#AcademicRunPlaylist - 4/1/24

I was able to go on a decent run today, accompanied by talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist!

First was an excellent talk by Donna Nagy and Juliette Overland on insider trading, fiduciary relationships, and market integrity laws/enforcement in the US and Australia at the University of Sydney Law School. This talk gives a good breakdown of the legal, economic, and ethical issues at play and introduces a number of compelling case studies. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgqBzc2k89g

Next was a short discussion with Natalya Shnitser on corporate governance and 401k plan measurement on the Business Scholarship Podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXZv-jTt83k&t=6s

Next was an intriguing talk by Anushri Dixit on mathematical bounds for robot safety when using LLMs for planning at the Maryland Robotics Center https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFeAPyNNJqo

Next was a wide-ranging conversation with Katherine W. Phillips on why diverse teams are smarter at Columbia Business School. Phillips provides a sweeping overview of the literature in this area, explaining why diverse teams achieve better outcomes (but often don't feel like it). Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JdDPYFPwUo

Next was an interesting talk by Taesup Moon on data sampling and re-weighting for efficient and fair learning at the Stanford University School of Engineering https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgWbacJecqc

Next was a nice talk by George Vega Yon on statistical analyses of small networks and team performance at the SONIC Research Group https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eTqv5cxTwU

Next was a fascinating talk by Ciamac Moallemi on devising a formula for efficient market making (with applications for decentralized exchanges) at Stanford https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPZqtiIgbaM

Next was a nice talk by Massimo Warglien on learning in hierarchies and the emergence of persistent performance differences at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1DAAnikI1U

Next was an incredible discussion with Jonas Geiping on coercing LLMs to do and reveal (almost) anything on the TWIML podcast. Geiping goes into detail on important work on developing security exploits for LLMs, the challenges in achieving robustness in large models, and more. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--SB_qJw9sg

Next was a short talk by Oluwami Dosunmu-Ogunbi on developing an effective robotic stair climbing controller at the Maryland Robotics Center https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlXM51NQiZU

Next was a great talk by Seth Pettie on developing a BS detector protocol for algorithms at Stanford https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCyVkFlHhYY

Next was an important talk by Ian Goldin on the economics and politics of migration at the Oxford Martin School. Goldin methodically lays out the evidence of the economic benefits of migration, also importantly differentiating the moral question at the heart of refugee support vs. the economic question of more voluntary immigration. There's also great survey work showing widespread public misperceptions, and why political scientists and economists should focus on the political causes of immigration opposition rather than economic ones. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEmgO8C_RIE