The Byte Club Podcast

If your computer could schedule your meetings, book your dental appointments, and also kept a lookout on Amazon for your wishlist products to go on sale, wouldn't that be a dream? In this week's episode, Akshaya explains how easy it might be to get that done and the woman who made it all possible. 

Wired Article on Pattie Maes:

https://www.wired.com/1997/12/maes-2/

Pattie Maes's Talks "Wearable Tech":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ-VjUKAsao&t=86s

Audio Credits Uppbeat: 

Intro: Summertime Jam by All Good Folks

End Credit: I Don't Need Your Love by Adi Goldstein

In the first ever guest episode on Byte Club, Aks and Beth take the backseat as Katherine (Kat) Kinder explains a day in the life of a photonics engineer, delves into the future of physics in Australia, and breaks down Interferometry. 

If you want to learn more from Kat or say hello: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katherine-kinder/

The Interferometer explained by LIGO: https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/page/what-is-interferometer

Audio Credits Uppbeat: 

Intro: Summertime Jam by All Good Folks

End Credit: I Don't Need Your Love by Adi Goldstein

Before Google, before even DOT COM, was Radia Perlman, and in this episode Beth takes us through the genius idea which was so simple that even drunken monkeys could understand it. 

Useful Links!

Hidden Heroes Article: https://hiddenheroes.netguru.com/radia-perlman

A helpful technical explanation of STP: https://youtu.be/GSKoQ8ZR8rw?si=Ow6suUMtYS9pTqnV

Radia chatting about STP and her design philosophy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3zJuMht5Kk&t=199s

Audio Credits Uppbeat: 

Intro: Summertime Jam by All Good Folks

Transition: Music Is by Pryces

End Credit: I Don't Need Your Love by Adi Goldstein

In this exciting new episode, Akshaya takes us into the exciting double life of Hedy Lamarr, starlet by day, inventor by night (or any spare time she had)! Tune in to know more about Hedy's rollercoaster ride of a life and take away some valuable lessons. 

Hedy & George's Infamous Patent:

https://www.history.com/news/hedy-lamarr-inventor-frequency-hopping-wifi 

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story by Alexandra Dean:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa_AA_byQ58

Audio Credits Uppbeat: 

Intro: Summertime Jam by All Good Folks

Transition: Music Is by Pryces

End Credit: I Don't Need Your Love by Adi Goldstein

In this episode, Beth takes us through the mind of Katie Bouman, who, with her team of researchers, made it possible to take the first-ever picture of the Black Hole. 

All Things Katie!

• Bouman’s TED Talk

• Bouman’s Caltech Lecture/Symposium

• Bouman’s PhD Thesis

Audio Credits Uppbeat: 

Intro: Summertime Jam by All Good Folks

Transition: Music Is by Pryces

End Credit: I Don't Need Your Love by Adi Goldstein

In this episode, Akshaya takes us through the life and times of Karen Spärck Jones, whose ground-breaking algorithm discovered in the 70s drives the mechanisms of search engines like Google even today. 

Here are some articles that will help you understand TF-IDF! 

1) https://www.semrush.com/blog/tf-idf/ 

2) https://monkeylearn.com/blog/what-is-tf-idf/

Check out Karen's lectures!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vwpo8Kz86W8

Audio Credits Uppbeat: 

Intro: Summertime Jam by All Good Folks

Transition: Music Is by Pryces

End Credit: I Don't Need Your Love by Adi Goldstein

Welcome to Byte Club! In this episode, Beth Curran and Akshaya Parthasarathy will be taking you through a quick tour of themselves, the origin of Byte Club and what to look forward to! 

Audio Credits Uppbeat: 

Intro: Summertime Jam by All Good Folks

End Credit: I Don't Need Your Love by Adi Goldstein