Welcome to the first episode of the Young Vision Scientist podcast with your host, Reem Almagati! In this episode, we talk to Christian Shewmake, who is a rising second year in the Vision Science program. Christian shares how he got into vision science, his research in computational neuroscience and the 'problem of representation,' and the specific questions he's attempting to answer, especially in artificial neural networks and machine learning. He also shares his tips or advice that he's learned over his time in the program. Learn more about The Young Vision Scientist podcast hosted by the Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry and Vision Science at the University of California, Berkeley.