Math & Physics Podcast

Oct 18 2024 125 ep. 62 mins 350

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Two University of Toronto students in the math and physics program discuss interesting topics in the field.

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Episode #122 - What's the Weather in Space? w/ Jose Arnal

Oct 18 2024 102 mins

Today I speak with Jose Arnal, a senior PhD student at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies. His research focusses on space weather and data assimilation techniques to better predict the flow properties of the solar wind. We talk about the recent CMEs (which caused the Northern Lights), solar activity, and common techniques to model these events. Enjoy! For fur

Episode #121 - Dr. Laurence Perreault-Levasseur

Aug 03 2024 63 mins

Today I talk with Dr. Laurence Perrault-Levasseur about cosmology and a bit of machine learning. Enjoy the conversation!

Episode #120 - Dr. Yoshua Bengio

Jul 23 2024 63 mins

Today I talk with Dr. Yoshua Bengio. I decided to adopt a more minimalist approach to the podcast. Enjoy the conversation!

Episode #119 - Diffuse Your Mind w/ Alexandre Adam

Apr 05 2024 106 mins

Today I speak with Alex, a PhD student in my research group at the University of Montreal, about his research. Enjoy the episode! Discord: https://discord.gg/M6TMgFA4xb Instagram: @math.physics.podcast Email: [email protected] Twitter: @MathPhysPod

Episode #118 - Programming a Functional World w/ Max Sklar

Mar 25 2024 111 mins

Today's guest is Max Sklar, an expert in computer science and information systems, as well as the host of The Local Maximum podcast (https://www.localmaxradio.com/). We highly recommend checking out his show!

Episode #117 - Generation, Flows and Networks w/ Dr. Emmanuel Bengio

Jan 07 2024 115 mins

*** In the intro I say graph flow networks instead of generative flow networks by accident *** Today's guest is Dr. Emmanuel Bengio. Enjoy this conversation about his research, including the topic of generative flow networks (GFlowNets). Books Referenced: Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman The Fourth Turning: What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezv

Episode #116 - AI is Un-bending Space-Time w/ Dr. Yashar Hezaveh

Oct 28 2023 124 mins

Today I talk with Dr. Yashar Hezaveh about consciousness, artificial intelligence, perception and gravitational lensing. --Brilliant-- To all our listeners out there, we are so happy to say that you can head over to https://brilliant.org/mpp , and the first 200 of you to sign up will get 20% off your premium membership. -- Social -- Discord: https://discord.gg/M6TMgFA4xb Insta

Episode #115 - Of Fields and Tensions w/ Dr. Michael Miller

Oct 23 2023 135 mins

Today we talk again with Dr. Michael Miller from the University of Toronto, who is a philospher within the field of physics. Enjoy the conversation! *** The weird audio noise in the background ends at 10:40*** --Brilliant-- To all our listeners out there, we are so happy to say that you can head over to https://brilliant.org/mpp , and the first 200 of you to sign up will get 20%

Episode #114 - Age of The Universe: Double or Nothing w/ Dr. Rajendra Gupta

Oct 17 2023 103 mins

Today we talk again with Dr. Rajendra Gupta from the University of Ottawa, who has made some interesting discoveries using JWST data. Enjoy the episode. --Brilliant-- To all our listeners out there, we are so happy to say that you can head over to https://brilliant.org/mpp , and the first 200 of you to sign up will get 20% off your premium membership. -- Links -- Dr Gupta's pap

Episode #113 - Picture This! w/ Dr. Don Figer

Oct 07 2023 135 mins

Today we talk with Dr. Don Figer about his work in the field of astrophysics and detector technology. Enjoy. Discord: https://discord.gg/M6TMgFA4xb Instagram: @math.physics.podcast Email: [email protected] Twitter: @MathPhysPod