CSAIL Alliances Podcasts
Episodes
The Future of Robotics: Hype, Breakthroughs, and Challenges with Professor Russ Tedrake
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Host Kara Miller sits down with MIT Professor Russ Tedrake, a leading researcher in robotics and AI at CSAIL to explore the rapidly accelerating world...
Bridging the AI Gap: Inside MIT’s Systalyze Startup with Associate Professor Manya Ghobadi
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of MIT CSAIL Alliances, host Kara Miller sits down with Professor Manya Ghobadi, a researcher and entrepreneur bridging the gap betwee...
Investing in the Age of AI: Deep Tech, Risk, and Reward with Bilal Zuberi
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How will AI reshape the future of deep tech, industry, and investment? In this episode of the MIT CSAIL Alliances Podcast, host Kara Miller speaks w...
Innovation Alchemy: Industry and Academia with Lori Glover
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From sports drinks to self-driving cars, some of the most transformative innovations have emerged when universities and businesses join forces. In thi...
How AI is Reshaping Medical Imagery with MIT CSAIL Professor Polina Golland
04 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI is transforming radiology, but not at the expense of skilled technicians. In the same way that personal computers and spreadsheets didn’t elimina...
Me, Myself, and AI: Building Better Answers With AI Agents, featuring SAP’s Walter Sun (Bonus Episode!)
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this special crossover episode, we're bringing you a conversation from our friends at Me, Myself, and AI, a podcast by MIT Sloan Management Review ...
The Promise and Peril of Computer Chips with Tufts Professor Chris Miller
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Miller, Tufts Professor and author, explains how semiconductors—those tiny chips inside your phone, car, and coffee maker—have become the m...
Beyond the Hype: How AI is Actually Reshaping Business with Andy Ellis
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cybersecurity expert and venture capitalist Andy Ellis breaks down why the smartest organizations are using AI to augment their workers, not replace t...
Driving Behavior by Design: MIT CSAIL Professor Sam Madden on the Science of Safer Roads with AI
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Can your phone make you a safer driver? Or is it part of the problem? MIT CSAIL Professor Sam Madden shares the origin story of Cambridge Mobile Tele...
How AI Can Help Save the Natural World, with MIT CSAIL Assistant Professor Sara Beery
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Finches, zebras, Darwin... and AI? 🧠🌍 Two centuries after Darwin explored the Galápagos, artificial intelligence is transforming how we study ...
AI's Hidden Business Effects: MIT Principal Research Scientist Andrew McAfee Explores how AI is Affecting Enterprise
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when every company becomes a tech company—and the geeks take the wheel? Renowned economist, bestselling author, and MIT Principal Rese...
AI's Language Leap: MIT CSAIL Associate Professor Jacob Andreas Explores NLP and LLMs
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For a full, uncut video version of this show (shot in Professor Andreas' MIT CSAIL office!), watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBV5Bj_NnbA ...
Me, Myself & AI: AI Hype and Skepticism with Economist Paul Romer (Bonus Episode!)
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The MIT CSAIL Alliances Podcast is collaborating with MIT Sloan’s Me, Myself, and AI podcast to share a special bonus episode this month. Paul Rome...
MIT CSAIL Podcast: How AI will Change Your Job and The Potential of Self-Supervised Learning
29 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How AI will Change Your Job with MIT Economics Professor David Autor & The Potential of Self-Supervised Learning with CSAIL PhD Student Sharut Gupta ...
The Revolutionary Potential of AI with CSAIL Professor Manolis Kellis
05 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Have we achieved Artificial General Intelligence? MIT CSAIL Professor Manolis Kellis argues yes. Computers can do nearly every intellectual task that ...
AI’s Bias in Predictive Healthcare with Associate Professor Marzyeh Ghassemi
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Associate Professor Marzyeh Ghassemi discusses why, despite its tremendous potential for good, AI must be approached with caution, especially in high ...
AI in Healthcare with UCSD Prof. Karandeep Singh & Robot Conversations with CSAIL Prof. Andreea Bobu
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This month’s podcast is a double feature. First up, Associate Professor and Chief Health AI Officer at the University of California San Diego Karand...
How companies can rebuild trust around data with Danny Weitzner
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Founding Director of the MIT Internet Policy Research Initiative CSAIL Senior Research Scientist Daniel Weitzner says a lack of visibility about how p...
How AI can help with financial decision making with Professor Andrew Lo
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management and CSAIL Andrew Lo believes AI can help everyday consumers make important financial decisi...
Hype vs. Reality: the Current State of AI with Arvind Narayanan
05 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Princeton Professor Arvind Narayanan, author of "AI Snake Oil," sheds light on the stark contrast between the public perception and actual capabilitie...
Understanding Generative AI with Stefanie Mueller
29 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Associate Professor Stefanie Mueller, who leads the Human-Computer Interaction group at CSAIL, discusses her groundbreaking research using generative ...
Reimagining Software Design with Daniel Jackson
01 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
MIT Professor Daniel Jackson, associate director of CSAIL and the author of The Essence of Software, argues that if your design is flawed, so is your ...
When is the right time to use AI in business?
03 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the CSAIL Alliances Podcast we’re joined by George Westerman, a Senior Lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management and Founder of th...
“Generative AI: Is it copying or creating?” Special Crossover Episode from the Click Here Podcast
20 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s generative AI programs know how to write, compose music, and even create works of art. But it learned to do so by training on data made by h...
What's keeping two cybersecurity researchers up at night with Srini Devadas and Vinod Vaikuntanathan
06 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
MIT CSAIL Professors Srini Devadas and Vinod Vaikuntanathan join the CSAIL Alliances Podcast for a conversation about cybersecurity, addressing topics...
How Corporate Leaders Should Think About Cybersecurity with Andy Ellis and Amy Herzog
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the CSAIL Alliances Podcast, hear from industry experts Andy Ellis (former Chief Security Officer at Akamai) and Amy Herzog (Chief ...
The Heart and the Chip with Professor Daniela Rus
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
CSAIL Director Professor Daniela Rus shares insights from her new book "The Heart and the Chip." Professor Rus discusses the past, present and future ...
How AI will Shape the Future of Education with Hal Abelson
05 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
CSAIL Professor Hal Abelson has a long history of looking at the importance of Computer Science education and helping shape its future. Listen as he j...
AI's Impact on the Future of Work with Neil Thompson
01 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
CSAIL's Dr. Neil Thompson joins Kara Miller for a conversation on how AI will affect the future of business. Dr. Thompson also shares insights into th...
Combining Human and Computer Intelligence with Thomas Malone
04 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
MIT Professor Thomas Malone sits down with Kara Miller for a discussion about the intersections of business and computer science. Find a full transc...
Optimization and the End of Moore’s Law with Charles E. Leiserson
06 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
MIT Professor Charles E. Leiserson discusses business, education, optimization and the end of Moore's Law with Kara Miller. Find a full transcript o...
Evolving Research into Businesses with Turing Award winner Mike Stonebraker
02 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
CSAIL Professor and Turing Award winner Mike Stonebraker sits down with Kara Miller for a conversation about research and business. They're joined by ...
The Frontier of Large Language Models with Yoon Kim
11 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
CSAIL Professor Yoon Kim joins Kara Miller for a conversation about the past, present and future of Large Language Models. A full transcript of this...
Understanding Large Language Models' Effects on Programming with Saman Amarasinghe
07 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
CSAIL Professor Saman Amarasinghe discusses how Large Language Models like Chat GPT, will alter the future of programming. Professor Amarasinghe also...
The Importance of Energy Efficiency in AI with Vivienne Sze
05 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Vivienne Sze is an associate professor in MIT's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. She's a coauthor of Efficient Processing of...
Contemporary and Future Applications of Program Synthesis with Armando Solar-Lezama
01 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
CSAIL Professor Armando Solar-Lezama shares his insights on Program Synthesis. A full transcript of this podcast is available at cap.csail.mit.edu
Creating Change in Cloud Computing with Christina Delimitrou
30 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hear from CSAIL Professor Christina Delimitrou as she outlines advances being made in the cloud computing space. A full transcript of this podcast w...
Protecting Against Data Breaches Today and Tomorrow with Henry Corrigan-Gibbs
06 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
CSAIL Professor Henry Corrigan-Gibbs shares insights into his research that builds computer systems using ideas from cryptography, computer security, ...
The Future of High Dimensional Statistics with Sam Hopkins
06 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
CSAIL Professor Sam Hopkins gives an overview of the landscape of high dimensional statistics, and shares some of the research that he and his colleag...
Addressing Computer Architecture Vulnerabilities with Mengjia Yan
17 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Mengjia Yan shares insights into her cybersecurity research. A full transcript of this podcast will be available at cap.csail.mit.edu
The Intersection of Art and Science with Karl Sims
05 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Cambridge based visual artist and MIT alumni Karl Sims shares his insights on art, science and business.
Advantages of Near Flash Computing with Arvind
03 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
CSAIL Professor Arvind details his work in near-storage computing. He explains how he's using flash storage instead of massive amounts of DRAM for big...
Understanding Quantum Computing with Peter Shor and Will Oliver
12 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
MIT Professors Peter Shor and Will Oliver join for a conversation on the current state and future possibilities of quantum computing. A transcription...
Exploring Changes in Computing as Moore's Law Ends with Neil Thompson
08 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
CSAIL Professor Neil Thompson explains how the end of Moore's Law will affect the computing stack, and what industry leaders should consider when faci...
Becoming a Flexible Programmer with Gerald Jay Sussman
06 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
CSAIL Professor Gerald Jay Sussman discusses the importance of a breadth of research, lessons academia and industry can learn from each other, and how...
Implementing AI in Healthcare with John Guttag
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
CSAIL Professor John Guttag discusses the process of incorporating AI into healthcare. Guttag also talks about the process of bringing an idea out of ...
Seeking Deep Understanding in Machine Learning with Una-May O'Reilly
04 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
CSAIL Professor Una-May O'Reilly discusses her work at the ALFA Group at MIT CSAIL and gives insights into the differences between Deep Learning and D...
Creating Low-Code Applications and Online Discussion Tools with David Karger
07 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
CSAIL Professor David Karger discusses two of his research areas with CSAIL Alliances. He reviews his team's work on no-code and low-code authoring to...
Countering Online Disinformation with David Clark
07 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
CSAIL's David Clark discusses the differences between misinformation and disinformation, and why the latter is a more serious threat. He also examines...
Forging the Future of Cryptography with Adam Chlipala
10 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
CSAIL Professor Adam Chlipala is working to change some of the fundamental ways we use cryptography. His latest project, Fiat Cryptography, utilizes f...
Improving Video Conferencing Through Vision Science with Ruth Rosenholtz
06 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
CSAIL Principal Research Scientist Ruth Rosenholtz discusses the rise of video conferencing throughout the pandemic. Rosenholtz shares fascinating in...
Exploring the Applications of Geometric Data with Justin Solomon
01 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Justin Solomon discusses the many applications of processing geometric data including medical vision, 3D animation and autonomous vehicles. ...
Unlocking Insights on Disease through Genomics with Manolis Kellis
04 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Manolis Kellis of MIT CSAIL and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard discusses the effects COVID-19 has had on his computational biology r...
Democratizing data science through machine learning with Tim Kraska
02 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
CSAIL's Tim Kraska is developing new autoML approaches to make analytics more accessible to a broader range of users and optimize database architectur...
Building the Next Generation of Systems with Sam Madden
14 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
MIT Schwarzman College of Computing Professor and Cambridge Mobile Telematics founder Sam Madden discusses how far technology can be pushed into other...
Rethinking Concepts in Software Design with Daniel Jackson
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Daniel Jackson of MIT CSAIL is working on a number of projects to make software more usable, reliable, and secure. By rethinking the fundame...
Closing the machine learning gap with Jacob Andreas
03 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Jacob Andreas of MIT CSAIL is trying to close the gap between current machine learning techniques and human abilities to learn language and ...
Keeping Software Free-form with CSAIL's Hal Abelson
05 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As one of the founding directors of the Free Software Foundation, CSAIL's Prof. Hal Abelson believes that free software empowers everyone to maintain ...
Securing Computation with CSAIL's Yael Kalai
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Cryptography, the study of finding secure methods of communication, may seem to many of us as, well, cryptic. But in spite of its more theoretical and...
Designing and Using Virtuality to Better Serve Us
01 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our new reality is increasingly one of virtuality. D. Fox Harrell, Ph.D., studies the relationship between computing and imagination for emerging form...
Enabling Robots to Complete Tasks on a Human Level
12 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If we want robots to assist us with everyday tasks, they’ll need to be able to manipulate objects on a human level. To do that, they need good finge...
Moore's Law Momentum with CSAIL's Saman Amarasinghe
30 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“If we want to keep the Moore’s Law momentum going in computing, we have to do something different,” says CSAIL Professor Saman Amarasinghe, who...
Understanding the Science of Disease Through Human Genome Research with Manolis Kellis
27 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
MIT CSAIL Professor Manolis Kellis discusses how the symbiotic relationship between computer science and biology helps us to better understand the com...
Machine Learning and Algorithmic Challenges with Aleksander Madry
01 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Aleksander Madry, Associate Professor at CSAIL, tackles key algorithmic challenges in today’s computing as part of his work in the Theory of Computa...
Designing the Internet of the Future with David Clark
22 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Are we even sure what the internet is today? One of the original architects of the internet, David Clark, Senior Research Scientist at CSAIL, talks ab...
Humans and Intelligent Machine Support through Robotics and Automation with Julie Shah
21 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Julie Shah discusses the challenges and successes of designing and employing intelligent design teammates that aim to enhance human productivity in de...
The Intersection of Finance, Cryptography and AI with Andrew Lo
03 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Lo, Charles E. and Susan T. Harris Professor at MIT Sloan School of Management, and Director of MIT Laboratory for Financial Engineering, share...
Cybersecurity Challenges and How They Impact IOT
08 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
MIT CSAIL's Howard Shrobe, Director of the Cybersecurity@CSAIL initiative, discusses what led him to become involved in the industry of Cybersecurity,...
Parallel Software and Anonymizing Networks with MIT CSAIL's Srini Devadas
05 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
MIT CSAIL professor Srini Devadas describes computer architecture, computer security and their intersection. He gives further insight into the conflic...
Internet of Things with MIT CSAIL's John Leonard
31 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
While the promise of the Internet of Things (IoT) brings many new business prospects, it also presents significant challenges ranging from technology ...
A Discussion with MIT CSAIL's Michael Stonebraker
24 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
A researcher at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab, Michael Stonebraker has founded and led nine different big-data spin-offs, i...
The Data Science Machine: Kalyan Veeramachaneni
20 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The Data Science Machine is an end-to-end software system that is able to automatically develop predictive models from relational data. The Machine wa...