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Paul Festor is a PhD candidate in computer science at Imperial college, London working on applying reinforcement learning to sepsis. He is passionate about bringing AI and machine learning to the healthcare industry and helping to save lives. In this session, we discuss many topics from ancient civilisations to the pursuit of science to his experience doing a PhD, digging deep during the COVID-19 pandemic, and finding perspective. He also talks about his experience about how we are just a few key actions away from amazing experiences. Tune in for a great session!Research Group: https://faisallab.org/members/paul-festorLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-festor/?originalSubdomain=ukTimestamps:00:55 PhD Project1:34 Sepsis3:38 Reinforcement learning on data from ICU beds and sensors5:06 Framing the reinforcement learning problem and difference with other machine learning methods10:16 Gamification in healthcare16:34 Sifting through ICU data18:42 Motivation for the PhD21:04 Pure and applied researchImperial College Professor Eric Laithwaite on superconductors: Magnetic River 1975https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI_HFnNTfyU&ab_channel=ImperialCollegeLondonProfessor Richard Feynman’s nanotechnology lecture: "There's P lenty of Room at the Bottom”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eRCygdW--c&ab_channel=MuonRay25:04 Other technologies27:47 Most difficult part of a PhD / low income SWE?33:03 Trends in machine learning academia38:19 Bringing value to the world through data science, AI, and software engineering39:51 French Tertiary Education system48:33 Learning Reinforcement Learning by reinforcement49:32 Thoughts about ancient and modern civilisations55:32 Nihilism and appreciation of the adventure of life01:01:57 Doing a PhD, getting stuck, and finding perspective01:15:58 AI news - Oxford Union debates ethics of AI with an AIhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-5968723601:24:14 Deepmind co-founder Mustafa Süleyman and Inflection AI on conversational AIhttps://techcrunch.com/2022/05/13/inflection-ai-led-by-linkedin-and-deepmind-co-founders-raises-225m-to-transform-computer-human-interactions/01:27:58 AI on mobile devices, productivity, app development01:37:05 Impact in science communication and making AI and data science more accessible to doctors01:51:47 Quantifying uncertainty01:56:02 Piano in stations worldwide and planting seedshttps://www.ted.com/talks/dotan_negrin_searching_for_the_key_of_life02:05:48 Next steps02:10:35 Where can people find your work and reach out to you?
