What do professors do all day? What does the journey to academia look like? What are the secrets to success in a productive research career? In this show, we aim to answer these questions and more by interviewing professors about their past experiences and inspirations in their respective research areas. The show is intended to help prospective students or curious listeners "grasp" what a career in academia might look like as well as emphasize the incredible work of each guest and provide advice and tips for choosing a research-focused career for aspiring researchers.
GRASP podcast (Growing Research Awareness Speaking with Professors)
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What do professors do all day? What does the journey to academia look like? What are the secrets to success in a productive research career? In this show, we aim to answer these questions and more by interviewing professors about their past experiences and inspirations in their respective research areas. The show is intended to help prospective students or curious listeners "grasp" what a career in academia might look like as well as emphasize the incredible work of each guest and provide advice and tips for choosing a research-focused career for aspiring researchers.
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November 2, 2023
9. Michael Bess: European History, Technological Change, and the Future of Humanity
<p>This is a conversation with Dr. Michael Bess, a Chancellor's Professor of History, Professor of Communication of Science and Technology, and Professor of European Studies at Vanderbilt University. Dr. Bess is an expert in 20th and 21st-century Europe with an emphasis on the interactions between social and cultural processes and technological change. Dr. Bess is also the author of five books in these areas.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Dr. Bess's Homepage: https://as.vanderbilt.edu/history/bio/michael-bess/</p> <p><br></p> <p>Dr. Bess's latest book, "Planet in Peril: Humanity’s Four Greatest Challenges": https://www.amazon.com/Planet-Peril-Humanitys-Greatest-Challenges/dp/1009160338 </p> <p><br></p> <p>-------</p> <p>Timestamps:</p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p>[1:00] Childhood and early education</p> <p><br></p> <p>[3:00] Studying art history in Italy</p> <p><br></p> <p>[7:00] Grad school in journalism at Berkeley, pivot to philosophy</p> <p><br></p> <p>[10:00] Thesis work on England, France, Italy, USA during the Cold War</p> <p><br></p> <p>[21:00] How to study history</p> <p><br></p> <p>[27:00] The environmental movement in France</p> <p><br></p> <p>[32:00] Amplified consequences of combining technology</p> <p><br></p> <p>[42:00] The tradeoff between domain expertise and legislative influence</p> <p><br></p> <p>[47:00] AI-augmented United Nations and geopolitics, planet-level problems</p> <p><br></p> <p>[59:00] The long-term effects of AI on humanity, coopetition in a global framework</p> <p><br></p> <p>[1:14:00] Bio-enhancements and the future of humanity</p> <p><br></p> <p>[1:25:00] Quantum computing</p> <p><br></p> <p>[1:30:00] Meditation </p> <p><br></p> <p>-------</p> <p><br></p> <p>If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to Like and Subscribe to the show. Find more episodes at:</p> <p><br></p> <p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1wWqHwxmGqSKywLmaLg7CD?si=43eae8bef0a144e2</p> <p><br></p> <p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/grasp-podcast-growing-research-awareness-speaking-with/id1652092830</p> <p><br></p> <p>-------</p> <p><br></p> <p>Music Credits:</p> <p><br></p> <p>Spring Flowers by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon</p> <p>Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/</p> <p>Creative Commons CC BY 4.0</p> <p>https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/grasp-podcast/support" rel="payment">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/grasp-podcast/support</a>
June 17, 2023
8. Catie Chang: Computational Neuroscience, Neuroimaging, and the Brain
<p>This is a conversation with Dr. Catie Chang, a Sally and Dave Hopkins Faculty Fellow and assistant professor in the departments of Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering at Vanderbilt University. Dr. Chang runs the neurdylab, which aims to increase the understanding of the human brain by advancing functional neuroimaging methodology.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Dr. Chang's homepage: https://www.cchanglab.net/</p> <p>-------</p> <p>Timestamps: </p> <p><br></p> <p>[1:00] First exposure to neuroscience, MIT and Stanford memories</p> <p>[7:00] The brain, MRI vs fMRI, identifying correlated signal changes in the brain over time</p> <p>[10:00] fMRI imaging, thesis work on temporal dynamics</p> <p>[15:00] fMRI vs. FNIRs, limitations of fMRI, modeling the influence of respiratory and cardiac activity in BOLD signals</p> <p>[26:00] Open questions in signal processing, interpreting neural circuits</p> <p>[30:00] Addressing subjective experience from study participants, group patterns vs. unique patterns of brain signals</p> <p>[35:00] Bridging the gap between lab study and practice and the role of AI in populations vs. individuals</p> <p>[40:00] Addressing ethical concerns about the ability to attribute brain signal artifacts to the emotional states of an individual</p> <p>[44:00] "Neuroscience edge cases" in The Man Who Mistook His Wife for A Hat, open questions in neuroscience</p> <p>[48:00] The role of understanding the brain in emulating intelligence</p> <p>-------</p> <p>Music Credits:</p> <p><br></p> <p>Spring Flowers by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon</p> <p>Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/</p> <p>Creative Commons CC BY 4.0</p> <p>https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/grasp-podcast/support" rel="payment">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/grasp-podcast/support</a>
June 2, 2023
7. Doug Fisher: Artificial Intelligence, Consciousness, and the Environment
<p>This is a conversation with Douglas Fisher, an Associate Professor of Computer Science and Computer Engineering at Vanderbilt University. Dr. Fisher's research interests include Artificial Intelligence and the Environment, Machine Learning, and Natural Resources.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Dr. Fisher's homepage: https://engineering.vanderbilt.edu/bio/douglas-fisher</p> <p><br></p> <p>-------</p> <p><br></p> <p>Timestamps: </p> <p><br></p> <p>[1:00 - 5:00] Early education, first exposure to programming</p> <p><br></p> <p>[6:00 - 8:00] Graduate school, early days of machine learning, switching to computer science</p> <p><br></p> <p>[8:30 - 12:30] Misconceptions of AI, computer science courses, connecting cognition and memory to data structures</p> <p><br></p> <p>[13:30 - 20:00] Early programming languages, early days of AI in the '50s and '60s, tools vs. generally intelligent agents, the development of deep learning</p> <p><br></p> <p>[21:00 - 26:00] Intelligence as evaluation of alternatives, "Other Minds" by Peter Godfrey-Smith</p> <p><br></p> <p>[27:00 - 32:00] Biological inspirations of AI, manipulation of surroundings</p> <p><br></p> <p>[33:00 - 42:00] AI and the environment, applications of AI for endangered species and energy efficiency, the Rebound Effect</p> <p><br></p> <p>[43:00 - 52:00] "The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind" by Julian Jaynes, consciousness as introspection, ChatGPT</p> <p><br></p> <p>[53:00 - 57:00] Layered Large Language Models, hypercommunication, goal-setting</p> <p><br></p> <p>[59:00 - 1:02:00] Animal vocabulary</p> <p><br></p> <p>[1:03:00 - 1:11:00] AI in the limit, discussion of "The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect", educated guesses</p> <p><br></p> <p>[1:12:30 - 1:19:00] AI alignment, conception to implementation distance</p> <p><br></p> <p>[1:20:00 - 1:30:00] Computational creativity, reflection on output content, co-creativity</p> <p><br></p> <p>[1:31:00 - 1:38:00] Advice</p> <p><br></p> <p>-------</p> <p><br></p> <p>Music Credits:</p> <p><br></p> <p>Spring Flowers by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon</p> <p>Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/</p> <p>Creative Commons CC BY 4.0</p> <p>https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/grasp-podcast/support" rel="payment">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/grasp-podcast/support</a>
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