Jay Shah Podcast Jay Shah

Divy is a Program Manager and one of the founding members of  Google research in India. He is actively involved and leading strategic programs that connect academia and research at Google, programs that focus on AI-for-Social-Good initiatives, and educational programs for schools in India with a particular focus on building computer science foundations.

00:00:12 Introductions
00:01:12 Background prior to joining Google
00:08:40 Programs you are working on as a Program Manager at Google Research and what are your responsibilities
00:14:35 Lifecycle of a program & various phases
00:17:55 Getting involved in research while being a Program Manager
00:25:55 Learning skills for strategic thinking as a PM
00:35:08 How did you get your PM role at Google and what was the interview like?
00:40:35 Resources people can use to prepare for PM interviews
00:41:58 Difference b/w Product vs Program vs Technical Manager
00:46:10 Previous experiences that helped develop skills for Program Manage role
00:53:58 Tips on being more organized with work

Divy's Homepage: https://sites.google.com/view/divythakkar
Twitter: https://twitter.com/divy93t
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/divythakkar/

About the Host:
Jay is a Ph.D. student at Arizona State University, doing research on building Interpretable AI models for Medical Diagnosis.
Jay Shah: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shahjay22/

You can reach out to https://www.public.asu.edu/~jgshah1/ for any queries.
Stay tuned for upcoming webinars!

#research #programmanager #googleresearch #india #aiforsocialgood #manager 

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Watch the full conversation with Dr. Manish Gupta here: https://youtu.be/-Tl6-DKxEMU

Dr. Manish Gupta is currently the Director of Google Research in India. Prior to that he was the Vice-president and led the Xerox Research Center in India majorly working on data analytics and mobile computing. Before that, he was also at IBM research in India leading the efforts and building a lab focused on high-performance computing and business analytics. He also led the efforts at Goldman Sachs developing technologies relating to cloud, databases, and networking aiding business functions. We also co-founded and was the CEO of an educational technology startup called VideoKen. 

Dr. Manish Gupta's Homepage
https://www.iiitb.ac.in/faculty/manish-gupta
https://research.google/people/106704/

About the Host:
Jay is a Ph.D. student at Arizona State University, doing research on building Interpretable AI models for Medical Diagnosis.
Jay Shah: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shahjay22/

You can reach out to https://www.public.asu.edu/~jgshah1/ for any queries.
Stay tuned for upcoming webinars!

#research #ai #machinelearning #googleresearch #india #aiforsocialgood

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Check out the full conversation with Hanie here: https://youtu.be/hFJLuqaSakA

Hanie is a senior research scientist at Google Brain working on research problems related to understanding and improving deep learning techniques. She works on designing algorithms with theoretical guarantees such that they work efficiently in real-world applications.  Prior to that, she was a research scientist at Allen Institute of AI, and before that she was a Post-Doc fellow at UC Irvine. She graduated from USC with a Ph.D. with minors in Mathematics. 

Dr. Hanie Sedghi's links
Twitter: https://twitter.com/haniesedghi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Homepage: https://haniesedghi.com/

About the Host:
Jay is a Ph.D. student at Arizona State University, doing research on building Interpretable AI models for Medical Diagnosis.
Jay Shah: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shahjay22/

You can reach out to https://www.public.asu.edu/~jgshah1/ for any queries.
Stay tuned for upcoming webinars!

#theoryofmachinelearning #deeplearning #ai #machinelearning #fundamentals

***Disclaimer: The information contained in this video represents the views and opinions of the speaker and does not necessarily represent the views or opinions of any institution. It does not constitute an endorsement by any Institution or its affiliates of such video content.***

Dr. Manish Gupta is currently the Director of Google Research in India. Prior to that he was the Vice-president and led the Xerox Research Center in India majorly working on data analytics and mobile computing. Before that he also at IBM research in India leading the efforts and building a lab focused on high-performance computing and business analytics. He also worked on the IBM Blue Gene supercomputer project in the early 2000s at IBM TJ Watson research center for which IBM received the National Medal of Technology and Innovation from the President of the US. He also led the efforts at Goldman Sachs developing technologies relating to cloud, databases, and networking aiding business functions. We also co-founded and was the CEO of an educational technology startup called VideoKen. He has received many distinguished awards for his efforts and has coauthored many academic papers in the domains of computer science.

Time-Stamps
00:00:00 Introductions
00:01:50 What kind of research projects are you currently spearheading at Google Research and what does your work routine look like?
00:06:30 What was your thought process prior to joining Google Research?
00:13:40 What’s the difference between a Researcher | Senior Researcher | Director of research?
00:23:00 What should robust AI systems look like?
00:33:22 How do you decide which research problems to work on?
00:46:46 What kind of challenges have you encountered while working on AI research problems specific to India?
00:56:15 How do you design and evaluate the impact of these AI projects?
00:59:27 What made you consider shifting back to India after a long streak of a career in the USA? What factors did you consider?
01:03:06 Any skills you would suggest students nurture apart from technical expertise?
01:05:40 There’s always a concern about AI usage and automation. Where do you think the balance lies?

Dr. Manish Gupta's Homepage
https://www.iiitb.ac.in/faculty/manish-gupta
https://research.google/people/106704/

About the Host:
Jay is a Ph.D. student at Arizona State University, doing research on building Interpretable AI models for Medical Diagnosis.
Jay Shah: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shahjay22/

You can reach out to https://www.public.asu.edu/~jgshah1/ for any queries.
Stay tuned for upcoming webinars!

#research #ai #machinelearning #googleresearch #india #aiforsocialgood

***Disclaimer: The information contained in this video represents the views and opinions of the speaker and does not necessarily represent the views or opinions of any institution. It does not constitute an endorsement by any Institution or its affiliates of such video content.***

Hanie is a senior research scientist at Google Brain working on research problems related to understanding and improving deep learning techniques. She works on designing algorithms with theoretical guarantees such that they work efficiently in real-world applications.  Prior to that, she was a research scientist at  Allen Institute for AI, and before that she was a Post-Doc fellow at UC-Irvine. She graduated from USC with a Ph.D. with minors in Mathematics. 

Dr. Hanie Sedghi's links
Twitter: https://twitter.com/haniesedghi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Homepage: https://haniesedghi.com/

About the Host:
Jay is a Ph.D. student at Arizona State University, doing research on building Interpretable AI models for Medical Diagnosis.
Jay Shah: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shahjay22/

You can reach out to https://www.public.asu.edu/~jgshah1/ for any queries.
Stay tuned for upcoming webinars!

#theoryofmachinelearning #deeplearning #ai #machinelearning #fundamentals

***Disclaimer: The information contained in this video represents the views and opinions of the speaker and does not necessarily represent the views or opinions of any institution. It does not constitute an endorsement by any Institution or its affiliates of such video content.***

Do Vision Transformers work in the same way as CNNs? Do the internal representational structures of ViTs and CNNs differ? An in-depth analysis article: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2108.08810.pdf
Listen to the full conversation here: https://youtu.be/htnJxcwJqeA

Dr. Maithra Raghu is a senior research scientist at Google working on analyzing the internal workings of deep neural networks so that we can deploy them better keeping humans in the loop. She recently graduated from Cornell University with a Ph.D. in CS and previously graduated from Cambridge University with BA and Masters in Mathematics. She has received multiple awards for her research work including the Forbes 30 under 30.

Maithra's Homepage: https://maithraraghu.com

About the Host:
Jay is a Ph.D. student at Arizona State University, doing research on building Interpretable AI models for Medical Diagnosis.
Jay Shah: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shahjay22/

You can reach out to https://www.public.asu.edu/~jgshah1/ for any queries.
Stay tuned for upcoming webinars!

#explainableai #reliableai #robustai #machinelearning

***Disclaimer: The information contained in this video represents the views and opinions of the speaker and does not necessarily represent the views or opinions of any institution. It does not constitute an endorsement by any Institution or its affiliates of such video content.***