In this episode we’re bringing you my conversation with Joe Marks, Executive Director of the Center for Machine Learning and Healthcare at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh 

In this episode we cover:

• Growing up in Ireland and his path to coming to the US/Harvard for college
• His work in applied computing and research labs in multiple industries
• Joe’s work at CMU - at the intersection of big companies, university and government research to produce fast moving startups that can get venture investment 

Resources & People Mentioned

• Olympic event of Hammer Throwing
• Bolt, Beranek and Newman (BBN) where the ARPANET was built that became the internet
• DARPA (Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency)
• Ray Tomlinson, put the @ sign in email addresses
• The Battle of 73 Easting
• Bob Johansen, author of Leaders Make the Future
• Digital Equipment Corporation
• Mitsubishi Electric
• Disney Research
• Center is funded by
  • UPMC, integrated healthcare provider and insurer in Pennsylvania
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Roche
• Carl Kingsford co-founder of Ocean Genomics
• Gordon Moore Foundation
• The Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University

Connect with Joe

• Connect with Joe on LinkedIn
• Center for Machine Learning and Health at Carnegie Mellon University Website

Connect with Tim 

• Follow Refinery Ventures on Twitter: @RefineryVC
• Connect with Tim on LinkedIn
• Follow Refinery Ventures on LinkedIn

Subscribe to Fast Frontiers