Adjmal Sarwary Podcast

Ever wondered how AI can be harnessed for the greater good? I talk to Dr. Paul Springer.

Paul has a background in theoretical physics and years of experience as a management and IT consultant. He’s also the co-founder and managing director of MI4People, a non-profit that develops open-source AI solutions for humanitarian, social, and environmental issues.

We dive into how AI can help tackle global challenges, the mission behind MI4People, and how technology can drive meaningful, positive change.

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Ever heard of digital therapeutics? Most people haven't. I talk to Jonas Albert. 

Jonas is a market access and strategy specialist for digital health markets, with a big focus on digital therapeutics. He is currently working as managing consultant for fbeta, Germany's leading consultancy in the area of product conception, evidence generations, general market access and price negotiations for reimbursable digital therapeutics. 

We cover many topics starting with what digital therapeutics are and where the innovation lies. How do different countries approach the process and what are business opportunities in this area.

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How does willpower work and how do underlying factors such as cognitive control and motivation influence it? We talk to Dr. Roshan Cools about her research.

We cover many topics ranging from reward and the role of dopamine as well as cognitive enhancers such as ritalin or adderall and if they are actually effective or not. 

We also touched upon how UX design could impact cognitive control and how you should think about it.

Our guest today is Prof. Pieter Medendorp. He is the head of the sensorimotor (http://sensorimotorlab.com/) lab at the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour.

In this conversation we talk about the science of sensory integration and transformation. Specifically, how these very fundamental processes impact us on a daily basis without us even realizing it. We discuss how our senses can fool us and how that experience can be fun. We also make links to industry and how forms of therapy and diagnosis can improve using these principles.

We most of the time don’t make rational decisions. It feels like feel like we are in control but that’s just an illusion. In this conversation we talk to Prof. Alan Sanfey (alansanfey.com) who is the principal investigator of the decision neuroscience lab (www.decisionneurosciencelab.com/) at the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior. We get a better idea of what drives our decisions, how industry is trying to use these concepts and also where it sometimes goes wrong.

Did you ever wonder what the career path looks like for a scientist? The academic system can feel obscure to outsiders and not easy to get into. To scientists themselves, it can create uncertainty and is also fiercely competitive. In this conversation, we talk to Dr. Ian Cameron (@ian_gm_cameron). Ian works at the exciting interface between academia, entrepreneurship, industry and society. We discuss the ‘standard’ career path, transfer of knowledge to society, and the relationship of academia and industry.

Did you ever go into a bar and felt comfortable and relaxed but didn’t know why? In this episode we talk to Ivar de Lange (ivardelange.com), an award winning bartender and entrepreneur with a background in medical psychology. Ivar gives us insights into how bars are setup and walks us through pitfalls beginning bar owners should avoid. We also touch upon the impact his medical psychology background has on his bartending career and expertise.

Sounds are all around us but how are they used to affect us? Even if we don’t think about it but sound logos are all around us. In this episode we talk to Erwin de Boer (@boer1993). He’s working as a marketing expert and has plenty of experience as a sound brand designer. He gives us a deeper look into different levels of sound branding and how these are approached and implemented.