#148 – Charles Isbell and Michael Littman: Machine Learning and Education

Charles Isbell is the Dean of the College of Computing at Georgia
Tech. Michael Littman is a computer scientist at Brown University.
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the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click
the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (07:51)
- Is machine learning just statistics? (12:14) - NeurIPS vs ICML
(14:30) - Data is more important than algorithm (20:14) - The role
of hardship in education (28:57) - How Charles and Michael met
(33:30) - Key to success: never be satisfied (36:47) - Bell Labs
(48:15) - Teaching machine learning (58:25) - Westworld and Ex
Machina (1:06:24) - Simulation (1:13:14) - The college experience
in the times of COVID (1:41:52) - Advice for young people (1:48:44)
- How to learn to program (2:00:07) - Friendship