Augmented Ops - Episodes Tagged with “Data”

Episode 134: Building Industrial Architectures with MQTT with HiveMQ’s Dominik Obermaier

Tulip — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 00:30:00 -0400

This week’s guest is Dominik Obermaier, Co-Founder and CTO of HiveMQ.

With over 10 years of experience serving on the MQTT technical committee and helping organizations build their data foundations using HiveMQ’s MQTT platform, Dominik shares his deep expertise on the technology. He explains what makes MQTT such an important communications protocol, why the emergence of the Unified Namespace matters for manufacturers, and debates the merits of on-prem vs. cloud solutions.

Augmented Ops is a podcast for industrial leaders, shop floor operators, citizen developers, and anyone else that cares about what the future of frontline operations will look like across industries. This show is presented by Tulip, the Frontline Operations Platform. You can find more from us at Tulip.co/podcast or by following the show on LinkedIn. HiveMQ is a Tulip Technology Ecosystem Partner.

Special Guest: Dominik Obermaier.

Episode 133: Rethinking Our Approach to AI with Dr. Jay Lee

Tulip — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 00:15:00 -0400

This week’s guest is Jay Lee, Director of the Industrial AI Center at the University of Maryland.

Dr. Lee shares his experiences from the early days programming machines with punch cards, to eventually developing advanced machine learning applications for industry. He explains how AI and ML are reshaping manufacturing, the workforce, and global supply chains. Plus, he lays out his vision for how our education system needs to change in order to train the next generation of AI practitioners.

Special Guest: Jay Lee.

Episode 132: Open Source Software for Manufacturing with UMH's Alex Krüger

Tulip — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 00:30:00 -0500

This week’s guest is Alex Krüger, Co-founder and CEO of United Manufacturing Hub, or UMH.

Alex shares his journey from working on integration projects in consulting fresh out of college, to founding UMH and building an open source alternative to the offerings from incumbent vendors. He breaks down the role of the open source software movement in manufacturing, how the Unified Namespace architecture compares to the traditional ISA-95 model, and how IT can best enable OT to solve problems. Plus, he shares his vision for how microservice-based MES solutions can disrupt the existing monolithic applications.

Special Guest: Alex Krüger.

Episode 131: MQTT, Unified Namespace, and The New Industrial Data Stack with Litmus’s Vatsal Shah

Tulip — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 00:30:00 -0500

This week’s guest is Vatsal Shah, Founder and CEO of Litmus.

Vatsal discusses his journey from an automation engineer at Rockwell, to building a new industrial data platform from the ground up after becoming frustrated with the limitations of the offerings from established vendors. He discusses manufacturers’ exodus from on-prem to cloud systems, the pros and cons of data protocols like MQTT and Sparkplug B, and why the Unified Namespace architecture is getting so much attention. Plus, he shares his vision for the future of edge computing and how an open ecosystem of interoperable tools is transforming the industry.

Special Guest: Vatsal Shah.

Episode 130: Democratization, Gen AI, and the Future of Industrial Analytics with Seeq’s Lisa Graham

Tulip — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:30:00 -0500

This week’s guest is Dr. Lisa Graham, CEO of Seeq.

Dr. Graham discusses her journey from process engineer, to using Seeq’s platform as a customer, and now leading the company as CEO. Drawing on her extensive experience in operations, she discusses how advanced analytics, generative AI, and the emergence of an interoperable technology ecosystem are reshaping industries. Plus, she shares best practices for IT/OT collaboration, her vision for the future of historians, and how the democratization of data science is paving the way for a more efficient and sustainable future in operations and manufacturing.

Special Guest: Lisa Graham.

Episode 129: AI and the Human Element in Industry 4.0 with Jeff Winter

Tulip — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 00:30:00 -0500

This week’s guest is Jeff Winter, Sr. Director of Industry Strategy for Manufacturing at Hitachi Solutions.

Jeff offers his insights into the history of the Industry 4.0 movement and how he expects it to evolve in the coming years. His discussion highlights the balance between AI and human ingenuity, the role of frontline workers in an increasingly automated manufacturing environment, and the untapped potential of manufacturing data.

Special Guest: Jeff Winter.

Episode 124: Industrial Data Interoperability with Erich Barnstedt

Tulip — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 00:15:00 -0400

Our guest this week is Microsoft’s Erich Barnstedt, Chief Architect Standards, Consortia & Industrial IoT, Azure Edge + Platform.

Erich brings his perspective as we try to get to the bottom of why–despite overtures from some of the biggest vendors in the space–we still have not achieved true data interoperability in the manufacturing industry. We explore what really goes on behind the curtain at standards committees, and why it is so important for vendors to embrace an open technology ecosystem that puts interoperability at the forefront.

Special Guest: Erich Barnstedt.