#AcademicRunPlaylist - 5/22/24

It's fitting that on a day when I was on campus I spotted a wild beaver, and while I was enjoying the wildlife I also enjoyed listening to some talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist!

First was a nice talk by Kim Baraka on building robot apprentices at the Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kguTh-PlQ00

Next was a thought-provoking talk by Suzanne Dikker on the neural basis of real-world social interaction, using sensors to study brain signals outside the laboratory at the University of London School of Advanced Study https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EO4w_GansP4

Next was a wide-ranging talk by Marianne Bertrand on the roots of gender disparities at work at the LSE. Bertrand systematically reviews the literature in this area, consistently pointing to the role of childcare and gender norms around unpaid labor as the source of most of the remaining gap here. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWpBM0ASLRQ

Next was an interesting talk by Nuren Abedin on the role of ridesharing and social businesses in pushing towards gender equality in Bangladesh at Kyushu University https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhtb988-oyQ

Next was a great talk by Jon de Quidt on the economic impact of depression at the Royal Economic Society https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIcAPxdg_5o

Next was an engaging panel on the purpose of the Euro and the future of the EU at the Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State with Joseph Stiglitz and Markus Brunnermeier https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8bbdJJkA4s

Next was a fascinating talk by Tamar Hodos on the parallels between the Iron Age "globalization" of the Mediterranean and the modern-day iteration at Brown University https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa8Sl7Zr9c0

Next was an excellent talk by Nicklas Hansen on large datasets and models for robots in the real world at The Institute for Learning-enabled Optimization at Scale (TILOS) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUV_G0n_7Y0

Last was a provocative session on algorithmic power at CRASSH with Malte Ziewitz (governing algorithms), Ariel Ezrachi (the promise and perils of the algorithm-driven economy), and Seda Gurses (concerns with cloud computing) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4mIKsNqEIw