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AI/ML & Data Talks Podcast

Hosted by Dr. Ts. Poo Kuan Hoong  ·  21 Episodes

Candid conversations with machine learning engineers, data scientists, researchers, and AI practitioners from across Southeast Asia and beyond. Topics span MLOps, healthcare AI, NLP, climate risk, entrepreneurship, and careers in data.

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E21

NLP Progress, AI Startups, and the Road Ahead

26 Aug 2025 Sam Witteveen · CEO & Co-Founder, Red Dragon AI · GDE in ML

Discussion of recent NLP progress, practical advice for AI startups, and building in the open. Sam is also a YouTuber and researcher with publications in NeurIPS and EMNLP.

E20

Machine Learning for the Web: TensorFlow.js and MediaPipe

6 Dec 2023 Jason Mayes · Developer Advocate / Web Engineer, Google

Web ML technologies, the hybrid developer role, and creative-technical combinations. Covers TensorFlow.js, MediaPipe Studio, and bringing ML directly to the browser.

E19

AI in Healthcare: Remote Patient Monitoring and Virtual Care

27 Sep 2023 Sachin Kumar · CTO, TupeloLife · GDE in ML

Career path discussion and healthcare-focused AI work. Covers remote patient monitoring (RPM), virtual care management, and connected health solutions.

E18

Climate Risk Modelling in Banking

11 Sep 2023 Dr. Vinod Ramachandran · Head of Climate Risk Modelling, CIMB

An inside look at climate risk modelling and credit risk innovation within a major Southeast Asian bank. How data science is being applied to ESG and sustainability challenges.

E17

MLOps in Production: From Notebooks to Deployed Systems

8 Apr 2023 Yudhiesh Ravindranath · MLOps Engineer, MoneyLion

The realities of MLOps engineering, building production ML systems, and operationalising models at scale in a fintech environment.

E16

Leading Data Science Teams and NLP Side Projects

18 Nov 2022 Hafidz Zulkifli · Data Team Lead, Bank Islam

Leadership lessons from managing data science teams in banking, data modelling best practices, NLP side projects, and team culture.

E15

MLOps Frameworks: Building Production-Ready ML Pipelines with ZenML

13 Oct 2022 Dickson Neoh · Developer Advocate, ZenML

Deep dive into the ZenML MLOps framework, production-ready ML pipeline design, and addressing deployment challenges that data scientists face in the real world.

E14

From Corporate to Startup: Building a Data Analytics Company

6 Oct 2022 Erhan Azrai (CEO, Kotak Sakti) & Mohd Ridzwan Nordin

The entrepreneurial journey from corporate data roles to founding a data analytics company, navigating the pandemic, and building a business in Malaysia's tech ecosystem.

E13

AI Engineering: Recommendation Systems and CoronaTracker

24 Aug 2022 Dr. Fairoza Amira Binti Hamzah · Senior AI Engineer, Torum Technology

AI applications in recommendation engines and crypto platforms, and the story behind CoronaTracker — the open-source COVID-19 global tracking project.

E12

Data Services at Scale and the CoronaTracker Story

17 Aug 2022 Hafeez Nazri · Head of Data Services, PwC

Leading data services at a Big Four firm, and the origin story and impact of CoronaTracker — a global COVID-19 information platform built by the Malaysian developer community.

E11

Epidemiology, Public Health, and Medical Data Science

3 Jun 2022 Prof. Dr. Kamarul Imran Musa · Professor of Statistics & Epidemiology, USM

The intersection of epidemiology and data science, medical analytics, public health data challenges, and the use of R in clinical research.

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