"You Belong in AI!" Episode 2 - Luca Soldaini

In the second episode of the "You Belong in AI!" podcast, UCLA
ACM AI Outreach interviews Luca Soldaini (he/him/his). Luca
details his experience as a Computer Science Ph.D. student at
Georgetown University, where his dissertation focused on
improving access to medical information. He further talks about
his current role as an Applied Scientist at Amazon Alexa, where
he works on web question answering and natural language
understanding, and his interest in natural language processing.
Additionally, Luca discusses the importance of representation and
inclusion on college campuses and in AI, and ways in which we can
improve diversity in AI research. Lastly, he provides advice and
words of encouragement to youth from underrepresented groups who
are interested in AI but not sure how to get started.


The "You Belong in AI!" podcast is made possible by UCLA ACM AI
Outreach. All questions are contributed by Arjun Subramonian
(Outreach Director 20-21), Maya Raman (Events Director 20-21),
Kai Tota (Outreach/Events Officer 20-21), Jason Jewik (Outreach
Officer 20-21), Mat Ruíz (Outreach/Events Officer 20-21), Aman
Oberoi (Outreach Officer 20-21), and Nisha McNealis (Outreach
Officer 20-21). The podcast is edited by Jason Jewik. The music
you hear in this episode is:


Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeod


Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-monday


License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/


Want to learn more about UCLA ACM AI Outreach? Visit our website.


Want to learn more about Luca? Make your way to his LinkedIn
and/or Twitter. Fun fact: he loves collecting stickers!