Building 32 is named after the real-world Building 32, the iconic Stata Center, heart and headquarters of the MIT Computer Science and AI Laboratory. Tune in each month for a fresh conversation with the faculty and researchers of CSAIL who are working to improve the way we live, work, play, and learn.

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Unlocking Insights on Disease through Genomics with Manolis Kellis
Manolis Kellis
Professor, MIT CSAIL

PRODUCED BY: Nate Caldwell

Professor Manolis Kellis of MIT CSAIL and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard discusses the effects COVID-19 has had on his computational biology research. Kellis believes that by being aware of genetic predispositions we can better prepare to confront each person’s unique challenges.

Please find the transcript for this podcast here.

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Building the Next Generation of Systems with Sam Madden
Sam Madden
Professor, MIT EECS

MIT Schwarzman College of Computing Professor and Cambridge Mobile Telematics founder Sam Madden discusses how far technology can be pushed into other application domains. His research explores reinforcement learning and repurposing shelf machine learning components to advance systems and solve current challenges.

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Rethinking Concepts in Software Design with Daniel Jackson
Daniel Jackson
Professor, MIT EECS, Associate Director, MIT CSAIL

Professor Daniel Jackson of MIT CSAIL is working on a number of projects to make software more usable, reliable, and secure. By rethinking the fundamentals of software design, he says that developers can ultimately give more flexibility to users in the structure and organization of software, as well as meet more user needs.

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Closing the Machine Learning Gap with Jacob Andreas
Jacob Andreas
Associate Professor, MIT EECS

PRODUCED BY: Nate Caldwell

Professor Jacob Andreas of MIT CSAIL is trying to close the gap between current machine learning techniques and human abilities to learn language and learn from language about the rest of the world.