{"podcast":{"title":"Gradient Dissent: Conversations on AI","slug":"gradient-dissent","podcast_index_feed_id":1020509,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/gradient-dissent/","website_url":"https://wandb.ai/site/resources/podcast","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/25fd1181-b46e-459b-85a5-d397eec4cdcf/JDLDW81K-wlJoAWL7ZnxLdTp.jpg","author":"Lukas Biewald","episode_count":136,"summary":"Join Lukas Biewald on Gradient Dissent, an AI-focused podcast brought to you by Weights & Biases. Dive into fascinating conversations with industry giants from NVIDIA, Meta, Google, Lyft, OpenAI, and more. Explore the cutting-edge of AI and learn the intricacies of bringing models into production.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gradient-dissent"},"episode":{"title":"Polly Fordyce — Microfluidic Platforms and Machine Learning","slug":"polly-fordyce-microfluidic-platforms-and-machine-learning","published_at":"2021-04-29T19:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gradient-dissent/polly-fordyce-microfluidic-platforms-and-machine-learning","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gradient-dissent","url":"https://wandb.ai/site/resources/podcast","audio_url":"https://podcasts.captivate.fm/media/01ccbb9b-ef8c-4c4d-9626-2ed3157d98f9/1022806447-wandb-gd-polly-fordyce.mp3","summary":"Polly explains how microfluidics allow bioengineering researchers to create high throughput data, and shares her experiences with biology and machine learning. --- Polly Fordyce is an Assistant Professor of Genetics and Bioengineering and fellow of the ChEM-H Institute at Stanford. She is the Principal Investigator of The Fordyce Lab, which focuses on developing and applying new microfluidic platforms for quantitative, high-throughput biophysics and biochemistry. Twitter: https://twitter.com/fordycelab​ Website: http://www.fordycelab.com/​ --- Topics Discussed: 0:00​ Sneak peek, intro 2:11​ Background on protein sequencing 7:38​ How changes to a protein's sequence alters its structure and function 11:07​ Microfluidics and machine learning 19:25​ Why protein folding is important 25:17​ Collaborating with ML practitioners 31:46​ Transfer learning and big data sets in biology 38:42​ Where Polly hopes bioengineering research will go 42:43​ Advice for students Transcript: http://wandb.me/gd-polly-fordyce​ Links Discussed: \"The Weather Makers\": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wea...​ --- Get our podcast on these platforms: Apple Podcasts: http://wandb.me/apple-podcasts​​​ Spotify: http://wandb.me/spotify​​ Google Podcasts: http://wandb.me/google-podcasts​​​ YouTube: http://wandb.me/youtube​​​ Soundcloud: http://wandb.me/soundcloud​​ Join our community of ML practitioners where we host AMAs, share interesting projects and meet other people working in Deep Learning: http://wandb.me/slack​​​ Check out Fully Connected, which features curated machine learning reports by researchers exploring deep learning techniques, Kagglers showcasing winning models, industry leaders sharing best practices, and more: https://wandb.ai/fully-connected","meta_description":"Polly explains how microfluidics allow bioengineering researchers to create high throughput data, and shares her experiences with biology and machine lear…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2755,"processing_state":"failed","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/gradient-dissent/episodes/polly-fordyce-microfluidic-platforms-and-machine-learning/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gradient-dissent/polly-fordyce-microfluidic-platforms-and-machine-learning.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}