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Science, technology, innovation, design, lifestyle, expat life, culture, entertainment, personal development, ... from the Eindhoven TopTech region. Radio interviews and podcasts created by the team of volunteers of Radio4Brainport.org.: Jean-Paul Linnartz, Ralu Nistor-Lustermans, Karishma Vij, Supriya Vij, Susan Smit, Stephen Harianto, Julie Allen, Limi Kalapurachal, Peter Simons, Jodie Trimble, Andrea Potgieter, Tatiana Kostina, Erika van der Merwe and others.

  1. Homewards: Building communities and belonging in Eindhoven

    5 SEP

    Homewards: Building communities and belonging in Eindhoven

    In this heartfelt episode, Meagin van der Westhuizen sits down with Andrea Agudelo to explore the Homewards program—an inclusive social initiative in Eindhoven designed to help newcomers and long-time residents alike feel truly connected to their city. Andrea shares her personal journey as a foreigner and her passion for creating spaces where people can meet, share, and build community beyond structured interactions. From discovering cozy coffee spots to forming lasting friendships, Homewards offers more than just information—it offers warmth, fun, and a sense of belonging. Whether you're new to Eindhoven or simply looking to reconnect, this episode will inspire you to take that first step toward community. 🔗 Registration is extended till September 12th.

    15 min
  2. Building Institutional Memory with AI: Jakub Zavrel on Enterprise Search

    3 SEP

    Building Institutional Memory with AI: Jakub Zavrel on Enterprise Search

    Iman Mossavat speaks with Jakub Zavrel, CEO and founder of Zeta Alpha, about how AI can enhance enterprise search and knowledge management. Zavrel explains that large language models are limited unless connected to company-specific data, and that retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems, fine-tuned to organizational domains, improve accuracy and trust. He emphasizes the importance of data engineering, benchmarks, and secure access control, and reflects on the evolving landscape of open versus proprietary models. The conversation also touches on broader issues such as AI regulation, societal impacts, workforce augmentation, and the long-term vision of empowering organizations through AI-driven institutional memory.

    34 min
  3. Opening Academic Year 2025 at TU Eindhoven, in a world full of geo-political tension.

    1 SEP

    Opening Academic Year 2025 at TU Eindhoven, in a world full of geo-political tension.

    TU/e Rector Magnificus Silvia Lenaerts kicked off the new academic year with an opening speech. A panel discussed the question: ‘What conditions must the Hague create to enable innovation clusters like Brainport to thrive and strengthen European competitiveness?’ Participants included Eindhoven mayor and former Minister of Finance Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Sophie in 't Veld (from 2004 to 2024 Member of the European Parliament), start-up advisor and Lightyear founder Lex Hoefsloot, and researcher Maaike Okano-Heijmans, program head of Geopolitics of Technology and Digitization at the Clingendael Institute. This year, TU Eindhoven invited Dutch Minister of Defense Ruben Brekelmans, who sketched a world not of closer cooperation, but of strategic rivalry: "Imperalism is back almost everywhere, including in Europe. In 2030 Putin wants to be ready for a large scale confrontation with NATO. In short, the Netherlands is not at war today. But we’re not living fully in peace, either. We’re living in the grey zone between war and peace. Russia is testing our readiness and studying our preparedness. This is not only with hard military power, as we all know, it is already conducting hybrid attacks in Europe, such as cyber-attacks and sabotage operations." According to the minister, innovation and new technologies make the difference for our own security. "That’s why the region of Eindhoven is crucial to our security. Nowadays, we often talk about Defence expenditures, but it is better to talk about Defence investments. Our Defence budgets should not only be an investment in our security, but also in our economy, innovation, technology and our scientific qualities. We need to create more reciprocal opportunities – stimulating science and the economy, foster innovation, employment and entrepreneurship in this region, and incorporate insights and innovation into all areas of Defence operations." His talk was interrupted several times by pro-Palestine activities. TUe and the minister offered to handle a couple of questions after the presentation, provided that he could finish his talk first. As activities continued to interrupt the talk, police intervene

    2 min
  4. The Great Walk Europe – Walking Across 5 Countries for Change: In a world with empty homes, homelessness should not exist

    17 AGO

    The Great Walk Europe – Walking Across 5 Countries for Change: In a world with empty homes, homelessness should not exist

    On Tea-Talk, Karishma and Supriya speak with Andrew Funk and Toby Plüss at PSV Stadium in Eindhoven during their incredible journey, The Great Walk Europe. Having already walked across Austria and Germany, they’re now in the Netherlands, with Belgium and Spain still ahead. Their mission: over 850 km, more than 20 marathons, and 1 million steps to raise awareness and funds for people experiencing homelessness. Their message is clear: No one should have to sleep on the streets. Discover their story, the challenges so far, and how you can join them for a stage to make a difference, one step at a time.

    22 min
  5. Folded Narratives: AI, Protein Prediction, and Scientific Silos

    10 AGO

    Folded Narratives: AI, Protein Prediction, and Scientific Silos

    Iman Mossavat speaks with Professor Daniel Cremers, Director of the Munich Center for Machine Learning, Professor at the Technical University of Munich, and one of Germany's most distinguished AI researchers. Cremers is a recipient of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize and the 2024 ECCV Koenderink Test of Time Award. They discuss the groundbreaking work his team carried out in protein structure prediction back in 2016, years before AlphaFold made headlines. Although this work was presented at NeurIPS 2016, the flagship machine learning conference, in front of thousands of researchers, it was largely overlooked in subsequent citations. Beyond the science, Cremers reflects on the tension between academia and Big Tech, the challenges of recognition in a fast-moving field, and what it means to pursue meaningful work in AI today.

    45 min
  6. XLSTM Rivals Transformers at Just 10% Deployment Energy Cost – with Sepp Hochreiter

    29 JUL

    XLSTM Rivals Transformers at Just 10% Deployment Energy Cost – with Sepp Hochreiter

    Join Iman Mossavat on the Radio 4 Brainport podcast, "Deep Dives with Iman." This episode features Professor Sepp Hochreiter, a pioneer renowned for his foundational AI work, including Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) and identifying vanishing gradients. Discover his journey, AI breakthroughs, and the future of large models. The discussion covers LSTM's evolution, its widespread use in devices and applications from Amazon Alexa, to Android for text completion and speech, before the rise of Transformers. Hear about the new XLSTM, an enhanced version matching Transformer performance while being significantly faster and more energy-efficient for deployment (inference), especially for long contexts. Learn how XLSTM-based models like TiRex, the King of Time, lead in time series predictions, beating competitors from major companies and representing a European innovation. Professor Hochreiter also shares insights on AI's industrialization, focusing on specialized, smaller models for machinery and production processes. XLSTM is open source and suited for smaller devices, making it accessible for companies and academic institutions.

    27 min
  7. Digital Detectives: The Science of Media Forensics with Dr. Nikoukhah, GetReal Research Director

    20 JUL

    Digital Detectives: The Science of Media Forensics with Dr. Nikoukhah, GetReal Research Director

    In this episode of Deep Dives with Iman, host Iman Mossavat speaks with Dr. Tina Nikoukhah, Director of Research at GetReal Security and recipient of the L’Oréal-UNESCO Young Talent Award. A specialist in media forensics, Tina discusses the increasing sophistication of synthetic media and the blurring of the line between what is real and what appears to be. She describes how GetReal uncovers the "hidden fingerprints" left by image and video processing, and how techniques like watermarking and C2PA, a kind of "nutrition label" for content, help track manipulation. Passive analysis methods and metadata inspection offer further insight into content authenticity. Tina emphasizes the foundational role of mathematics and signal processing in the field, as well as the broader challenge of building public awareness. Rather than labeling content as simply real or fake, Tina stresses the importance of transparency and trust in today's digital media landscape.

    26 min
  8. Bayesian Inference and the Brain with Hadi Vafaii

    14 JUL

    Bayesian Inference and the Brain with Hadi Vafaii

    Can probability theory help explain how the mind works? In this episode of Deep Dives with Iman, host Iman Mossavat talks with Dr. Hadi Vafaii, a postdoctoral scholar at UC Berkeley’s Redwood Center for Theoretical Neuroscience, working in Jacob Yates’s lab. The conversation focuses on “perception as inference”—a century-old idea that continues to influence modern neuroscience, from predictive coding to the free energy principle. While rooted in probability theory and Bayesian statistics, Hadi builds intuition step by step, using simple, relatable examples. He explains how the brain interprets the world by guessing the hidden causes behind what we see and hear, combining prior knowledge with new evidence. The episode also explores how personal beliefs and life experiences shape interpretation and why uncertainty is a vital part of life rather than a weakness.

    20 min
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Science, technology, innovation, design, lifestyle, expat life, culture, entertainment, personal development, ... from the Eindhoven TopTech region. Radio interviews and podcasts created by the team of volunteers of Radio4Brainport.org.: Jean-Paul Linnartz, Ralu Nistor-Lustermans, Karishma Vij, Supriya Vij, Susan Smit, Stephen Harianto, Julie Allen, Limi Kalapurachal, Peter Simons, Jodie Trimble, Andrea Potgieter, Tatiana Kostina, Erika van der Merwe and others.

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