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O'Reilly's Ben Lorica talks with Mikio Braun about machine learning, stream processing and analytics, his recent foray into data science training, and academia versus industry.

Building Big Data Systems in Academia and Industry

In episode fourteen of season two, we talk about Perturb-and-MAP, we take a listener question about classic artificial intelligence ideas being used in modern machine learning, plus we talk with Jake Abernethy of the University of Michigan about municipal data and his work on the Flint water crisis. 

Perturb-and-MAP and Machine Learning in the Flint Water Crisis

A conversation with Steven Smith, Associate Director for International Space Station Science Directorate at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley. For more information on the ISS, visit www.nasa.gov/station or tweet @Space_Station. You can also find more info on NASA spinoff technologies at http://spinoff.nasa.gov/. Steven Smith’s bio is at http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/smith-s.pdf

Full transcript: http://www.nasa.gov/ames/nisv-podcast-steven-smith

Steven Smith: NASA Silicon Valley Podcast

A conversation with Mary Beth Wilhelm, NASA research scientist in the Planetary Science Branch at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley. 

Transcript at http://www.nasa.gov/ames/nisv-podcast-mary-beth-wilhelm

Mary Beth Wilhelm: NASA in Silicon Valley Podcast

A news feature from NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley originally posted on July 18, 2016.

Transcript: http://www.nasa.gov/feature/ames/kepler/nasa-s-kepler-confirms-100-exoplanets-during-its-k2-mission

’s Kepler Confirms 100+ Exoplanets During Its K2 Mission

A feature co-post from NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley originally posted on August 3, 2016.

Transcript: http://www.nasa.gov/feature/ames/kepler/astronomers-help-focus-research-in-the-search-for-another-earth

Astronomers Help Focus Research in the Search for Another Earth

NASA in Silicon Valley podcast gives an in depth look at the various researchers, scientists, engineers, and all around cool people who work at NASA to push the boundaries of innovation.

Transcript at http://www.nasa.gov/ames/nisv-podcast-introduction

NASA In Silicon Valley Introduction

Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey are said to have it. You probably have a friend who says they have it too. But is sex addiction the refuge of scoundrels? Or is it a real psychological problem? We speak to sex therapist Dr. David Ley, clinical psychologist Dr Shane Kraus, neuroscientist Dr. Nicole Prause, and someone we call Jeff. 

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This episode has been produced by Shruti Ravindran, with help from Wendy Zukerman, along with Rose Rimler, Heather Rogers and Romilla Karnick. Our senior producer is Kaitlyn Sawrey. We’re edited by Blythe Terrell. Additional editing help from PJ Vogt. Fact checking by Michelle Harris. Mix and sound design by Emma Munger. Music written by Bobby Lord. Recording help from Gideon Brower and Hannah Colton. For this episode we also spoke to Dr. Marc Potenza, Dr. Carl Erik Fisher, Dr. Valerie Voon, Dr. Joshua Grubbs, and Dr. Mateusz Gola. Thank you so much for your help. And an extra special thanks to Frank Lopez, Joel Werner, Joseph Lavelle Wilson, and to all the men and women who allowed us to hear their stories in meetings for sex addicts and sexual compulsives in New York.

Science Vs

Sex Addiction: Are They Faking It?

More research finds evidence of new cell growth in aging brains. So why do our minds slow down as we get older?

Science Friday

Do Our Brains Keep Growing As We Age?

On Monday, April 16th, NASA is scheduled to launch its newest exoplanet hunter: the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). In this episode of Gravity Assist, Jim Green talks with Martin Still, the TESS Program Scientist, about how TESS works and how it will help us discover new worlds.

TESS & Exoplanets with Martin Still

Episode 40 features Colonel TJ Creamer who shares his story from humble beginnings in the military to tweeting from the International Space Station. Creamer describes his transition as the first and only individual to be both an astronaut and a flight director. This episode was recorded on March 29, 2018

Houston We Have a Podcast: Tough and Competent

A conversation with Doug Caldwell, instrument scientist for the Kepler Space Telescope, and who’s now working on NASA’s next planet-hunting mission— the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite or TESS.

Transcript: https://www.nasa.gov/ames/nisv-podcast-ep86-doug-caldwell

Doug Caldwell Talks About the Data Pipeline for the TESS Mission

A meeting of the minds talk about how we might write messages to intelligent extraterrestrial beings—and if it is ethical to send them.

How To Talk With Aliens

Hello, we’re NASA. You may have seen our astronauts, rocket launches, or Mars rovers — but have you heard our sounds? From interviews with astronauts and engineers to stories that take you on a tour of the galaxy, NASA’s audio offerings let you experience the thrill of space exploration without ever leaving Earth.