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The Neural Network
Author: Armaan Priyadarshan and Vasudevan Lakshmanan
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Our podcast, The Neural Network, is centered around Artificial Intelligence's growing prevalence within society. Your podcast co-hosts, Armaan Priyadarshan and Vasu Lakshmanan, will analyze different branches, subsections, and effects that Artificial Intelligence has today. Whether you are an expert in AI or it is your first time hearing about the term, we are sure to have fresh perspectives for you. 
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Hello Neural Network listeners! Today, we discuss the complexities of Data Privacy and Security with Dr. Umar Iqbal from Washington University in St. Louis, especially with a focus on AI advancements. You won't want to miss our discussion on technology policy in the past and future!
Hello NN Listeners! In this week’s episode, we were joined by Dr. Stefano Puntoni, a professor at The Wharton school with research around marketing, artificial intelligence, and decision-driven analytics. We had an insightful conversation spanning education systems across different continents to the community at UPenn to his work with large language models. We hope you enjoy!
In the second part of our interview with Dr. Manshadi, we discuss the implications of the decision-making and algorithmic processes behind these initiatives that benefit non-profits. Furthermore, we discuss our thoughts on the last mile problem. We hope you enjoy and tune in next week for another episode!
Hello NN Listeners! In this week's episode, we have a conversation with Dr. Vahideh Manshadi, a professor and the Research Director for Operations Research at the Center for Algorithms, Data, & Market Design. She provides insight into the growing use of algorithms and AI in modeling, especially in the field of operations research, along with applications in matching platforms. Listen to hear about her work in the sector of societal good. Hope you enjoy!
Hello NN Listeners! Here's the second part of our interview with Dr. Santiago Segarra, a W. M. Rice Trustee Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rice University. He provides insight on his startup in progress, Acumen, which helps streamline consulting tasks with AI. Stick around till the end to hear Dr. Segarra's answer to some more fun questions, including his favorite hobbies and what other field he'd like to be an expert in. Hope you enjoy!
Hello NN Listeners! In this week's episode, we have a conversation with Dr. Santiago Segarra, a W. M. Rice Trustee Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rice University. We discuss his research interests, primarily graph signal processing, and interdisciplinary applications. Stick around till the end to hear about his work on Shakespearean play attributions. You can catch the second part of the interview next week. Hope you enjoy!
Hello NN Listeners! In this week's episode, we continue our conversation with Dr. Michael Frank, a cognitive, linguistic, and psychological professor at Brown University. We keep up our discussion about the evolutionary role of AI in cognitive neuroscience with applications tied to the development of signal processing and language models. Dr. Frank also shares his favorite scientist and things to do in Rhode Island towards the end of the episode. Hope you enjoy!
Hello NN Listeners! In this week's episode, we were joined by Dr. Michael Frank, a professor of cognitive, linguistic, and psychological science at Brown University. We got to discuss his research and projects, from hierarchies of cognitive control to reinforcement learning. It was nice to hear his insights from a wide range of experiences and disciplines. Stay tuned for next week's episode for the second part of the interview!
Hello NN Listeners! In this week's episode, we were joined by Dr. Jason Corso, a professor of robotics and EECS at the University of Michigan. We discuss his computer vision startup, Voxel51, going through the challenges and nature of its founding. Tune in till the end to hear about his robotics research and the UMich community. We hope you enjoy!
Hello NN Listeners! In this week's episode, we continue our conversation with CTO Shawn Coe from Care.Trials. We talk about Cairo, a specialized language model used by the company, the interdisciplinary aspects of AI in healthcare, and how Shawn maintains a work-life balance. We hope you enjoy!
Hello NN Listeners! In today’s episode, we talk to Shawn Coe, the Chief Technology Officer of Care.Trials, a company dedicated to addressing a niche need in the healthcare industry. Listen to this week’s episode to learn more about the various careers that led him to AI, the conversations behind his choice of profession, and AI’s role in understanding and expediting clinical trials. We hope you enjoy!
Hello NN Listeners! Here's the second part of our interview with Jordan Wilson, the host of the most popular AI Podcast, Everyday AI. Hope you enjoy!
Hello NN Listeners! Bit of a different upload schedule this week since we're collaborating with Everyday AI, a top AI-centric podcast about everything related to AI, from LLMs to productivity tips. In this episode, we were joined by Jordan Wilson, the host of Everyday AI, who talked about his podcast, 2024 AI projections, and the integration of AI in business and day. We had a great time and will be joining Jordan next on the Everyday AI podcast tomorrow, 8/1, at 8:30 AM EST. 
Hello NN Listeners! Here is the second part of our interview with Dr. Kai-Wei Chang, a professor at UCLA and the lead of UCLA's NLP Group. This episode features more of his work with multimodal AI, including a detailed description of the development of GLIP. We hope you enjoy! Stay tuned for next week's episode with Jordan Wilson from the Everyday AI Podcast.
Hello NN Listeners! This episode was special as we were joined by a professor from UCLA who has made some amazing contributions to the field of NLP: Dr. Kai-Wei Chang. Dr. Chang has made some technology we've used, including GLIP and VisualBERT, and we got to discuss them with him. His work on debiasing language and vision-language models was another prominent topic. Stay tuned for the second part of the interview next week! Hope you enjoy.
Hello NN Listeners! Here's the second part of our interview with Dr. Vasanth Sarathy, research assistant professor at Tufts University. We cover more exciting topics, from his work in the Tufts Human-Robot Interaction Lab to using video games to study human creativity and cognition. Stick till the end to learn what Dr. Sarathy's favorite comic is. We hope you enjoy! Stay tuned for next week's interview with Dr. Chang from UCLA. 
Hello NN listeners! In this episode, we're joined by Dr. Vasanth Sarathy, a research assistant professor at Tufts University. We discuss a wide range of topics, from his background in law to the connection of the humanities to machines. He offers insights on various research interests and projects, spanning cognitive science, social ML, and robotics. We hope you learn something and enjoy! Tune in next week for Part 2. 
Hello NN Listeners! This is the second part of our interview with Professor Carolyn Rosé from Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science. Vasu, again, couldn't make it, but Sidharth Subbiah joined us as a guest co-host. We continue where we left off with many topics, from youth AI programs to Israeli folk dancing. We hope you enjoy! Tune in next week for our episode with Professor Vasanth Sarathy of Tufts University. 
Hello NN listeners! Vasu couldn't make this episode, but we were joined by guest host Sidharth Subbiah and Carolyn Rosé, a professor at Carnegie Mellon's School of Computer Science, with research around language technologies and human-computer interaction. Professor Rosé offers her insights on a plethora of topics, from language models in education to her style of teaching. This was a fun episode, and we hope you like it! Tune in next week for the second part of the interview.




