113 - Managing Industry Research Teams, with Fernando Pereira

We invited Fernando Pereira, a VP and Distinguished Engineer at
Google, where he leads NLU and ML research, to talk about managing
NLP research teams in industry. Topics we discussed include
prioritizing research against product development and effective
collaboration with product teams, dealing with potential research
interest mismatch between individuals and the company, managing
publications, hiring new researchers, and diversity and inclusion.