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An interview with Michael Snyder, one of the world’s top genetic scientists. Prof. Snyder is Chairman of the Genetics Department and Director of the Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine at Stanford University. He’s also a co-founder of several successful biotechnology companies, a pioneer in the use of Big Data in medicine and the author of the recent book “Genomics & Personalized Medicine: What Everyone Needs to Know.”
A discussion of the Kepler and K2 Mission, operated by NASA’s Ames Research Center, whose purpose is to locate planets in other solar systems that might be capable of supporting life. The original Kepler Mission, launched in 2009, found many such “exoplanets” but when two of its stabilizers failed it was presumed dead. But an ingenious fix brought it back to life, and now it’s doing better science than ever before. The guests are all NASA astrophysicists. They are project scientist Jessie Dotson, data scientist Geert Barantsen, and support scientist Christina Hedges.
This episode features the Piper Computer Kit, which enables children aged 7 to 12 to build and program their own computers, thereby teaching them how to be creative problem solvers. The Piper company has raised over $10 million in venture capital, and one of its early boosters was Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak. The guests are Mark Pavlyukovskyy CEO of Piper, who was recently named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list, and Joel Sadler, PhD, Chief Technology Officer of Piper, who as a Stanford student helped create an affordable prosthetic knee that is now used by thousands of people around the world.
A discussion about blockchain, the technology behind bitcoin, the virtual currency that’s making big waves in the financial world. Some people say blockchain technology could cause revolutionary changes in our entire economy. The guest is Kartik Gada. executive director at Woodside Capital Partners. He’s an authority on financial technology of which blockchain is becoming an increasingly important part, and is the author of “The ATOM,” an online book that describes how people can benefit from disruptive technological changes.
A discussion of the latest advances in brain science with guest Michael Merzenich, Professor Emeritus of Neuroscience at the University of California at San Francisco. Professor Merzenich has been a pioneer in brain science for 50 years, and is a pioneer in the field of brain plasticity, which holds that mental habits can be modified using the right methods. He is also the founder and chief scientific officer of Posit Science, a company that uses brain plasticity to develop new behavioral therapies. He’s the author of the recent book “Soft-Wired: How the New Science of Brain Plasticity Can Change Your Life.”
An interview with Joy Mountford, an internationally recognized leader in the field of user interfaces. In the 1990’s, as head of the human interface group at Apple Computer, she played a major role in the design of their Quicktime software. She also served as vice president of user experience design at Yahoo. She was the founder of the International Design Expo, which for over 20 years has helped develop the next generation of design innovators for education and industry. She’s currently global lead of Interaction Design for the Ford Motor Company at Ford’s Palo Alto Research Center, where she’s working on interfaces for autonomous vehicles.
A discussion on the future of automobiles with Stephen Zoepf, Executive Director of the Center for Automotive Research at Stanford (CARS), which brings together representatives of industry, academia and government to study how cars of the future can be more human friendly. With industry affiliate partners like GM, Ford and Toyota, CARS studies electric cars, solar cars, self driving “smart” cars and more, and reexamines all of the assumptions behind automotive transportation.
A discussion of “Big Data,” a term that refers to the collection of very large quantities of digital information, and the use of powerful analytic tools to detect trends and patterns that would otherwise be invisible. It has many potential uses, such as helping us to better visualize economic trends, climate trends, and demographic trends. But it also carries serious risks, such as loss of privacy and vulnerability to manipulation. The guests are Dave Nielsen, Technical Program Manager in the Big Data Technologies group at Intel Corporation, and Bhairav Mehta, a Senior Data Scientist and Technical Program Manager at Apple, where he specializes in data analytics.
A discussion of artificial intelligence as a business. Which AI companies are likely to be successful? What are the most important trends in AI, and how can people profit from the rapid growth of AI? The guest is Kartik Gada, executive director at Woodside Capital Partners where he specializes in investments in AI companies. He’s also the author of “The ATOM,” an e-book that describes how people can benefit from disruptive technological changes.
A discussion about the Internet of Things (IoT), the growing trend to connect just about everything, including inanimate objects, to the Internet. Modern low cost sensors can gather information in almost any environment and transmit it to the Internet where it can be used in any number of ways. What would a totally connected world look like? That’s what we discuss with our three guests. Steve Eglash is executive director of the Secure Internet of Things Project at Stanford University, Phil Levis is an associate professor of computer science and electrical engineering at Stanford, and co-director of the Secure Internet of Things Project and Keith Winstein is an assistant professor of computer science at Stanford, where his work centers on advanced networking and Internet security.
