In this episode, we discuss strategies for wrapping up your PhD dissertation and preparing for life after grad school. I am your Host, Ding Li. and today we have Henrique and David share their experiences around finalizing PhD theses. We talk about focusing on the minimum viable product rather than perfectionism. A done thesis is better than a perfect thesis

Large language models and GPT are trending these days. In this episode, Henrique and I sit down with David watkins from Boston Dynamic AI institute. We talk about how LLM is transforming robotics research. We dive into the cutting-edge research happening around generative models and foundation models like GPT, and how these powerful AI systems can be applied to robotics to enable new capabilities

If you are still working towards your PhD degree, this episode is for you

Since 2020, many people at different tech companies have switched to a hybrid and remote work style, myself included and the same for many friends. Although this is already more or less true even before covid, now I feel like it's the default and I can't see a future where 100% in-person work makes sense for a lot of the software jobs out there

- 0:00 intro and work fatigu

A listener emailed me asking what to expect when switching from big tech to be a research lead at a smaller company. This inspires me to record this episode to share my thoughts on different roles researchers will take on in small/medium/large companies

What makes a good research internship

Zahra and I talked about her recent move from SF to Manchester UK and becoming a professor

Cat and I discuss about the layoff trend in the current recession. And more importantly, what can we all do when many companies have hiring freezes and layoffs

Henrique and I chat about how I view publishing academic papers versus producitzing cutting edge research. Research engineers and research scientists are both popular job titles that PhD graduates chase after. What's their difference and similarity