Today’s guest is Dan Schwartz, Dean of the Graduate School of Education. He’ll be interviewed by Colin Norick about his past, his current work, and how Symbolic Systems has been a defining theme throughout his experiences. He will also address topics relevant to students trying to navigate an interdisciplinary field or those trying to choose between Symbolic Systems and other majors.

Today’s guest is Hope Schroeder, an alumna of symbolic systems and former advising fellow. In her interview with Danya Adib, Hope shares her journey over the past four years at Stanford, discussing major declaration, study abroad, research, honors thesis, and post-graduate plans. Here’s Hope.

This episode our guest is Clay Kunz, a symsys alum and robotics engineer. He’ll be interviewed by Jñani Crawford, another student, about his views of the SymSys major and how it connects to his career and interest in exploratory robotics.

This episode our guest is Sandhini Agarwal, a senior majoring in Symbolic Systems and Philosophy. She’ll be interviewed by Isabelle Zhou, another student, about her experience concentrating in artificial intelligence, doing research in both natural language processing and human-computer interaction, and her interest in the ethics of technology.

Welcome to the first episode of Voices of Sym Sys. Each episode you’ll hear from a student, faculty, or alumnus related to symbolic systems, which is the interdisciplinary study of the relationship between minds, machines, and the world.

This episode our guest is John Liu, a symbolic systems major concentrating in decision making and rationality. He’ll be interviewed by Lucas Hornsby, another student, about his entrepreneurial endeavors and how Symbolic Systems has supported them, as well as his perspective as an international student pursuing an unconventional, interdisciplinary major.