Catalyzing Computing

Khari Douglas interviews Gregory D. Hager, a professor of computer science at Johns Hopkins University and the founding director of the Johns Hopkins Malone Center for Engineering in Healthcare. In this episode, Hager discusses the use of robots in surgery and the future of telemedicine.

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Language of Surgery - (1:18)

Automated Robotic Surgery - (13:13)

Future of Computing and Medical Uses - (20:40)

Future of Telemedicine - (32:14)

Outro - (42:36)

Khari Douglas interviews Gregory D. Hager, a professor of computer science at Johns Hopkins University and the founding director of the Johns Hopkins Malone Center for Engineering in Healthcare. In this episode, Hager discusses tactile perception, the founding of the Malone Center, and data privacy.

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Greg's Background - (1:10)

Tactile Perception - (6:35)

Malone Center for Engineering in Healthcare - (11:47)

Data Privacy - (31:40)

Outro - (36:43)

In this episode Khari Douglas interviews Dr. Burcin Tamer and Heather Wright, respectively the Director and Associate Director of the CRA’s Center for Evaluating the Research Pipeline (CERP). We discuss CERPs ongoing projects and the benefits of diversity in computing.

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What is CERP - (1:08)

Data Buddies - (4:20)

Notable Evaluation Results - (12:06)

Evaluating NSF REUs -(20:40)

Communications Methods - (25:27)

BPC Net -(29:19)

Benefits of Diversity - (38:03)

Outro - (48:40)

Part two of Khari Douglas' interview with Dr. Mark D. Hill, the Gene M. Amdahl and John P. Morgridge Professor Emeritus of Computer Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Chair Emeritus of the CCC Council. This episode was recorded prior to Dr. Hill joining Microsoft as a Partner Hardware Architect with Azure. His research interests include parallel computer system design, memory system design, computer simulation, deterministic replay and transactional memory. In this episode, Mark discusses the importance of hardware security, the impact of AI on hardware, and working in academia vs industry.

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Hardware Security & Vulnerabilities - (1:01)

Mark’s Involvement with CCC/CRA - (5:58)

AI and the Future of Hardware - (10:38)

Simulation of Computer Hardware - (14:00)

Thoughts on Running Successful A Successful Organization - (18:11)

Academia Versus Industry - (23:53)

Future of Computing Research - (28:24)

Outro - (30:56)

Khari Douglas interviews Dr. Mark D. Hill, the Gene M. Amdahl and John P. Morgridge Professor Emeritus of Computer Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Chair Emeritus of the CCC Council. This episode was recorded prior to Dr. Hill joining Microsoft as a Partner Hardware Architect with Azure. His research interests include parallel computer system design, memory system design, computer simulation, deterministic replay and transactional memory. In this episode Hill discusses the importance of computer architecture, the 3C model of cache behavior, and overcoming the end of Moore’s law.

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What is Computer Architecture? - (1:01)

Three C Model of Cache Behavior - (5:40)

Log-based Transactional Memory - (9:58)

End of Moore’s Law - (16:36)

Hardware accelerators - (20:40)

The Gables Model - (29:41)

Three Other Models of Computer System Performance - (32:24)

Outro - (36:15)

Part two of Khari Douglas' interview with Dr. Katie Siek, a professor in Informatics and the Chair of Informatics at Indiana University – Bloomington. Dr. Siek is interested in integrating pervasive technologies in health and wellness environments to study how technology affects interventions. Her research interests include human-computer interaction, ubiquitous computing, and health informatics. In this episode Katie discusses health disparities and how computing technologies can play a role in their reduction, as well as the challenges to doing health informatics research in the field.

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Sociotechnical Interventions for Health Disparity Reduction - (1:07)

Ethical Use of Data in Research - (14:36)

Challenges to Studying Usability of Technology Systems in the Wild - (20:50)

Social Media and Health - (28:05)

Proactive Health Informatics RU - (31:00)

Dream Health Informatics Research Center - (32:50)

Outro - (37:11)

Khari Douglas interviews Dr. Katie Siek, a professor in Informatics and the Chair of Informatics at Indiana University – Bloomington. Dr. Siek is interested in integrating pervasive technologies in health and wellness environments to study how technology affects interventions. Her research interests include human computer interaction, ubiquitous computing, and health informatics. In this episode Katie discusses health informatics, fitness trackers, data ownership, and aging in place.

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What is Informatics - (0:55)

Fitness Trackers and The Accuracy of Their Data - (9:20)

Data Ownership - (17:16)

Aging in Place - (22:42)

Outro - (34:17)

Khari Douglas interviews Dr. Behçet Açikmeşe. Behçet was a technologist and a senior member of the Guidance and Control (G&C) Analysis Group at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) from 2003 to 2012 where he developed guidance, control, and estimation algorithms for formation-flying spacecraft and distributed networked systems, proximity operations around asteroids and comets, and planetary landing. He is currently a Professor in Aeronautics & Astronautics, as well as Electrical & Computer Engineering, at the University of Washington and a member of their Autonomous Controls Lab. In this episode, Dr. Acikmese discusses control theory and the University of Washington Autonomous Controls Lab.

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Intro - (00:00)

Control Systems and Spaceflight - (01:31)

Convex vs. Non-convex Optimization - (10:25)

Markov Decision Process - (14:02)

Model Predictive Control - (19:43)

Lossless Convexification - (21:04)

University of Washington Autonomous Controls Lab - (25:00)

Assured Autonomy - (31:15)

Outro - (36:50)

Khari Douglas interviews Dr. Behçet Açikmeşe. Behçet was a technologist and a senior member of the Guidance and Control (G&C) Analysis Group at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) from 2003 to 2012 where he developed guidance, control, and estimation algorithms for formation-flying spacecraft and distributed networked systems, proximity operations around asteroids and comets, and planetary landing. He is currently a Professor in Aeronautics & Astronautics, as well as Electrical & Computer Engineering, at the University of Washington and a member of their Autonomous Controls Lab. In this episode, Dr. Açikmeşe discuss his time at JPL and what it takes to land a rover on Mars.

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Intro - (00:00)

Background and Joining NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory -(01:23)

Landing a Rover on Mars - (06:00)

Other Projects at JPL -(19:46)

Sensors on Spacecraft - (27:10)

Landing on Earth vs. Mars - (31:42)

Working at JPL and Career Advice - (33:55)

Outro - (40:56)

This episode of the podcast is taken from a video interview with Andreas Matt, co-founder and CEO of IMAGINARY, a non-profit organization for the communication of modern mathematics. this interview was recorded as part of traversing separation with the Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation, a non-profit which was established in 2013 to foster mathematics and computer science.The foundation organizes the annual Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF), a networking conference where 200 outstanding young researchers in mathematics and computer science interact with the recipients of the most renowned prizes in the field. In this episode, Andreas Matt discusses IMAGINARY and managing open source exhibitions, as well as the impact of the pandemic.