence (AICD) research centre
To what extent can a computer network be actively managed and defended by intelligent autonomous agents?
In this episode, Ed and Anneca talk to Vasilios Mavroudis and Chris Hicks explore this question and more.
Vas and Chris lead the Turing’s AI for Cyber Defence (AICD) research centre which seeks to fundamentally transform the way in which we secure digital systems through the development and application of cutting edge, deep-learning based approaches to intelligent agents.
Find more information about AICD here
Don't forget to explore our shorter AI in the news podcast - too long didn't read
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