Amelia's Weekly Fish Fry

The Next Avenue for Artificial Intelligence: Podcasting! Toronto Talks and Sophie the AI Co-Host

This week my very special guest is Ashraf Amin the co-host of the popular Toronto Talks podcast! Ash and I discuss the motivation to create this podcast, the unique revelations have Ash has developed from his interactions with his AI co-host Sophie the Sage and how Ash sees AI playing a role in podcasting moving forward. Also this week, I check out why the tiny brains of bees could hold the key to smarter AI.

MOSA, VITA 100 and Mission Critical Processing Systems

In this week's podcast I investigate VITA, MOSA, and mission critical distributed processing systems! My guest is Daniel Toohey from Mercury Systems. Daniel and I discuss the new VITA 100 standard, how MOSA aligns with VITA and the critical role that system management plays in distributed systems. I also check out new research that questions long-held assumptions about where life can exist in the solar system.

The Trials and Tribulations of Connectivity Integration (and How Taoglas can Help!)

My special guest this week is Dermot O’Shea, CEO of Taoglas! Dermot and I discuss the biggest design and development challenges engineers face today when integrating connectivity into their designs, how Taoglas can speed up time to market for IoT designs and the educational resources included in the Taoglas AntennaXpert.

Shifting Left and The Road Ahead for Software Defined Vehicles

This week’s podcast is all about how shifting left can enable software defined vehicle innovation. My guests Wensi Jin from MathWorks, Thomas Hülshorst from FEV.io and I chat about the demand for software defined vehicles today, the engineering challenges associated with SDVs and why it is important to adopt a shift left mentality when it comes to SDV innovation.

AI Co-Processors, NPUs and The Future of Cutting-Edge Artificial Intelligence

This week’s Fish Fry is all about AI inference, NPUs and the Tensilica NeuroEdge 130 AI Co-Processor! My guest is Amol Borkar from Cadence and we are chatting about the latest trends in AI inferencing, why there is a greater need now for AI co-processors than ever before and the multitude of benefits that the Tensilica NeuroEdge 130 AI Co-Processor can bring to your next design.

The Power of Open Source: Solving Our Toughest Technical Challenges

This week’s podcast is all about open source development. My podcast guests are Julie Chen and Engineering Leader Tim Juravich from Deloitte.  Julie, Tim and I discuss the challenges of open source development today, how developers can navigate these issues, and where the open source road is headed in the future. Also this week, I check out a super cool collaboration called the Moon-Rice project that aims to develop the perfect crop for sustaining life in space for long-duration missions. 

Scalability, Modularity, Flexibility with QMCs and VITA 93

My podcast guest this week is Jan Zimmerman from TEWS Technologies. Jan and I are talking all about VITA 93 – a new QMC mezzanine card standard and why scalability, modularity and flexibility are central elements of this new standard. Jan and I also discuss the unique I/O capabilities of QMCs and how TEW Technologies is furthering innovation in this arena. 

No batteries? No problem. Powercast and The Freedom of Wireless Power

My podcast this week is Eric Biel from Powercast! Eric and I explore each of Powercast’s innovative wireless power solutions, the origins of their Lifetime power solution, the benefits of their next generation RFID tags, and super cool new applications they unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show this year.

Vision, Photonics, and Radar: How indie is Empowering the Next Generation of Automotive Design

Automotive design takes center stage in this week’s podcast. My guest is Chet Babla from indie. Chet and I chat about the automotive megatrends driving automotive innovation today. We also explore how radar and vision will shape the future of in-cabin and exterior automotive applications and how indie is supporting the next generation of vision and radar applications with their advanced silicon, photonics and sensor system solutions. Also this week, I check out the details of a new  thermoelectric generator prototype that can convert exhaust heat into electricity.

Fish Fry Special Edition: 2025 International Women in Engineering Day

Welcome to our second annual International Women in Engineering Day Fish Fry podcast! My special guests are Sonja Brown from TDK, Chandana Tamma from Rehlko, and Sonja Ghelani from Texas Instruments. I sat down with each of these esteemed engineers and discussed their journeys into the world of high tech, how the EE landscape has changed over the years and what they would like to see in the future of engineering.