Super Data Science: ML & AI Podcast with Jon Krohn

473: Machine Learning at NVIDIA

May 25, 2021

Anima Anandkumar, Director of Machine Learning Research at NVIDIA and a Professor at Caltech, passionately discusses her innovative AI research and the synergy between academia and industry. She shares her surprising discovery of yoga as a personal growth tool and reflects on balancing demanding work commitments. Anima dives into the fascinating world of tensors, their pivotal role in AI, and NVIDIA's groundbreaking projects. The conversation also touches on the path towards generalized AI and the essential skills needed for success in this ever-evolving field.

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Episode guests

Anima Anandkumar

AI Chapters

Episode notes

Intro

3min

Reflections on Pandemic and Personal Growth through Yoga

6min

Transformative Journeys in Mindfulness and AI

5min

Innovations in AI and the Role of NVIDIA

16min

Harnessing Tensors for Enhanced Neural Network Architectures

2min

Navigating Video Data and AI Innovations

15min

Bridging Neuroscience and AI

12min

Essential Skills for Cutting-Edge Machine Learning Research

4min

Navigating Machine Learning Research

9min

Anima Anandkumar joins us to discuss her work as a researcher in machine learning at NVIDIA and a professor at CalTech, and how they often go hand-in-hand and inform each other.

In this episode you will learn:

Anima’s recent discovery of yoga [5:20]
How does Anima balance her work? [12:25]
Applications of Anima’s work [14:45]
Tensors [22:55]
Anima’s favorite NVIDIA projects [35:35]
What tools does NVIDIA use? [41:55]
CalTech interdisciplinary science [47:41]
The path to generalized artificial intelligence [57:19]
The skills to have to get into this field [1:00:27]
LinkedIn questions for Anima [1:07:03]

Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/473

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