Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In this episode of Research Retrospectives, Research Engineer Katherine Lee and Research Scientist Rosanne Liu interview Zoubin Ghahramani - the VP of Google Research about his career background. From career advice to past research projects, this video will give you a fresh perspective of what’s needed and what it takes to navigate the field of research.
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:43 - Do you remember the title of your dissertation?
1:31 - Do you know which of your papers is the most cited?
2:33 - What has been the most fun project you worked on?
5:33 - How did you get exposed to neural networks in the first place?
9:53 - Who were some of your early-on mentors?
12:56 - What were some of the biggest transition points in your career?
20:00 - What helped you make these transitions?
27:24 - Are there research areas you would like to revisit in this era of big compute?
31:51 - Do you have any advice for research mentors?
35:31 - Could you compare and contrast the different research communities around the world?
Watch more Research Retrospectives → https://goo.gle/ResearchRetrospectives
Subscribe to the Google Research Channel → https://goo.gle/GoogleResearch
In this episode of Research Retrospectives, Research Engineer Katherine Lee and Research Scientist Rosanne Liu interview Zoubin Ghahramani - the VP of Google Research about his career background. From career advice to past research projects, this video will give you a fresh perspective of what’s needed and what it takes to navigate the field of research.
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:43 - Do you remember the title of your dissertation?
1:31 - Do you know which of your papers is the most cited?
2:33 - What has been the most fun project you worked on?
5:33 - How did you get exposed to neural networks in the first place?
9:53 - Who were some of your early-on mentors?
12:56 - What were some of the biggest transition points in your career?
20:00 - What helped you make these transitions?
27:24 - Are there research areas you would like to revisit in this era of big compute?
31:51 - Do you have any advice for research mentors?
35:31 - Could you compare and contrast the different research communities around the world?
Watch more Research Retrospectives → https://goo.gle/ResearchRetrospectives
Subscribe to the Google Research Channel → https://goo.gle/GoogleResearch
