Math & Physics Podcast

Math & Physics Podcast

Two University of Toronto students in the math and physics program discuss interesting topics in the field.

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October 18, 2024 102 mins

Today I speak with Jose Arnal, a senior PhD student at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies. His research focusses on space weather and data assimilation techniques to better predict the flow properties of the solar wind. We talk about the recent CMEs (which caused the Northern Lights), solar activity, and common techniques to model these events. Enjoy!

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Today I talk with Dr. Laurence Perrault-Levasseur about cosmology and a bit of machine learning.


Enjoy the conversation!

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July 23, 2024 63 mins

Today I talk with Dr. Yoshua Bengio.


I decided to adopt a more minimalist approach to the podcast. Enjoy the conversation!

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Today I speak with Alex, a PhD student in my research group at the University of Montreal, about his research. Enjoy the episode!


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Today's guest is Max Sklar, an expert in computer science and information systems, as well as the host of The Local Maximum podcast (https://www.localmaxradio.com/). We highly recommend checking out his show!

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*** In the intro I say graph flow networks instead of generative flow networks by accident *** Today's guest is Dr. Emmanuel Bengio. Enjoy this conversation about his research, including the topic of generative flow networks (GFlowNets). Books Referenced: Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman The Fourth Turning: What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny by William Strauss and Neil Howe ...
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Today I talk with Dr. Yashar Hezaveh about consciousness, artificial intelligence, perception and gravitational lensing.   --Brilliant-- To all our listeners out there, we are so happy to say that you can head over to https://brilliant.org/mpp , and the first 200 of you to sign up will get 20% off your premium membership.   -- Social --  Discord: https://discord.gg/M6TMgFA4xb Instagram: @math.physics.podcast Email: math.physics.pod...
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Today we talk again with Dr. Michael Miller from the University of Toronto, who is a philospher within the field of physics. Enjoy the conversation! *** The weird audio noise in the background ends at 10:40***   --Brilliant-- To all our listeners out there, we are so happy to say that you can head over to https://brilliant.org/mpp , and the first 200 of you to sign up will get 20% off your premium membership.   -- Books Mentioned -...
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Today we talk again with Dr. Rajendra Gupta from the University of Ottawa, who has made some interesting discoveries using JWST data. Enjoy the episode.   --Brilliant-- To all our listeners out there, we are so happy to say that you can head over to https://brilliant.org/mpp , and the first 200 of you to sign up will get 20% off your premium membership.   -- Links -- Dr Gupta's paper: https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/524/3/33...
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Today we talk with Dr. Don Figer about his work in the field of astrophysics and detector technology. Enjoy.   Discord: https://discord.gg/M6TMgFA4xb Instagram: @math.physics.podcast Email: math.physics.podcast@gmail.com Twitter: @MathPhysPod
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Today I talk about my recent dive into the world of statistics and the reasons why you should enjoy it as well.   Discord: https://discord.gg/M6TMgFA4xb Instagram: @math.physics.podcast Email: math.physics.podcast@gmail.com Twitter: @MathPhysPod
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Today I talk with Jacob Taylor, a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto, about his career in the field of adaptive optics.   Discord: https://discord.gg/M6TMgFA4xb Instagram: @math.physics.podcast Email: math.physics.podcast@gmail.com Twitter: @MathPhysPod
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August 19, 2023 16 mins
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Today we talk again with Dr Zack Wolske about the amazingly abstract topic of Group Theory. Come along for the ride. To all our listeners out there, we are so happy to say that you can head over to https://brilliant.org/mpp , and the first 200 of you to sign up will get 20% off your premium membership.   Discord: https://discord.gg/M6TMgFA4xb Instagram: @math.physics.podcast Email: math.physics.podcast@gmail.com Twitter: @MathPhysP...
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Today we talk about our current research projects in computational physics and astrophysics. We discuss some important details about Runge-Kutta methods and the nitty gritty of AO. To all our listeners out there, we are so happy to say that you can head over to https://brilliant.org/mpp , and the first 200 of you to sign up will get 20% off your premium membership.   Instagram: @math.physics.podcast Email: math.physics.podcast@gmai...
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Today we talk with George Hrabovsky about his career as an incredible amateur scientist. Enjoy this great episode! To all our listeners out there, we are so happy to say that you can head over to https://brilliant.org/mpp , and the first 200 of you to sign up will get 20% off your premium membership.   MAST: www.madscitech.org    Signup: https://www.meetup.com/midwest-area-science-and-technology-mast/   Instagram: @math.physics.pod...
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September 19, 2022 79 mins
Check out MEL Science and their boxes for 50% off your first MEL Science box: https://melscience.com/sBKx/ PROMO CODE: MP50    Today we talk about both of our summer research experiences in the astrophysics and physics departments. We have spent our entire summers working on a few projects and now we get to tell you all about them.   Instagram: @math.physics.podcast Tiktok: @math.physics.podcast Email: math.physics.podcast@gmail.co...
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Check out MEL Science and their boxes for 60% off your first MEL Science box: https://melscience.com/sBIf/  PROMO CODE: "MP60"    We are back today with another amazing episode of the history of physics, looking over some of the great discoveries and inventions made by the great physicists, Michael Faraday and Nikola Tesla.   Instagram: @math.physics.podcast Tiktok: @math.physics.podcast Email: math.physics.podcast@gmail.com Twitte...
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July 14, 2022 77 mins
Today we talk about the study of the particles that make up our world. How did particle physics begin? And how exactly did we get to where we are today?   Instagram: @math.physics.podcast Tiktok: @math.physics.podcast Email: math.physics.podcast@gmail.com Twitter: @MathPhysPod
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June 23, 2022 57 mins
Today we talk about the gigantic ball of stuff that we're floating around. The Sun is easily the most prominent feature in our sky; landing itself as the most important symbol in ancient astronomy.   To all our listeners out there, we are so happy to say that you can head over to https://brilliant.org/mpp , and the first 200 of you to sign up will get 20% off your premium membership.   Instagram: @math.physics.podcast Tiktok: @math...
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