Conditionally Accepted with Ding Li

Dingzeyu Li

5.0 (7)
CAREERS
UPDATED BIWEEKLY

Welcome to the Conditionally Accepted Podcast! I'm your host, Ding Li. By day, I work on AI and ML research and creative tools. But here, we dive into the intersection of work, career, investment, life, and occasionally, research. Want to get in touch? Reach out to us at ding@dingzeyu.li.

09/16/2023

10. Tips on wrapping up your PhD and survive the job hunt

In this episode, we discuss strategies for wrapping up your PhD dissertation and preparing for life after grad school. I am your Host, Ding Li. and today we have Henrique and David share their experiences around finalizing PhD theses. We talk about focusing on the minimum viable product rather than perfectionism. A done thesis is better than a perfect thesis

37 min
08/12/2023

9. LLMs and Robotics | How can academia engage in expensive LLM research?

Large language models and GPT are trending these days. In this episode, Henrique and I sit down with David watkins from Boston Dynamic AI institute. We talk about how LLM is transforming robotics research. We dive into the cutting-edge research happening around generative models and foundation models like GPT, and how these powerful AI systems can be applied to robotics to enable new capabilities

27 min
07/23/2023

8. PhD Survival Guide: Top Lessons I Wish I Knew Earlier

If you are still working towards your PhD degree, this episode is for you

53 min
07/08/2023

7. Will you take a fully in-person job? Let's talk about hybrid and remote work!

Since 2020, many people at different tech companies have switched to a hybrid and remote work style, myself included and the same for many friends. Although this is already more or less true even before covid, now I feel like it's the default and I can't see a future where 100% in-person work makes sense for a lot of the software jobs out there

39 min
06/16/2023

6. Physical and Mental Fatigue at Work | Social Exhaustion

- 0:00 intro and work fatigu

40 min
05/20/2023

5. Different roles for Researcher in Small/Medium/Large Companies

A listener emailed me asking what to expect when switching from big tech to be a research lead at a smaller company. This inspires me to record this episode to share my thoughts on different roles researchers will take on in small/medium/large companies

12 min
05/13/2023

4. What makes a good research internship? Spoiler: it's more than just a paper.

What makes a good research internship

12 min
12/16/2022

3. Why become a professor in UK? Is UK more chill? (with Zahra Montazeri)

Zahra and I talked about her recent move from SF to Manchester UK and becoming a professor

20 min
10/15/2022

2. Layoff, Hiring Freeze, and what we can do (with Cat Chen)

Cat and I discuss about the layoff trend in the current recession. And more importantly, what can we all do when many companies have hiring freezes and layoffs

23 min
10/09/2022

1. Publish paper or build product? (with Henrique Maia)

Henrique and I chat about how I view publishing academic papers versus producitzing cutting edge research. Research engineers and research scientists are both popular job titles that PhD graduates chase after. What's their difference and similarity

18 min

10 Episodes

5

out of 5

7 Ratings

Welcome to the Conditionally Accepted Podcast! I'm your host, Ding Li. By day, I work on AI and ML research and creative tools. But here, we dive into the intersection of work, career, investment, life, and occasionally, research. Want to get in touch? Reach out to us at ding@dingzeyu.li.

Creator

Dingzeyu Li
Years Active

2022 - 2023
Episodes

10
Rating

Clean
Show Website

Conditionally Accepted with Ding Li

Conditionally Accepted with Ding Li

Episodes

10. Tips on wrapping up your PhD and survive the job hunt

9. LLMs and Robotics | How can academia engage in expensive LLM research?

8. PhD Survival Guide: Top Lessons I Wish I Knew Earlier

7. Will you take a fully in-person job? Let's talk about hybrid and remote work!

6. Physical and Mental Fatigue at Work | Social Exhaustion

5. Different roles for Researcher in Small/Medium/Large Companies

4. What makes a good research internship? Spoiler: it's more than just a paper.

3. Why become a professor in UK? Is UK more chill? (with Zahra Montazeri)

2. Layoff, Hiring Freeze, and what we can do (with Cat Chen)

1. Publish paper or build product? (with Henrique Maia)

Ratings & Reviews

About

Information