Immigrant Computer Scientists

Episode 43. Two Computer Scientists who encountered major illnesses in their lives (Tuberculosis, Breast Cancer) talk about how they navigated it, and used their experience to improve their education and research directions. Features immigrants from Chile and Moldova+Israel. Featuring: Ricardo Baeza-Yates, Regina Barzilay. Remix Episode from Seasons 1 & 2.

Episode 42. Punched Cards! Three technologists (all of whom have been both Profs and worked in industry) talk about their experience with early computing and punched cards while in their college in the 1960s-80s. Features immigrants from Israel and Brazil. Featuring: Moshe Vardi, Rico Malvar, Tal Rabin. Remix Episode from Seasons 1 & 2. 

Episode 41. Alternate Realities.  If you're an immigrant to the US/Canada, have you ever wondered, "What would my life have been like if I'd instead been born and grown up in US/Canada?" I asked seven accomplished and prominent immigrant Computer Scientists (from academia, industry, entrepreneurs) this question. Featuring: Regina Barzilay, Tal Rabin, Ion Stoica, Rada Mihalcea, Thamar Solorio, Moshe Vardi, Ricardo Baeza-Yates. Remix Episode from Season 2.

Episode 40. Pregnancy can affect the career of women researchers and entrepreneurs. In this episode we talk to a Professor and a successful Startup Founder about how they navigated this stage of their lives. This episode contains concrete and amazing advice! Featuring: Thamar Solorio (Prof U. Houston) and Soodeh Farokhi (Founder C2RO and VP Nakisa).

Episode 39. Random Ways to Start Research. Five distinguished Computer Scientists talk about the role that random chance played in getting them started with research itself or their specific research area. Featuring: Rada Mihalcea, Tal Rabin, Regina Barzilay, Moshe Vardi, Thamar Solorio. Remix Episode from Season 2.

Episode 38. Impostor Syndrome. And Failures and Rejections: How Seven accomplished and prominent Computer Scientists (from academia, industry, entrepreneurs) handle them in their career and life. Featuring: Pratima Rao Gluckman, Regina Barzilay, Tal Rabin, Ion Stoica, Rada Mihalcea, Thamar Solorio, Ricardo Baeza-Yates. Remix Episode from Season 2.

Episode 37. Conversation with 6 IITans in Silicon Valley (IIT Madras CS Batch of 1998) about the human tendency to compare oneself to others.

Episode 36: Season 2 Finale Episode! Featuring 4 Acts: Native American Code Talkers, Stuck in Visa Limbo inside the US, and Two Personal Thoughts from the host. 

Episode 35: Interview with Ricardo Baeza-Yates, Professor at Northeastern University (Silicon Valley). ACM Fellow and IEEE Fellow. Best-selling textbook author. Startup founder, Former Lead of Multiple Yahoo! Labs, and Faculty in Chile. Has lived and worked on 4 continents (S and N America, Europe, Asia). Grew up in Chile.

Episode 34: Interview with Thamar Solorio, Professor at University of Houston. Renowned researcher in Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning. Immigrant from Mexico in 2005.