This is episode 18 of the Biomedical Informatics Roundtable Podcast. Dr. Jason Moore hosts this episode with discussions of AI hype, tips for deep learning in the biomedical sciences, and service as a leader. This episode also features news, open data, and a journal club discussion.

In this episode, Jason and Marylyn are back together to discuss progress in their new leadership roles. Marylyn discusses her experience organizing and attending an in-person bioinformatics conference during the COVID-19 pandemic. The training segment covers strategies for teaching about and learning from failure. Multiple news items and other items of interest are discussed.

In this episode, Jason flies solo and announces his new position as founding Chair of the Department of Computational Biomedicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He is joined by Dr. Kevin Johnson from Vanderbilt University to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of changing institutions. News and items of interest are covered. Dr. John Holmes provides the second part of his history segment on expert systems. Jason talks about learning statistics in the training segment.

Show notes are on the podcast site: http://bmipodcast.org/podcast/episode-16-changing-institutions/

In this episode we discuss a non-profit called New Science which is promoting change in how research is done. We also discuss methods for finding the motivation and discipline to write papers, grants, etc. We include open software and open data segments in addition to our usual news and items of interest. We also feature part one of a two-part series on the history of expert systems led by Dr. John Holmes.

Links are in the show notes: http://bmipodcast.org/podcast/episode-15-writing-motivation/

In this episode we discuss tips for cultivating a career in informatics. We present a number of interesting news items in addition to some open data and software tools. We end with some advice for junior faculty just starting out.

Links are in the show notes: http://bmipodcast.org/podcast/episode-14-cultivating-an-informatics-career/

In this episode we discuss tips for cultivating a career in informatics. We present a number of interesting news items in addition to some open data and software tools. We end with some advice for junior faculty just starting out.

Links are in the show notes: http://bmipodcast.org/podcast/episode-14-cultivating-an-informatics-career/

In this 14th episode, we discuss how to pick a journal for publication and review a paper on federated machine learning. We also talk about strategies for dealing with a senior scientist who doesn’t have your best interests in mind. We include in this episode our open data and open software segments and also present news, conference updates, and other items of interest.

Links are in the show notes at https://bmipodcast.org/podcast/episode-13-federated-machine-learning/

In this 14th episode, we discuss how to pick a journal for publication and review a paper on federated machine learning. We also talk about strategies for dealing with a senior scientist who doesn’t have your best interests in mind. We include in this episode our open data and open software segments and also present news, conference updates, and other items of interest.

Links are in the show notes at https://bmipodcast.org/podcast/episode-13-federated-machine-learning/

In this thirteenth episode we introduce a new segment on informatics history led by Dr. John Holmes. We discuss data science training and offer advice to trainees of science networking. We also cover segments on open source software and open data in addition to our regular news and conference updates.

Show notes and links are here: http://bmipodcast.org/podcast/episode-12-inf/

In this thirteenth episode we introduce a new segment on informatics history led by Dr. John Holmes. We discuss data science training and offer advice to trainees of science networking. We also cover segments on open source software and open data in addition to our regular news and conference updates.

Show notes and links are here: http://bmipodcast.org/podcast/episode-12-inf/