SKC Science & Technology

Science & Technology in an informal fireside chat format.

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One-on-One Fireside Chats:

• Prosper Chemouil: A fireside Chat. Prosper Chemouil (https://www.linkedin.com/in/prosperchemouil/) had an illustrious R&D career in the telecommunication industry at Orange (France Telecom R&D) Lab spanning over 37 years. In this fireside chat, Prosper shares nuggets from his career and life. YouTube link: https://youtu.be/z2PR3lBIJ18, March 2024.

• Gerald "Jerry" Ash: A fireside Chat. Gerald "Jerry" Ash pioneered dynamic call routing known as 'Dynamic Non-Hierarchical Routing (DNHR)' in telephone networks in the 1980s. For his work, he was awarded the prestigious Alexander Graham Bell Medal by IEEE in 1989. In this conversation, Jerry shares how he became involved in dynamic call routing and what followed.  YouTube link: https://youtu.be/YlV2wbysyo4,  December 2023

Webinars (in a Fireside Chat Format):

•  "From Precise navigation and Art towards Space Exploration," Priyanka Das Rajkakati, The (Space) Exploration Company, France, April 9, 2022. (YouTube link of the recording: https://youtu.be/ZcxdQFvOvbo)

• "Bottom-up engineering: making brand new protein machines from scratch," Rubul Mout, Research Fellow, Harvard University and Boston Children's Hospital, USA, Saturday, March 5, 2022. (YouTube link: https://youtu.be/QR55MjcsKx4)

• "What can we learn about the cause of human diseases by studying Fruit Fly and Zebra Fish?" by Upendra Nongthomba, Professor, Dept. of Molecular Reproduction Development and Genetics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India,  Thursday, February 10, 2022. (YouTube link: https://youtu.be/selnOrb-4Ow)

• "How can we use machine learning and multispectral imaging to unlock the mysteries of a Medieval Spanish chant?" by Jeff Rydberg-Cox, Curators' Distinguished Professor of English ((with a courtesy appointment in Computer Science), University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA, January 27, 2022. (YouTube link: https://youtu.be/bHA_NZUCAtQ)

• "Democratizing Wireless Spectrum Sensing using Smartphones" by  Monisha Ghosh, Research Professor, University of Chicago, USA; Friday, December 10, 2021. (YouTube link: https://youtu.be/Dcmcdz2cYFM)

• "Designing for Low-Literate Users," by  Indrani Medhi Thies, Principal Researcher, Technology for Emerging Markets Group, Microsoft Research India; Saturday, November 20, 2021. (YouTube link: https://youtu.be/9fo7nOtjef0)

• "The Evolution of Batch Analytics to RealTime Analytics on Big Data" by  Dhruba Borthakur, Co-founder and CTO, Rockset, USA; Tuesday, November 2, 2021. (YouTube link: https://youtu.be/ukVUY1Mgjpo)

• "Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp Outage: A peek into how Internet Routing affects services," by  Deep Medhi, Program Director, National Science Foundation, USA and Professor,  University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA, Saturday, October 9, 2021.  (YouTube link: https://youtu.be/A9akxtWDFAU)

• "What can we learn about the sense of smell through Neuromorphic AI?", by Ayon Borthakur, Innatera Nanosystems, The Netherlands, September 24, 2021. (YouTube link: https://youtu.be/JG-x6ZWA-WM)

• "Big Science with Big Instruments," by Frank Wuerthwein, Professor of Physics, University of California - San Diego, USA, September 9, 2021. (YouTube link: https://youtu.be/Lnf3K_-TOa0) 

• "COVID-19 in India: Vaccines, Drugs, Bugs, and Black Fungus," by Kalai Mathee, Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Florida International University, USA, Friday, July 23, 2021. (YouTube link: https://youtu.be/GiLllsBa9us)

• "Visual Intelligence from Human Learning," by Ranjay Krishna, Stanford University, USA, Friday, July 2, 2021. (YouTube link: https://youtu.be/CpVqO2XCfd8)

• "Observing the Global Internet: What IP Addresses Show," by John Heidemann, Research Professor, University of Southern California (USC), and  Principal Scientist, USC Information Sciences Institute, USA, Friday, June 18, 2021  (YouTube link: https://youtu.be/4A_gFXi2WeY) 

• "Commercialization and Entrepreneurial Lessons from HandyLab and Celsee" by Kalyan Handique, Vice President, CDG Advanced Technology, Bio-Rad Laboratories, USA and Cofounder of Celsee & HandyLab, Friday, April 30, 2021 (YouTube link: https://youtu.be/vxUG_QsXkQg)

• "Social Network of Microbes in Microbiomes," by Giri Narasimhan, Professor of Computer Science, Florida International University, Friday, April 9, 2021 (YouTube link: https://youtu.be/ilTyKIT6D2M)

• "Strides in Animation: Technology Behind the Scenes" - by Rajiv Chilaka, Founder and CEO of GreenGold Animation and creator of "Chhota Bheem", Friday, February 26, 2021 (YouTube link: https://youtu.be/RvmRCQeQ30Y)

• "Ethical Issues in Healthcare Delivery," by Wayne Vaught, Professor and Provost, Utah Valley University, USA, Saturday, February 6, 2021. (YouTube link: https://youtu.be/peS9kG4aCQI) 

• "Dark Matter and Particle Physics", by Alakabha Datta, Associate Professor of Physics, University of Mississippi, USA, Thursday, .January 21, 2021. (YouTube link: https://youtu.be/7DLQYc4_jPs)

• "What do you need to know about Vaccines in General and the SARS-COV-2 Vaccines in Particular?" by Kalai Mathee, Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Florida International University, USA, Saturday, December 19, 2020. (YouTube link: https://youtu.be/UmXRnNdYHLs)

• "Medical Devices and Heart Diseases," by Sarfaraz Taher, Director, Clinical Trials, Electrophysiology at Boston Scientific, USA, Saturday, December 5, 2020, (YouTube link: https://youtu.be/K04gntFPA88)

• "Writing Correctly in Assamese: Root Cause of Mistakes and Smart Corrections aided by Software",  by Mridul Kumar Sharmah, November 16, 2020 (YouTube link:   https://forms.gle/fUZyx7N5HWk8Yhro8)

• "Science, Engineering and Economics of Oxygen Gas," by Abhijit Barooah, Managing Director, Premier Cryogenics, October 17, 2020 (YouTube link: https://youtu.be/wUWPaGAJKys)

• "Chandrayaan: A Journey to the Moon,"  by Jiten Goswami, Former Director, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India, September 26, 2020 (YouTube link: https://youtu.be/GGyqd8Kcmug)

• "Peeking Beneath the Surface: Video Streaming on the Internet," by Deep Medhi, Program Director, NSF and Professor,  University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA; September 12, 2020 (YouTube link: https://youtu.be/EqQvAb1k76A)

• "Peeking Beneath the Surface of the World of the Internet,"  by Deep Medhi, Program Director, NSF and Professor,  University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA;  August 17, 2020 (YouTube link:  https://youtu.be/XeW0RX16t5w) 

• "Interdisciplinary Science: Connecting Physics, Computer Science, Statistics with Computer Networking," (based on Blackhole Imaging) by Deep Medhi, Program Director, NSF and Professor,  University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA;  July 25, 2020 (YouTube link: https://youtu.be/8l6HJaAdxN0)