Sep 23 2017 74 mins
What is on that side? Where does identity crisis happen? Is interface a neighborhood concept? Can there be interfaces without fences? Are there non-membrane bound life forms? How do we connect computers or networks? How does the human brain communicate with the CPU? What is the dimensionality of interfaces? Can intelligence be encoded into materials? Where is a cell controlled from? Is Wi-Fi physical? Is autonomy difficult? Do different kinds of interactions lead to different kinds of interfaces? Can a physically imposed political boundary create different spaces? Are the number of interfaces in HCI systems increasing? Is all logic language based? Does more feedback make systems more stable? Can supervision be complicated? Can there be (non-physical) interfaces between faster and slower moving parts of a system? Are biological systems optimal? Are cars more complex than planes? Will highly automated systems have more rare events? Will biological systems assimilate the logic of computing interfaces in the distant future? Can cars truly self drive in the future? What can be undone? SynTalk thinks about these & more questions using concepts from physics (Dr. Shankar Ghosh, TIFR, Mumbai), computer science (Prof. Philippe Palanque, University Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France), & immunology (Dr. Satyajit Rath, ex-National Immunological Institute (NII), New Delhi). Listen in....