#AcademicRunPlaylist - 2/11/25

It was another cold one today, and while taking in some nice winter scenery I was also able to take in some good talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist!

First was a pair of talks by Katarzyna Kobalczyk (informed meta learning) and Nicolás Astorga Rocha (active task disambiguation) at the University of Cambridge Department of Computer Science and Technology https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lwzz8rCJ4No

Next was a great panel on DG COMP's draft guidelines on exclusionary abuses with Giorgio Monti, Anne C. Witt, and Thomas Weck at the Digital Markets Research Hub https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXrz5JXZ5gQ

Next was an excellent talk by Sukrit Puri on understanding India's economy through an institutional lens at the Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State https://www.youtube.com/live/c6IIB3xiwFE?si=Y6GWguESoFvXc3U7&t=446

Next was an interesting talk by Lingfei Wu on the challenges of large teams in understanding scientific output at the Oxford Martin School https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMX0zpk_Njs

Last was "Independence Lost" by Kathleen DuVal, who pulls back from a narrowly focused view of the American Revolution to consider it in its global context, combining Native American, colonial, and European histories while simultaneously considering those forces in the Gulf of Mexico region. What emerges is a far more detailed understanding of the political machinations at play on the periphery of the revolution and the different considerations that players were making to position themselves favorably in the conflict's aftermath. It's a complex picture, and when paired with other sources it's an extremely informative addition to the scholarship in this area https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/199754/independence-lost-by-kathleen-duval/