Spark – Stories from Advocates for Global Change
Spark - Stories from Advocates for Global Change
Podcast Description
What does it take for the young generation to tackle the world’s biggest challenges? In Spark, hosts Julia, Zora, and Tanish search for answers. As young people navigate an uncertain future, they explore how experts from diverse fields—from science to law and the arts—are driving meaningful change in their careers.
From climate change to human rights, AI, media, and democracy, each episode brings fresh perspectives and engaging stories about the people behind the change. What drives them? What challenges do they face? How can different disciplines collaborate to drive impact? And what role can we all play in shaping a better future?
Whether you’re a student, a young professional, or simply curious about the world ahead, tune in, learn, and get inspired!
Hosts: Julia Knuchel, Tanish Shinde, Zora Althaus
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Focuses on global challenges such as climate change, human rights, AI, media, and democracy, with episodes like 'Climate Crisis 1/3' that illustrates the link between art and science through projects that make complex issues relatable.
What does it take for the young generation to tackle the world’s biggest challenges? In Spark, hosts Julia, Zora, and Tanish search for answers. As young people navigate an uncertain future, they explore how experts from diverse fields—from science to law and the arts—are driving meaningful change in their careers.
From climate change to human rights, AI, media, and democracy, each episode brings fresh perspectives and engaging stories about the people behind the change. What drives them? What challenges do they face? How can different disciplines collaborate to drive impact? And what role can we all play in shaping a better future?
Whether you’re a student, a young professional, or simply curious about the world ahead, tune in, learn, and get inspired!
Hosts: Julia Knuchel, Tanish Shinde, Zora Althaus
The advent of AI in robotics, and systems research, and teaching
In this episode we hear from two members of the Swiss Young Academy: Pamela Delgado, Assistant Professor at the HES-SO and lecturer at EPFL, and Emmanuel Senft, research scientist and group leader at the Idiap Research Institute. They talk to us about important challenges and benefits of using AI in their research. From improving human-robot interactions to helping find ways to manage the growing need for computational resources powering our everyday lives.
Pamela and Emmanuel also give their insights on how new AI tools can help shape the AI researchers of tomorrow. They share what it takes for motivated individuals to get into this field, and how other branches of science like social and human sciences can help bring about new fields of AI research to face the challenges of tomorrow.
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