Archive - Mike Talks AI

Insights from Zahir Balaporia: Politics, The Extra Mile, Communicating, and Reorgs

Thanks to Zahir Balaporia for being a guest on our podcast.

Jun 30 •

Ganesh Ramakrishna on raising VC money and Lyric, his startup

Our podcast episode with Ganesh Ramakrishna, founder and CEO of Lyric, just dropped.

Jun 11 •

Final Presentations from this year's Capstone Projects

We wrapped up another Client Project Challenge (CPC) class this week.

Jun 7 •

Insights from Harley: Combining LLMs with Decision Technology

In our latest podcast (Apple, Spotify, YouTube), we talk to Harley Davis, the Founder and CEO of Athena Decision Systems.

Jun 6 •

1st Place for Northwestern's Capstone Team at IISE's Annual Conference

The IISE Annual Conference & Expo 2025 in Atlanta just wrapped up.

Jun 4 •

May 2025

Laura Albert: Podcast Insights, Grand Challenges for ISE, Teaching AI, and Punk Rock OR

We had the privilege of interviewing Laura Albert on our podcast.

May 21 •

Insights from Doug Gray: Why Data Science Projects Fail and the Question I Wanted to Ask

Ever since I heard Doug Gray at INFORMS talk about the reasons data science projects fail, I was hooked.

May 15 •

Insights from Irv Lustig: Risk Assessment for Sales and Fast Prototypes

Irv Lustig covers a lot of ground in our interview about the Princeton Twenty.

May 11 •

Check Out Our New Podcast: The Decision Intelligence Lab. First Guest is Irv Lustig

I’ve always loved listening to educational podcasts while driving or working out.

May 7 •

April 2025

Why Study Industrial Engineering (IEMS) at Northwestern (or anywhere else)

In my role, I talk to students who are considering switching to the Industrial Engineering & Management Sciences (IEMS) major.

Apr 21 •

March 2025

The Other Side of Entrepreneurship: Driving 100 Miles in a Freezing Truck

If asked, I like to give a balanced view of what it is like to start and run your own business.

Mar 25 •

Three Phases Young Decision and Data Scientists Go Through

Sometime around 2018, at an Opex Analytics company meeting, Jung-Hee Oh gave a short talk about the phases a decision or data scientist goes through.

Mar 22 •

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