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[Dr. Xiaodan Zhu]
Blind Date with Knowledge
December 11, 2019

Teaching Language to Computers

How do you teach language to computers? Dr. Xiaodan Zhu discusses how his research, at the frontier of artificial intelligence, is helping computers better understand language, with wide ranging applications.

[Dr. Amy Wu]
Blind Date with Knowledge
December 11, 2019

Helping Robots Learn to Walk

How do you design a robot to walk like a human? Dr. Amy Wu discusses her work at BxRL and the first-principles approach in understanding the mechanics and energies of human movement.

[Dr. Elaine Power]
Blind Date with Knowledge
November 27, 2019

Understanding our Food Habits

How are our food habits formed? Dr. Elaine Power discusses her co-authored book, Acquired Tastes: Why Families Eat the Way They Do, which analyzes more than 100 interviews with families across Canada.

[Dr. Shideh Kabiri Ameri]
Blind Date with Knowledge
November 27, 2019

E-tattoos and Healthcare: Nano Materials for Superior Wearable Tech

What's an eTattoo and how can it help monitor patient health? Dr. Shideh Kabiri Ameri discusses her research on 2D and nano-materials for wearable technology.

[Dr. Samuel Dahan]
Blind Date with Knowledge
November 13, 2019

Algorithms and Precedent: How AI Can Provide Open-Access Legal Resources

How can AI help prepare a legal case? Dr. Samuel Dahan discusses his open-access work training machines to read law texts and extract the precedent to assist lawyers and self-represented litigants in their research.