Talking Machines
129 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 140 ratingsTalking Machines is your window into the world of machine learning. Your hosts, Katherine Gorman and Neil Lawrence, bring you clear conversations with experts in the field, insightful discussions of industry news, and useful answers to your questions. Machine learning is changing the questions we can ask of the world around us, here we explore how to ask the best questions and what to do with the answers.
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Gods and Robots
September 09, 2021 17:15 - 40 minutes - 36.7 MBIn this episode of the podcast we shake things up! Neil is on the guest side of the table with his partner Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner to discuss their upcoming project Gods and Robots. Katherine is joined on the host side by friend of the show professor Michael Littman. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Responsibility, Risk, and Publishing
August 19, 2021 22:37 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MBOn this episode we feature an interview with Madhulika Shrikumar of the Partnership on AI about their recent work Managing Risk and Responsible Publication See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
ICML 2021: Test of Time(ly) Award
July 24, 2021 18:21 - 19 minutes - 17.7 MBNeil and Katherine chat about ICML and the timely award winner of this years test of time award! Bayesian Learning via Stochastic Gradient Langevin Dynamics See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Learning with Less, Invisible Labor and Combating Anti-Blackness
July 09, 2021 21:33 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBDevin Guillory of UC Berkeley, is our guest on this episode. We talk about his love of robotics, working at the center of a new hype (learning with less labels) and his paper Combatting Anti-Blackness in the AI Community. He recently gave a talk on the subject the University of Toronto See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Let's Reflect
June 13, 2020 17:57 - 29 seconds - 479 KBWe're not bringing you an episode this week. We're taking some time to think about the systems we take part in and how those perpetuate anti black racism and the effects of that on the work in this field. We'd like to bring you meaningful conversations around those systems and how we can change them and ourselves. We encourage everyone to explore the amazing work of Black in AI, Data Science Africa and Shut Down STEM. Take care of yourselves, take care of each other, and stay tuned. See ...
Predicting Floods and Really Doing Good
May 29, 2020 20:24 - 39 minutes - 35.9 MBIn this episode of Talking Machines we talk with Sella Nevo of Google Research about the Google Flood Forecasting Project, what they've been doing, and what is means to really move the needle on AI for Good. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
ICLR: accessible, inclusive, virtual
May 14, 2020 17:15 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MBIn episode eight of season six we talk with Alexander Rush and Shakir Mohamed about their work on ICLR this year which was first to take place in Ethiopia and then became totally virtual! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Humans in the Loop and Outside of the Classroom
May 01, 2020 02:10 - 38 minutes - 34.9 MBIn episode seven of season six we talk with Michael Littman about his work in reinforcement learning, on scientific communication, and in the classroom. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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April 16, 2020 19:39 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MBIn episode eight of season six we chat with Professor Terry Sejnowski about his work, the evolution of the field, and the development of the NeurIPS conference. We taped this episode live and took questions from the audience. Want to join our "studio audience"? Check out @tlkngmchns on Twitter.
The Evolution of ML and Furry Little Animals
April 16, 2020 19:39 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MBIn episode six of season six we chat with Professor Terry Sejnowski about his work, the evolution of the field, and the development of the NeurIPS conference. We taped this episode live and took questions from the audience. Want to join our "studio audience"? Check out @tlkngmchns on Twitter. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Talking Machines Live and Understanding Modeling Viruses
April 03, 2020 00:15 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBEpisode five of season six is our first live episode! We talk with Elaine Nsoesie of Boston University about modeling disease and Covid 19 in the African context. plus we take listen questions live! Want to join our "studio audience" check out our twitter feed for how to sign up! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Prioritizing Problems and 100 episodes
March 20, 2020 04:00 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBEpisode four of season six is our 100th episode! (Well it's Katherine's). We take a break from our regular format for Neil and Katherine to chat about the current situation around Covid-19, understanding exponentials, and what impact this might have on how problems get prioritized. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Great AI Fallacy
March 05, 2020 21:47 - 48 minutes - 44 MBIn this episode we talk about the Great AI Fallacy, take a listener question about Federated Learning, and catch up with Ross Goodwin and Oscar Sharp See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
If a Machine Could Predict Your Death, Should it?
February 20, 2020 22:45 - 18 minutes - 16.6 MBin episode two of season six we hear Ziad Obermeyer's talk from TedX Boston entitled If a Machine Could Predict Your Death, Should it? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Predicting the Decade and Distributing Conferences
February 06, 2020 20:13 - 1 hour - 61.1 MBIn episode one of season six we make some predictions about what will happen in the field in the next decade and talk with Margot Gerritsen about her work and WiDS You can listen to the WiDS podcast here! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Debating Project Debater and Hello NeurIPS
November 21, 2019 21:51 - 41 minutes - 38.3 MBIn our last episode for season five Katherine and Neil debate his debating project debater and talk about whats coming up at NeurIPS. Hope to see you there! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
De-Enchanting AI with the Law
November 07, 2019 23:32 - 20 minutes - 18.5 MBin episode twenty two of season five we hear a talk from Kenneth Anderson on how the field of AI and the law can work together to form regulation from TedX Boston See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
How to Ask an Actionable Question
October 25, 2019 01:26 - 38 minutes - 35.7 MBIn Episode 21 of Season five we sit down with Marzyeh Ghassemi to talk about her work and how she's refined her focus. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Children are the Future and Ada Lovelace Day
October 10, 2019 20:09 - 54 minutes - 50.2 MBIn episode twenty of season five we talk with Neil about a discussion he had about the impact of ML tools on children talk about the new Diversity Dashboard from the Turing Institute in response to a question about cool things for Ada Lovelace day plus we sit down with Corinna Cortes of Google AI See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Children are the Future and Ada Lovelace Day
October 10, 2019 20:09 - 54 minutes - 50.2 MBIn episode twenty of season five we talk with Neil about a discussion he had about the impact of ML tools on children talk about the new Diversity Dashboard from the Turing Institute in response to a question about cool things for Ada Lovelace day plus we sit down with Corinna Cortes of Google AI See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
News from Neil and Updates from DALI
September 26, 2019 12:53 - 1 hour - 62.8 MBIn episode eighteen of season five we talk about DALI, get some big news about the next thing for Neil and talk with Benjamin Akera. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
A Cooperative Path to Artificial Intelligence
September 13, 2019 02:15 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MBIn episode eighteen of season five we hear Michael Littman's talk A Cooperative Path to Artificial Intelligence See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
What Does Red Sound Like
August 30, 2019 01:56 - 49 minutes - 45.8 MBIn episode seventeen of season five we talk about Why Red Doesn't Sound Like a Bell, take a listener question about our Turing brackets (and Invent the Very Good Sort Awards) and listen to a chat with Tewodros Abebe See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Not What But Why
August 15, 2019 16:49 - 19 minutes - 18.3 MBIn this episode of Talking Machines we take a listen to Professor Engelhardt's TedX Boston talk, Not What But Why: Machine Learning for Understanding Genomics See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Not What But Why
August 15, 2019 16:49 - 19 minutes - 18.3 MBIn this episode of Talking Machines we take a listen to Professor Engelhardt's TedX Boston talk, Not What But Why: Machine Learning for Understanding Genomics See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Idea Pandemics and Workshop Walkthrough
August 01, 2019 21:36 - 59 minutes - 54.3 MBin episode 15 of season five of Talking Machines we' chat about the recently announced workshops at NeurIPS 2019, find ourselves in the middle of an I Love Lucy Episode about technical term usage and talk with Randy Goebel of the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Idea Pandemics and Workshop Walkthrough
August 01, 2019 21:36 - 59 minutes - 54.3 MBin episode 15 of season five of Talking Machines we' chat about the recently announced workshops at NeurIPS 2019, find ourselves in the middle of an I Love Lucy Episode about technical term usage and talk with Randy Goebel of the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
PosterSession.ai and Deep Quaggles
July 18, 2019 20:52 - 45 minutes - 41.5 MBIn episode 14 of season five we talk about On the marginal likelihood and cross-validation, Katherine is STILL excited about PosterSession.ai, we invent Deep Quaggles and listen to a conversation with professor Elaine Nsoesie of BU See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The View from Addis Ababa
July 04, 2019 16:04 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MBIn episode thirteen of season five we bring you a the rest of our conversation with Michael Melese from Addis Ababa University and Charles Saidu of Baze University Abuja See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
DSA Addis Ababa and ICML Los Angeles
June 21, 2019 00:55 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MBIn episode twelve of season five we bring you a rundown of Data Science Africa's latest workshop answer a listener question about what got us excited at ICML and hear the first part of our conversation with Michael Melese from Addis Ababa University and Charles Saidu of Baze University Abuja See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Data Trusts and Citation Trends
June 06, 2019 23:52 - 54 minutes - 49.7 MBIn episode eleven of season five, we dig in to just what a data trust actually is, take a look at citation trends and other places (PMLR) you can dig up data to understand the field and talk with Raia Hadsell of DeepMind. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Reproducibly and Revisiting History
May 23, 2019 14:55 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MBIn episode ten of season five we talk about reproducibility, take a listener question on re understanding the history of the field given where we are now and how other fields are reviewing their own history and listen to a conversation with Graham Taylor of the Vector Institute. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Reproducibly and Revisiting History
May 23, 2019 14:55 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MBIn episode ten of season five we talk about reproducibility, take a listener question on re understanding the history of the field given where we are now and how other fields are reviewing their own history and listen to a conversation with Graham Taylor of the Vector Institute. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Insights from AISTATS
May 10, 2019 02:12 - 52 minutes - 47.8 MBIn episode nine of season five we talk about some interesting work from AISTATS, dive into unbiased implicit variational inference, and chat with Jon McAuliffe CIO of Voleon See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Insights from AISTATS
May 10, 2019 02:12 - 52 minutes - 47.8 MBIn episode nine of season five we talk about some interesting work from AISTATS, dive into unbiased implicit variational inference, and chat with Jon McAuliffe CIO of Voleon See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Deep End of Deep Learning
April 25, 2019 22:01 - 19 minutes - 17.8 MBIn this episode as we prep for ICLR we take a break from our usual format to bring you a talk from Hugo LaRochelle at TedX Boston on Deep Learning. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Exploring MARS and Getting back to Bayesics
April 11, 2019 12:34 - 1 hour - 63.1 MBIn episode seven of season five of we chat about MARS and Re: MARS OpenAI's status changes and We talk with Jasper Snoek of Google Brain See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Sweetness of a Bitter Lesson and Bringing ML and Healthcare Closer
March 28, 2019 21:38 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MBIn episode six of season five we talk about Richard Sutton's A Bitter Lesson. Chat about IEEE's new Ethical Guidelines and talk with Andrew Beam Senior Fellownn at Flagship Pioneering, Head of Machine Learning for Flagship VL57 and Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Here are some of the papers we got to chat about! Also, VL57 is hiring! Adversarial attacks on Medical ML Science paper Finlayson, S.G., Bowers, J.D., Ito, J., Zittr...
Slowed Down Conferences and Even More Summer Schools
March 14, 2019 22:11 - 43 minutes - 39.4 MBIn episode five of season five we talk about the Stu Hunter conference, Summer schools options (DLRLSS!) and chat with Adrian Weller of the Alan Turing Institute See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jupyter Notebooks and Modern Model Distribution
February 28, 2019 19:34 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MBIn episode four of season five we talk about Jupyter Notebooks and Neil's dream of a world craft software and devices, we take a listener question about the conversation surrounding Open AI's GPT-2 its announcement and the coverage and we hear an interview with Brooks Paige of the Alan Turing Instiute See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Real World Real Time and Five Papers for Mike Tipping
February 15, 2019 01:11 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBIn season five episode three we chat about take a listener question about Five Papers for Mike Tipping, take a listener question on AIAI and chat with Eoin O'Mahony of Uber Here are Neil's five papers. What are yours? Stochastic variational inference by Hoffman, Wang, Blei and Paisley http://arxiv.org/abs/1206.7051 A way of doing approximate inference for probabilistic models with potentially billions of data ... need I say more? Austerity in MCMC Land: Cutting the Metropolis Hastings b...
Real World Real Time and Five Papers for Mike Tipping
February 15, 2019 01:11 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBIn season five episode three we chat about take a listener question about Five Papers for Mike Tipping, take a listener question on AIAI and chat with Eoin O'Mahony of Uber Here are Neil's five papers. What are yours? Stochastic variational inference by Hoffman, Wang, Blei and Paisley http://arxiv.org/abs/1206.7051 A way of doing approximate inference for probabilistic models with potentially billions of data ... need I say more? Austerity in MCMC Land: Cutting the Metropolis Hastings by...
The Bezos Paradox and Machine Learning Languages
February 01, 2019 03:12 - 41 minutes - 37.6 MBIn episode two of season five we unpack the Bezos Paradox (TM Neil Lawrence) take a listener question about best papers and chat with Dougal Maclaurin of Google Brain. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Bezos Paradox and Machine Learning Languages
February 01, 2019 03:12 - 41 minutes - 37.6 MBIn episode two of season five we unpack the Bezos Paradox (TM Neil Lawrence) take a listener question about best papers and chat with Dougal Maclaurin of Google Brain. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Being Global Bit by Bit
January 17, 2019 23:12 - 48 minutes - 44.8 MBIn episode one of season five we talk about Bit by Bit, take a listener question on machine learning gatherings on the African continent (Deep Learning INDABA! DSA!) and hear an interview with Daphne Koller recorded at ODSC West See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Being Global Bit by Bit
January 17, 2019 23:12 - 48 minutes - 44.8 MBIn episode one of season five we talk about Bit by Bit, take a listener question on machine learning gatherings on the African continent (Deep Learning INDABA!DSA!) and hear an interview with Daphne Koller recorded at ODSC West See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Possibility Of Explanation and The End of Season Four
November 29, 2018 15:03 - 18 minutes - 16.7 MBFor the end of season four we take a break from our regular format and bring you a talk from Professor Finale Doshi Velez of Harvard University on the possibility of explanation Tune in next season! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Possibility Of Explanation and The End of Season Four
November 29, 2018 15:03 - 18 minutes - 16.7 MBFor the end of season four we take a break from our regular format and bring you a talk from Professor Finale Doshi Velez of Harvard University on the possibility of explanation Tune in next season! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Neural Information Processing Systems and Distributed Internal Intelligence Systems
November 16, 2018 00:17 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBIn episode twenty one of season four we talk about distributed intelligence systems (mainly those internal to humans), talk about what were excited to see at the Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems and in advance of our trek to Canada we chat with Garth Gibson president and CEO of the Vector Institute. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Data Driven Ideas and Actionable Privacy
November 01, 2018 13:05 - 45 minutes - 41.5 MBIn episode twenty of season four we talk about the importance of crediting your data, answer a listener question about internships vs salaried positions and talk with Matt Kusner of the Alan Turing institute the UK’s national institute for data science and AI. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.