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Luis Perez-Breva: A Masterclass in Innovating | #11
Season 1 · Episode 11
Saturday, September 2, 2023 • Duration 56:52
Recorded on location in Massachusetts this is a discussion with Dr Luis Perez-Breva, the Faculty Director of MIT’s Innovation Teams; the joint enterprise between MIT Engineering and MIT Sloan to put the Institute’s deep tech advances to work to solve real-world problems. Through this, he has helped nearly 200 MIT technologies find a path to impact leading to the formation of some 40 new, enduring deep tech companies across all industries from mining to telecommunications.
Dr. Perez-Breva holds a PhD in artificial intelligence from MIT and degrees in chemical engineering, physics, and business from leading universities in Spain (Institut Quimic de Sarrià), France (Ecole Normale Supérieure), and the United States (MIT). In 2011, the Spanish government recognised his career achievements by awarding him the Order of Civil Merit of the Kingdom of Spain. His work on Artificial Intelligence and Innovation has been featured by the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg News, BBC, Wharton Business Radio, Entrepreneur, Zdnet, Quartz, Epsilon Theory and several other national and international media.
Luis has worked with venture capital and numerous corporations and adapted his work to develop innovating factories. Currently, Luis is developing a technology repurposing fund to rescue, recycle, and, in essence, turn around technologies analogous to how private equity seeks to turn around companies.
In this episode we explore common myths about innovating, how to minimise risk through recycling ideas and technologies, the most effective method to learn anything and much more.
00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:39 'Innovating' vs 'Innovation'
00:01:39 Breaking down what 'learning by doing' really means
00:09:23 Learning and navigating untraversed terrain
00:13:58 Finding a problem in the first place - the hunch
00:20:15 The art of applying new technologies to problems
00:23:04 The importance of leadership in cultivating a hub of innovation
00:30:31 How to manage (and use) risk
00:43:30 Could AI learn to innovate like us?
00:47:02 The real use of 'AI' systems
00:53:56 Advice for the next generation of problem solvers
Resources:
Dr Perez-Breva
https://lpbreva.mit.edu/
https://entrepreneurship.mit.edu/profile/luis-perez-breva/
Innovation Teams
https://iteams.mit.edu/
MIT
https://web.mit.edu/
Flagship Pioneering
https://www.flagshippioneering.com/
Innovating: A Doer's Manifesto
https://www.amazon.com/Innovating-Manifesto-Starting-Prototyping-Productively/dp/0262035359
Another interview with Dr Perez-Breva to tune in to next!
https://www.unstoppableteen.com/stem-learning-languages-and-innovating-interview-with-mit-director-dr-luis-perez-breva/
#physics #ai #stem #learning #innovating #GoogleX #Flagshipfounded#nikolatesla #henryford #microsoft #sunmicrosystems #apple#IOPLimitLess #thegalileointerviews
Efthimios Kaxiras: Twistronics and fantastical materials | #10
Season 1 · Episode 10
Tuesday, June 13, 2023 • Duration 56:47
Recorded at Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts this is a discussion with Professor Efthimios Kaxiras, Chair of the Department of Physics; John Hasbrouck Van Vleck Professor of Pure and Applied Physics and Professor of Applied Mathematics.
He and his group study the structure and properties of different phases of matter and how they can be used in practical device applications. They employ theoretical models and computational tools that span multiple scales from the atomistic to the continuum. They also use machine learning methods to search for new or better materials, and for gaining a deeper understanding of complex solids and phenomena (find out more here - https://scholar.harvard.edu/efthimios_kaxiras/research ).
A recent focus of Professor Kaxiras’ research has been the physics of twisted bilayers and multilayers of two-dimensional solids like graphene, a topic for which he and his team introduced the term ‘twistronics’. In this episode we delve into this exciting new realm of physics, discuss the ways in which it could change the world, and much more.
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Chapters:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:32 The most interesting state of matter
00:06:34 Superconductors: quantum weirdness on a large scale
00:12:42 What is twistronics?
00:19:06 The magic of 2D
00:30:46 Applications of these materials
00:36:17 First contact with a powerful quantum computer
00:38:11 AI as a tool/ally
00:43:50 Exciting problems you can make your mission to solve
00:51:45 Advice for the next generation of curious minds
Resources:
Kaxiras Research Group
https://scholar.harvard.edu/efthimios_kaxiras
Harvard University Physics Department
https://www.physics.harvard.eduhttps://www.youtube.com/harvardphysics
Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
https://seas.harvard.edu
Institute of Physics:
https://www.iop.org
https://www.youtube.com/user/InstituteofPhysics
Episode One: Professor Sir Richard Friend
Season 1 · Episode 1
Wednesday, December 29, 2021 • Duration 29:03
A Conversation with Professor Sir Richard Friend, Cavendish Professor of Physics at the University of Cambridge.
0:00 Introduction
00:56 What moment of innovation was the most memorable?
03:54 What drew you to this particular branch of physics?
06:49 How do you go about trying to solve problems?
09:23 How much of your work is looking at experiments compared to theoretical work?
10:54 What’s the biggest problem you are working on at the moment?
15:56 What do you think is the maximum efficiency we could reach using silicon solar cells?
16:53 How much is your day to day research tied into your companies?
17:51 Is Solar technology the most exciting thing you’ve worked on?
19:17 Is it surprising to you that we are able to model our universe so well using mathematical and scientific techniques?
21:05 Which idea in the history of science do you think was the most revolutionary?
24:13 What one physics question would you like answered about the universe?
25:26 Would it be useful to understand more about conscientiousness for physics?
26:18 What one piece of advice would you give to those looking for a career in physics?
Helen Rogers and Luthais McCash | Part 3: Physics Education | #9
Season 1 · Episode 9
Tuesday, January 3, 2023 • Duration 01:05:43
In this episode we have for the first time, not 1 but 2 guests, in a discussion split into 3 parts. This is the final part of the series, in which we discuss Physics education. In the first, we discussed interdisciplinary approaches to science, and in the second, environmental physics. Below is some information on each of the guests.
Helen Rogers:
Helen is an atmospheric scientist with twenty years of experience in teaching, research and programme coordination. She has worked on developing atmospheric/climate models at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, was Programme Manager for the NERC Upper Troposphere Lower Stratosphere Ozone Programme and a senior researcher for the European Ozone Research Coordinating Unit. She has particular interest and expertise in determining the environmental impact of the transport sector (primarily aviation and shipping), atmospheric modelling, and computational fluid dynamics. Helen was a contributor to the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution (2002); ‘Climate Change 2001: The scientific basis’ – the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC); and the IPCC Special Report on Aviation and the Global Atmosphere (1999). Helen is the chair of the Environmental Physics Group at the Institute of Physics, with a D.Phil. in Atmospheric Physics from the University of Oxford and a degree in Physics from Imperial College, London.
Luthais McCash:
Luthais is the Chief Scientific Officer at Sigma Solutions and chair of the mathematical and theoretical physics group at The Institute of Physics. Sigma Solutions was built entirely from scratch by Luthais as a business consulting firm that offers distinct ideas in state-of-the-art data analysis to a variety of businesses across multiple industries. The company has a reputation of finding creative approaches to complicated problems and has recently won the accolade of most innovative business 2022, awarded by Corporate Vision magazine. Luthais himself has been recognised as one of the top 20 most dynamic CEOs in the UK of 2022 and he's still only in his twenties. Luthais was initially recognised as a fellow of the Royal Statistical Society in May 2020 for his creative work on advanced modelling and optimisation in the energy industry with a focus on oil and gas. He developed and implemented technology that revolutionised the trading and efficient distribution of liquified natural gas by cutting costs by a factor of 10. He's been re-elected as a fellow of the RSS in June 2021 and he has also been an honorary fellow at the University of Leicester in 2019-2021. On top of his business exploits he is now also in a research position at Durham University.
Helen Rogers and Luthais McCash | Part 2: Environmental Physics | #8
Season 1 · Episode 8
Friday, December 23, 2022 • Duration 34:21
In this episode we have for the first time, not 1 but 2 guests, in a discussion split into 3 parts. This is part two of the series, in which we discuss environmental physics. In the first, we discussed interdisciplinary approaches to science, and in the last part of this series we will discuss some of the big questions of physics education. Below is some information on each of the guests.
Helen Rogers
An atmospheric scientist with 20 years experience in teaching, research & programme coordination. Has worked on developing atmospheric/climate models at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, was Programme Manager for the NERC Upper Troposphere Lower Stratosphere Ozone Programme and a senior researcher for the European Ozone Research Coordinating Unit. Has particular interest and expertise in determining the environmental impact of the transport sector (primarily aviation and shipping), atmospheric modelling and computational fluid dynamics. Helen was a contributor to the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution (2002); ‘Climate Change 2001: The scientific basis’ – the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC); and the IPCC Special Report on Aviation and the Global Atmosphere (1999). Helen is the chair of the Environmental Physics Group at the Institute of Physics, with a D.Phil. in Atmospheric Physics from the University of Oxford and a degree in Physics from Imperial College, London.
Luthais McCash
Chief Scientific Officer at Sigma Solutions and chair of the mathematical and theoretical physics group at The Institute of Physics. Sigma Solutions was built entirely from scratch by Luthais as a business consulting firm that offers distinct ideas in state-of-the-art data analysis to a variety of businesses across multiple industries. The company has a reputation of finding creative approaches to complicated problems and has recently won the accolade of most innovative business 2022, awarded by Corporate Vision magazine.
Luthais himself has been recognised as one of the top 20 most dynamic CEOs in the UK of 2022 and he's still only in his twenties. Luthais was initially recognised as a fellow of the Royal Statistical Society in May 2020 for his creative work on advanced modelling and optimisation in the energy industry with a focus on oil and gas. He developed and implemented technology that revolutionised the trading and efficient distribution of liquified natural gas by cutting costs by a factor of 10. He's been re-elected as a fellow of the RSS in June 2021 and he has also been an honorary fellow at the University of Leicester in 2019-2021.
Helen Rogers and Luthais McCash | Part 1: Interdisciplinary Science | #7
Season 1 · Episode 7
Wednesday, December 21, 2022 • Duration 28:34
In this episode we have for the first time, not 1 but 2 guests, in a discussion split into 3 parts. This is part one of the series, in which we discuss interdisciplinary science. In the second, we will discuss environmental physics, and in the last part of this series we will discuss some of the big questions of physics education. Below is some information on each of the guests.
Helen Rogers
An atmospheric scientist with 20 years experience in teaching, research & programme coordination. She has worked on developing atmospheric/climate models at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, was Programme Manager for the NERC Upper Troposphere Lower Stratosphere Ozone Programme and a senior researcher for the European Ozone Research Coordinating Unit. She has particular interest and expertise in determining the environmental impact of the transport sector (primarily aviation and shipping), atmospheric modelling, and computational fluid dynamics. Helen was a contributor to the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution (2002); ‘Climate Change 2001: The scientific basis’ – the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC); and the IPCC Special Report on Aviation and the Global Atmosphere (1999). Helen is the chair of the Environmental Physics Group at the Institute of Physics, with a D.Phil. in Atmospheric Physics from the University of Oxford and a degree in Physics from Imperial College, London.
Luthais McCash
Chief Scientific Officer at Sigma Solutions and chair of the mathematical and theoretical physics group at The Institute of Physics. Sigma Solutions was built entirely from scratch by Luthais as a business consulting firm that offers distinct ideas in state-of-the-art data analysis to a variety of businesses across multiple industries. The company has a reputation of finding creative approaches to complicated problems and has recently won the accolade of most innovative business 2022, awarded by Corporate Vision magazine.
Luthais himself has been recognised as one of the top 20 most dynamic CEOs in the UK of 2022 and he's still only in his twenties. Luthais was initially recognised as a fellow of the Royal Statistical Society in May 2020 for his creative work on advanced modelling and optimisation in the energy industry with a focus on oil and gas. He developed and implemented technology that revolutionised the trading and efficient distribution of liquified natural gas by cutting costs by a factor of 10. He's been re-elected as a fellow of the RSS in June 2021 and he has also been an honorary fellow at the University of Leicester in 2019-2021.
Luthais McCash: Business meets science and maths | outreach, research and exploration | #6
Season 1 · Episode 6
Wednesday, November 9, 2022 • Duration 01:02:51
This 6th episode is with Luthais McCash, Chief Scientific Officer at Sigma Solutions and chair of the mathematical and theoretical physics group at The Institute of Physics.
Sigma Solutions was built entirely from scratch by Luthais as a business consulting firm that offers distinct ideas in state-of-the-art data analysis to a variety of businesses across multiple industries. The company has a reputation of finding creative approaches to complicated problems and has recently won the accolade of most innovative business 2022, awarded by Corporate Vision magazine.
Luthais himself has been recognised as one of the top 20 most dynamic CEOs in the UK of 2022 and he's still only in his twenties. Luthais was initially recognised as a fellow of the Royal Statistical Society in May 2020 for his creative work on advanced modelling and optimisation in the energy industry with a focus on oil and gas. He developed and implemented technology that revolutionised the trading and efficient distribution of liquified natural gas by cutting costs by a factor of 10.
He's been re-elected as a fellow of the RSS in June 2021 and he has also been an honorary fellow at the University of Leicester in 2019-2021.
On top of his business exploits he is now also in a research position at Durham University.
00:11:12 Choosing the business to work with and the problems to solve
00:25:58 How do you approach solving a problem?
Dennis Whyte: SPARC, fusion energy, leadership and collaboration | #5
Season 1 · Episode 5
Wednesday, November 2, 2022 • Duration 35:08
Recorded at the Institute of Physics in London, this is a discussion with Professor Dennis Whyte, the Hitachi America Professor of Engineering at MIT, a professor in the MIT Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering and the Director of the MIT Plasma Science & Fusion Center.
He’s the winner of numerous accolades, including in 2018 the Fusion Power Associates Leadership Award which is given annually to individuals who have shown outstanding leadership qualities in accelerating the development of fusion.
This leadership extends to heading up the fusion project SPARC, a compact, high-field, fusion energy device, in collaboration with MIT-born private fusion startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems.
The day before this interview I was lucky enough to listen to him speak at FUSION22, which took place at the Science Museum in London. It was incredibly exciting to learn more about the extraordinary strides that are being made towards a reality of commercial fusion energy.
It’s a really dynamic field and I hope you enjoy the conversation.
A discussion with Dr. Fiona Beck, who leads a research group at The Australian National University focused on integrating nanophotonics and optoelectronic device design for applications in solar fuels and the next generation of photodetection technologies. She is also Convenor of the Hydrogen Fuels Project in the Energy Change Institute's Zero-carbon energy for the Asia-Pacific ANU Grand Challenge. Dr Beck currently holds a Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) from the ARC, as well as the Future Engineering Research Leader (FERL) Fellowship from the ANU.
00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:10 What inspired Dr Fiona Beck’s career?
00:02:40 Other inspiration for Dr Beck
00:03:47 How Dr Fiona Beck is looking at converting light to other forms of energy
00:10:13 Differences in learning for a project verses in an academic setting
00:12:06 Coming back to solar fuels including:
- Plasmodically driven photocatalysis
- Zero carbon energy for the Asia Pacific
00:17:32 Importance of considering policy in ensuring we can can effectively transition to a sustainable future
00:22:13 How much time does Dr Beck spend in the lab versus looking at the theory?
00:24:11 What have been the biggest challenges in Dr Beck’s career so far?
- building confidence
- Gender inequalities and ensuring a more diverse future for physics
00:29:52 Reflection on the benefits (and drawbacks) of travel for a career in Physics
00:32:53 Advice Dr Beck would give her younger self
00:35:02 Ideas for the current school curriculum
00:37:07 How Dr Beck approaches problem solving
Episode Three: Stephen Wolfram
Season 1 · Episode 3
Wednesday, March 23, 2022 • Duration 01:35:35
A conversation with Stephen Wolfram.
Books: A Project to Find the Fundamental Theory of Physics: https://www.wolfram-media.com/products/a-project-to-find-the-fundamental-theory-of-physics.html
A New Kind of Science: https://www.wolframscience.com/nks/
The Physics Project: https://www.wolframphysics.org
00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:11 Looking at Stephen Wolfram’s Educational journey
00:05:39 Things learnt in school are actually useful!
00:06:34 Particle Physics and Stephen’s early years
00:11:39 Stephen Wolfram’s first paper
00:16:19 Using computers for algebraic calculations
00:22:00 Launching his own company
00:23:00 Starting to study cellular automata
00:26:30 The importance of using technology to help advance physics
00:28:14 The advice Stephen would give to his teenage self
00:30:00 The importance of choosing the right problems
00:35:44 Stephen’s views on ‘modern’ physics
00:38:21 Ruliology and A New Kind of Science
00:40:56 Working on a generalisation of calculus?
00:45:16 Applying learnings from the Physics Project to other fields such as Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology and Economics
00:50:00 Physics as a remarkable export field
00:54:24 History of tools to describe the universe
00:55:17 Computation as a very general paradigm & Wolfram Language
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