New Podcast Episode: Trustworthy Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence

Our Digital Life, Episode 6

In the latest episode of the IEEE Signal Processing Society podcast Our Digital Life, Dr. Lav Varshney (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) sits down with Dr. Kush R. Varshney, IBM Fellow and internationally recognized expert on trustworthy machine learning.

Their conversation explores what it really means to build trustworthy AI—AI that is not only accurate, but also fair, robust, explainable, transparent, and beneficial. Dr. Varshney discusses how trustworthy AI differs from related ideas like AI ethics, safety, and responsibility, and highlights the role of signal processing techniques—from Boolean compressed sensing to short-time Fourier transforms—in shaping his research.

This episode also takes a wider look at the societal impact of AI, the rise of generative and agentic models, the role of governance and policy, and future research directions for creating AI systems that empower and remain accountable to people.

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