"Machine learning will lead to a pivotal change in how scientific research is conducted by traditional researchers."
"What really excites me the most about deep learning is how it's easier and easier to deploy and train machine learning models."
"As a millennial I always believe in making a difference in the world and making an impact. I always envision myself as doing something that changes or helps thousands of people in a few years."
"I am very worried at how easy it is now to not distinguish between what is real and what is fake."

Season 01 Episode 10

Student-Driven Learning

Featuring Vaidheeswaran Archana

How do ambitious and driven students enhance their educational experience? Research engineer and recent graduate Vaidheeswaran Archana joins Dirk and Jon to talk AI and share her educational experiences.

Higher education changes slowly, far behind the pace of emerging technologies. To bridge the gap ambitious students hack their education with a combination of social and personal augmentations. Research engineer and recent graduate Vaidheeswaran Archana joins Dirk and Jon to share the ways in which things like Hackathons and student-run and founded research labs enhanced her formal university education in Chennai, India.

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Vaidheeswaran Archana

Research Engineer, Saama Technologies

As an electrical and electronics graduate, Vaidheeswaran Archana enjoys experimenting with a variety of machine learning and electronics projects. She currently works as a deep learning researcher at Saama Technologies in Chennai, India. Archana also has a passion for knowledge sharing and empowering women to pursue work in STEM fields.

Dirk Knemeyer

Producer

Dirk is a social futurist, helping to imagine and implement social systems that better humanity. His research on the human condition has taken him around the world, from North Korea to Nepal, and from an anti-immigration parade in Germany to meeting with a community leader in Ferguson, Missouri. Previously a design entrepreneur, he created successful technology companies in Silicon Valley, Boston, and his native Ohio.

Jonathan Follett

Producer

Jon is a writer, musician, and emerging tech researcher who is a principal at GoInvo, a design practice dedicated to innovation in healthcare. His published books include science fiction novel "Marvin and the Moths" with Scholastic and "Designing for Emerging Technologies" with O’Reilly. He produces electronic dance music under the name Jonny Fallout.

Season 01 Episode 10

Student-Driven Learning

Featuring Vaidheeswaran Archana

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Vaidheeswaran Archana

Dirk Knemeyer

Jonathan Follett

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