#AcademicRunPlaylist - 8/5/24

I tried to keep cool while taking the kids to various activities today, and while I was only partially successful I was at least able to listen to a bunch of talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist!

First was an interesting talk by Yantian Zha on robot perception, action, planning, and explanation for manufacturing at the Maryland Robotics Center (MRC) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ekZpiXP2do

Next was a short discussion with Karen Ward Mahar on masculinity and the American business executive at the Hagley Museum and Library. Mahar details a manual for identifying executive potential - essentially a litany of physical characteristics - that shows how deeply discrimination was baked into management practices (and still is, just less explicitly) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFQQqlzFn1c

Next was a fantastic talk by Kieran Barvenik on making a real life robot pacman at the MRC. 'Nuff said. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3RIqCpGue8

Next was an enlightening talk by Angus Deaton on who and how poverty lines are decided at the LSE. This is an in-depth examination of the confluence of economic research, political forces, and bureaucratic inertia that birth many of the indices that drive global policy and their many faults. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rb0iGi8K3AY

Next was an intriguing talk by John Yiannis Aloimonos on a microsaccade-inspired event camera for robotics at the MRC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCsPwDbgF3I

Next was an informative conversation with Stephen Sachs on corporate jurisdiction in the US on the Business Scholarship Podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOUd9FYl60M

Next was an amazing talk by Nathan Lazarus on creating soft and stretchable electromagnetic devices for soft robotics at the MRC. Squid-inspired propulsion mechanisms using liquid metal inductors? Yes please. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NL7WnumFtLI

Next was an important discussion with James R. McElroy on the intersection of racial segmentation and market segmentation in the supermarket industry at the Hagley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxE5MrHJg1g

Next was a short talk by Sunandita Sarker on using direct laser writing to develop a 3D microprinted soft-robotic biopsy tool at the MRC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIqaYoIrUcg

Next was a wide-ranging talk by Max Jerdee on luck, skill, and inequality in games and hierarchies at the Santa Fe Institute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zD7d2-ZWikY

Next was an interesting talk by Ryan Sochol on alternative 3D printing strategies for soft robots at the MRC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFkTnXo1o1o

Next was a fascinating talk by Benjamin Schwantes on the relationship between the telegraph and railroad industry at the Hagley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhJiZZMIWgA

Next was a great talk by Furong Huang on using large models for sequential robot decision making at the MRC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCtq0Qe3v08

Next was a short talk by Edgar Liu on placenessness seen through the lens of public toilets (!) at UNSW https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaxM5SRED10

Next was an excellent talk by Michael Dickey on liquid metal for soft robotics at the MRC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8zqVldRvGw

Last was an engaging conversation with Brian Sarginger on the history of shareholder activism and activists at the Hagley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeV2aRhJYi8