In this week's episode, hosts Bruno Mesquita and Anthony Cruz interview Rebekka Lagacé-Cusiac, a PhD candidate in Psychology. Rebekka discusses her PhD research on ratio processing, her passion projects, and how music and math may have more in common than you think.

Recorded on Tuesday, June 10, 2025 Produced by Riya Sidhu Theme song provided by FreeBeats.io (Produced by White Hot)

In this week's episode, hosts Garth Casbourn and Mark Ambrogio interview Zoltan Richter-Bisson, a PhD candidate in Chemistry. Zoltan is studying the interaction between proteins, abundant in the human body, and the breakdown of implanted medical devices. While there are a large number of such devices, Zoltan is specifically interested in hip and knee implants. Tune in to learn about efforts to minimize the deleterious effects of device breakdown inside the human body. Zoltan, Garth, and Mark also discuss science communication and the benefits of being involved in the graduate student community. To learn more about Zoltan's supervisor: Dr. Yolanda Hedberg and her lab. Recorded on Tuesday, June 3, 2025 Produced by Garth Casbourn & Mark Ambrogio Theme song provided by FreeBeats.io (Produced by White Hot)

Hosts Garth Casbourn and Kirstyn Seanor are joined by Rawan El Moghrabi, a student in the master's program in computer science.

How can human attitudes, behaviors, and expectations influence the internal representation and behaviors of AI? In this quite topical episode, Rawan offers some insight into the behind-the-scenes of large language models, as well as discussing her research project on AI safety and alignment.

Recorded on May 27, 2025.

Produced by Bruno Mesquita.

Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ (Produced by White Hot).