Published: April 28, 2021

The first season of , a weekly podcast from the Research & Innovation Office (RIO), wraps up with upcoming episodes about the use of artificial intelligence in education, and how data synthesis could change the way we live with wildfires.


The Buff Innovator Insights podcast offers a behind-the-scenes look at some of the most ground-breaking innovations in the world鈥揳ll emanating from the CU 麻豆影院 campus鈥搕hrough the lens of听the personal journeys that made those discoveries possible.听听

Terri Fiez, Vice Chancellor for听Research & Innovation, hosts this up-close and personal look at how researchers, scholars and artists become global pioneers, why they are so dedicated to discovery, and their visions of the future in the wide range of fields they explore.听

New episodes air each Thursday through听May 6.听

Visit the Buff Innovator Insights podcast website听to learn more, listen and subscribe.

Upcoming Episodes

Sidney D'MelloAiring Thursday, April 29: Sidney D'Mello鈥擯sychology; Computer Science; Institute of Cognitive Science; Institute for Student-AI Teaming

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In this episode of Buff Innovator Insights, we meet Dr. Sidney D鈥橫ello, associate professor at the听Institute of Cognitive Science听and the听Department of Computer Science听at CU 麻豆影院. Dr. D鈥橫ello describes how his unique combination of education and research experiences led to his leading-edge work at the Institute for Student-AI Teaming, which is reimagining the role of artificial intelligence in the classroom to better serve both students and teachers.听


Jennifer BalchAiring Thursday, May 6: Jennifer Balch鈥擥eography; Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences; Earth Lab

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In this episode, we meet听Dr. Jennifer Balch, associate professor of geography and director of 鈥揳 project at CU 麻豆影院 and . We鈥檒l learn about how her work in places like Kenya and Amazon rainforests shaped her interests in the relationships between fire, Earth systems and people, and how she鈥檚 working to transform data into insights to help solve some of the world鈥檚 most challenging problems.