Recorded on location in Massachusetts this is a discussion with Dr Luis Perez-Breva, the Faculty Director of MIT’s Innovation Teams; the joint enterprise between MIT Engineering and MIT Sloan to put the Institute’s deep tech advances to work to solve real-world problems. Through this, he has helped nearly 200 MIT technologies find a path to impact leading to the formation of some 40 new, enduring deep tech companies across all industries from mining to telecommunications. Dr. Perez-Breva holds a PhD in artificial intelligence from MIT and degrees in chemical engineering, physics, and business from leading universities in Spain (Institut Quimic de Sarrià), France (Ecole Normale Supérieure), and the United States (MIT). In 2011, the Spanish government recognised his career achievements by awarding him the Order of Civil Merit of the Kingdom of Spain. His work on Artificial Intelligence and Innovation has been featured by the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg News, BBC, Wharton Business Radio, Entrepreneur, Zdnet, Quartz, Epsilon Theory and several other national and international media. Luis has worked with venture capital and numerous corporations and adapted his work to develop innovating factories. Currently, Luis is developing a technology repurposing fund to rescue, recycle, and, in essence, turn around technologies analogous to how private equity seeks to turn around companies. In this episode we explore common myths about innovating, how to minimise risk through recycling ideas and technologies, the most effective method to learn anything and much more. 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:39 'Innovating' vs 'Innovation' 00:01:39 Breaking down what 'learning by doing' really means 00:09:23 Learning and navigating untraversed terrain 00:13:58 Finding a problem in the first place - the hunch 00:20:15 The art of applying new technologies to problems 00:23:04 The importance of leadership in cultivating a hub of innovation 00:30:31 How to manage (and use) risk 00:43:30 Could AI learn to innovate like us? 00:47:02 The real use of 'AI' systems 00:53:56 Advice for the next generation of problem solvers Resources: Dr Perez-Breva https://lpbreva.mit.edu/ https://entrepreneurship.mit.edu/profile/luis-perez-breva/ Innovation Teams https://iteams.mit.edu/ MIT https://web.mit.edu/ Flagship Pioneering https://www.flagshippioneering.com/ Innovating: A Doer's Manifesto https://www.amazon.com/Innovating-Manifesto-Starting-Prototyping-Productively/dp/0262035359

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Recorded at Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts this is a discussion with Professor Efthimios Kaxiras, Chair of the Department of Physics; John Hasbrouck Van Vleck Professor of Pure and Applied Physics and Professor of Applied Mathematics. He and his group study the structure and properties of different phases of matter and how they can be used in practical device applications. They employ theoretical models and computational tools that span multiple scales from the atomistic to the continuum. They also use machine learning methods to search for new or better materials, and for gaining a deeper understanding of complex solids and phenomena (find out more here - https://scholar.harvard.edu/efthimios_kaxiras/research ). A recent focus of Professor Kaxiras’ research has been the physics of twisted bilayers and multilayers of two-dimensional solids like graphene, a topic for which he and his team introduced the term ‘twistronics’. In this episode we delve into this exciting new realm of physics, discuss the ways in which it could change the world, and much more. The Galileo Interviews on: » Twitter | https://twitter.com/TheGalileoInt » Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/thegalileointerviews » LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/company/thegalileointerviews Chapters: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:32 The most interesting state of matter 00:06:34 Superconductors: quantum weirdness on a large scale 00:12:42 What is twistronics? 00:19:06 The magic of 2D 00:30:46 Applications of these materials 00:36:17 First contact with a powerful quantum computer 00:38:11 AI as a tool/ally 00:43:50 Exciting problems you can make your mission to solve 00:51:45 Advice for the next generation of curious minds Resources: Kaxiras Research Group https://scholar.harvard.edu/efthimios_kaxiras Harvard University Physics Department https://www.physics.harvard.eduhttps://www.youtube.com/harvardphysics Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences https://seas.harvard.edu Institute of Physics: https://www.iop.org https://www.youtube.com/user/InstituteofPhysics

In this episode we have for the first time, not 1 but 2 guests, in a discussion split into 3 parts. This is the final part of the series, in which we discuss Physics education. In the first, we discussed interdisciplinary approaches to science, and in the second, environmental physics. Below is some information on each of the guests.   

Helen Rogers:

Helen is an atmospheric scientist with twenty years of experience in teaching, research and programme coordination. She has worked on developing atmospheric/climate models at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, was Programme Manager for the NERC Upper Troposphere Lower Stratosphere Ozone Programme and a senior researcher for the European Ozone Research Coordinating Unit. She has particular interest and expertise in determining the environmental impact of the transport sector (primarily aviation and shipping), atmospheric modelling, and computational fluid dynamics. Helen was a contributor to the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution (2002); ‘Climate Change 2001: The scientific basis’ – the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC); and the IPCC Special Report on Aviation and the Global Atmosphere (1999). Helen is the chair of the Environmental Physics Group at the Institute of Physics, with a D.Phil. in Atmospheric Physics from the University of Oxford and a degree in Physics from Imperial College, London.  

Luthais McCash:

Luthais is the Chief Scientific Officer at Sigma Solutions and chair of the mathematical and theoretical physics group at The Institute of Physics. Sigma Solutions was built entirely from scratch by Luthais as a business consulting firm that offers distinct ideas in state-of-the-art data analysis to a variety of businesses across multiple industries. The company has a reputation of finding creative approaches to complicated problems and has recently won the accolade of most innovative business 2022, awarded by Corporate Vision magazine.  Luthais himself has been recognised as one of the top 20 most dynamic CEOs in the UK of 2022 and he's still only in his twenties. Luthais was initially recognised as a fellow of the Royal Statistical Society in May 2020 for his creative work on advanced modelling and optimisation in the energy industry with a focus on oil and gas. He developed and implemented technology that revolutionised the trading and efficient distribution of liquified natural gas by cutting costs by a factor of 10. He's been re-elected as a fellow of the RSS in June 2021 and he has also been an honorary fellow at the University of Leicester in 2019-2021.  On top of his business exploits he is now also in a research position at Durham University.   

I hope you enjoy the discussion!  

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Chapters: 

00:00:00 Introduction 

00:01:06 How do we get more people excited about Physics? 

00:08:49 How can a deeper understanding be facilitated in education 

00:21:29 Maths as a language and what science is really about  

32:59 Should exams be harder? Do they even test the right thing? 

00:38:45 The importance of perseverance  

00:44:20 Diversity in Physics   

00:50:41 Coming full circle - intersections of disciplines   

00:53:09 Wiki guide to reforming the education system!